Kelsey Mitchell Breaks A'ja Wilson's WNBA Record With 21st Straight 20-Point Game
The Fever guard poured in 37 points on a perfect night from the line to set the all-time consecutive scoring mark — but Indiana still fell to Dallas, snapping a five-game winning streak.
Indiana Fever guard Kelsey Mitchell etched her name into the WNBA record book late Thursday night, scoring 20-plus points for the 21st consecutive game and breaking the mark A'ja Wilson set across the 2023 and 2024 seasons — even as her team fell 91-85 to the Dallas Wings at American Airlines Center.
Mitchell reached the milestone with a layup 5.4 seconds before halftime, part of a 37-point night that tied her season high. She finished 9 of 18 from the field, 4 of 7 from three-point range and a perfect 15 for 15 at the free-throw line, according to ESPN.
Streak outlasts a franchise standard-bearer
Wilson's previous record streak, spanning 20 straight games, carried an average of 28.2 points per outing. Before the Las Vegas Aces star, Diana Taurasi held the mark at 13 consecutive 20-point games from 2006-07, per Yahoo Sports. Mitchell has averaged 26.8 points across her 20-and-a-half-game run, all within a single season — a distinction neither Wilson nor Taurasi can claim.
Mitchell also passed Tamika Catchings for the most 20-point games in Fever franchise history with 139, and her 912 points through 37 games this season tie her for fifth all-time in a single WNBA campaign, according to TSN.
"I just want to congratulate my team for making me look good. But ultimately, it just comes down to work," Mitchell said after the game.
The historic night came in a losing effort. Dallas got a season-high 32 points from Arike Ogunbowale and a career-best 26 from Jessica Shepard to snap Indiana's five-game winning streak. Fever teammates Caitlin Clark (10 points, 9 assists) and Paige Bueckers (13 points, 8 assists) helped set up much of Mitchell's scoring, with Mitchell scoring or assisting on 48 of Indiana's 85 points overall.
Mitchell's perfect 15-for-15 mark at the line made her just the fifth player in league history to attempt at least 15 free throws in a game and convert every one, and it marked the third time in her career she has posted a 35-point, 50-percent-shooting, five-assist game — tied for the most such performances in WNBA history.
Indiana continues its road trip Saturday against the New York Liberty, with Mitchell's streak — and her pursuit of the Fever's single-season scoring milestones — squarely in focus as the WNBA heads into the stretch run before the playoffs.