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Breanna Stewart

PF · 6′4″ · Current team: New York Liberty

Regular season · Jul 20, 2026 · NYL 99 @ DAL 98 · Final

Breanna Stewart 33 points vs Wings (Jul 20, 2026): season-best Game Score

ANSWER

33 PTS · 10-of-19 FG · 2-of-4 3P · 11-of-12 FT · 42:18 MIN

Usual before this game: 20.2 PTS · 14.6 FGA · 33.1 MIN, from 23 regular-season games

Best Game Score of 24 games this season: 34.4 against a usual 16.2 (+18.2)

SURPRISE SCORE
98Rare
above usual

No more than 2 in 100 games by players at this level finish this far above their usual.

For a player who plays every game, a game this far above the usual comes about once a season or less.

How the score works

Why did Breanna Stewart score 33 points?

In 42:18 against the Wings on Jul 20, 2026, Breanna Stewart scored 33 points: 10-of-19 from the field (52.6%), 2-of-4 from three, 11-of-12 on free throws (91.7%). Before this game, Stewart averaged 20.2 points on 14.6 shots in 33.1 minutes across 23 regular-season games. By Game Score it was the best of 24 games this season. The shot count was 19, against a usual 14.6. The 52.6% from the field compares with a usual 46.9%. Points by shot type, against the usual: free throws 11 (5.7), two-pointers 16 (12.1), threes 6 (2.4). Playing time was 42:18, against a usual 33.1 minutes; per 36 minutes, the Game Score was 29.3, against a usual 17.6. Stewart had 8 assists, against a usual 2.8. The Liberty won 99-98 at the Wings. The box score records what changed, not why: it holds no injury, matchup or coaching information.

Generated from the box score and this season's game log. How the score works

01

What changed

Stewart in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (23 games)Change
Minutes42:1833.1+9.2
Points3320.2+12.8
Shots (FGA) · FG%19 · 52.6%14.6 · 46.9%+4.4 · +5.7
3PA · 3P%2-of-43.0 · 25.7%+1.0
FTA · FT%12 · 91.7%6.8 · 84.1%+5.2 · +7.6
Rebounds138.3+4.7
Assists82.8+5.2
Turnovers12.4-1.4
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 23 games26.927.4-0.5
Game Score per 36 minutes29.317.6+11.7
02

Points by shot type

Twos, threes and free throws: the changes add up to the points change

Points by shot type against the usual line
Shot typeThis gameUsual (23 games)Change
Threes6 (2-of-4)2.4 (0.8-of-3.0)+3.6
Twos16 (8-of-15)12.1 (6.0-of-11.6)+3.9
Free throws11 (11-of-12)5.7 (5.7-of-6.8)+5.3
Total3320.2+12.8
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

34.4 against a usual 16.2 (+18.2)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+11.0
Rebounds+2.4
Assists+3.6
Steals and blocks-0.8
Turnovers and fouls+2.0
Total+18.2
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 24 games, oldest first, this game last: 13.8, 15.5, 15, 14.7, 9.8, 19.7, 5, 7.9, 15.3, 27.7, 25.5, 18.6, 15.8, 16.8, 16.5, 12.7, 14.3, 6.9, 27.8, 24.7, 12.3, 15.8, 19.6, 34.4

Best Game Score of 24 games this season.

Previous best: 27.8, set on Jul 3, 2026.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Liberty won 99-98 at the Wings.
  • Previous appearance: Jul 18, 2026, 2 days earlier.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Wings this season: 14 points (May 24, 2026), 29 points (Jul 7, 2026).
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What this page cannot tell you

The same on every performance page

Limits

Box scores record what happened, not why: no injuries or health, defensive assignments, matchups, coaching decisions or play-by-play.

METHOD

Game Score against the player's own usual line. How rare a gap is comes from WNBA regular-season games of 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025, checked on 2026.