Between the 2003 and 2004 seasons, Diana Taurasi had the most points per game by a rookie in a season, with 17.0 per game in 2004.

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Rookie ppg with a minimum of 20 games played per 44 team games leaders in 2003 to 2004

	NAME	PPG	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Diana Taurasi D. Taurasi	17.0	2004	PHX	34	33.4	4.4	3.9	1.3	0.7	6.1	14.8	41.6	1.8	5.5	33.0	2.9	3.8	76.0	51.6	0.8	3.6	2.6	1,134	578	149	132	43	25	90	117	+45
2	Alana Beard A. Beard	13.1	2004	WAS	34	30.2	4.2	2.7	2.0	1.0	4.7	11.2	41.8	0.6	1.6	37.5	3.1	4.4	71.8	50.0	0.8	3.4	2.4	1,026	446	143	91	69	34	80	98	-41
3	Nicole Ohlde N. Ohlde	11.7	2004	MIN	34	30.0	5.7	1.8	0.5	1.3	4.0	9.1	44.2	0.0	0.1	0.0	3.7	5.2	70.6	51.4	2.4	3.3	2.2	1,019	397	194	60	16	45	74	103	+10
4	LaToya Thomas L. Thomas	10.8	2003	CLE	32	26.6	5.1	1.2	0.9	0.4	4.3	9.3	46.3	0.0	0.2	0.0	2.2	2.8	78.9	51.4	2.0	3.2	1.3	851	345	164	37	28	13	42	62	-11
5	Cheryl Ford C. Ford	10.8	2003	DET	32	29.9	10.4	0.8	1.0	1.0	4.0	8.4	47.4	0.0	0.0		2.8	4.0	68.2	52.6	3.1	7.3	2.5	956	344	334	27	32	31	79	109	+95
6	Lindsay Whalen L. Whalen	8.9	2004	CON	31	30.5	2.9	4.8	1.3	0.0	2.7	5.9	45.4	0.6	1.8	35.1	2.9	3.9	73.0	58.1	0.7	2.2	3.0	946	275	90	148	39	0	94	72	-2
7	Gwen Jackson G. Jackson	8.8	2003	SAN	33	29.6	6.2	0.6	0.5	0.5	3.5	8.7	39.9	0.2	0.9	16.7	1.7	2.7	63.6	44.5	2.6	3.6	1.4	977	289	205	20	15	17	46	85	-123
8	Kara Lawson K. Lawson	7.7	2003	SAC	34	22.7	3.1	1.6	0.4	0.1	2.6	6.7	39.2	1.6	4.0	40.0	0.9	1.2	77.5	53.8	0.9	2.3	1.2	771	263	107	56	15	5	42	45	+130
9	Agnieszka Bibrzycka A. Bibrzycka	6.6	2004	SAN	24	19.4	1.2	1.7	0.9	0.3	2.3	6.3	36.4	1.1	3.5	31.0	1.0	1.1	88.5	48.9	0.2	1.0	1.3	466	159	28	40	21	7	32	38	-101
10	Coretta Brown C. Brown	6.2	2003	IND	30	17.4	1.4	1.0	0.7	0.1	2.0	5.5	37.2	1.2	3.3	36.0	0.9	1.1	84.8	52.1	0.4	1.0	1.2	523	186	41	31	21	4	36	30	-7
11	Laura Macchi L. Macchi	6.1	2004	LAS	25	16.5	2.4	0.6	0.8	0.2	2.1	4.2	49.1	0.3	1.0	26.9	1.6	2.2	74.5	58.4	0.9	1.5	1.2	412	152	61	14	21	6	29	56	+108
12	Plenette Pierson P. Pierson	6.0	2003	PHX	33	18.2	2.4	0.7	0.6	0.4	2.0	5.4	37.9	0.0	0.1	0.0	1.9	3.1	63.4	44.7	1.1	1.3	1.3	602	198	80	22	19	13	42	87	-150
13	Shameka Christon S. Christon	5.8	2004	NYL	33	17.0	2.1	0.7	0.3	0.3	2.0	5.7	35.4	0.7	2.5	29.3	1.0	1.5	64.7	45.2	0.6	1.5	1.0	561	191	68	23	9	9	32	71	-60
14	Teresa Edwards T. Edwards	5.3	2003	MIN	34	25.2	3.1	4.4	1.2	0.3	1.9	4.9	37.5	0.7	2.4	30.0	0.9	1.2	77.5	48.8	0.7	2.4	2.7	857	181	105	148	41	11	92	60	+11
15	Christi Thomas C. Thomas	5.3	2004	LAS	31	17.6	3.9	0.7	0.6	0.5	2.1	4.6	46.2	0.2	0.4	45.5	0.9	1.3	68.3	51.2	1.4	2.5	0.9	547	165	120	23	18	14	27	80	+64
16	Vanessa Hayden V. Hayden	5.3	2004	MIN	29	12.0	2.9	0.2	0.2	1.0	2.3	5.5	41.5	0.0	0.0		0.7	1.3	55.3	43.5	0.8	2.1	1.2	347	153	84	7	7	29	34	65	-9
17	Rebekkah Brunson R. Brunson	4.4	2004	SAC	34	14.5	3.6	0.6	0.7	0.4	1.7	4.1	42.1	0.0	0.0		1.0	1.4	71.7	47.1	1.2	2.4	0.9	494	151	122	19	23	13	29	48	-37
18	Nicole Powell N. Powell	4.3	2004	CHA	31	12.3	2.3	0.5	0.5	0.1	1.6	3.9	41.3	0.8	1.9	41.4	0.3	0.3	80.0	52.6	0.3	2.0	0.7	381	132	71	16	15	4	22	37	-23
19	Chandi Jones C. Jones	3.5	2004	DET	31	12.8	1.1	1.5	0.6	0.2	1.2	3.3	35.9	0.3	1.0	25.0	0.8	1.0	80.6	45.9	0.3	0.8	1.3	398	107	34	45	18	5	40	41	-14
20	Teana Miller T. Miller	3.4	2003	CHA	31	11.0	2.9	0.2	0.5	0.8	1.3	2.5	52.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.7	1.0	74.2	57.3	1.2	1.7	0.9	342	105	91	6	14	24	27	58	+62
21	Aiysha Smith A. Smith	3.4	2003	WAS	31	13.7	2.1	0.3	0.4	0.3	1.3	3.9	34.2	0.2	1.1	14.7	0.5	1.1	50.0	38.5	0.7	1.4	0.8	424	104	65	10	11	9	26	44	-84
22	Amber Jacobs A. Jacobs	3.2	2004	MIN	32	12.3	1.1	1.5	0.4	0.0	1.0	3.1	31.0	0.6	1.9	31.7	0.6	0.7	90.9	46.0	0.1	1.0	1.4	393	101	36	47	13	0	45	36	-24
23	K.B. Sharp	3.1	2003	NYL	30	13.3	1.1	1.2	0.5	0.0	0.9	2.4	39.4	0.2	0.8	29.2	1.0	1.3	79.5	53.3	0.4	0.7	0.9	399	94	32	37	14	0	26	15	-25
24	Le'coe Willingham L. Willingham	3.0	2004	CON	23	7.6	1.9	0.3	0.3	0.1	1.0	1.7	63.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.9	1.1	76.9	68.8	1.0	0.9	0.5	174	68	43	7	8	2	12	16	+42
25	Nakia Sanford N. Sanford	2.9	2003	WAS	17	7.8	1.5	0.1	0.2	0.1	1.2	2.4	50.0	0.0	0.0		0.5	1.2	45.0	50.2	0.6	0.9	0.8	132	49	26	1	3	2	14	35	-40

