It&#8217;s 2025 WNBA Assists Week! Who had the best dime-dropping action from the 2025 season?
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<h2>Best Team: Minnesota Lynx</h2>
The Minnesota Lynx have established themselves as one of the most efficient passing teams in WNBA history. In the 2025 season, the Lynx averaged 23.3 assists per game, ranking third all-time in single-season assist averages. This follows their 2024 season where they averaged 23.0 assists per game.
With these back-to-back seasons, the Lynx now account for two of the four instances in league history where a team averaged 23+ assists per game.
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The <a href="https://twitter.com/minnesotalynx?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@minnesotalynx</a> led the league with 746 assisted catch and shoots this szn, a masterclass in timing and touch.
See how these dimes turned into pure rhythm! 👇<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WNBAAssistsWeek?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WNBAAssistsWeek</a> | Powered by GeniusIQ <a href="https://t.co/hlGHRaQeAC">pic.twitter.com/hlGHRaQeAC</a>
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<h2>Best Player: Alyssa Thomas</h2>
With a 2025 campaign highlighted by a record-breaking eight triple-double performances, Alyssa Thomas set the record for most total assists in a regular season (357) over 39 games. Her 9.15 APG led the league and marked the second-highest regular season APG average in WNBA history.
Thomas made history by becoming the first player to record three seasons with 300+ assists.
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Alyssa Thomas delivered elite pace and vision all year, averaging 9.2 APG and recording her third 300+ assist season.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WNBAAssistsWeek?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WNBAAssistsWeek</a> <a href="https://t.co/VPEE5jhc7K">pic.twitter.com/VPEE5jhc7K</a>
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<h3>Best Performance: Alyssa Thomas (August 22, 2025)</h3>
On August 22, 2025, Thomas delivered one of the most memorable performances of the season, dishing out 16 assists in a single game.
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Alyssa Thomas recorded a <a href="https://twitter.com/PhoenixMercury?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@phoenixmercury</a> franchise record against the Valkyries with 16 AST to go along with 13 PTS and 12 REB.
Thomas finished the szn as the league leader in AST!<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WNBAAssistsWeek?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WNBAAssistsWeek</a> <a href="https://t.co/jhvEemSOC5">pic.twitter.com/jhvEemSOC5</a>
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<h3>Top 10 Assists of the Year</h3>
Check out the best dimes from the 2025 season!
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2025 WNBA Assists Week: Best in Ball Movement

