Follow us on Google Discover Kelsey Mitchell made WNBA history when the Indiana Fever beat the Toronto Tempo on Friday night.
The Fever secured a 103-85 victory, with Mitchell and Caitlin Clark among the standout performers.
Clark hit double figures for points and assists again, while Mitchell, after scoring 33 points against the Tempo, set a WNBA single-season scoring record by taking her total for 2026 up to 1,034 points.
Kelsey Mitchell responds to breaking WNBA points record
Now, Mitchell has been quizzed on breaking that record in a post-game interview shared by Savanna Hamilton on X/Twitter.
A reporter asked: “Now you’re also making league history, too. So what does that mean to you to be one of those front faces now making that league history?”
Mitchell responded: “I don’t think, like I said, it’s still settling in. But I think about, I can’t like, I think about all the times that I wasn’t even supposed to be in these rooms.
“I look back on my career and see what the Fever at one point, 6 and 27, 6 and 28.
“And so, a lot of what I’ve been through, a lot of who I am. I’m one of them stories where it’s like I wasn’t the person people was asking to do stuff, be a part of stuff. I wasn’t on the records for anything, and so it took a lot of work to really be here.”
“I’m one of them stories where it’s like I wasn’t the person people was asking to do stuff, be a part of stuff. I wasn’t on the records for anything… and so it took a lot of work to really be here.”
– Kelsey Mitchell on the work behind her game, making WNBA history and being… pic.twitter.com/BqN3CSc2XO
— Savanna Hamilton (@SavHamilton11) September 19, 2026
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It remains to be seen if Mitchell’s point-scoring ability will be enough for her to clinch the MVP crown this year.
She is facing stiff competition from a number of players, including her Fever teammate Clark and multi-time winner A’ja Wilson.
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