BIO:

Height: 6-3

Position: F

Years Pro: Rookie

College/Country: LSU/United States

Drafted: Chicago Sky (No. 7 overall in 2024)

TOP-10 ALL-TIME SKY FRANCHISE RECORDS:

• No. 6 in Offensive Rebounds (172)
• No. 4 in Double-Doubles (26)
• No. 1 in Single Season Offensive Rebounds (172)
• No. 1 in Single Season Offensive Rebounds Per Game (5.1)
• No. 1 in Single Season Defensive Rebounds (274)
• No. 1 in Single Season Defensive Rebounds Per Game (8.1)
• No. 1 in Single Season Total Rebounds (446)
• No. 1 in Single Season Rebounds Per Game (13.1)
• T-No. 1 in Single Game Offensive Rebounds (10, 2x)
• T-No. 1 in Single Game Total Rebounds (22)

TOP-10 ALL-TIME WNBA RECORDS:

• No. 1 in Single Season Offensive Rebound List (172)
• No. 1 on Rookie Offensive Rebounds Per Game List (5.1)
• No. 2 on Single Season Offensive Rebounds Per Game List (5.1)
• No. 2 on Rookie Defensive Rebounds List (274)
• No. 2 on Rookie Defensive Rebounds Per Game List (8.1)
• No. 1 on Rookie Total Rebound List (446)
• No. 2 on Single Season Total Rebounds List (446)
• No. 1 on Single Season Total Rebounds Per Game List (13.1)
• No. 2 in Single Season Double-Doubles (26)
• No. 1 in Consecutive Double-Doubles (15)

AWARDS: 

• 2024 WNBA All-Star
• 2024 WNBA All-Rookie Team
• 2024 AP All-Rookie Team
• 2024 Peak Performer Award (Rebounds) 
• Eastern Conference Player of the Week (June 27-July 7)
• WNBA Rookie of the Month (June)

2024 SEASON OVERVIEW: Angel Reese had a historic rookie season after being selected seventh overall in the 2024 WNBA Draft. She had the best rebounding season by any player in league history at the time of her final 2024 game, averaging a league-record 13.1 boards per game and being the fastest player to reach 400 rebounds in WNBA history.

In all, Reese averaged 13.6 points, 13.1 rebounds, 1.9 assists and 1.3 steals per game. She finished atop the all-time offensive rebounding list with 172 and the consecutive double-double list with 26.

Reese made her WNBA and Chicago Sky debut on May 15, starting in her first game. She started in every game she played this season. In her debut, she scored 12 points and added eight rebounds.

She recorded the first double-double of her career on May 28 against Seattle, notching 11 points and 12 rebounds.

Reese began her record-breaking double-double streak on June 4 with 13 points and 10 rebounds against New York. She went on to have 15 straight games with a double-double, the all-time record. During that stretch, which lasted from June 4 to July 11, she averaged 15.3 points and 13.2 rebounds. She set her career high in scoring three times during the 15-game streak, including a 20-point game on June 12 against Connecticut, a 25-point showing on June 23 versus Indiana and a 27-point game on July 5 at Seattle.

After the All-Star/Olympic break, Reese became the first player in WNBA history with three consecutive games with 20 or more rebounds. She finished with a double-double in each of those games. That three-game stretch included Reese’s career high for rebounds in a single game, when she notched 22 against Las Vegas on Aug. 25. Her 22 rebounds were the most in a single game by any player in the league in the 2024 season and are tied for the most in a single game in Sky history (Sylvia Fowles, 2013). She averaged 14.3 points, 20.7 rebounds and 1.3 blocks from Aug. 18-25.

Reese finished the 2024 season with a trio of impressive performances. She recorded 17 points and 19 rebounds on the road against Minnesota against Sept. 1, becoming the fastest player in league history to reach 400+ rebounds. In a Sept. 6 win over Los Angeles, Reese recorded 24 points and 12 rebounds.