Awards

– Wilson and Collier Joined on First Team by Alyssa Thomas, Allisha Gray and Kelsey Mitchell – 
– Eight-Time All-WNBA Team Selection Nneka Ogwumike Leads Second Team, Which Also Features 
Jackie Young, Sabrina Ionescu, Aliyah Boston and Paige Bueckers – 
– Gray, Mitchell, Boston and Bueckers Make Their All-WNBA Team Debuts –
NEW YORK, Oct. 10, 2025 – Las Vegas Aces center A’ja Wilson, the 2025 Kia WNBA Most Valuable Player and Kia WNBA Co-Defensive Player of the Year, and Minnesota Lynx forward Napheesa Collier have been unanimously selected to the 2025 All-WNBA First Team, the WNBA announced today.
Wilson and Collier, the runner-up for the 2025 Kia WNBA Most Valuable Player Award, were named to the All-WNBA First Team on all 72 ballots in voting by a national panel of sportswriters and broadcasters. Wilson earned a spot on the First Team for the fourth consecutive season and is an All-WNBA pick for the sifth time overall. Collier, a four-time All-WNBA Team selection, was voted to the First Team for the third straight season.
Joining Wilson and Collier (360 points each) on the 2025 All-WNBA First Team are Phoenix Mercury forward Alyssa Thomas (358), Atlanta Dream guard Allisha Gray (341) and Indiana Fever guard Kelsey Mitchell (320).
This is the fourth All-WNBA Team selection for Thomas, who makes her third consecutive appearance on the First Team. Gray and Mitchell are All-WNBA Team selections for the first time.
The 2025 All-WNBA Second Team consists of Seattle Storm forward Nneka Ogwumike (185 points), Aces guard Jackie Young (148), Liberty guard Sabrina Ionescu (125), Fever center Aliyah Boston (112) and Dallas Wings guard Paige Bueckers (112).
Ogwumike is an All-WNBA Team choice for the eighth time, Ionescu for the fourth time and Young for the second time. Boston makes her debut on the All-WNBA Team. Bueckers’ selection marks the second straight season a rookie was selected to the All-WNBA Team (Indiana’s Caitlin Clark was a First Team choice in 2024).
Voting for the All-WNBA Team was conducted at the conclusion of the regular season. Players were selected without regard to position and received five points for each First Team vote and three points for each Second Team vote.
2025 All-WNBA First Team 
A’ja Wilson, Aces: In her eighth WNBA season, Wilson earned a record fourth Kia WNBA MVP Award – her second consecutive MVP honor – and was a co-winner of the Kia WNBA Defensive Player of the Year Award along with Minnesota’s Alanna Smith. The 6-4 Wilson averaged 23.4 points, 10.2 rebounds, 3.1 assists, 2.3 blocked shots and 1.6 steals – all the second-best per-game marks of her career. She led the league in points per game for the second straight season and in blocks per game for the fifth time. Wilson also scored the most points (937) and had the highest efficiency rating (29.2) in the WNBA.
Napheesa Collier, Lynx: Collier, the runner-up to Wilson as the Kia WNBA MVP in 2024 and 2025, was the Kia WNBA Western Conference Player of the Month for May, June and July. She was selected to the WNBA All-Defensive Team for the fourth time. The 6-1 forward ranked second in the league in scoring with a career-high 22.9 points per game. In addition, Collier ranked 11th in rebounds per game (7.3) and third in steals per game (1.6). Behind Collier, the Lynx finished the regular season with the league’s best record (34-10).
Alyssa Thomas, Mercury: The 6-2 Thomas finished third in voting for the Kia WNBA MVP Award after setting a WNBA regular-season record with eight triple-doubles, extending her WNBA career-leading mark to 19. In addition, Thomas led the league in assists per game (9.2) and recorded a league record for total assists (357). She also finished third in the league in rebounds per game (8.8). Thomas was selected to the WNBA All-Defensive Team for the seventh time.
Allisha Gray, Dream: In her ninth WNBA season, Gray earned her third straight All-Star selection and was an All-Star starter for the first time. The 6-0 guard was named the Kia WNBA Eastern Conference Player of the Month for May, June and August and finished fourth in voting for the Kia WNBA MVP Award. Gray ranked seventh in the league in scoring with a career-high 18.4 points per game. She also set career highs in rebounds (5.3) and assists per game (3.5) and ranked sixth in the WNBA in three-point field goals made (98).
Kelsey Mitchell, Fever: Mitchell ranked third in the WNBA in scoring with a career-high 20.2 points per game and made a league-leading 111 three-point field goals. In her eighth WNBA season, Mitchell was an All-Star selection for the third consecutive season and finished fifth in the voting for the Kia WNBA MVP Award. The 6-0 guard also contributed 3.4 assists per game.
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Nneka Ogwumike, Storm: In her 14th WNBA season, Ogwumike started all 44 regular season games and earned her 10th All-Star selection. The 6-2 forward ranked ninth in the WNBA in points per game (18.3), 13th in rebounds per game (7.0) and 11th in field goal percentage (51.9). Ogwumike also became the sixth player in league history to reach 7,000 career points and the only one to do so while shooting at least 50 percent from the field.
Jackie Young, Aces: The No. 1 overall pick in the 2019 WNBA Draft presented by State Farm and a two-time WNBA champion with Las Vegas, Young was an All-Star selection for the fourth season in a row. The 6-0 guard finished 12th in the league in scoring (16.5 points per game) and 11th in assists (5.1 apg), ranking second among Aces players in both categories while posting the second-best figure of her career in each.
Sabrina Ionescu, Liberty: The 5-11 guard ranked 10th in the WNBA in points per game (18.2) and sixth in assists per game (5.7). She also led the league in free throw percentage (93.3) and finished ninth in three-point field goals made (81). In addition, she contributed 4.9 rebounds and a career-high 1.3 steals per game. In her sixth WNBA season, Ionescu was selected as an All-Star for the fourth consecutive season.
Aliyah Boston, Fever: The unanimous 2023 Kia WNBA Rookie of the Year and an All-Star in all of her three WNBA seasons, Boston helped lead the Fever to a spot in the WNBA Semifinals and was named to the WNBA All-Defensive Second Team. The 6-5 center-forward averaged career highs of 15.0 points and 3.7 assists per game. She finished sixth among WNBA players in rebounds per game (8.2), fourth in total rebounds (361) and fifth in field goal percentage (53.8).
Paige Bueckers, Wings: The 2025 Kia WNBA Rookie of the Year led all rookies in total points (692), points per game (19.2), total assists (194) and assists per game (5.4). Among all players, Bueckers ranked fifth in scoring average, sixth in steals per game (1.6) and ninth in assists per game. The 6-0 guard, who was voted as a starter for the 2025 AT&amp;T WNBA All-Star Game, set a WNBA single-game scoring record for rookies with 44 points at the Los Angeles Sparks on Aug. 20.
In honor of their accomplishments, each member of the All-WNBA First Team will receive $10,300 and each member of the Second Team will receive $5,150.
Below are the voting results for the 2025 All-WNBA Team.
2025 ALL-WNBA FIRST TEAM 
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Player, Team 
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1st Team Votes 
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2nd Team Votes 
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Total Points 
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Napheesa Collier, Minnesota Lynx
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<td style="width: 25%">72</td>
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<td style="width: 25%">360</td>
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A’ja Wilson, Las Vegas Aces
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<td style="width: 25%">72</td>
<td style="width: 25%">0</td>
<td style="width: 25%">360</td>
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Alyssa Thomas, Phoenix Mercury
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<td style="width: 25%">71</td>
<td style="width: 25%">1</td>
<td style="width: 25%">358</td>
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Allisha Gray, Atlanta Dream
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<td style="width: 25%">67</td>
<td style="width: 25%">2</td>
<td style="width: 25%">341</td>
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Kelsey Mitchell, Indiana Fever
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<td style="width: 25%">58</td>
<td style="width: 25%">10</td>
<td style="width: 25%">320</td>
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2025 ALL-WNBA SECOND TEAM
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Player, Team
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Nneka Ogwumike, Seattle Storm
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<td style="width: 25%;height: 24px">1</td>
<td style="width: 25%;height: 24px">60</td>
<td style="width: 25%;height: 24px">185</td>
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Jackie Young, Las Vegas Aces
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<td style="width: 25%;height: 24px">5</td>
<td style="width: 25%;height: 24px">41</td>
<td style="width: 25%;height: 24px">148</td>
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Sabrina Ionescu, New York Liberty
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<td style="width: 25%;height: 24px">1</td>
<td style="width: 25%;height: 24px">40</td>
<td style="width: 25%;height: 24px">125</td>
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Aliyah Boston, Indiana Fever
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<td style="width: 25%;height: 24px">2</td>
<td style="width: 25%;height: 24px">34</td>
<td style="width: 25%;height: 24px">112</td>
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Paige Bueckers, Dallas Wings
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<td style="width: 25%;height: 24px">2</td>
<td style="width: 25%;height: 24px">34</td>
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112
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Players were selected without regard for position. Players received five points for each First Team vote and three points for each Second Team vote.
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A’ja Wilson and Napheesa Collier Unanimously Selected to 2025 All-WNBA First Team

