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Sparks’ Kelsey Plum Joins Caitlin Clark in WNBA History on Tuesday

Originally posted on Athlon Sports | By Robert Marvi | Last updated Aug 27, 2025 12:14 AM ET

There is no doubt that Caitlin Clark has taken the WNBA, and all of basketball by extension, by storm. Last year as a rookie, she averaged 19.2 points and a league-high 8.4 assists a game, and she's only scratching the surface of her potential, especially since she has had trouble consistently hitting from 3-point range.

She may be the biggest figure in women's basketball, but there are others who are crushing it this season. On Tuesday, as her Los Angeles Sparks took on the Phoenix Mercury, Kelsey Plum joined Clark in an exclusive statistical category.

Plum is Showing Off Her Versatility

Coming into Tuesday's game, Plum was averaging 20.4 points and 5.9 assists a game, both of which are career-highs. The four-time All-Star guard became only the second player to collect at least 700 points and 200 assists in one WNBA season — Clark was the first to do so last year.

Kelsey Plum joins Caitlin Clark as the only players in WNBA history to have a season with:

700+ PTS
200+ AST pic.twitter.com/a54o3VDUP6
— Polymarket Hoops (@PolymarketHoops) August 27, 2025

She had 20 points on 7-of-14 shooting from the field and four assists on Tuesday. Unfortunately, the Sparks, who are fighting for a playoff spot, lost 92-84 to the Mercury, dropping their record to 17-19.

Prior to this season, Plum had been with the Las Vegas Aces since 2018. While with the Aces, she won the Sixth Woman of the Year award in 2021 and took home two WNBA championships the following two years.

The Sparks acquired her in a major trade in early February. They had been going with a youth movement at the time, but the addition of Plum greatly raised expectations for the franchise.

L.A. has won it all three times, but it hasn't reached the WNBA playoffs since the 2020 season.

Los Angeles Has a Challenging Schedule Remaining

If the Sparks are to return to the postseason, they will have to overcome a bit of a gauntlet the rest of the way in the regular season.

They have eight games left, and they will face the Mercury again, as well as the Aces, Indiana Fever, Seattle Storm and the Atlanta Dream twice. The Aces, Mercury and Dream are considered contenders, while the Fever and Storm are on the bubble, just as the Sparks are.

As of this writing, Los Angeles is in ninth place in the standings and sits 1.5 games behind the eighth-place Storm.

This article first appeared on Athlon Sports and was syndicated with permission.

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