Caitlin Clark sets WNBA 20-and-10 record

Caitlin Clark’s latest WNBA record hinged on a box-score update after Indiana’s 104-102 overtime loss to the Washington Mystics on Friday, May 15. CBS Sports reported Monday that Clark became the league’s all-time leader in 20-point, 10-assist games when a statistical review pushed her total from eight assists to 10 in that game, and then added that she recorded another 20-and-10 performance on Sunday. The timing mattered because Indiana lost Friday’s game at Gainbridge Fieldhouse even after Clark scored 32 points and hit a tying three-pointer late in regulation. Indiana’s official game recap published Friday night said Clark finished with eight assists, while later reporting on Monday described the same game as a 32-point, 10-assist outing. (cbssports.com) ### How did the record actually get set? CBS Sports said Monday that Clark broke the WNBA record for career games with at least 20 points and 10 assists after a stat correction from Friday’s game against Washington. The outlet said the change moved Clark past the previous mark in her 57th career game and that she then added another such game on Sunday. (fever.wnba.com) Friday’s Indiana recap shows why the sequence drew attention. The Fever’s team site said Clark had eight assists in the loss to Washington and highlighted her 32 points, including 17 in the fourth quarter and a game-tying three-pointer with 2.3 seconds left in regulation. ### What was in the Mystics game that made it notable? Washington beat Indiana 104-102 in overtime on May 15 after Sonia Citron scored 30 points and Kiki Iriafen added 25 points and 13 rebounds, according to the box score surfaced in search results. (cbssports.com) Clark led Indiana in scoring with 32 points. (fever.wnba.com) The fourth quarter supplied most of Clark’s scoring burst. Indiana said Clark set a franchise record with five three-pointers in the fourth and tied for the second-most points by a Fever player in a quarter with 17. ### Why did this land so quickly in national coverage? The 2026 WNBA season opened with a broader national distribution package than in prior years, with games appearing across outlets including ION, USA Network, NBC and Peacock, according to schedule listings and industry coverage. (aiscore.com) Friday’s Fever-Mystics game was listed on ION, and Sports Business Journal’s women’s sports coverage this month highlighted expanded programming around the league. (fever.wnba.com) Sports Business Journal on May 12 also quoted Scripps Networks executive Keisha Taylor Starr saying ION made an “early strategic investment” in women’s sports programming. That expansion has given opening-week performances from players such as Clark wider distribution across broadcast and streaming windows. ### What do the official team materials show right now? (espn.com) Indiana’s published recap from May 15 still emphasizes Clark’s scoring line, the late tying shot and the team’s overtime loss. The recap also notes that Clark recorded her 476th career assist by the end of the game and passed Katie Douglas for fifth on the Fever’s franchise assists list. (sportsbusinessjournal.com) The WNBA’s official schedule page lists Indiana’s early-season slate, and ESPN’s team schedule page shows the Fever set to continue their homestand this week. Those listings place the record in the opening stretch of a 44-game regular season. ### When does Clark play next? ESPN’s 2026 Indiana Fever schedule lists Indiana’s next game for Wednesday, May 20, against the Portland Fire at Gainbridge Fieldhouse. (fever.wnba.com) The same schedule page shows the Fever then host Golden State on Friday, May 22. (espn.com) (wnba.com)