Cynthia Cooper, Houston Comets (25.0 PPG, 4.0 RPG and 4.0 APG)

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Cynthia Cooper, Houston Comets (26.3 PPG, 4.3 RPG and 2.7 APG)

1998

Cynthia Cooper, Houston Comets (21.7 PPG, 4.3 RPG and 4.3 APG)

1999

Cynthia Cooper, Houston Comets (22.5 PPG, 6.0 RPG and 3.5 APG)

2000

Lisa Leslie, Los Angeles Sparks (22.5 PPG, 6.0 RPG and 3.5 APG)

2001

Lisa Leslie, Los Angeles Sparks (16.0 PPG, 8.0 RPG and 2.0 APG)

2002

Ruth Riley, Detroit Shock (14.7 PPG, 5.0 RPG and 3.3 BPG)

2003

Betty Lennox, Seattle Storm (22.3 PPG, 4.3 RPG and 2.0 APG)

2004

Yolanda Griffith, Sacramento Monarchs (18.5 PPG, 9.8 RPG and 1.3 APG)

2005

Deanna Nolan, Detroit Shock (17.8 PPG, 4.2 RPG and 2.8 APG)

2006

Cappie Pondexter, Phoenix Mercury (22.0 PPG, 3.2 RPG and 5.6 APG)

2007

Katie Smith, Detroit Shock (21.7 PPG, 6.7 RPG and 3.3 APG)

2008

Diana Taurasi, Phoenix Mercury (20.4 PPG, 6.8 RPG and 2.8 APG)

2009

Lauren Jackson, Seattle Storm (22.3 PPG, 8.0 RPG and 2.0 SPG)

2010

Seimone Augustus, Minnesota Lynx (24.7 PPG, 5.7 RPG and 4.7 APG)

2011

Tamika Catchings, Indiana Fever (22.3 PPG, 6.0 RPG and 3.5 APG)

