A franchise cornerstone has been set for the Dallas Wings, and the postseason accolades continue to pour in for Paige Bueckers.
Bueckers was named to the 2025 All-WNBA Second Team on Friday, after previously winning WNBA Rookie of the Year and Associated Press Rookie of the Year and being named to the WNBA All-Rookie Team, AP All-Rookie Team and AP All-WNBA Second Team.
The 6’0” guard out of UConn was the only player in the WNBA this year to finish in the top nine in scoring (5th, 19.2 points per game),
assists (9th, 5.4 per game) and steals (6th, 1.6 per game). Bueckers scored the third-most points (692) and racked up the third-most assists (194) by a rookie in WNBA history and posted the highest single-game scoring performance ever by a rookie with her 44-point outing at the Los Angeles Sparks on Aug. 20.
Her 30-game double-digit scoring streak to start her career is the third-longest in WNBA history behind A’ja Wilson (33 games, 2018) and Candace Parker (32 games, 2008), while her 17 20-point games finish tied for fifth all-time. After being selected with the first overall pick by Dallas in the 2025 WNBA Draft, Bueckers set Wings franchise rookie records for points, points per game, assists, assists per game and points-assists double-doubles (2).
In July, Bueckers became just the 10th rookie in league history to start a WNBA All-Star Game. She set a league record for most All-Star Game fan votes received by a rookie, with more than 805,000, and received the second-most All-Star fan votes among guards. Bueckers was named to the All-WNBA Second Team just a year after Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark became the first rookie since Candace Parker in 2008 to be named to the All-WBA First Team.
Despite her prolific rookie season, the Wings finished the 2025 season with a 10-34 record, tied for worst in the league. The Wings have combined to win just 19 of their 65 games the last two seasons. Dallas holds the highest odds to receive the first overall pick in April’s 2026 WNBA Draft after the team parted ways with head coach Chris Koclanes after just one year on the job on Sept. 30.
The Wings’ front office has a tall task in front of it in building around Bueckers with a third head coach in three years. Top prospects in the 2026 WNBA Draft class include 6’7” UCLA center Lauren Betts, UConn guard Azzi Fudd, TCU point guard Olivia Miles and 19-year-old Spanish center Awa Fam.
Las Vegas Aces center A’ja Wilson, the 2025 WNBA Most Valuable Player and WNBA Co-Defensive Player of the Year, and Minnesota Lynx forward Napheesa Collier headline the All-WNBA First Team, appearing on all 72 ballots in voting by a national panel of sportswriters and broadcasters. Wilson earned a spot on the First Team for the fourth consecutive season and is an All-WNBA pick for the fifth time overall. Collier, a four-time All-WNBA Team selection, was voted to the First Team for the third straight season.
Phoenix Mercury forward Alyssa Thomas, Atlanta Dream guard Allisha Gray and Indiana Fever guard Kelsey Mitchell join the duo at the top on the All-WNBA First Team. Seattle Storm forward Nneka Ogwumike, Aces guard Jackie Young, Liberty guard Sabrina Ionescu and Fever center Aliyah Boston join Bueckers on the Second Team.
