Toward the end of the first half Wednesday night, Las Vegas Aces star A’ja Wilson received the ball from teammate Chelsea Gray, jabbed to the left and then took fellow former South Carolina Gamecock Aliyah Boston off the dribble, pulling up at the free throw line for a jump shot.
It has been a remarkable run for the two-time — presumably soon-to-be three-time — WNBA MVP. And in Wednesday’s 86-75 win over the red-hot Indiana Fever, Wilson etched her name in the history books once more by recording the most points ever in a WNBA season.
Wilson’s pull-up jumper with 26.4 seconds left in the first half gave her 941 points this season, two more than Jewell Loyd‘s previous record of 939 set last season. With 27 points by game’s end, Wilson’s point total for 2024 sits at 956, putting her 44 points from becoming the first WNBA player to score 1,000 in a single season.
The accomplishment came in Wilson’s return after sitting out her first game since 2019 because of a minor ankle injury.
“It feels great because now people will stop talking about it,” Wilson quipped about the record after the game. “Felt like it was just like lingering, lingering, lingering, so I’m glad that we got it done.