Angel Reese breaks WNBA single-game and single-season rebounding records

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Angel Reese grabbed 26 rebounds Monday night, a WNBA single-game record, in the Atlanta Dream’s 78-71 win over the Los Angeles Sparks at Crypto.com Arena. Reese’s 26 boards surpassed Chamique Holdsclaw’s 2003 single-game mark of 24, and her season total reached 458, topping A’ja Wilson’s single-season mark of 451 set in 2024. Reese collected 18 defensive rebounds and eight offensive rebounds, and she finished the game with 11 points and three steals. Dream coach Karl Smesko credited Reese’s steady improvement and said she is “really hitting her stride.” Reese has led the WNBA in rebounds per game each of her three seasons and previously posted the three highest rebounding averages in league history. The performance completed a perfect road trip for Atlanta, helped clinch the Dream’s fourth consecutive playoff berth and comes before Reese’s first senior national team appearance at the FIBA World Cup in September.

WNBA

@wnba.com

A HISTORIC NIGHT FROM ANGEL REESE🚨 Not only did she set a new WNBA single-game rebounding record with 26 boards, she also tallied 458 rebounds this szn, a new single-season record! #WNBASeason30

40945d ago

JKfromNY2

You forgot to write that Angel Reese's rebounding will be important for the 2026 WNBA Playoffs presented by Google Pixel! Do better for your paying sponsor.

John in Charlottesville1

Every time I see that woman play, I notice she plays with an intensity that I could never possess. It makes me wonder if she does everything in her life that way. Does she pull weeds with the same intensity? Crochet that hard? If not, what a gift to be able to turn that skill off and on.

D'on Owens1

@wnba.com 🏀 MONSTER ON THE BOARDS! 🏀

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Nori3

All hail our rebounding queen! 🙌

Meghan L. Hall

@itsmeghanlhall.bsky.social

WNBA Players of the Week for Week 13 of the 2026 season: — West: A’ja Wilson — East: Angel Reese

19944d ago

Neil1

Angel is peaking at the right time! LFG Atlanta Dream!

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Magnus Lehnsherr8

A'ja and Angel are so consistently great that casuals expect this level of performance as a baseline and in the process forget how special generational talent really is. #WNBA

strap-tap3

I feel like A'ja coasting! Somebody send her the stuff Shakira Austin's daddy said.

Andrew Gonzalez3

I want this matchup in the playoffs. #WNBA

The Associated Press

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Angel Reese breaks the WNBA single-game rebounding record with 26 rebounds as the Atlanta Dream beat the Los Angeles Sparks 78-71. Reese also broke the league's season record with 458 rebounds this season, seven more than A'ja Wilson's mark set in 2024.

14045d ago

4th Quarter Caleb3

If I bricked 30 layups in a game I’d probably have a lot of rebounds too, but shoutout to her

paloaltos.bsky.social2

Brink blocked her like 6 times and also had no issue posting her up and scoring. She is a great rebounder but not a super star as she can’t shoot, dribble, and can barely pass

Chew Chew ™️ 🟧✡️1

23 of them were offensive rebounds from her own layups?

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dubs 💙7

some very Sad Fellows in the comments here. fish in a barrel.

Daniel Thompson

@dr-thompson.bsky.social

NO ONE in WNBA history has ever recorded 25 rebounds in a single game... EXCEPT FOR ANGEL REESE !!! 👏🏻💐🎉

12245d ago

paloaltos.bsky.social1

She was also blocked 7 times and got torched by brink whenever brink had the ball and was near her.

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dyke macdonald10

Oh weird, but the magats told me she was overrated and couldn’t play basketball. It’s almost like the racists are wrong, again. I’m shocked, I tell ya! 😂

Exia Ross8

hall of famer. book it.

Nanjala

@nanjala.bsky.social

Not liking Angel Reese is a red flag. You can point out parts of her game that need work - she’ll probably agree if it’s true. But she’s one of the most likeable players in the league. #wnba

7945d ago

NBC10 Philadelphia

@nbcphiladelphia.com

Angel Reese breaks WNBA record with 26 rebounds against Sparks, sets single-season record as well

5845d ago

KMJeezy

@kmjeezy.bsky.social

Angel and the Dream are in the playoffs and the Chicago Sky are eliminated.

5845d ago

Steve Jones

@stevejones20.bsky.social

Angel Reese had 26 rebounds against the Sparks. Historic. The Sparks had 32 rebounds as a team, Angel Reese had 26. The Sparks had 7 offensive rebounds as a team, Angel Reese had 8.

5644d ago

Shameka ❤️🏀

@shameka23.bsky.social

I’ve seen several posts calling Angel Reese and average player at best this morning. Are yall ok??? #WNBA

Screenshot of a Google search asking, “what is the wnba record for rebounds in a game.” The result says Angel Reese set the WNBA single-game record with 26 rebounds on August 24, 2026, against the Los Angeles Sparks, including 18 defensive and 8 offensive rebounds. It lists Chamique Holdsclaw’s previous record of 24 rebounds and says Reese also set the single-season rebounding record with 458.

