Paige Bueckers has been must-watch TV all season, but Tuesday night she did something only 2 other players in league history have ever done. During Dallas's win over Portland, Bueckers reached 750 points and 200 assists in a single season, putting her in a club with Caitlin Clark and Kelsey Plum. Nobody else in WNBA history has hit both numbers in the same year. Clark's done it twice.
Paige Bueckers connects on a WIDE OPEN three 🎯 She has 16 points and 8 assists so far tonight!
The Wings led at halftime at home, chasing their 3rd win in a row, and Bueckers kept doing what she's done all year: getting buckets and setting teammates up. The historic shot itself was a transition 3 that put her over the threshold, and the league's official account wasted no time putting her name next to the two guards who've defined this stat for years.
Context matters here. Bueckers is a rookie-turned-sophomore who won Rookie of the Year in 2025 and has only gotten better in year 2, now averaging 20.6 points and 5.8 assists a game, both career highs, while shooting nearly 40% from deep. Clark's version of this milestone came with a Fever team fighting for its life in the standings; Plum's came as an established vet running the show in Vegas/Vegas-era rosters. Bueckers is doing it as the engine of a Wings team that's now clinched a playoff spot outright.
That's the bigger story buried under the stat-line milestone. This isn't just a box-score achievement, it's confirmation Dallas has built its whole offense around her, and it's working. The Wings needed exactly this kind of two-way, do-everything guard to turn things around, and the record book is now backing up what the tape's shown all year.
Record the double-double. Join Caitlin Clark and Kelsey Plum in the history books. Secure Dallas’ spot in the postseason. What a night for @paigebueckers1 😮💨
The comparisons to Clark are going to follow Bueckers everywhere, fair or not, given how much oxygen Clark's rookie year sucked up. But this milestone stands on its own. Only 3 players, ever. With the playoffs locked and Bueckers still climbing, the question now is whether she can push these numbers even higher before the regular season's out.