The record
Eight WNBA seasons,
2019 to 2026
Career to date, 2019—2026
251 regular-season games
Points per game
1,988 points
Rebounds per game
689 rebounds
Assists per game
347 assists
Three-point percentage
368 of 965
Season by season
The full log, 2019—2026
| Season | Team | Games played | Games started | Minutes per game | Points per game | Rebounds per game | Assists per game | Steals per game | Field-goal percentage | Three-point percentage | Free-throw percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | PHO | 32 | 5 | 12.2 | 3.1 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 0.3 | .354 | .304 | .882 |
| 2020 | PHO | 21 | 11 | 18.9 | 5.0 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.5 | .385 | .235 | .880 |
| 2021 | PHO | 30 | 4 | 17.5 | 5.6 | 2.0 | 1.1 | 0.5 | .437 | .410 | .704 |
| 2022 | PHO | 28 | 20 | 29.5 | 12.6 | 4.4 | 1.6 | 1.0 | .449 | .400 | .875 |
| 2023 | PHO | 31 | 31 | 29.0 | 11.3 | 2.8 | 2.1 | 0.6 | .413 | .337 | .875 |
| 2024 | PHO | 40 | 21 | 27.7 | 8.4 | 3.9 | 2.0 | 1.0 | .429 | .378 | .870 |
| 2025 | IND | 30 | 13 | 25.2 | 8.6 | 3.5 | 1.2 | 1.0 | .469 | .432 | .875 |
| 2026* | IND | 39 | 3 | 22.7 | 8.3 | 2.3 | 1.3 | 0.6 | .469 | .434 | .875 |
*2026 figures run through 7 September 2026. Percentages use the three-decimal convention of the source.
- G
- Games played
- GS
- Games started
- MPG
- Minutes per game
- PPG
- Points per game
- RPG
- Rebounds per game
- APG
- Assists per game
- SPG
- Steals per game
- FG%
- Field goals made ÷ attempted
- 3P%
- Three-pointers made ÷ attempted
- FT%
- Free throws made ÷ attempted
The record so far
Six things the table shows
Scoring peaked in 2022
12.6 points per game on 29.5 minutes, both the highest of any completed season. No season since has exceeded 11.3.
Her best three-point years came later
She shot 30.4% as a rookie in 2019 and .235 in 2020, then was generally stronger from 2021 on, without a steady year-on-year rise. Her best completed season is 2025 at 43.2%; the in-progress 2026 figure is 43.4%.
Starts moved in both directions
She started 31 of 31 games in 2023 and 21 of 40 in 2024, then 13 of 30 in 2025 and 3 of 39 in the in-progress 2026 season.
Fewer points in Indiana, better percentages
Across 182 Phoenix games she averaged 7.7 points shooting 36.2% from three; across 69 Indiana games, 8.4 points at 43.3%.
Free-throw shooting is usually consistent
Her free-throw percentage has been at or above .870 in seven of eight WNBA seasons, with a career mark of 86.4%. The exception was 2021, when it fell to .704.
Rebounding tracks her minutes
4.4 rebounds per game in 2022 at 29.5 minutes, 2.3 at 22.7 minutes in 2026 — her rebounding has risen and fallen with her playing time.
Franchise splits
Phoenix vs Indiana
| Team | Seasons | Games played | Games started | Points per game | Rebounds per game | Three-point percentage | PTS | 3PM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phoenix Mercury | 6 | 182 | 92 | 7.7 | 2.7 | .362 | 1409 | 254 |
| Indiana Fever | 2 | 69 | 16 | 8.4 | 2.8 | .433 | 579 | 114 |
The Indiana rows include 2026 through 7 September 2026. The Indiana season covers the role behind the numbers; Phoenix covers the six seasons before it.
College
Missouri, season by season
College figures are counted separately from her professional record: different competition, different season length.
| Season | Games played | Games started | Minutes per game | Points per game | Rebounds per game | Assists per game | Field-goal percentage | Three-point percentage | Free-throw percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015—16 | 32 | 32 | 30.1 | 14.0 | 5.8 | 3.0 | .502 | .356 | .831 |
| 2016—17 | 31 | 31 | 32.9 | 17.5 | 5.3 | 3.4 | .482 | .379 | .848 |
| 2017—18 | 31 | 31 | 32.7 | 18.5 | 4.7 | 3.0 | .542 | .457 | .836 |
| 2018—19 | 35 | 35 | 34.2 | 17.8 | 5.9 | 2.8 | .481 | .403 | .839 |
| Career | 129 | 129 | 32.5 | 17.0 | 5.4 | 3.0 | .501 | .403 | .839 |
She started all 129 games she played at Missouri. Her scoring peaked as a junior at 18.5 a game on 54.2% shooting, and she shot 40.3% from three across the four years against 38.1% as a professional. She left Columbia as the programme's all-time leading scorer with 2,187 points, passing the record on 9 March 2019. The Missouri years.
WNBA statistics: Basketball Reference — Sophie Cunningham — source. College statistics: Sports Reference (college basketball) — source, with the season-by-season rows cross-checked against a second college database that returns identical values. Statistics through 7 September 2026. Post-season figures are not included.
The team behind the recent numbers