Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Beginning in 2003, attendance dropped at a rate of approximately 5% year-over-year until 2006 when average attendance was 7,479. From 2007 to 2014, attendance numbers remained relatively steady with a low of 7,457 in 2012 and a high of 8,039 in 2009. [157] In 2015, the WNBA's attendance per game decreased by 3.4% to 7,318.
[17] [18] Three current WNBA teams have yet to win a championship; among them, the Connecticut Sun has finished as runners-up in four WNBA Finals. [ 19 ] The best regular season performance in league history was set in the 1998 season by the Houston Comets, who finished with a 27–3 win–loss record—a winning percentage of 0.900.
Main page; Contents; Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; Contact us; Help; Learn to edit; Community portal; Recent changes; Upload file
Years Attendance Avg. W L PCT Playoffs Playoffs W Playoffs L Playoffs PCT Titles Atlanta Dream: 2008–present 6,455 160 180 .471 7 15 18 .455 0 Charlotte Sting: 1997–2006 6,851 143 179 .444 6 6 13 .316 0 Chicago Sky: 2006–present 5,054 179 229 .439 4 7 12 .368 1 Cleveland Rockers: 1997–2003 8,885 108 112 .491 4 6 9 .400 0 Connecticut Sun ...
The WNBA is founded, with eight initial teams. Sheryl Swoopes is the first player signed. [75] The American Basketball League (ABL) formed, a professional basketball league for women in the United States. It lasted two full seasons, and suspended operations in the third. [76] [77] 1997. Tina Thompson, first player chosen in the WNBA draft
Highest free-throw percentage, season; 1.000 – Becky Hammon, San Antonio 2014 (35 attempts) 1.000 – Veronica Burton, Dallas 2022 (32 attempts).9841 – Eva Nemcova, Cleveland 1999; Most free throws made, season; 254 – Jewell Loyd, Seattle 2023; 246 – Katie Smith, Minnesota 2001; 233 – A'ja Wilson, Las Vegas 2023; Most free throw ...
Of the WNBA's eight inaugural teams, four remain active: the Las Vegas Aces, Los Angeles Sparks, New York Liberty, and the Phoenix Mercury. [n 1] All four teams are tied for the most games played in WNBA history, with 934. [4] The Atlanta Dream, being the WNBA's most recently established team, [5] have the least games played with 578. [4]
In 1998, after the addition of two teams, the WNBA finals were turned into a best-of-three series. The finale series was known as the WNBA Championship from 1997 to 2001, before changing to WNBA Finals to reflect its NBA counterpart. In 2005, the WNBA Finals adopted a best-of-five format. In 2016, the WNBA began seeding teams #1 through #8 ...