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The Seattle Storm have set a new WNBA record for the most losses in a single season. Seattle finished the 2026 regular season with an 8-36 record, giving the Storm 36 losses — two more than the previous league record of 34. The record reflects both Seattle’s difficult season and the WNBA’s longer 44-game schedule, … Read more
Paige Bueckers has added several major records to her WNBA résumé while helping transform the Dallas Wings from one of the league’s worst teams into a playoff team. Bueckers finished the 2026 regular season with 878 points, breaking the Wings’ single-season scoring record previously held by Arike Ogunbowale. She also became the highest-scoring player through … Read more
Angel Reese gave the Atlanta Dream an injury scare just days before the 2026 WNBA playoffs when she was hit in the face by New York Liberty guard Sabrina Ionescu during Atlanta’s regular-season finale. Reese left the game and did not play in the second half, but the immediate news was encouraging. Dream coach Karl … Read more
Kelsey Mitchell has turned the 2026 WNBA season into the most prolific scoring season in league history. The Indiana Fever guard has broken the WNBA single-season scoring record, established a new league record for consecutive 20-point games and surpassed the previous WNBA single-season three-point record. Those achievements add to an already extensive collection of Indiana … Read more
WNBA playoff seeding is relatively simple: the eight teams with the best regular-season records qualify for the postseason, regardless of whether they play in the Eastern or Western Conference. Those eight teams are ranked from No. 1 through No. 8 based primarily on their regular-season records. The seeds determine first-round matchups, which teams receive home-court … Read more
Minnesota Lynx star Olivia Miles missed the team’s September 22 game against the Indiana Fever because of a left calf injury, creating an immediate concern with the WNBA playoffs only days away. The good news for Minnesota is that Miles has not been ruled out for the postseason. The Lynx are currently treating the injury … Read more
Minnesota Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve made one of the more unusual decisions of the closing days of the 2026 WNBA regular season when she effectively shut down most of her starting lineup during a game that could have clinched the No. 1 playoff seed. With the Indiana Fever dominating Minnesota early, Reeve left Napheesa Collier, … Read more
Minnesota Lynx guard Olivia Miles now holds the WNBA record for the most points scored by a rookie in a single season, passing the record Caitlin Clark established with the Indiana Fever in 2024. Miles broke Clark’s mark during Minnesota’s 101-89 victory over the Connecticut Sun on September 20, 2026. She entered the game tied … Read more