Las Vegas Aces star A’ja Wilson continued her remarkable individual campaign on Tuesday night when she set the WNBA’s single-season rebounding record during her team’s crucial win over the Seattle Storm. Wilson finished the night with 21 points and seven rebounds, and now has 451 total rebounds this season.
Wilson needed just three boards on Tuesday to make history, and it didn’t take her long to get them. Less than five minutes into the game, Wilson pulled down a miss from Skylar Diggins-Smith to write her name into the record books yet again.
This is the second time that the rebounding record has been broken this summer. No. 7 overall pick Angel Reese surpassed future Hall of Famer Sylvia Fowles’ previous mark of 404 on Sept. 1 during the Chicago Sky’s loss to the Minnesota Lynx.
Single-season total rebounding record
Unfortunately, Reese was ruled out for the season a few days later due to a wrist injury and finished with 446 total rebounds. If Reese had remained healthy, it’s unlikely that Wilson would have caught her…
