Angel Reese records 28th double-double, ties Alyssa Thomas for most in WNBA single-season history

Atlanta Dream forward Angel Reese rebounded from a scoreless first quarter Friday night against the Portland Fire to notch her 28th double-double of the 2026 campaign, tying Phoenix Mercury frontcourt standout Alyssa Thomas for the most in single-season WNBA history.

Through two quarters and change, Reese has put up 10 points and 10 boards in front of her home crowd, four days after she set the W’s single-game and single-season rebounding records in Los Angeles with a 26-board performance during a victory over the Sparks.

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The 24-year-old three-time All-Star has elevated her game in her first season with the Dream, who acquired the LSU product in a trade with the Chicago Sky this spring. She’s averaging north of 16 points per game, and she entered Friday with a league-high 12.4 rebounds per game.

Thomas, a six-time All-Star, logged her 28 double-doubles in 2023 with the Connecticut Sun. Along the way, she piled up double-digit points and assists 11 times. Six of those outings featured triple-doubles (no other WNBA player has more than five triple-doubles all-time, and Thomas has 22 and counting for her career).

All of Reese’s double-doubles this season have resulted from her scoring 10-plus points and mounting 10-plus rebounds, the first of which came in her Dream regular-season debut. It’s worth noting, however, that she stacked at least five assists in four of her double-doubles. Notably, she sniffed a triple-double last week in a road win over the Sparks that saw her amass 20 points, 10 rebounds and 8 assists. That night, she shot 9 of 9 from the field, including 2 of 2 from beyond the arc, and her Dream rewrote a single-game franchise record with 124 points.

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Reese scored a career-high 31 points this past Saturday while helping Atlanta take down Thomas’ Mercury on the road. The Dream clinched a playoff berth in the process.

It’s been quite the stretch for Reese, the “Bayou Barbie,” who’s poised for her first postseason after back-to-back years of…

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Author : Andy Backstrom

Publish date : 2026-08-29 00:43:00

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