WNBA Single-Season Turnovers Record Progression
Every season that raised the bar, and the leader in every season between.
The WNBA single-season turnovers record is 223, set by Caitlin Clark in 2024. It has stood for 2 years. The mark has been raised 4 times since 1997.
Record Holders
5 marks since 1997| Year | Player | TOV | Stood for |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 |
 Caitlin Clark
|
223 | still standing |
| 2023 |
 Alyssa Thomas
|
137 | 1 year |
| 1999 | Ticha Penicheiro | 135 | 24 years |
| 1998 | Nikki McCray | 125 | 1 year |
| 1997 | Chantel Tremitiere | 122 | 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 | TOV | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Alyssa Thomas | 135 | |
| 2024 | Caitlin Clark | 223 | new record |
| 2023 | Alyssa Thomas | 137 | new record |
| 2022 | Natasha Howard | 113 | |
| 2021 | Betnijah Laney-Hamilton | 119 | |
| 2020 | Skylar Diggins | 70 | |
| 2019 | Odyssey Sims | 112 | |
| 2018 | Courtney Vandersloot | 104 | |
| 2017 | Alyssa Thomas | 98 | |
| 2016 | Candace Parker | 98 | |
| 2015 | Angel McCoughtry | 107 | |
| 2014 | Angel McCoughtry | 116 | |
| 2013 | Angel McCoughtry | 134 | |
| 2012 | Kristi Toliver | 124 | |
| 2011 | Becky Hammon | 119 | |
| 2010 | Diana Taurasi | 110 | |
| 2009 | Becky Hammon | 111 | |
| 2008 | Lisa Leslie | 119 | |
| 2007 | DeLisha Milton-Jones | 121 | |
| 2006 | Lisa Leslie | 126 | |
| 2005 | Shannon Johnson | 113 | |
| 2004 | Becky Hammon | 118 | |
| 2003 | Sue Bird | 110 | |
| 2002 | Sue Bird | 109 | |
| 2001 | Rita Williams | 100 | |
| 2001 | Dawn Staley | 100 | |
| 2000 | Lisa Leslie | 103 | |
| 1999 | Ticha Penicheiro | 135 | new record |
| 1998 | Nikki McCray | 125 | new record |
| 1997 | Chantel Tremitiere | 122 | new record |