{"id":138865,"date":"2025-09-07T07:17:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-07T07:17:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/138865\/"},"modified":"2025-09-07T07:17:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-07T07:17:11","slug":"mercurys-alyssa-thomas-breaks-caitlin-clarks-wnba-single-season-assists-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/138865\/","title":{"rendered":"Mercury&#8217;s Alyssa Thomas Breaks Caitlin Clark&#8217;s WNBA Single-Season Assists Record"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">One record-setting mark from Caitlin Clark&#8217;s historic rookie season has already fallen.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Phoenix Mercury star Alyssa Thomas notched her 338th assist of the 2025 season in Saturday&#8217;s game against the Connecticut Sun. That moves her past Clark for the <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/wnba\/leaders\/ast_season.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">most dimes<\/a> in one year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Thomas also sit pies third and fourth on that list.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Quite a few single-season records have fallen in the last few years with the WNBA adding more games to the schedule.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Courtney Vandersloot made 33 appearances in 2019, when she finished with a then-record 300 assists. When Thomas and Clark bested that number, it came after the season expanded to 40 games.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">While the season length is now up to 44 games, Thomas needed just 37 to get there Saturday. The Mercury play twice more, so she could hit 350-plus assists when all is said and done.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">This achievement further underlines the six-time All-Star&#8217;s status as the best point forward in WNBA history. Her per-game assist average (5.04) ranks 10th all-time, and she&#8217;s seventh in overall total (1,794 entering Saturday).<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">The 2025 campaign is likely to go down as Thomas&#8217; best as well. Entering the day, she was averaging 15.9 points, 9.0 rebounds and 9.2 assists while shooting 53.9 percent from the field.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Those efforts probably won&#8217;t result in an <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" href=\"https:\/\/bleacherreport.com\/articles\/25235848-predicting-wnba-mvp-rookie-year-every-major-award-winner-1-month-go\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">MVP win<\/a>, but Thomas is all but assured of a top-five finish in the voting for the fourth straight year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">And at least for a little while, the 33-year-old will occupy a special place in the league&#8217;s record books.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One record-setting mark from Caitlin Clark&#8217;s historic rookie season has already fallen. 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