Angel Reese Makes WNBA History with 500 Rebounds

Angel Reese didn’t just grab another rebound on Saturday. She grabbed a piece of WNBA history.

Midway through the first half against the Chicago Sky, the Atlanta Dream star hauled in her 500th rebound of the season, becoming the first player the league has ever seen to reach that mark in a single year. It’s not a quirky footnote. It’s a line in the record book that may stand for a long time.

This is the same season in which Reese already tore down the WNBA’s single-season rebounding record, setting the mark during Atlanta’s 78–71 win over the Los Angeles Sparks on Aug. 24. That night, as she pushed past the old standard, she distilled her approach into one ruthless sentence.

“Anything that goes up is mine,” Reese said on Aug. 24, via USA Today’s Cydney Henderson.

It’s not a slogan. It’s how she plays. Possession after possession, night after night.

Reese has turned that mindset into a historic campaign. On Aug. 30, she set the WNBA’s single-season record for double-doubles, racking up her 29th of the year. The numbers around that achievement are just as imposing: a career-high 16.5 points per game, a league-leading 12.4 rebounds, plus 2.8 assists, 1.8 steals and 0.7 blocks across 40 appearances heading into Saturday’s matchup.

She’s 24. She’s already a three-time All-Star. And she’s anchoring a Dream team that has quietly built one of the most dangerous profiles in the league.

Atlanta sits at 27–14 and holds the No. 4 spot in the WNBA standings with the playoffs looming. When Reese is on the floor, the Dream look like contenders on the numbers alone: a plus-10.2 net rating with her in the game, compared to just plus-0.2 when she sits (via WNBA.com). That’s not a subtle impact. That’s a foundation.

Reese talked in August about what drives her as she stacks these milestones.

“I want to be one of (the best) when I walk away from the game,” she said. “So just being able to ... be consistent every night is something I’m looking forward to doing.”

The consistency has arrived. The records have followed. The question now is simple: with this version of Angel Reese owning the glass, how far can the Dream ride her into October?