Cappie Pondexter has the most attempted shots in a season opener, with 27 attempts against the Sparks on May 17, 2008.

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Data note: Field-Goal Attempts: player game data complete from 1997

	NAME	FGA	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Cappie Pondexter C. Pondexter	27	5/17/2008	PHX	vs	LAS	29	32	3	7	0	0	11	40.7	4	8	50.0	6	9	66.7	51.7	2	1	0	1	+9
2	Chamique Holdsclaw C. Holdsclaw	26	5/23/2003	WAS	@	CHA	37	22	24	4	1	3	11	42.3	0	1	0.0	0	0		42.3	7	17	2	3	+4
3	Arike Ogunbowale A. Ogunbowale	25	5/20/2023	DAL	vs	ATL	39	27	4	1	3	0	9	36.0	4	14	28.6	5	5	100.0	49.6	0	4	5	3	+7
4	Jewell Loyd J. Loyd	25	5/20/2023	SEA	vs	LVA	29	22	4	4	1	2	7	28.0	3	8	37.5	5	7	71.4	39.2	2	2	2	1	-24
5	Rhyne Howard R. Howard	24	5/20/2023	ATL	@	DAL	36	20	10	2	0	1	8	33.3	4	12	33.3	0	0		41.7	3	7	0	5	-1
6	Arike Ogunbowale A. Ogunbowale	23	5/15/2024	DAL	vs	CHI	38	25	3	7	3	0	10	43.5	2	6	33.3	3	3	100.0	51.4	0	3	2	4	+9
7	DeWanna Bonner D. Bonner	23	5/25/2019	PHX	@	SEA	37	31	8	4	2	0	10	43.5	3	8	37.5	8	8	100.0	58.4	0	8	0	4	-2
8	Tina Charles T. Charles	23	5/24/2019	NYL	vs	IND	32	32	12	2	1	0	11	47.8	0	1	0.0	10	10	100.0	58.4	4	8	4	2	+5
9	Nikki McCray N. McCray	23	6/11/1998	WAS	@	CHA	35	19	1	6	1	0	9	39.1	0	2	0.0	1	2	50.0	39.8	1	0	4	2	-28
10	Kelsey Mitchell K. Mitchell	22	5/9/2026	IND	vs	DAL	33	30	3	4	0	0	11	50.0	2	9	22.2	6	7	85.7	59.8	3	0	2	4	-5
11	A'ja Wilson A. Wilson	22	5/17/2025	LVA	@	NYL	36	31	16	3	2	1	11	50.0	1	3	33.3	8	8	100.0	60.7	2	14	4	2	-7
12	A'ja Wilson A. Wilson	22	5/14/2024	LVA	vs	PHX	35	30	13	5	1	3	10	45.5	0	2	0.0	10	11	90.9	55.9	3	10	1	2	+9
13	Seimone Augustus S. Augustus	22	6/5/2015	MIN	vs	TUL	33	16	5	3	1	2	7	31.8	0	0		2	2	100.0	35.0	1	4	4	1	-4
14	Charde Houston C. Houston	22	5/20/2012	PHX	@	MIN	30	24	3	3	2	0	9	40.9	5	11	45.5	1	4	25.0	50.5	0	3	2	3	-8
15	Chamique Holdsclaw C. Holdsclaw	22	6/6/2009	ATL	vs	IND	46	23	7	4	3	1	9	40.9	0	1	0.0	5	6	83.3	46.7	1	6	7	4	+6
16	Lisa Leslie L. Leslie	22	5/21/2005	LAS	@	SEA	39	23	6	1	2	4	11	50.0	0	1	0.0	1	3	33.3	49.3	1	5	2	4	+17
17	Tina Thompson T. Thompson	22	5/20/2004	HOU	vs	SAN	39	20	9	3	2	2	8	36.4	3	8	37.5	1	3	33.3	42.9	2	7	1	4	-12
18	Sheryl Swoopes S. Swoopes	22	5/22/2003	HOU	vs	SEA	38	27	3	5	4	2	11	50.0	0	5	0.0	5	5	100.0	55.8	0	3	2	1	+12
19	Betty Lennox B. Lennox	22	5/25/2002	MIN	vs	UTA	38	13	6	3	3	0	5	22.7	3	12	25.0	0	0		29.5	2	4	9	5	-2
20	Marina Mabrey M. Mabrey	21	5/18/2025	CON	vs	WAS	35	11	4	3	0	1	5	23.8	1	8	12.5	0	1	0.0	25.7	0	4	3	5	+8
21	Napheesa Collier N. Collier	21	5/16/2025	MIN	@	DAL	32	34	4	4	0	0	12	57.1	2	3	66.7	8	8	100.0	69.3	1	3	2	4	+28
22	Natasha Howard N. Howard	21	5/20/2023	DAL	vs	ATL	34	20	10	3	3	2	7	33.3	2	5	40.0	4	4	100.0	43.9	3	7	3	3	+1
23	Arike Ogunbowale A. Ogunbowale	21	7/26/2020	DAL	@	ATL	32	19	2	2	1	0	7	33.3	3	8	37.5	2	5	40.0	40.9	0	2	1	4	-11
24	Tina Charles T. Charles	21	5/14/2016	NYL	@	WAS	32	24	11	4	0	1	11	52.4	0	0		2	2	100.0	54.8	3	8	2	2	+15
25	Maya Moore M. Moore	21	5/16/2014	MIN	@	WAS	36	34	9	3	1	1	11	52.4	3	7	42.9	9	11	81.8	65.8	4	5	1	3	+18

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Cappie Pondexter has the most attempted shots in a season opener, with 27 attempts against the Sparks on May 17, 2008.

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