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RPG

7.7

Thomas

APG

8.4

Thomas

Team Rankings

ORTG

105.3

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DRTG

109.1

10th

NETRTG

-3.8

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3P%

32.7

10th

2026 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
4	Wings	24	16	.600	7.0
5	Fire	16	24	.400	15.0
6	Sparks	15	25	.375	16.0
7	Mercury	14	26	.350	17.0
8	Storm	8	32	.200	23.0

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DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 9/17	PHX	@	PDX	10:00 PM
Sat 9/19	PHX	@	DAL	1:00 PM
Mon 9/21	DAL	@	PHX	10:00 PM
Thu 9/24	LVA	@	PHX	10:00 PM

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11 - 29

Final

101

Mercury

14 - 26

Sat 29 Aug 2026

WNBA 2026 Leaders

PPG Leaders

26.0

Wilson

25.0

Mitchell

22.5

Clark

RPG Leaders

12.4

Reese

11.1

Shepard

9.4

Wilson

APG Leaders

8.4

Thomas

8.4

Clark

7.4

Canada

SPG Leaders

2.4

Howard

1.9

Canada

1.8

Reese

BPG Leaders

2.0

Wilson

1.7

Brink

1.7

Stokes

3PM Leaders

3.3

Howard

3.3

Mabrey

3.0

Mitchell

TS% Leaders

69.3

Allemand

68.4

Carter

66.9

Cunningham

WNBA 2026 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

116.5

114.3

112.9

111.9

111.8

111.3

DRtg Rankings

100.1

104.5

105.0

107.2

107.8

NetRtg Rankings

9.9

9.6

7.3

6.2

5.1

4.6

Tank Leaderboard

8-32

10-30

11-29

14-26

15-25

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FanDuel Points Leaders

1,846.3

Wilson

1,595.7

Stewart

1,540

Reese

DraftKings Points Leaders

1,826.8

Wilson

1,577.3

Reese

1,577

Stewart

USG% Leaders

32.8

Wilson

31.8

Clark

30.5

Mabrey

MPG Leaders

34.6

Howard

33.5

Thomas

33.2

Citron

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.56

Wilson

1.35

Boston

1.32

Malonga

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.54

Wilson

1.36

Clark

1.35

Boston

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21-13

20-14

19-15

18-14

18-16

18-15

Worst Record ATS

11-21

13-21

14-18

15-17

15-18

15-16

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1	Lynx - x	31	9	.775
2	Valkyries - x	29	11	.725	2.0
3	Aces - x	27	13	.675	4.0
4	Dream - x	26	14	.650	5.0
5	Fever - x	26	14	.650	5.0
6	Liberty - x	24	16	.600	7.0
7	Mystics - x	24	16	.600	7.0
8	Wings - x	24	16	.600	7.0
9	Fire - e	16	24	.400	15.0
10	Sky - e	15	25	.375	16.0
11	Sparks - e	15	25	.375	16.0
12	Mercury - e	14	26	.350	17.0
13	Tempo - e	11	29	.275	20.0
14	Sun - e	10	30	.250	21.0
15	Storm - e	8	32	.200	23.0

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Sun 6/14	ATL	@	TOR	102-77
Mon 6/15	LVA	@	DAL	66-96
Mon 6/15	PDX	@	MIN	74-107
Mon 6/15	LAS	@	GSV	58-78
Tue 6/16	TOR	@	IND	91-113

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 9/17	CON	@	ATL	7:30 PM
Thu 9/17	WAS	@	CHI	8:00 PM
Thu 9/17	LAS	@	DAL	8:00 PM
Thu 9/17	LVA	@	SEA	10:00 PM
Thu 9/17	PHX	@	PDX	10:00 PM

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