Caitlin Clark has accomplished plenty since joining the WNBA ranks in April. The league's leading candidate for Rookie of the Year entered play Saturday averaging 16 points, 5.7 rebounds and 7.1 assists per game during her first professional season.
Clark improved upon most of those numbers Saturday while doing something no WNBA rookie before has achieved: She logged a triple-double.
Here's what to know about Clark's history-making performance in the Fever vs. New York Liberty game.
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Caitlin Clark triple-double
Clark logged a triple-double in the Indiana Fever's 83-78 win over the New York Liberty. Clark got off to a hot start shooting, scoring 11 of her 19 points in the first quarter and continued to show out as a high-end passer throughout the game with 13 assists.
Entering the fourth quarter, she needed just three rebounds to reach a triple-double. She did so by grabbing a wide-open board with just over seven minutes remaining in regulation.
THERE IT IS 🌟
— WNBA (@WNBA) July 6, 2024
Caitlin Clark records the first triple-double by a rookie in WNBA History and the first triple-double in Indiana Fever history! pic.twitter.com/UrnnW1AwQP
Clark's 19-point, 12-rebound and 13-assist triple-double was the first by a rookie in WNBA history. It also marked the first triple-double in the Fever's history, which dates back to 2000.
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Triple-doubles in WNBA history
Triple-doubles have become a bit more common in the WNBA's recent history, but they still aren't something that the league has seen a lot.
There have been 33 total triple-doubles in WNBA history. Sheryl Swoopes recorded the first during the 1999 season while Caitlin Clark logged the most recent triple-double on July 6, 2024.
Below is a full list of the triple-doubles recorded during the WNBA's history.
| Player | Date | Team | Points | Rebounds | Assists |
| Caitlin Clark | July 6, 2024 | Indiana Fever | 19 | 12 | 13 |
| Alyssa Thomas | July 4, 2024 | Connecticut Sun | 13 | 10 | 14 |
| Layshia Clarendon | May 15, 2024 | Los Angeles Sparks | 11 | 10 | 10 |
| Alyssa Thomas | May 14, 2024 | Connecticut Sun | 13 | 10 | 13 |
| Courtney Williams | Sept. 10, 2023 | Chicago Sky | 23 | 16 | 13 |
| Sug Sutton | Sept. 8, 2023 | Phoenix Mercury | 18 | 11 | 11 |
| Alyssa Thomas | Sept. 5, 2023 | Connecticut Sun | 27 | 12 | 14 |
| Chelsea Gray | Aug. 17, 2023 | Las Vegas Aces | 22 | 11 | 11 |
| Natasha Howard | Aug. 4, 2023 | Dallas Wings | 28 | 12 | 11 |
| Alyssa Thomas | Aug. 1, 2023 | Connecticut Sun | 21 | 20 | 12 |
| Alyssa Thomas | July 30, 2023 | Connecticut Sun | 17 | 14 | 11 |
| Satou Sabally | July 28, 2023 | Dallas Wings | 14 | 11 | 10 |
| Sabrina Ionescu | July 25, 2023 | New York Liberty | 12 | 12 | 12 |
| Courtney Williams | June 30, 2023 | Chicago Sky | 12 | 11 | 13 |
| Alyssa Thomas | June 27, 2023 | Connecticut Sun | 11 | 10 | 10 |
| Alyssa Thomas | June 25, 2023 | Connecticut Sun | 14 | 11 | 12 |
| Alyssa Thomas | June 20, 2023 | Connecticut Sun | 13 | 15 | 12 |
| Alyssa Thomas | Aug. 2, 2022 | Connecticut Sun | 10 | 12 | 10 |
| Alyssa Thomas | July 22, 2022 | Connecticut Sun | 15 | 10 | 12 |
| Sabrina Ionescu | July 6, 2022 | New York Liberty | 31 | 13 | 10 |
| Moriah Jefferson | June 28, 2022 | Minnesota Lynx | 13 | 10 | 10 |
| Candace Parker | June 23, 2022 | Chicago Sky | 10 | 14 | 10 |
| Sabrina Ionescu | June 12, 2022 | New York Liberty | 27 | 13 | 12 |
| Candace Parker | May 22, 2022 | Chicago Sky | 16 | 13 | 10 |
| Sabrina Ionescu | May 18, 2021 | New York Liberty | 26 | 10 | 12 |
| Chelsea Gray | July 7, 2019 | Los Angeles Sparks | 13 | 10 | 13 |
| Courtney Vandersloot | July 20, 2018 | Chicago Sky | 13 | 10 | 15 |
| Candace Parker | July 28, 2017 | Los Angeles Sparks | 11 | 17 | 11 |
| Temeka Johnson | July 24, 2014 | Seattle Storm | 13 | 10 | 11 |
| Deanna Nolan | May 21, 2005 | Detroit Shock | 11 | 10 | 11 |
| Lisa Leslie | Sept. 9, 2004 | Los Angeles Sparks | 29 | 15 | 3 |
| Margo Dydek | June 7, 2001 | Utah Starzz | 12 | 11 | 3 |
| Sheryl Swoopes | July 27, 1999 | Houston Comets | 14 | 15 | 10 |
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Most triple-doubles in WNBA history
Alyssa Thomas is the WNBA's all-time leader in triple-doubles, and it isn't particularly close. The Connecticut Sun star has 10 of the league's 33 all-time triple-doubles; no other player has more than four, and just five have multiple triple-doubles to their names.
| Player | Triple-doubles |
| Alyssa Thomas | 10 |
| Sabrina Ionescu | 4 |
| Candace Parker | 3 |
| Chelsea Gray | 2 |
| Courtney Williams | 2 |
Clark figures to eventually log a second triple-double during her career and join the exclusive list above.
For now, she'll have to settle for becoming the first rookie to log one and the first member of the Indiana Fever to do so.
