Aces’ A’ja Wilson turns into quickest WNBA participant to five,000 factors

Three-time WNBA MVP A’ja Wilson reached the 5,000-point mark in her profession Wednesday evening in the course of the Aces‘ 85-59 win over the Sun in Las Vegas, changing into the quickest participant in league historical past to hit that milestone.

Wilson did it in her 238th sport, forward of Breanna Stewart (242), Diana Taurasi (243) and Angel McCoughtry (257). She is the twenty eighth participant in WNBA historical past with 5,000 profession factors. Taurasi, who retired earlier this yr after 20 seasons with the Phoenix Mercury, is the WNBA’s profession scoring chief with 10,646 factors.

Wilson began Wednesday’s sport seven factors shy of 5,000. She scored her seventh and eighth factors on a layup with 4:04 left within the second quarter. The gang at Michelob Extremely Area in Las Vegas erupted, with followers holding up “5,000” indicators. Wilson stayed business-like in her demeanor, however received congratulations from her teammates and a number of the Solar gamers.

Wilson completed with 22 factors.

Wilson, 28, led the Aces to WNBA titles in 2022 and 2023. The No. 1 select of South Carolina in 2018, Wilson was MVP in 2020, 2022 and 2024.