Caitlin Clark simply retains on making historical past. In Sunday’s WNBA sport between the Indiana Fever and the Dallas Wings, Clark set a brand new file for many factors in a season by any rookie in league historical past. The file was damaged with a deep three-pointer within the third quarter, rising Clark’s complete scoring output for the season to 746 factors (and counting).
The earlier file was held by Seimone Augustus, who scored 744 factors in her 34-game rookie season in 2006.
The one-season rookie scoring file is the newest in an extended checklist that Caitlin Clark has damaged this season. Notably, she set a brand new mark for many assists in a single sport by any participant in league historical past with a 19-dime effort in July. Final week, she broke the file for many assists in a single season by any WNBA participant, rookie or in any other case, surpassing Alyssa Thomas’s mark from final 12 months.
After setting the single-season help file on Friday, Clark mirrored on simply what number of information have been set this season. Earlier within the week, A’ja Wilson set a brand new mark for many factors in a single season, whereas Angel Reese set a file for many rebounds in a season
“I believe it positively speaks to the entire complete 12 months and the way historic it has been for this league and the way nice the basketball has been for the league, and we’re not even into the playoffs but,” Clark stated. “I believe that’s what’s so enjoyable about it, is you’re simply going to proceed to see information be taken down, but additionally I believe actually good basketball, and that’s why it’s been so enjoyable to look at.
Right here’s a non-exhaustive checklist of different information Clark has damaged in her first 12 months within the WNBA:
- WNBA single-season file in assists
- First triple-double by a rookie in WNBA historical past
- Franchise file for many three-pointers in a single season
- Franchise file for many double-doubles in a single season
- First rookie in WNBA historical past to file 400 factors, 100 rebounds and 150 assists in a season
- Most three-pointers by a rookie
- Most 15-point, 5-assist video games in a season
- Most turnovers in a single season
With two video games left within the common season, a number of different information are inside hanging distance, together with the file for many three-pointers in a single season. That one was set by Sabrina Ionescu, who hit 124 three-pointers in 2023. Getting into Sunday’s sport, Clark had hit 116 three-pointers.
For the reason that Olympic break, Clark has averaged 23.4 factors on 43.4% capturing. It’s an enormous leap from her pre-Olympic break numbers; previous to August, she averaged 17.1 factors on 40.5% capturing.
