Indiana Fever rookie Caitlin Clark makes WNBA history after breaking notable record
from Michael Gallagher, with YardBarker.com/www.yardbarker.com
Indiana Fever rookie Caitlin Clark is no stranger to breaking records.
After all, she’s taken down several WNBA rookie records this season, including made three-pointers (120), most double-doubles by a guard (14), most rebounds by a guard (222) and most assists in All-Star Game history (10).
She was also the fastest rookie ever to hit 400 points and 200 assists, as well as the first to record a triple-double.
In Sunday’s 110-109 win over the Dallas Wings, Clark did it again. The 22-year-old scored a career-high 35 points and broke Seimone Augustus’ 18-year record for most single-season points by a rookie (744). Clark has 761 points and counting with one game left in the regular season.
In addition to setting multiple new rookie records, Clark (who earlier this season became the fastest player in WNBA history to reach 300 career assists, also broke several WNBA records including single-game assists (19), single-season assists (329), most points scored or assisted on (1,090), and most All-Star votes (700,735).
A three-time WNBA Rookie of the Month, Clark entered Sunday’s game against the Wings leading all rookies in points per game (19.1), assists per game (8.4), steals per game (1.3), made field goals (230), made three-pointers (114) and free-throw percentage (89.9), and she ranked second in defensive rebounds (5.4).
ESPN recently ranked Clark’s rookie season as the third-best in WNBA history behind those of Candace Parker and Tamika Catchings, respectively.
The Iowa alum all but has the WNBA Rookie of the Year award locked up, and many believe she’s in the conversation for league MVP along with Las Vegas Aces center A’ja Wilson, who leads the WNBA in scoring (27.0 points per game) and is second in rebounding (12.1 per game) and sixth in field-goal percentage (51.9).