Sept. 20—No one has more rebounds or double-doubles in a WNBA career than Tina Charles.
The 13-year WNBA veteran broke two all-time league records as the Atlanta Dream beat the host New York Liberty 78-67 on Thursday night to clinch the eighth and final playoff spot.
Charles grabbed three rebounds in the first quarter of the regular season finale against her former team, Liberty, and surpassed Sylvia Fowles’ previous record of 4,006 rebounds.
The offensive rebounding record was set less than four minutes into the game. In fact, Atlanta grabbed two offensive rebounds on one possession before scoring on a driving layup by Alyssa Gray.
Charles grabbed a defensive rebound with 5:07 remaining in the third quarter for the 194th double-double of his career. He scored 10 points and 10 rebounds in the game, and his current career rebound count is 4,014.
Charles, 35, has excelled for the Connecticut Sun (2010-13), Liberty (2014-19), Washington Mystics (2021), Phoenix Mercury (2022) and Seattle Storm (2022). Charles is an eight-time All-Star and won the 2010 Rookie of the Year Award and the 2012 WNBA Most Valuable Player Award.
She won’t play in 2020 or 2023 and signed a contract with the Dream ahead of this season.
Charles played in 39 games (all starts) in the regular season for Atlanta, averaging 14.9 points and 9.6 rebounds per game.
He was also inducted into the New York City Basketball Hall of Fame during a pregame ceremony.
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