<P> Over 30 players have scored more than 3,000 points or more in their WNBA careers . Only six WNBA players have reached the 6,000 point milestone: Tina Thompson, Diana Taurasi, Tamika Catchings, Katie Smith, Lisa Leslie, and Lauren Jackson . </P> <P> In 2007, Paul Westhead of the Phoenix Mercury became the first person to earn both NBA and WNBA championship rings as a coach . </P> <P> In 2008, 50 - year - old Nancy Lieberman became the oldest player to play in a WNBA game . She signed a seven - day contract with the Detroit Shock and played one game, tallying two assists and two turnovers in nine minutes of action . By playing in the one game Lieberman broke a record that she herself had set in 1997, when she was the league's oldest player at 39 . </P> <P> Ticha Penicheiro (Portugal) provided 2,599 assists in 454 games playing for the Sacramento Monarchs, Los Angeles Sparks and Chicago Sky since 1998 . she also holds the record for most assists per game, with 5.7 . </P>

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