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Gabby Williams

SF · 5′11″ · Current team: Golden State Valkyries

Regular season · Jun 24, 2026 · ATL 66 @ GSV 77 · Final

Gabby Williams 23 points vs Dream (Jun 24, 2026): season-best Game Score

ANSWER

23 PTS · 9-of-16 FG · 3-of-5 3P · 2-of-2 FT · 31:42 MIN

Usual before this game: 15.9 PTS · 13.3 FGA · 26.5 MIN, from 17 regular-season games

Best Game Score of 18 games this season: 22.1 against a usual 10.9 (+11.2)

SURPRISE SCORE
95Unusual
above usual

No more than 5 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 or twice a season.

How the score works

Why did Gabby Williams score 23 points?

In 31:42 against the Dream on Jun 24, 2026, Gabby Williams scored 23 points: 9-of-16 from the field (56.3%), 3-of-5 from three (60.0%), 2-of-2 on free throws. Coming in, Williams had averaged 15.9 points on 13.3 shots in 26.5 minutes, from 17 regular-season games. By Game Score it was the best of 18 games this season. The rate from the field was 56.3%, against a usual 41.2%. By shot type: two-pointers 12 points (usual 7.1); threes 9 points (usual 5.8); free throws 2 points (usual 3.0). Minutes: 31:42, against a usual 26.5; Game Score per 36 minutes: 25.1, against a usual 14.8. The Valkyries won 77-66 at home against the Dream. 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

Williams in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (17 games)Change
Minutes31:4226.5+5.2
Points2315.9+7.1
Shots (FGA) · FG%16 · 56.3%13.3 · 41.2%+2.7 · +15.1
3PA · 3P%5 · 60.0%5.4 · 35.9%-0.4 · +24.1
FTA · FT%2-of-23.9 · 76.1%-1.9
Rebounds53.8+1.2
Assists52.2+2.8
Turnovers01.7-1.7
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 17 games27.628.5-0.9
Game Score per 36 minutes25.114.8+10.3
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 (17 games)Change
Threes9 (3-of-5)5.8 (1.9-of-5.4)+3.2
Twos12 (6-of-11)7.1 (3.5-of-7.9)+4.9
Free throws2 (2-of-2)3.0 (3.0-of-3.9)-1.0
Total2315.9+7.1
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

22.1 against a usual 10.9 (+11.2)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+7.0
Rebounds+0.4
Assists+1.9
Steals and blocks0.0
Turnovers and fouls+1.9
Total+11.2
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 18 games, oldest first, this game last: 5.9, 16.6, 10, 9.9, 4.3, 11.7, 18.4, 13.7, 3.1, 4.5, 21.4, 15.2, 11.7, 9.1, 18.9, 6.9, 4.4, 22.1

Best Game Score of 18 games this season.

Previous best: 21.4, set on Jun 6, 2026.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Valkyries won 77-66 at home against the Dream.
  • Previous appearance: Jun 21, 2026, 3 days earlier.
  • No earlier regular-season meetings with the Dream this season.
06

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.