For Sunday Surmising today, we’re going to revisit some facts about the 2024 WNBA season. Here is a straight-forward web page to help people verify these facts, as well. Remember, we did an analysis already of the major awards voted upon for the season, in addition to an analysis of all the WNBA Rookie of the Year winners in league history. Yes, you know where we are going with this, to stop the nonsense quickly.

  • Points Scored (league leader first, second place afterward): A’ja Wilson (1,021); Caitlin Clark (769)
  • Points per Game: Wilson (26.9); Clark (19.2)
  • Total Rebounds: Wilson (451); Angel Reese (446); Clark (227)
    • Reese was also a rookie, playing for a much worse team than Clark.
  • Rebounds per Game: Reese (13.1); Wilson (11.9); Clark (5.7)
  • Assists: Clark (337); Alyssa Thomas (317)
  • Assists per Game: Clark (8.4); Thomas (7.9)
    • Clearly, this is the strength of her game—not scoring, which anyone can do if they shoot a lot.
  • Assist Percentage: Thomas (40.9); Clark (39.1)
    • Interesting, though, how her percentage is lower than Thomas’ here; it is because of shooting!
  • Total Steals: Arike Ogunbowale (81); Nneka Ogwumike (69); Clark (53)
    • Clark is not known for her defense, as demonstrated below.
  • Steals per Game: Ogunbowale (2.1); Napheesa Collier (1.9); Clark (1.3)
  • Total Blocks: Wilson (98); Ezi Magbegor (82); Clark (27)
  • Blocks per Game: Wilson (2.6); Cameron Brink (2.3); Clark (0.7)
  • Total Turnovers: Clark (223); Thomas (145)
    • Clark topped the league by almost two turnovers per game in setting an all-time record here.
  • Turnover Percentage: Wilson (5.3); Ogwumike (8.4); Clark (25.3)
    • The lower the number the better here as Clark turned the ball over one quarter (!) of the time.
  • Field Goal Percentage: Brittney Griner (.579); Teaira McCowan (.570); Clark (.417)
    • For someone people claim is a good shooter, Clark’s overall shooting percentage is pretty bad.
  • Free Throw Percentage: Ogunbowale (.921); Clark (.906)
  • Three-Point Percentage: Emily Engstler (.474); Lexie Hull (.471); Clark (.344)
    • Hull is one of Clark’s teammates, so why didn’t she shoot the three much more often?
  • Two-Point Percentage: Jonquel Jones (.636); Griner (.583); Clark (.533)
  • Effective FG Percentage: Jones (.615); Bridget Carlton (.604); Clark (.522)
    • Clark was fifth on her own team here, while Hull was tops.
  • True Shooting Percentage: Jones (.645); Griner (.625); Clark (.583)
    • Clark was third on her own team here, while Hull again was the best.
  • Player Efficiency Rating: Wilson (34.9); Breanna Stewart (26.4); Clark (18.8)
    • Clark was second on her own team here.
  • Win Shares: Wilson (10.9); Stewart (8.7); Clark (3.0)
    • Clark was third on her own team here, meaning her overall value to team success was third best.
  • Offensive Win Shares: Wilson (7.0); Stewart (5.4); Clark (2.3)
    • Clark was third on her own team here, even though offense is supposed to be her “thing”?
  • Defensive Win Shares: Wilson (3.8); Collier (3.7); Clark (0.7)
  • Offensive Rating: Tiffany Hayes (119.0); Wilson (118.8); Clark (103.0)
    • Clark was eighth on her own team here, even though offense is supposed to be her “thing”?
  • Defensive Rating: Collier (91.3); Wilson (92.4); Clark (109.0)
    • Clark was fifth on her own team in scoring prevention. Combined with eighth on offense …
  • Usage Rate: Wilson (32.2); Kahleah Copper (31.8); Clark (27.7)
    • For the record, Hull was 11th on the team in usage, despite the shooting prowess.

Just remember the factual data above as you absorb, assimilate, and comprehend all the hyperbole.