5144d ago

YoungstownGuy2

That's just crazy talk. People filled with so much dislike/hate.

withmorewit.bsky.social1

She earned that team USA spot with rebounds and defense. So annoying when people discount her based on selective short clips of putbacks.

the entity formerly known as landsnark/dsmilti...1

i think technically thats called a meltdown.

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Dana Holtzbert14

I think we call those people ignorant and that's only if we're being kind. #WNBA

Double Aunt Andre 3000 AKA Jason Reefer7

They’re not ok. They’re unserious individuals.

Shani 🫧 (Bluesky hates Palestinians)6

Point them out for a block!

Ｂｌａｑｕｅｎｅｓｓ4

Man fuck dem racist ass hoes

.//Swav Silverhand✘ 🖥️4

People stay trying to tear her down. It only makes me root for her even more. She be hooping out there.

Andrew Gonzalez3

Went to bed early and missed a history making performance. 🤦🏽‍♂️ Nothing average about it. #WNBA

KP3

what's even more wild to me is she broke a record that had stood since the early years of the league. I don't have a pic of the graphic they showed but the previous top 3 were all from decades ago. Feels different from most records being broken recently--that were all owned by Candace #WNBA

Black Lives Matter3

26 boards is crazy! She really be snatching shit

EP2

Angel Reese is FAR from average and this is why I hate niggas (gender fluid) bc people don't know how to be honest about people they don't care for... ESPECIALLY when it comes to sports!!!

jack maloney

@jackmaloneycbs.bsky.social

after her record-setting 26 rebounds on monday angel reese is tied for the second-most 20-rebound games in wnba history she's played at least 240 fewer games than everyone else in the top-five on the list

2744d ago

Pull Up 3

@pullupthr33.bsky.social

Your WNBA Stat Leaders as of August 23rd ✨ PPG: A’ja Wilson RPG: Angel Reese APG: Alyssa Thomas SPG: Rhyne Howard BPG: A’ja Wilson 3PM: Rhyne Howard

WNBA Stat Leaders as of Sunday, August 23

PPG:
1. A’ja Wilson - 26.0
2. Kelsey Mitchell - 24.8
3. Caitlin Clark - 22.1
4. Kahleah Copper - 21.0
5. Marina Mabrey - 20.8
RPG:
1. Angel Reese - 12.0
2. Jessica Shepard - 11.1
3. Shakira Austin - 9.6
4. A’ja Wilson - 9.5
5. Kiki Iriafen - 9.3
APG:
1. Alyssa Thomas - 8.3
2. Caitlin Clark - 8.3
3. Jordin Canada - 7.4
4. Chelsea Gray - 6.8
5. Jackie Young - 6.6

2545d ago

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Turtleberry 🐢🍓7

This why they trying to tear it down... and that lady in charge ain't stopping it... too busy trying to push white girls to the front when they don't have the game to back it up...

Cali🌚2

A’ja on every one of these graphics. Yeah…

Don’t Go Jason Waterfalls2

With all due respect this season’s MVP race is over

Sabreena Merchant

@sabreenajm.bsky.social

HUGE night for Angel Reese. The Sparks have now allowed the single-game rebounding and scoring (individual and team) records to be set/tied against them this season. www.nytimes.com/athletic/753...

3745d ago

Double Aunt Andre 3000 AKA Jason Reefer

@arrogantade.blacksky.app

Leading the entire league in rebounds isn’t something you can write off. It ain’t like they out there letting her get rebounds. She working her ass off. And she’s growing her offensive game. She just dropped a 30 piece. I ain’t hearing any Angel Reese slander.

2944d ago

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Your fave's fave2

She does not get enough credit for how skilled she is as a player and goes out there to do the work no one applauds to get her team Ws. If you watch her play, there is so much intention in how she goes about the game. The rebounding is just a by product of that. She is an *elite* ball player

Oh No He Didn't

@ohnohedidnt24.bsky.social

Allisha Gray on Angel Reese getting 26 rebounds: "Yo I was looking at the stat thing and I'm like, dang 20 something - how many rebounds she had, like, 20, 21, 22, 23 rebounds? I don't think in my life I got more than 10 rebounds. That's just a talent"

3245d ago

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Danielle H12

Allisha Gray interviews are the best. What a genuinely adorable person.

Manny Voices7

That's Allisha Gray from 'round the way. Sounding exactly like her hometown of Sandersville lol... love it

Rey-Rey

@rey-rey.net

Angel Reese with another basket to give her 27th double-double of the season. Dream defeat the Sparks, 78-71. Angel Reese had 11 points and TWENTY-SIX REBOUNDS (a record for a WNBA game). Nneka finished with 27 points and 16 rebounds. Sparks down to 13-25.

2445d ago

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