WNBA Single-Season Total Assists Record Progression
Every season that raised the bar, and the leader in every season between.
The WNBA single-season total assists record is 357, set by Alyssa Thomas in 2025. It has stood for 1 year. The mark has been raised 8 times since 1997.
Record Holders
9 marks since 1997| Year | Player | AST | Stood for |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 |
 Alyssa Thomas
|
357 | still standing |
| 2024 |
 Caitlin Clark
|
337 | 1 year |
| 2023 |
Alyssa Thomas
|
316 | 1 year |
| 2019 |
 Courtney Vandersloot
|
300 | 4 years |
| 2018 |
Courtney Vandersloot
|
258 | 1 year |
| 2000 | Ticha Penicheiro | 236 | 18 years |
| 1999 | Ticha Penicheiro | 226 | 1 year |
| 1998 | Ticha Penicheiro | 224 | 1 year |
| 1997 | Teresa Weatherspoon | 172 | 1 year |
The earliest marks here are records only in the sense that nobody had done better yet. Season length, schedule and the rules themselves have all changed, so a figure from the 1870s is not comparable with a modern one and is not offered as though it were.
Every Season
30 seasons| Year | Leader | AST | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Alyssa Thomas | 357 | new record |
| 2024 | Caitlin Clark | 337 | new record |
| 2023 | Alyssa Thomas | 316 | new record |
| 2022 | Natasha Cloud | 239 | |
| 2021 | Courtney Vandersloot | 275 | |
| 2020 | Courtney Vandersloot | 220 | |
| 2019 | Courtney Vandersloot | 300 | new record |
| 2018 | Courtney Vandersloot | 258 | new record |
| 2017 | Layshia Clarendon | 226 | |
| 2016 | Sue Bird | 196 | |
| 2015 | Courtney Vandersloot | 198 | |
| 2014 | Lindsay Whalen | 189 | |
| 2013 | Lindsay Whalen | 197 | |
| 2013 | Diana Taurasi | 197 | |
| 2012 | Lindsay Whalen | 178 | |
| 2011 | Lindsay Whalen | 199 | |
| 2010 | Ticha Penicheiro | 220 | |
| 2009 | Sue Bird | 179 | |
| 2008 | Ticha Penicheiro | 172 | |
| 2007 | Lindsay Whalen | 169 | |
| 2006 | Nikki Teasley | 183 | |
| 2005 | Temeka Johnson | 177 | |
| 2004 | Nikki Teasley | 207 | |
| 2003 | Ticha Penicheiro | 229 | |
| 2002 | Ticha Penicheiro | 192 | |
| 2001 | Teresa Weatherspoon | 203 | |
| 2000 | Ticha Penicheiro | 236 | new record |
| 1999 | Ticha Penicheiro | 226 | new record |
| 1998 | Ticha Penicheiro | 224 | new record |
| 1997 | Teresa Weatherspoon | 172 | new record |