A triple-double is achieved in basketball when a player accumulates a total of 10 or more in three of five statistical categories (points, rebounds, assists, steals, and blocks) in one game. The following lists triple-doubles attained in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) from the league's founding in 1996 to the present.
As of the mid-2026 season, 68 triple-doubles have been recorded in the WNBA. Alyssa Thomas has the all-time record with thirty, and no other player has more than seven.
Rarity For several reasons, triple-doubles are more rare in the women's WNBA than in the men's NBA. Games are shorter in the WNBA, lasting 40 minutes compared to 48 minutes in the NBA. The WNBA has fewer games (fewer teams) in a season (44 vs 82). The playing style in the WNBA features more ball movement and teamwork compared to the NBA's reliance on star players.
Individual achievement Alyssa Thomas holds most WNBA records regarding triple-doubles by a considerable margin, holding the record for regular season (24), postseason (6), and overall (30); in contrast, the second-place in career regular season and overall triple-doubles, Jessica Shepard, has only posted seven in the regular season and zero in the playoffs, and no player has ever had more than one playoff triple-double. Thomas scored the first WNBA Finals triple-double (and only third ever in the playoffs) on September 15, 2022 against the Las Vegas Aces, and another the following game on September 18. Thomas recorded four of her career triple-doubles in the 2022 season, and her fifth through eleventh in the 2023 season. In August of the 2025 season, Thomas became the first player to record a triple-double in three straight games. Thomas is also the only player to post a triple-double with at least 15 rebounds and 15 assists, with her 2025 performance also setting the record for most assists in a triple-double at 17. Thomas was also the first player with a 20-plus rebound triple-double, a feat only matched by Shepard.
Sheryl Swoopes of the Houston Comets was the first player in the WNBA to put up a triple-double in both regular season and the postseason, posting the former in a blowout against the Detroit Shock in 1999 and the latter in 2005 against the Seattle Storm; it would take another 17 years for another player, Courtney Vandersloot of the Chicago Sky, to put up a triple-double in the playoffs, and Thomas is the only other to do so in the postseason. The second triple-double in WNBA history was by Margo Dydek, who also was the first to do so with blocks rather than assists; her ten blocks in a narrow win against the Orlando Miracle in 2001 was also a single-game record at that time. The third triple-double in WNBA history, performed by Lisa Leslie of the Los Angeles Sparks in 2004, was the second and last to be done with blocks rather than assists and was also the first to be done with over 20 points. It took 17 years for Sabrina Ionescu to become the second player with a 20-plus point triple-double, doing so in a New York Liberty game in 2021. In 2022, Ionescu also became the first to both achieve a triple-double in three quarters and register at least 12 of each statistic, and she remains the only player with a 30-plus point triple double. In 2022, Candace Parker became both the first WNBA player to reach three triple-doubles overall, as well as achieve two or more triple-doubles in the same season. In 2024, Caitlin Clark was the first WNBA rookie to record a triple-double.
All WNBA triple-doubles Below, playoff triple-doubles are highlighted in italics. Bold numbers indicate the statistics relevant to the triple-double.
