Paige Bueckers Makes WNBA History During 2025 All-Star Game
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Though she's only 18 games into her WNBA career, Dallas Wings rookie Paige Bueckers is already among the top players in the league.
The 23-year-old guard ranks in the top 10 in several categories including fourth in playing time (34.9 minutes per game), fifth in field goals made per game (6.8), seventh in assists (5.5 per game), and eighth in scoring (18.4 points per game), so it was no surprise she was selected for her first All-Star game in her debut season.
Playing on Team Collier as one of the top picks of captain Napheesa Collier, Bueckers put forth a memorable performance that landed her in the WNBA/NBA record books.
The former UConn star finished with six points, eight assists, and two rebounds in 22 minutes of action, and she ended her night accomplishing something no other player ever had in WNBA or NBA history.
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Paige Bueckers #5 of the Dallas Wings talks with Sabrina Ionescu #20 of the New York Liberty during the 2025 AT&T WNBA All-Star Game at Gainbridge Fieldhouse on July 19, 2025 in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Paige Bueckers #5 of the Dallas Wings talks with Sabrina Ionescu #20 of the New York Liberty during the 2025 AT&T WNBA All-Star Game at Gainbridge Fieldhouse on July 19, 2025 in Indianapolis, Indiana."Paige Bueckers had the most assists without a turnover by a rookie in NBA/WNBA All-Star game history," Polymarket Hoops posted on X.
That wasn't the only WNBA first Bueckers accomplished.
The 2025 No. 1 overall pick also hit the first-ever four-point shot in All-Star Game history 28 seconds into the first quarter — it came on her very first shot, to boot.
first ever 4 point shot in all star history made by paige bueckers as a rookie bc of course it is pic.twitter.com/Uu9ElDjjqJ — elena (@elenajustsaying) July 20, 2025
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Though the Wings are just 6-17 this season, Bueckers has been the lone bright spot for the team.
She leads the Wings in points per game, assists per game, minutes per game, and steals per game (1.7), and she ranks first in points, assists, and made field goals (123), second in steals (31), third in blocks (13), and sixth in rebounds among WNBA rookies.
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