2024 SEASON MILESTONES: 

• May 15 — Made her Chicago Sky debut
• June 1 — Tied the Sky’s then-all-time rookie rebound record for a single game with 13
• June 6 — Became the first player to record 15+ points, 10+ rebounds and 5+ steals in a game since Candace Parker in 2008
• June 8 — Recorded 13 points, 13 rebounds and five steals. Became the third rookie all time with 13+ points, 13+ rebounds and 5+ steals in a game, joining Tamika Catchings and Candace Parker
• June 8 — Became the third player in WNBA history with 10+ points, 10+ rebounds and 5+ steals in back-to-back games, joining Catchings (2002) and Erlana Larkins (2014). Reese is the fourth Sky player to have three or more consecutive double-doubles in franchise history. Sylvia Fowles did so 12 times, Elena Delle Donne did so twice and Candace Parker did so once
• June 12 — Scored a then-career high of 20 points to go along with 10 rebounds, her first 20-point, 10-rebound game
• June 12 — Became the fourth first-year player in league history to have 13+ points and 10+ rebounds in four consecutive games, joining Yolanda Griffith, Tamika Catchings and Tina Charles
• June 14 — Broke the Sky’s all-time rookie rebounding record with 14, her then-career high
• June 16 — Reached seven straight games with 10+ rebounds, which broke Cindy Brown and Tina Charles’ record for the all-time record for consecutive 10+ rebound games in a player’s first WNBA season. She’s now at 28 straight such games, which is the record for consecutive games with 10+ rebounds for all players in any season of their career. She also had three straight games with 20 or more rebounds from Aug. 18-25.
• June 20 — Set a new career high with 18 rebounds to go along with 16 points
• June 20 — Her seven consecutive double-doubles set the all-time record for consecutive games with a double-double by a first-year player all time
• June 20 — Joined Yolanda Griffith and Tina Charles as the only first-year WNBA players to put up 15+ points, 10+ defensive rebounds and 8+ offensive rebounds in a single game all time
• June 20 — Became the sixth first-year player to record 16+ points and 18+ rebounds in a game, becoming the first since Teaira McCowan did so in 2019
• June 23 — Became the first rookie with 25+ points and 15+ rebounds in a game since A’ja Wilson did so in 2018. Became the only Sky rookie to record 20+ points and 15+ rebounds in the same game
• June 30 — Passed Candace Parker for most consecutive double-doubles in a single season with 10 straight
• July 2 — Recorded 19 rebounds, which at the time, were Reese’s career high for rebounds in a single game and were the most in a game in the WNBA this season
• July 2 — Was named a 2024 WNBA All-Star, becoming the first Sky rookie to do so since Elena Delle Donne in 2013 and fourth-ever in franchise history after Courtney Vandersloot (2011) and Candice Dupree (2006)
• July 2 — Was June 2024’s Rookie of the Month after averaging 14.5 points and 13.2 rebounds in 11 games during June. She notched 10 or more rebounds in every game that month
• July 5 — Recorded a career-high 27 points in a road win against Seattle
• July 5 — Passed Latasha Byears (87 offensive rebounds in rookie season) and Tamika Catchings (91 offensive rebounds in rookie season) for 12th, then 11th, respectively, on the WNBA’s all-time rookie offensive rebounds list.
• July 5 — Became the fourth first-year player with 25+ points, 10+ rebounds, 2+ made three-pointers and 2+ blocks in a game, joining Lisa Leslie, Tamika Catchings and Satou Sabally
• July 7 — Passed Candace Parker for the most consecutive double-doubles in WNBA history with 13 straight after the July 7 game against Seattle. Parker previously recorded 12 straight spanning the 2009-10 seasons. Reese’s all-time streak stands at 15 consecutive games
• July 7 — Passed Glory Johnson (95 offensive rebounds in rookie season) for 10th on the WNBA’s rookie offensive rebounds list. Then passed Tamika Raymond (96) for ninth on the WNBA’s rookie offensive rebounds list 
• July 10 — Passed Nneka Ogwumike (98 career offensive rebounds) and tied Cheryl Ford for seventh on the WNBA’s all-time rookie offensive rebounds list with 99 offensive rebounds
• July 13 — Passed Chiney Ogwumike (264 rebounds in rookie season) for 11th, passed Lisa Leslie (266 rebounds in rookie season) for 10th and tied Tamika Catchings for ninth on the all-time rookie rebounds list with 276 
• July 13 — Passed Teaira McCowan (108 offensive rebounds in rookie season) for sixth and Natalie Williams (109 offensive rebounds in rookie season) for fifth on the all-time rookie offensive rebounds list with 110
• Aug. 15 — Passed Sylvia Fowles (117 in single season) for most offensive rebounds in a single season in Sky franchise history after notching 120 through 25 games played
