Angel Reese becomes first WNBA player to reach 500 rebounds in single season

Angel Reese became the first player in WNBA history to record 500 rebounds in one season during Atlanta's September 19 win over Chicago, per Yahoo WNBA reporting. The Dream defeated the Sky 106-81 at State Farm Arena, with Reese finishing with 23 points, 10 rebounds, and three blocks. The 500-rebound milestone came in her 42nd game of the 44-game regular-season schedule.

Reese reached the mark while recording her 31st double-double of the season. According to Yahoo WNBA reporting, she surpassed A'ja Wilson's former WNBA single-season rebounding record of 451 on August 24 during Atlanta's road victory against the Los Angeles Sparks. In that same game against Los Angeles, Reese grabbed 26 rebounds, setting a WNBA single-game rebounding record, per the same source.

In her 2024 rookie season, Reese played 34 games and collected 446 rebounds, averaging 13.1 rebounds per game, the highest single-season rebounding average in WNBA history, per Yahoo WNBA reporting. In 2026, she surpassed her own previous offensive rebounding record of 172 set in that rookie year, per the same source. At the time of the Chicago game, Reese had 198 offensive rebounds, 53 more than the WNBA's next closest player, per Yahoo WNBA reporting.

Reese set the WNBA single-season double-double record at 29 on August 30 during Atlanta's victory over Minnesota and extended it to 31 against Chicago, per Yahoo WNBA reporting. She reached 1,000 career rebounds in her 79th WNBA game on June 20, 2026, during Atlanta's victory over Indiana, the fastest in league history, according to the same source.

In the Chicago game, Allisha Gray scored 17 points, Rhyne Howard added 14, Jordin Canada finished with 11 points and 10 assists, and Isobel Borlase contributed a career-high 18 points, per Yahoo WNBA reporting. Atlanta also set a WNBA single-season record for steals during the Chicago win, reaching 347 steals for the season, with the Dream recording 13 steals in that game alone, per the same source.

Chicago traded Reese to Atlanta on April 6, 2026, per Yahoo WNBA reporting. Chicago received first-round picks in 2027 and 2028, while Atlanta received 2028 second-round pick swap rights, according to the same source. Reese was named Eastern Conference Player of the Week on August 25 after Atlanta completed a 3-0 West Coast stretch, averaging 24.0 points, 11.3 rebounds, 4.7 assists, and 3.7 steals, per Yahoo WNBA reporting. In a game against Los Angeles, she shot 9-for-9 from the field, becoming the first WNBA player with at least 20 points, 10 rebounds, and eight assists without missing a shot, per the same source.

Reese appeared in all six games for Team USA at the 2026 FIBA Women's World Cup in Berlin, averaging 7.2 points and 5.0 rebounds and collecting 30 rebounds across the tournament, per Yahoo WNBA reporting. Team USA went 6-0 in the tournament and won a fifth straight Women's World Cup title, according to the same source. Atlanta completed the regular season with a 30-14 record, finishing as the No. 4 playoff seed after beating Chicago and sweeping both games against New York in Brooklyn.