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7 Most Unbreakable WNBA Records

by Spencer Toth - 9/29/2026

Most unbreakable WNBA records Tamika Catchings

As the WNBA wraps up its 30th season, there have been several stunning records put up that are seemingly unbreakable. Whether it was a hot night, an incredible season, or a dominant career, the last 30 years have seen some incredible women put up incredible numbers. As the WNBA continues to expand, these records that once looked out of reach are now downright impossible to match. Here are the seven most unbreakable WNBA records.

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#1 Cynthia Cooper: Four Consecutive Finals MVPs

The Houston Comets won four consecutive WNBA championships from 1997-2000, which is already a virtually unbreakable WNBA record. However, the fact that Cynthia Cooper won Finals MVP in all four seasons is what really anchors this at the top of the list. Cooper was the first dominant force the league had ever seen, as she won the first two regular season MVP awards in league history, and followed it up with four consecutive WNBA Finals MVPs. She entered the WNBA at 34 years old after a long career overseas, taking a chance with the brand new league. Her decision paid off in a big way, as her name is permanently etched into the record books. She won Finals MVP in 1997, 1998, 1999, and 2000, then retired to become the head coach of the Phoenix Mercury. Even in her late thirties, Cooper was clutch in the playoffs with 23.3 PPG and 4.9 assists, and will forever hold this record. Modern-day expansion and league parity makes back-to-back championships a difficult feat to achieve, let alone four straight with the same player winning Finals MVP each year. 

#2 Tamika Catchings: 1,074 Career Steals

Tamika Catchings built her Hall of Fame career on relentless defense with the Indiana Fever, and is still arguably the greatest defender the league has ever seen. She holds numerous defensive WNBA records including five Defensive Player of the Year awards and seven seasons leading the league in steals, but the most impressive of them all is her 1,074 career steals. She is more than 300 steals ahead of second place Ticha Penicheiro at 764 career steals, while Nneka Ogwumike is fourth all-time with 713 steals, and is the closest active player. 

Catchings averaged 2.35 steals per game across her 15-year career, combining elite play with longevity. No other player has even come close with Sheryl Swoopes being second with 2.1 steals per game. A player would need to average two steals per game over more than 500 games to even come close to Catchings' record. Even with an expanding WNBA regular season schedule, racking up nearly 1,100 steals in the modern era is next to impossible. Unlike other career records that are achieved due to longevity alone, Catchings managed to combine elite defensive play with the 14th-most career games, a recipe for success that is unlikely to be recreated. 

#3 Houston Comets: .900 Winning Percentage in a Single Season

The Houston Comets dominated the first four seasons of the WNBA on the back of Cynthia Cooper, highlighted by their 1998 season. The Comets went 27-3 in the regular season winning 90% of their games. Houston had the perfect blend of offense and defense, and were able to take advantage of a very lopsided league when the WNBA was first created. The Comets were leagues above their opponents on most nights with only five of their 27 victories coming by fewer than three possessions. This record hasn’t even come close to getting touched in the modern era, with the Las Vegas Aces’ 34-6 season in 2023 being the closest attempt. A more competitive league with a longer regular season means a franchise would need to go 40-4 to break this record. Considering the talent floor in the WNBA is only rising with each passing season, this record becomes more and more unbreakable as the years go by. 

#4 Brittney Griner: 129 Blocks in a Season

Brittney Griner had her career derailed by a variety of off-court issues, but when she was in her prime, there wasn’t a better defender in the league. Griner amassed 129 blocks in 34 regular season games, averaging 3.7 blocks per game with a respectable 15.6 PPG and 8.0 rebounds. Griner’s best game came in June 2014, when she put up a record-breaking 11 blocks against Tulsa. She also put up 11 blocks in just 24 minutes of action against Tulsa in the playoffs the following season, matching a mark no other woman has touched. Her 11-block performances are close to unbreakable, but logging 129 blocks in a single season is truly immortal. A’ja Wilson came closest in 2024 with 98 blocks, with no other player reaching 100, other than Griner again, since she set the record. If the WNBA season eventually expands to 60 or 70 games, this record is back within reach, but until then, it is firmly in the unbreakable category. 

#5 Kristi Toliver: 14 Turnovers in One Game

Not every record is a celebration, as Kristi Toliver set a dubious WNBA record in 2014. The Los Angeles Sparks took on the Tulsa Shock on May 29, 2014, and Kristi Toliver had the worst game of her career. She scored 16 points, had six rebounds and five assists, but the headline was her record-setting 14 turnovers. The ironic part is that the Sparks still managed to win the game, as Toliver hit the game-winning layup in the dying seconds. She was sloppy with the ball all night, but was given the freedom to stay on the court to run the offense despite her carelessness. 

She played 14 seasons, averaging just 2.0 turnovers a game, but this night in 2014 will go down in history. No other player has ever logged 12 or more turnovers, as a poor night will see their minutes get cut or the ball taken out of their hands. No one has come close, and no one ever will, making this the most unbreakable negative record in WNBA history. 

#6 Los Angeles Sparks: 18 Consecutive Wins

The 2001 Los Angeles Sparks put together the longest winning streak in WNBA history with 18 consecutive wins. They started the season 9-3 before rattling off 18 victories, eventually finishing 28-4 for the second best season of all-time. The Sparks were led by Lisa Leslie’s 19.5 PPG, 9.6 rebounds, and 2.3 blocks, which fueled her MVP-winning campaign. Los Angeles only had one game during the streak where they won by fewer than five points, and went a perfect 16-0 at home in 2001. The Sparks capped off this incredible run with a sweep in the WNBA Finals, ending the Comets reign as league champions. Since this 18-game win streak, the closest attempt was 16 straight from the Phoenix Mercury in 2014 and from the Las Vegas Aces in 2025, but this record still remains. The WNBA talent gap between the best and the worst in the league continues to shrink, which makes this record even less likely to be broken. 

#7 Ticha Penicheiro: 10 Steals in One Game

Ticha Penicheiro put up one of the most interesting stat lines of all-time in 2003 when she became the first and only WNBA player to record 10 steals in a game. She finished with one point, two rebounds, and 11 assists to go along with her 10 steals, helping the Sacramento Monarchs win comfortably. What makes this record especially safe is that no one has come close since, with the only nine-steal games coming before 2023. A handful of players have since gotten eight steals in a game, with Gabby Williams most recently doing so in 2025, but for someone to get the 11 steals needed to break this record is too much to ask. 

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