Name Team Opponent Date Points Rebounds Assists Steals Blocks Houston Comets Detroit Shock 14 15 10 3 2 Utah Starzz Orlando Miracle 12 11 3 3 10 Los Angeles Sparks Detroit Shock 29 15 3 2 10 Detroit Shock Connecticut Sun 11 10 11 1 0 (2) Houston Comets Seattle Storm 14 10 10 2 0 Seattle Storm New York Liberty 13 10 11 1 0 Los Angeles Sparks San Antonio Stars 11 17 11 0 4 Chicago Sky Dallas Wings 13 10 15 1 1 Los Angeles Sparks Washington Mystics 13 10 13 0 0 New York Liberty Minnesota Lynx 26 10 12 0 1 (2) Chicago Sky Connecticut Sun 12 10 18 4 2 (2) Chicago Sky Washington Mystics 16 13 10 0 0 (2) New York Liberty Chicago Sky 27 13 12 0 0 (3) Chicago Sky Los Angeles Sparks 10 14 10 1 2 Minnesota Lynx Dallas Wings 13 10 10 2 0 (3) New York Liberty Las Vegas Aces 31 13 10 0 0 Connecticut Sun Minnesota Lynx 15 10 12 3 0 (2) Connecticut Sun Phoenix Mercury 10 12 10 1 0 (3) Connecticut Sun Las Vegas Aces 16 15 11 2 1 (4) Connecticut Sun Las Vegas Aces 11 10 11 2 2 (5) Connecticut Sun Seattle Storm 13 15 12 3 0 (6) Connecticut Sun Chicago Sky 14 12 11 2 0 (7) Connecticut Sun New York Liberty 11 10 10 4 1 Chicago Sky Los Angeles Sparks 12 11 13 1 0 (4) New York Liberty Seattle Storm 12 12 12 2 0 Dallas Wings New York Liberty 14 11 10 0 1 (8) Connecticut Sun Minnesota Lynx 17 14 11 0 2 (9) Connecticut Sun Minnesota Lynx 21 20 12 3 1 Dallas Wings Chicago Sky 28 12 11 2 0 (2) Las Vegas Aces New York Liberty 22 11 11 3 0 (10) Connecticut Sun Los Angeles Sparks 27 12 14 6 1 Phoenix Mercury Las Vegas Aces 18 11 11 2 0 (2) Chicago Sky Connecticut Sun 23 16 13 2 0 (11) Connecticut Sun New York Liberty 17 15 11 2 0 (12) Connecticut Sun Indiana Fever 13 10 13 3 0 Los Angeles Sparks Atlanta Dream 11 10 10 2 0 (13) Connecticut Sun Minnesota Lynx 13 10 14 0 0 Indiana Fever New York Liberty 19 12 13 2 0 Atlanta Dream Seattle Storm 19 17 10 4 1 (2) Indiana Fever Los Angeles Sparks 24 10 10 3 0 (14) Connecticut Sun Los Angeles Sparks 12 10 11 2 1 (15) Connecticut Sun Indiana Fever 12 10 13 0 0 (3) Indiana Fever Chicago Sky 20 10 10 2 4 Chicago Sky Connecticut Sun 11 13 11 3 2 (16) Phoenix Mercury Dallas Wings 15 10 15 2 0 2025 All-Star Game 11 11 15 0 0 (2) Seattle Storm Connecticut Sun 11 12 11 0 2 Las Vegas Aces Los Angeles Sparks 18 11 11 3 0 (17) Phoenix Mercury Chicago Sky 10 10 10 2 1 (18) Phoenix Mercury Connecticut Sun 13 12 12 3 0 (19) Phoenix Mercury Indiana Fever 18 11 10 3 0 Los Angeles Sparks Connecticut Sun 10 10 11 1 0 (20) Phoenix Mercury Seattle Storm 19 10 11 3 0 Minnesota Lynx Indiana Fever 22 11 11 0 0 (21) Phoenix Mercury Golden State Valkyries 13 12 16 0 2 (22) Phoenix Mercury Los Angeles Sparks 12 15 16 3 0 (2) Las Vegas Aces Atlanta Dream 10 11 10 0 0 (23) Phoenix Mercury Los Angeles Sparks 10 11 10 2 0 (24) Phoenix Mercury New York Liberty 20 11 10 2 1 (25) Phoenix Mercury Las Vegas Aces 17 12 10 0 0 (2) Dallas Wings Chicago Sky 18 10 12 0 0 (3) Dallas Wings Las Vegas Aces 22 20 10 0 0 (4) Dallas Wings New York Liberty 22 12 11 0 0 (26) Phoenix Mercury Los Angeles Sparks 19 15 11 0 0 (5) Dallas Wings Portland Fire 18 15 10 0 0 (4) Indiana Fever Portland Fire 26 10 10 2 1 (3) Las Vegas Aces Atlanta Dream 28 11 10 0 0 (27) Phoenix Mercury Chicago Sky 19 15 12 0 1 (28) Phoenix Mercury Atlanta Dream 11 16 10 1 0 (6) Dallas Wings Los Angeles Sparks 13 11 12 1 0 (29) Phoenix Mercury Dallas Wings 19 10 11 1 2 (30) Phoenix Mercury Dallas Wings 15 11 12 0 1 (7) Dallas Wings Seattle Storm 20 11 12 1 0
See also Double-double
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