List of WNBA annual assists leaders

The Women's National Basketball Association's (WNBA) assists leader is the player with the highest assists per game average in a given season.

Ticha Penicheiro has had the most league-leading seasons, with seven. The five highest single-season averages were recorded by Courtney Vandersloot, who set new records in each of four consecutive seasons from 2017 to 2020.

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Season	Player	Pos.	Team	Games played	Turnovers	Assists per turnover	Total assists	APG
1997	Teresa Weatherspoon	G	New York Liberty	28	94	1.84	173	6.2
1998	Ticha Penicheiro	G	Sacramento Monarchs	30	116	1.93	224	7.5
1999	Ticha Penicheiro (2)	G	Sacramento Monarchs	32	135	1.67	226	7.1
2000	Ticha Penicheiro (3)	G	Sacramento Monarchs	30	71	3.32	236	7.9
2001	Ticha Penicheiro (4)	G	Sacramento Monarchs	23	64	2.69	172	7.5
2002	Ticha Penicheiro (5)	G	Sacramento Monarchs	24	69	2.78	192	8.0
2003	Ticha Penicheiro (6)	G	Sacramento Monarchs	34	81	2.83	229	6.7
2004	Nikki Teasley	G	Los Angeles Sparks	34	103	2.01	207	6.1
2005	Sue Bird	G	Seattle Storm	30	87	2.02	176	5.9
2006	Nikki Teasley (2)	G	Washington Mystics	34	77	2.38	183	5.4
2007	Becky Hammon	G	San Antonio Silver Stars	28	114	1.23	140	5.0
2008	Lindsay Whalen	G	Connecticut Sun	31	58	2.86	166	5.4
2009	Sue Bird (2)	G	Seattle Storm	31	81	2.21	179	5.8
2010	Ticha Penicheiro (7)	G	Los Angeles Sparks	32	72	3.06	220	6.9
2011	Lindsay Whalen (2)	G	Minnesota Lynx	34	75	2.65	199	5.9
2012	Lindsay Whalen (3)	G	Minnesota Lynx	33	68	2.62	178	5.4
2013	Danielle Robinson	G	San Antonio Silver Stars	25	64	2.63	168	6.7
2014	Courtney Vandersloot	G	Chicago Sky	18	47	2.15	101	5.6
2015	Candace Parker	F	Los Angeles Sparks	16	40	2.50	100	6.3
2016	Sue Bird (3)	G	Seattle Storm	34	84	2.33	196	5.8
2017	Courtney Vandersloot (2)	G	Chicago Sky	27	80	2.73	218	8.1
2018	Courtney Vandersloot (3)	G	Chicago Sky	30	104	2.48	258	8.6
2019	Courtney Vandersloot (4)	G	Chicago Sky	33	96	3.13	300	9.1
2020	Courtney Vandersloot (5)	G	Chicago Sky	22	54	4.07	220	10.0
2021	Courtney Vandersloot (6)	G	Chicago Sky	32	96	2.86	275	8.6
2022	Natasha Cloud	G	Washington Mystics	34	94	2.54	239	7.0
2023	Courtney Vandersloot (7)	G	New York Liberty	39	104	2.31	314	8.1

External links edit

WNBA Year-by-Year Leaders and Records for Assists Per Game by Basketball-Reference.com

List of WNBA annual assists leaders

Assists leader edit

See also edit

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