Tina Charles of the Atlanta Dream became the WNBA’s all-time leading rebounder on Thursday night.
The 13-year WNBA veteran grabbed three rebounds during the first quarter of the regular-season finale against one of her former teams, the host New York Liberty, to surpass Sylvia Fowles with 4,007 rebounds and counting for her career.
The record came on an offensive rebound less than four minutes into the game. She, in fact, had two offensive rebounds on one Atlanta possession before Allisha Gray scored on a driving layup.
Charles, 35, had starred for the Connecticut Sun (2010-13), Liberty (2014-19), Washington Mystics (2021), Phoenix Mercury (2022) and Seattle Storm (2022). An eight-time All-Star was the 2010 Rookie of the Year and the 2012 WNBA Most Valuable Player.
She did not play in 2020 or 2023 and signed with the Dream ahead of this season.
Charles entered Thursday averaging 15.0 points and 9.6 rebounds per game for Atlanta over her first 38 games (all starts).
She was also inducted into New York City’s Basketball Hall of Fame in a pregame ceremony.
–Field Level Media
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