2012

Maya Moore, Minnesota Lynx (20.0 PPG, 6.0 RPG and 2.3 APG)

2013

Diana Taurasi, Phoenix Mercury (20.3 PPG, 3.3 RPG and 6.3 APG)

2014

Sylvia Fowles, Minnesota Lynx (15.6 PPG, 9.4 RPG and 1.2 APG)

2015

Candace Parker, Los Angeles Sparks (17.2 PPG, 7.2 RPG and 2.2 APG)

2016

Sylvia Fowles, Minnesota Lynx (17.8 PPG, 15.0 RPG and 2.4 BPG)

2017

Breanna Stewart, Seattle Storm (25.7 PPG, 6.0 RPG and 3.7 APG)

2018

Emma Meesseman, Washington Mystics (17.8 PPG, 4.6 RPG and 1.8 APG)

2019

Breanna Stewart, Seattle Storm (28.3 PPG, 7.7 RPG and 2.3 APG)

2020

Kahleah Copper, Chicago Sky (17.0 PPG, 5.5 RPG and 1.3 APG)

2021

Chelsea Gray, Las Vegas Aces (18.3 PPG, 3.0 RPG and 6.0 APG)

2022

A'ja Wilson, Las Vegas Aces (21.3 PPG, 12.5 RPG and 1.5 APG)

2023

Jonquel Jones, New York Liberty (17.8 PPG, 7.6 RPG and 2.2 APG)

2024

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Alyssa Thomas #25 of the Phoenix Mercury rebounds the ball during the second quarter against the New York Liberty

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Natasha Cloud #9 of the New York Liberty handles the ball during the game against the Phoenix Mercury

Alyssa Thomas #25 of the Phoenix Mercury, Kahleah Copper #2 and Satou Sabally #0 all celebrate during the fourth quarter against the New York Liberty

Sabrina Ionescu #20 of the New York Liberty celebrates during the game against the Phoenix Mercury

Sami Whitcomb #33 of the Phoenix Mercury celebrates a three pointer she made during the fourth quarter while Sabrina Ionescu #20 of the New York Liberty watches

 Breanna Stewart #30 of the New York Liberty celebrates while Alyssa Thomas #25 of the Phoenix Mercury watches

Satou Sabally #0 of the Phoenix Mercury steals the ball from Leonie Fiebich #13 of the New York Liberty 

Satou Sabally #0, Kahleah Copper #2 of the Phoenix Mercury & James Harden #1 of the LA Clippers pose for a photo after the game

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The Phoenix Mercury celebrate after winning game three of the WNBA Playoffs against the New York Liberty

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AP Recap

PHOENIX (AP) — Alyssa Thomas had a 20 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists in her fifth career playoff triple-double, and the Phoenix Mercury advanced to the second round of the WNBA playoffs by eliminating the defending champion New York Liberty 79-73 in Game 3 on Friday night.
Satou Sabally added 23 points and 12 rebounds for the fourth-seeded Mercury, who play at top-seeded Minnesota on Sunday to start the best-of-five semifinal round.
Thomas has five of the seven WNBA playoff triple-doubles.
Sami Whitcomb scored 13 points and Kahleah Copper had 12 points and nine rebounds for the Mercury, who had a 49-33 advantage on the boards. DeWanna Bonner had eight rebounds to pass Candace Parker for the most boards in playoff history with 614.
Breanna Stewart, five days after spraining the MCL in her left knee in overtime of a Game 1 win, scored 30 points, including the last 14 in the fourth quarter for the Liberty. Sabrina Ionescu added 22 but the rest of the Liberty struggled.
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Stewart’s three-point play had the Liberty within 65-64 with 6:51 to play. But Thomas had a basket, two assists and a rebound to get her ninth triple-double of this season, as the Mercury surged ahead 72-64 with 5:36 to play.
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Stewart made two free throws — she was 12 of 15 from the line — to make it 76-73 with 1:10 to play. The Liberty had a turnover and three misses in the last minute and finished 7 of 32 from 3-point range, including 1 for 17 in the second half.
The Mercury led by 12 in the second quarter but with Ionescu scoring 12 points the Liberty cut it to 45-41 at halftime.
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Breanna Stewart with 30 Points vs. Phoenix Mercury

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11	Marquesha Davis	Guard	Ole Miss / USA
17	Esmery Martinez	Forward	Arizona / USA
23	Jessika Carter	Center	Mississippi State / USA
35	Kaitlyn Davis	Forward	USC / USA

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