• Aug. 15 — With her 15 rebounds, Reese tied Cindy Brown (301) for eighth on the all-time rookie rebounds list. She passed Brown on Aug. 17.
• Aug. 15 — Reached 18 double-doubles, moving her past Yolanda Griffith and Candace Parker (17 each) for second-most ever by a first-year player.
• Aug. 17 — Passed Teaira McCowan (305 rebounds in rookie season) for seventh on the WNBA’s all-time rookie rebounds list with 312
• Aug. 17 — Passed Chiney Ogwumike (122 offensive rebounds in rookie season) for fourth on the WNBA’s all-time rookie offensive rebounds list. She then tied Aliyah Boston (125 offensive rebounds in rookie season) for third on the all-time rookie offensive rebounds list
• Aug. 17 — Passed Tamika Catchings (184 defensive rebounds in rookie season) for 12th on the WNBA’s all-time rookie defensive rebounds list. She then passed Margo Dydek (186 defensive rebounds in rookie season) for 11th on the all-time rookie defensive rebounds list with 187
• Aug. 18 — Recorded a 19-point, 20-rebound double-double against Phoenix, marking her first career 20-rebound game. Her 20 rebounds tied A’ja Wilson for most rebounds in a game in 2024. She recorded a career-high 10 offensive rebounds in the same game, the most in the WNBA this season.
• Aug. 18 — Passed Candace Parker (313 rebounds in rookie season) for sixth on the WNBA’s all-time rookie rebounds list. Also passed Breanna Stewart (317 rebounds in rookie season) for fifth on the rookie rebounds list. She then passed Yolanda Griffith (329 rebounds in rookie season) for fourth on the rookie rebounds list with 332
• Aug. 18 —Passed Yolanda Griffith (188 defensive rebounds in rookie season) for 10th on the WNBA’s all-time rookie defensive rebounds list
• Aug. 18 — Recorded just the fourth 10 defensive rebound/10 offensive rebound game in WNBA history, joining Yolanda Griffith, Natalie Williams and Cheryl Ford, marking the first time the line has been recorded in over 20 years.
• Aug. 23 — Reese became the first player in WNBA history to record consecutive 20-rebound games after doing so on Aug. 18 and Aug. 23. Outside of Reese, the only other player to record multiple games with 20 or more rebounds as a rookie is Tina Charles. Reese is also the first rookie in either the NBA or the WNBA with consecutive 20-rebound games since Shaquille O’Neal did so in 1993.
• Aug. 23 — Passed Cheryl Ford (334 rebounds in rookie season) for third on the WNBA’s all-time rookie rebounds list. Then passed Aliyah Boston (335 rebounds in rookie season) for second on the all-time rookie rebounds list with 352
• Aug. 23 — Passed A’ja Wilson (198 defensive rebounds in rookie season) for eighth on the WNBA’s all-time rookie defensive rebounds list. Also passed Lisa Leslie (203 defensive rebounds in rookie season) for seventh on the rookie defensive rebounds list. Then tied Aliyah Boston for sixth on the rookie defensive rebounds list with 210 on Aug. 23. She passed Boston on Aug. 25.
• Aug. 23 — Reese passed Yolanda Griffith (141 offensive rebounds in rookie season) for first on the rookie offensive rebounds list with 142
• Aug. 25 — Set the WNBA league high and tied the Sky’s single-game rebounding record with a career-high 22 boards on Aug. 25 against Las Vegas. She recorded her third straight 20+ rebound game after becoming the first player in WNBA history to record back-to-back such games. She was two away from tying the all-time single-game record.
• Aug. 25 — Became the first player in WNBA history with multiple games of 10+ offensive rebounds and 10+ defensive rebounds in the same game.
• Aug. 28 — Passed Candace Parker (229 defensive rebounds in rookie season) for fifth on the WNBA’s all-time rookie defensive rebounds list. Then passed Cindy Brown (231 defensive rebounds in rookie season) for fourth on the all-time rookie defensive rebounds list with 232
• Aug. 30 — Passed Tina Charles (398 rebounds in her rookie season) for first on the WNBA all-time rookie rebounds list with 399 rebounds this season
• Aug. 30 — Passed Cheryl Ford (235 defensive rebounds in rookie season) for third on the WNBA’s all-time rookie defensive rebounds list with 241
• Sept. 1 — Passed Sylvia Fowles (404 – 2018) for first on the all-time single season rebounding list
• Sept. 1 — Became the fastest player to 400 rebounds in WNBA history, taking just 32 games to achieve the feat
• Sept. 6 — Her 26 double-doubles this season are the most double-doubles in a single season by a rookie
• Sept. 6 — Tied Elena Delle Donne for sixth on the Sky’s all-time franchise offensive rebounding list with 172 offensive boards
• Sept. 6 — Broke the record for most rebounds in a season with 446. Reese also passed Yolanda Griffith (162 – 2001) for first on the all-time single season offensive boards list with 172. Moved into second on the all-time rookie defensive rebounds list on Sept. 6 with 274