List of Women's National Basketball Association annual assists leaders

The Women's National Basketball Association's (WNBA) assists leader is the player with the highest assists per game average in a given season.

Ticha Penicheiro has had the most league-leading seasons, with seven. The five highest single-season averages were recorded by Courtney Vandersloot, who set new records in each of four consecutive seasons from 2017 to 2020.

Assists leader

Season Player Pos. Team Games
played 		Turnovers Assists per
turnover 		Total
assists 		APG
1997 Teresa Weatherspoon G New York Liberty 28 94 1.84 173 6.2
1998 Ticha Penicheiro G Sacramento Monarchs 30 116 1.93 224 7.5
1999 Ticha Penicheiro (2) G Sacramento Monarchs 32 135 1.67 226 7.1
2000 Ticha Penicheiro (3) G Sacramento Monarchs 30 71 3.32 236 7.9
2001 Ticha Penicheiro (4) G Sacramento Monarchs 23 64 2.69 172 7.5
2002 Ticha Penicheiro (5) G Sacramento Monarchs 24 69 2.78 192 8.0
2003 Ticha Penicheiro (6) G Sacramento Monarchs 34 81 2.83 229 6.7
2004 Nikki Teasley G Los Angeles Sparks 34 103 2.01 207 6.1
2005 Sue Bird G Seattle Storm 30 87 2.02 176 5.9
2006 Nikki Teasley (2) G Washington Mystics 34 77 2.38 183 5.4
2007 Becky Hammon G San Antonio Silver Stars 28 114 1.23 140 5.0
2008 Lindsay Whalen G Connecticut Sun 31 58 2.86 166 5.4
2009 Sue Bird (2) G Seattle Storm 31 81 2.21 179 5.8
2010 Ticha Penicheiro (7) G Los Angeles Sparks 32 72 3.06 220 6.9
2011 Lindsay Whalen (2) G Minnesota Lynx 34 75 2.65 199 5.9
2012 Lindsay Whalen (3) G Minnesota Lynx 33 68 2.62 178 5.4
2013 Danielle Robinson G San Antonio Silver Stars 25 64 2.63 168 6.7
2014 Courtney Vandersloot G Chicago Sky 18 47 2.15 101 5.6
2015 Candace Parker F Los Angeles Sparks 16 40 2.50 100 6.3
2016 Sue Bird (3) G Seattle Storm 34 84 2.33 196 5.8
2017 Courtney Vandersloot (2) G Chicago Sky 27 80 2.73 218 8.1
2018 Courtney Vandersloot (3) G Chicago Sky 30 104 2.48 258 8.6
2019 Courtney Vandersloot (4) G Chicago Sky 33 96 3.13 300 9.1
2020 Courtney Vandersloot (5) G Chicago Sky 22 54 4.07 220 10.0
2021 Courtney Vandersloot (6) G Chicago Sky 32 96 2.86 275 8.6
2022 Natasha Cloud G Washington Mystics 34 94 2.54 239 7.0
2023 Courtney Vandersloot (7) G New York Liberty 39 104 2.31 314 8.1

See also

External links

  • WNBA Year-by-Year Leaders and Records for Assists Per Game by Basketball-Reference.com
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