Dallas Wings lose third straight game while Las Vegas Aces’ A’ja Wilson makes WNBA history (2024)

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Dallas Wings lose third straight game while Las Vegas Aces’ A’ja Wilson makes WNBA history? ›

Instead, one of their opponents made WNBA history in Dallas' 95-81 loss in front of a sold-out crowd at College Park Center, where A'ja Wilson became the first WNBA player with at least 35 points, 10 rebounds and five steals in a game.

The Las Vegas Aces are the most valuable franchise in the WNBA. The back-to-back defending champions are valued at $140 million, according to a list compiled by the digital media platform Sportico. That's well above the $97 million league average.

Las Vegas Aces superstar A'ja Wilson made history on Sunday as she became the franchise's all-time leading scorer in a comfortable win against the Dallas Wings at home.

The team was founded in Detroit, Michigan before the 1998 WNBA season began; the team moved to Tulsa, Oklahoma before the 2010 season; then moved to Dallas prior to the start of the 2016 season.

The Atlanta Dream is the least-valued franchise in the WNBA, according to recent data from Sportico. By the numbers: The Dream is valued at $55 million, putting them below every other team in the league. The team made $8.8 million in revenue in 2023.

She told The Athletic that the value of the WNBA's 12 individual teams plus the league itself is worth over $1 billion. Though that method of valuation is unusual in comparison to how other professional sports leagues conduct their valuations, it also places the average value of a WNBA team at more than $43.75 million.

Half of the players on the Aces roster make less than $100,000 each season, according to Sportrac. Colson's base salary is $76,535, while rookie Kate Martin's is $67,249 this year. The team's two highest paid players have a salary of $200,000.

Erich Hartmann, with 352 official kills the highest scoring fighter pilot of all time. In World War II many air forces adopted the British practice of crediting fractional shares of aerial victories, resulting in fractions or decimal scores, such as 11+1⁄2 or 26.83.

Has a WNBA team ever sold out? ›

-- The Las Vegas Aces became the first WNBA team to sell out every home game in a season when the final tickets were claimed Thursday for a Sept. 3 matchup against Angel Reese and the Chicago Sky.

The lineup change shifted what's expected and required from individuals. They've been unorganized, undisciplined and uncaring, Hammon said after the New York loss. She's seen eight different Aces teams within a single 40-minute game and zero consistency, she said.

The Aces' revenue was estimated to be US$17.8 million in 2023. Aces narrowly ahead of the Seattle Storm (valued at US$135 million) and the New York Liberty (US$130 million) The Atlanta Dream hold the lowest valuation at US$55 million. All 12 WNBA teams generated an estimated US$158 million in combined revenue last year.

Dallas' 22 wins last season were the most for the franchise since a 22-12 record in 2008, when the Shock won their third WNBA championship in a six-season span, all with coach Bill Laimbeer.

Lightning has a unique origin. As a Pegasus, she represents Dallas-Fort Worth, where the winged horse flies high above the city. Lightning brings the electricity to College Park Center that energize the arena.

Now, the Storm is the WNBA's most valuable team after it was valued at $151 million in 2023.