A’ja Wilson’s Statistical Assault on the Record Books Continues, With No Signs of Slowing Down
With fewer than 10 games remaining in the WNBA season, A’ja Wilson is once again positioning herself for one of the most statistically dominant campaigns in league history — a pattern that’s become almost routine at this point in her career.
Chasing a record fifth MVP
The Aces themselves have taken to calling this Wilson’s “M’VP” campaign, a nod to her pursuit of a record-setting fifth Most Valuable Player award. No player in league history has claimed more than four, meaning Wilson isn’t just competing for individual hardware this season — she’s attempting to separate herself entirely from the rest of the WNBA’s all-time greats.
An unprecedented streak of elite scoring seasons
Wilson has already crossed 800 points this season, marking her fourth consecutive campaign reaching that threshold — a feat no other player in league history has managed more than twice. Sitting at 861 points with eight games left to play, she’s not close to finished. She already owns three of the league’s five all-time 900-point seasons, and reaching a fourth this year looks close to certain (fellow scorer Kelsey Mitchell is also on pace to hit that mark).
The more remarkable target sits even higher. Wilson has a real chance not just to record the WNBA’s second-ever 1,000-point season, but to surpass her own existing record. Back in 2024, she scored 1,021 points, becoming the first — and to date, only — player in league history to reach that milestone in a single season.
Breaking down the math makes her current trajectory clear. She currently sits just 76 points shy of the second-highest scoring season of her own career, and needs 161 more points to break her existing record outright — a target requiring an average of just 20.2 points over her remaining games. Given that she’s averaging 26.1 points this season, well above that pace, Wilson projects to finish around 1,069.8 points if she plays all eight remaining games — a total that would push her single-season scoring record even further out of reach for anyone else in the league (worth noting: the 2024 season featured 40 total games, compared to 44 this season, adding useful context to any raw point comparisons).
Her scoring average sits in territory no one else has reached
Wilson’s all-time single-season scoring average record of 26.9 points, set in 2024, likely remains safe this year. But maintaining her current 26.1 average would still give her the only two seasons in WNBA history above the 26-point threshold. For context on how rare that territory is, only one other player — Diana Taurasi, at 25.3 — has ever even cracked a 25-point single-season average.
Her career numbers reflect that same sustained dominance. Wilson holds the WNBA’s all-time career scoring average record at 21.93 points per game, with only Cynthia Cooper (20.98) and Breanna Stewart (20.52) joining her as the sole eligible players with a career average above 20 points.
Climbing the all-time scoring list
Wilson currently sits 11th on the league’s all-time scoring list with 6,580 career points, and has a realistic shot at cracking the top 10 before this season ends. Stewart currently sits ahead of her and continues adding to her own total, but both players are chasing ninth-place Sue Bird’s mark of 6,803 points. Wilson would need 224 more points to pass Bird — achievable with an average of 28 points across her remaining eight games.
Looking further out, Taurasi’s all-time scoring record of 10,646 points remains the ultimate target. Wilson has averaged more than 930 points across her last four seasons combined (a number that could climb past 980 depending on how this season finishes). At that pace, and having just turned 30, Wilson is on track to break Taurasi’s all-time record sometime late in the 2030 season or early in 2031 — a genuinely realistic timeline given her sustained production.
Elite on both ends of the floor
What separates Wilson from most historically great scorers is that her dominance isn’t confined to the offensive end. She reached 600 career blocks last week, becoming just the sixth player in league history to hit that milestone. Her 2.0 blocks per game this season matches her career average, which itself ranks fourth all-time.
Extending that trajectory forward, Wilson should climb to at least fourth on the career blocks list within two more seasons. Brittney Griner currently holds the all-time record at 891 blocks and counting, and while it’s unclear how much higher Griner will ultimately push that number, Wilson herself projects to reach 900 career blocks sometime during the 2030 season.
A legitimate rebounding force as well
Rebounding adds yet another dimension to her statistical profile. Wilson ranks third in the league this season with 9.6 boards per game, and while she sits 14th on the all-time career rebounding list, she ranks fourth in career rebounds per game at 9.4. She already holds the single-season rebounding record, set in 2024 with 451 total boards, and posted the third-highest single-season total again last year.
The two players currently ahead of her on the career rebounding list, Jonquel Jones and Alyssa Thomas, are both still active — meaning Wilson is chasing a moving target rather than a fixed one. Even so, her current pace suggests she could crack the top 10 in career rebounding by the end of next season, with a realistic path to surpassing Tina Charles’ current all-time record of 4,262 rebounds sometime during the 2030 season.
A season worth circling on the calendar
Between her potential pursuit of Taurasi’s all-time scoring record, her march toward the top of the career blocks list, and her chase of Charles’ rebounding mark, multiple threads of Wilson’s statistical legacy appear to be converging around the same general window. As things currently stand, 2030 is shaping up to be a genuinely historic season for Wilson across nearly every major statistical category the sport tracks.
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