Our Friday Funday piece today is a roundtable collection of historical data points from the 2025 WNBA regular season, which ended last night after the Las Vegas Aces defeated the Los Angeles Sparks. Never let it be said that the league was not as interesting this year as last: quite the opposite, really. Between the historical accomplishments/achievements of Napheesa Collier, Alyssa Thomas, and the Aces … Yowza!

First, let’s start with Collier, who finished second in Player Efficiency Rating (PER) and Win Shares (WS) this season: she became just the second player ever to post a 50-percent shot rate overall, combined with a 40-percent success rate from three-point range and a 90-percent conversion rate from the free-throw line. The only other player to do this was Elena Delle Donne (2019), when she was correctly awarded the MVP.

Collier, the No. 6 overall pick in the 2019 draft, missed 11 games due to injury this year, but in playing three fourths of the season still, it’s an accomplishment that is quite legitimate. Whether she wins the MVP trophy like Delle Donne is yet to be seen, but she certainly is one of the top candidates. Collier has had that awesome ability this year to hit key shots for the Minnesota Lynx whenever they needed it in a 34-win year.

Second, Alyssa Thomas regained the single-season assist record in 2025, after Caitlin Clark broke Thomas’ old record in 2024. With 357 assists in 39 games, Thomas posted 9.2 assists per game this year—good enough for the second-best, per-game average in the history of the WNBA. The top season ever for assists was posted by Courtney Vandersloot in 2020, who posted 10.0 assists per game across 22 contests.

Yet Vandersloot owns six of the nine best assists-per-game marks in league history, so her 2020 effort was no fluke. Thomas had put up 7.9 assists per game in both 2023 and 2024; this is becoming a habit for her. Clark averaged 8.4 assists in 2024, which is the sixth best in WNBA history. Vandersloot owns four spots in the top five for this statistical category, putting her on a level higher than anyone else, including Thomas.

Finally, the Aces finished the season with 16 consecutive victories, which is the second-best streak in WNBA history. The team was 14-14 in early August and finished with the No. 2 playoff seed as a result of the victory march—the longest to end the regular season in league history. In addition, Las Vegas set a WNBA regular-season record with 22 3-point baskets in their win on Thursday over the Sparks. Very impressive!

With the Lynx and the Aces playing so well, they are clearly the playoff favorites to meet in the Finals. Collier will have the chance to face A’ja Wilson, perhaps, in a head-to-head matchup of the two best players in the league this year. We won’t do any predictions for the WNBA playoffs, but we will report back after each round to highlight the impressive achievements that have occurred in the process. Stay tuned …