Angel Reese breaks another WNBA record

Angel Reese has entered the history books again. Last month the 22-year-old Chicago Sky forward broke the single-season record for consecutive double-doubles, set by Candace Parker with the Los Angeles Sparks in 2015. In Sunday’s 84-71 defeat to the Seattle Storm she posted 17 points and pulled down 14 rebounds, the 13th straight game in which she has ended with a double-double on the game log.

Angel Reese overtakes Candace Parker

That ensured she took another WNBA record - the most consecutive double-doubles across multiple seasons, taking another league record off Candace Parker. Parker managed 12 between the end of the 2009 season and the start of the 2010 campaign.

Angel’s run started on 4 June when she finished with 13 points and 10 rebounds in the Commissioners Cup clash with the New York Liberty. Since then she has registered double-doubles in every game.

Reese, the No. 7 pick in the 2024 WNBA draft, is averaging 14.1 points, 11.9 rebounds,1.9 assists and 1.5 steals per game but insists she is more focused on the team moving up the classification that her own achievements. Chicago Sky are eighth in the WNBA standings on 8-12 after 20 regular season games.

“I just go out there and do my job,” Reese, who recorded a career-high 27 points in the first game against the Storm, told reporters post-game. “My job is to rebound, so I’m going to go out there and do my job and rebound. I know that’s what my team-mates need me to do, and I’ve committed to that,”

On the horizon is the record for double-doubles in a single WNBA season, which was set recently. Alyssa Thomas notched 28 double-doubles in 40 regular season games for the Connecticut Sun last year. Reese has another 15 between now and September to get to pull level.

And much further down the line is the all-time WNBA record - Sylvia Fowles holds the for the most career double-doubles, totaling 193 during 15 seasons from 2008 until her retirement in 2022.