A’ja Wilson keeps adding her name to the record books. She just doesn’t seem to care.
Wilson passed Diana Taurasi for the most 20-point halves in WNBA history on Sunday, scoring 20 points in the second half alone as the Las Vegas Aces beat the Chicago Sky 107-99. The WNBA’s own Instagram account flagged the milestone, noting A’ja Wilson now has 30 such halves to Taurasi’s 29. But when reporters asked Wilson about it afterward, she shrugged the whole thing off.
“I don’t really pay attention to it, honestly,” Wilson said. “I mean, when you guys tell me these things, I’m kind of like, cool.”
That response says a lot about how Wilson has operated through a career now filled with milestones. She finished the night with 30 points, 15 rebounds, four steals, and three blocks, becoming the first player in league history to hit all four marks in a single game. It was her sixth 30-point game of the season, and it barely seemed to register with her.
“It’s just one of those moments where I come to work and hopefully I can do my job the right way,” Wilson said. “That’s the biggest thing that I want to do is obviously having my name on these lists and making history is always great, because it gives you an opportunity to be amongst the greats. But I never really look at it as like, I have to do this and I got to get this or I’m close to this. Could care less.”
Wilson shot 8-of-14 from the field and 13-of-16 from the free-throw line, matching her season high at the stripe. Her 15 rebounds were a season best, and her four steals matched her top defensive mark of the year. Chicago made a push in the second half, but A’ja Wilson closed the door before it became a real threat.
A’ja Wilson Built A Career On Showing Up, Not Chasing Numbers
A’ja Wilson’s stat line is becoming hard to separate from her larger body of work. At 29, she is averaging 23.4 points and 10.2 rebounds this season and has scored at least 20 points in 16 of her 19 games. She already holds four MVP awards, the most in league history, and Sunday’s performance only adds to the case for a fifth. Yet her own explanation for the night had nothing to do with records.
“My biggest thing is making sure that I’m available and showing up for my teammates every single day,” Wilson said. “And I hope that I can do that.”
That framing tracks with how Wilson has carried herself since her historic 2025 season, when she swept the MVP, Defensive Player of the Year, and Finals MVP awards and helped push the league toward a landmark new collective bargaining agreement. The accolades piled up, but Wilson kept pointing back to her teammates and her job rather than the milestones themselves.
Taurasi still holds the WNBA’s all-time scoring record by a wide margin, and that mark isn’t moving anytime soon. But records like the one A’ja Wilson broke Sunday are starting to stack up quietly behind her, one unbothered postgame answer at a time.
