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The record

Eight WNBA seasons,
2019 to 2026

Every WNBA season she has played, with per-game averages and shooting splits, plus her four Missouri seasons. The 2026 figures are the complete regular season, which ended on 24 September 2026.

Career, 2019—2026 regular seasons

255 regular-season games

7.9

Points per game

2,004 points

2.7

Rebounds per game

697 rebounds

1.4

Assists per game

350 assists

38.0%

Three-point percentage

372 of 980

Season by season

The full log, 2019—2026

WNBA regular season — per-game averages and shooting splits. 2026 figures cover the full regular season, which ended on 24 September 2026; post-season games are not included.
SeasonTeamGames playedGames startedMinutes per gamePoints per gameRebounds per gameAssists per gameSteals per gameField-goal percentageThree-point percentageFree-throw percentage
2019PHO32512.23.11.40.80.3.354.304.882
2020PHO211118.95.01.00.80.5.385.235.880
2021PHO30417.55.62.01.10.5.437.410.704
2022PHO282029.512.64.41.61.0.449.400.875
2023PHO313129.011.32.82.10.6.413.337.875
2024PHO402127.78.43.92.01.0.429.378.870
2025IND301325.28.63.51.21.0.469.432.875
2026IND43322.27.92.31.20.5.460.419.851

2026 figures cover the full regular season, which ended on 24 September 2026; post-season games are not included. 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

Post-season, counted separately

2026 Playoffs

Indiana lost its first-round series to the Las Vegas Aces 2–1, with the season ending on 1 October 2026. She played in all 3 games. These figures are not part of her regular-season or career regular-season totals above.

2026 first round v Las Vegas Aces — 3 playoff games. Source: WNBA official box scores.
GameDateResultMINPTSFG3PFTREBASTSTL
1 (away)27 September 2026L 85–10228:43133–63–64–4101
2 (home)29 September 2026W 99–8923:2841–40–22–2200
3 (away)1 October 2026L 83–9423:4652–41–10–0121
Totals3 games1–275:57226–144–96–6422
2026 playoffs — per-game averages over 3 games; percentages are total makes ÷ total attempts.
Games playedMinutes per gamePoints per gameRebounds per gameAssists per gameSteals per gameField-goal percentageThree-point percentageFree-throw percentage
325.37.31.30.70.7.429.4441.000

Three games is a very small sample: one made shot moves these percentages sharply. Box scores: Game 1, Game 2, Game 3. The 2026 comeback in numbers puts the season in context.

The record so far

Six things the table shows

  1. 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.

  2. 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 2026 figure is 41.9%.

  3. 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 43 in 2026.

  4. Fewer points in Indiana, better percentages

    Across 182 Phoenix games she averaged 7.7 points shooting 36.2% from three; across 73 Indiana games, 8.2 points at 42.4%.

  5. Free-throw shooting is usually consistent

    Her free-throw percentage has been at or above .870 in six of eight WNBA seasons, with a career mark of 85.9%. The exceptions were 2021, when it fell to .704, and 2026, at .851.

  6. Rebounding tracks her minutes

    4.4 rebounds per game in 2022 at 29.5 minutes, 2.3 at 22.2 minutes in 2026 — her rebounding has risen and fallen with her playing time.

Sophie Cunningham in a Phoenix Mercury uniform during a June 2024 game at Target Center
Photo: John Mac · CC BY-SA 2.0

Franchise splits

Phoenix vs Indiana

Regular-season totals by franchise. 2026 figures cover the full regular season, which ended on 24 September 2026; post-season games are not included.
TeamSeasonsGames playedGames startedPoints per gameRebounds per gameThree-point percentagePTS3PM
Phoenix Mercury6182927.72.7.3621409254
Indiana Fever273168.22.8.424595118

The Indiana rows include the complete 2026 regular season. 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.

University of Missouri, per game — Sports Reference (college basketball)
SeasonGames playedGames startedMinutes per gamePoints per gameRebounds per gameAssists per gameField-goal percentageThree-point percentageFree-throw percentage
2015—16323230.114.05.83.0.502.356.831
2016—17313132.917.55.33.4.482.379.848
2017—18313132.718.54.73.0.542.457.836
2018—19353534.217.85.92.8.481.403.839
Career12912932.517.05.43.0.501.403.839

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 38.0% 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 checked 3 October 2026. 2026 playoff figures: WNBA official box scores, matched by ESPN's; they are shown separately and are not included in any regular-season or career total.

The team behind the recent numbers

Indiana Fever, 2025 onwards