Stat review awards Caitlin Clark two more assists, breaking WNBA single-season assists record

Caitlin Clark was awarded two additional assists after a WNBA statistical review, according to the league’s official stats pages updated on May 17. The adjustment changed Clark’s total from eight assists to 10 in Indiana’s 2026 overtime loss to the Washington Mystics on May 15, but the record implicated by the review traces to her 2024 rookie season. With those two assists added to the historical ledger, Clark’s 2024 total moved to 337 and passed the previous WNBA single-season record. The update appeared in the league’s official statistics before Indiana’s May 17 home game against the Seattle Storm. Later that day, Clark posted 10 assists against Seattle, extending the mark again in current official records. The Fever’s team recap of the Seattle game listed her line as 21 points, 10 assists and seven rebounds in fewer than 24 minutes. ### Which game was changed, and what exactly changed in the box score? The May 15 game was Indiana’s overtime loss to Washington, and the WNBA review added two assists to Clark’s total from that contest. ESPN and other outlets reported that the league’s box score adjustment was posted on May 17, and the official WNBA stats pages reflected the change the same day. The revised count matters because Clark had originally been listed with eight assists in that game. After the review, the official record showed 10. The league’s stats site does not publicly detail each reviewed play in the search snippets available, but the posted totals changed in the official database. ### How did that affect the single-season record? Clark’s 2024 season total was the key number. (nbcsandiego.com) Basketball-Reference lists Clark as the 2024 assists leader at 8.4 per game, and reports on the correction said the two added assists lifted her 2024 total to 337, breaking the prior WNBA single-season record. The record was unusual because it was recognized after the season had long ended. (stats.wnba.com) The correction did not come during Clark’s rookie year in 2024, but nearly two years later, after the league adjusted the historical box score from that Washington game. Reports published on May 17 said the official statistics updated immediately once the review was posted. (basketball-reference.com) ### Did Clark hold the record only briefly before adding to it again? May 17 was the same day Clark extended the newly recognized mark. The WNBA nightly leaders page listed Clark with 10 assists in Indiana’s 89-78 win over Seattle, and the Fever’s game story repeated that total. That sequence meant the stat review first moved Clark past the previous single-season mark in the historical record, and her performance against Seattle added another 10 assists to her official career regular-season total in the current season. (indystar.com) NBC San Diego and Yahoo described that chain of events in reports published May 18. (stats.wnba.com) ### Why do postgame stat reviews happen at all? Official scorers and leagues regularly review box scores after games to correct assists, rebounds, steals and other entries when video or scoring review shows a play was logged incorrectly. In this case, the WNBA’s official database is the authoritative record because the change appeared there and was incorporated into the league’s live statistical pages. (nbcsandiego.com) The WNBA did not, in the material reviewed here, publish a separate public explanation naming the two exact possessions that were changed. What is documented is the result: Clark’s assist total for the May 15 game rose from eight to 10, and the league stats pages updated accordingly. ### Where can readers verify the revised numbers now? WNBA Stats is the place where the revised totals appear in the official record. (stats.wnba.com) The league’s nightly leaders page for May 17 showed Clark with 10 assists against Seattle, and Clark’s player pages on WNBA.com and Basketball-Reference reflect her updated career and season statistics. Indiana’s next games and any future statistical revisions will continue to flow through those same league and team channels. (stats.wnba.com) As of May 18, the Fever’s official site had already published Clark’s 10-assist line from the Seattle win, the game that followed the May 17 correction. (fever.wnba.com)