Rachel Banham 19 points vs Mystics (Jul 29, 2025): season-best Game Score
19 PTS · 8-of-14 FG · 3-of-8 3P · 36:54 MIN
Usual before this game: 9.0 PTS · 7.2 FGA · 22.5 MIN, from 25 regular-season games
Best Game Score of 26 games this season: 17.2 against a usual 5.6 (+11.6)
above usual
No more than 3 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 worksWhy did Rachel Banham score 19 points?
In 36:54 against the Mystics on Jul 29, 2025, Rachel Banham scored 19 points: 8-of-14 from the field (57.1%), 3-of-8 from three (37.5%), no free throw attempts. Before this game, Banham averaged 9.0 points on 7.2 shots in 22.5 minutes across 25 regular-season games. This game had the best Game Score of 26 games this season. Banham took 14 shots, 6.8 more than usual. Banham shot 57.1% from the field, against a usual 39.7%. Points by shot type, against the usual: two-pointers 10 (1.4), threes 9 (6.4), free throws 0 (1.2). Minutes: 36:54, against a usual 22.5; Game Score per 36 minutes: 16.8, against a usual 8.9. Steals and blocks: 3 and 0, against a usual 0.5 and 0.2. The Sky lost 103-86 at the Mystics. 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
What changed
Banham in this game against the usual line
| Stat | This game | Usual (25 games) | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minutes | 36:54 | 22.5 | +14.4 |
| Points | 19 | 9.0 | +10.0 |
| Shots (FGA) · FG% | 14 · 57.1% | 7.2 · 39.7% | +6.8 · +17.4 |
| 3PA · 3P% | 8 · 37.5% | 5.4 · 39.0% | +2.6 · -1.5 |
| FTA · FT% | 0-of-0 | 1.3 · 93.9% | -1.3 |
| Rebounds | 3 | 1.2 | +1.8 |
| Assists | 3 | 2.3 | +0.7 |
| Turnovers | 0 | 1.4 | -1.4 |
| UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 25 games | 16.7 | 18.1 | -1.4 |
| Game Score per 36 minutes | 16.8 | 8.9 | +7.9 |
Points by shot type
Twos, threes and free throws: the changes add up to the points change
| Shot type | This game | Usual (25 games) | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Threes | 9 (3-of-8) | 6.4 (2.1-of-5.4) | +2.6 |
| Twos | 10 (5-of-6) | 1.4 (0.7-of-1.8) | +8.6 |
| Free throws | 0 (0-of-0) | 1.2 (1.2-of-1.3) | -1.2 |
| Total | 19 | 9.0 | +10.0 |
Game Score
One measure of the whole box score line
17.2 against a usual 5.6 (+11.6)
Its five parts
| Part | Change |
|---|---|
| Scoring, net of shot attempts | +7.2 |
| Rebounds | +0.5 |
| Assists | +0.5 |
| Steals and blocks | +2.4 |
| Turnovers and fouls | +1.0 |
| Total | +11.6 |
Season so far
Regular season, in date order
Best Game Score of 26 games this season.
Previous best: 15.4, set on Jul 27, 2025.
Context
From the rows this page already reads
- The Sky lost 103-86 at the Mystics.
- Earlier regular-season meetings with the Mystics this season: 0 points (Jun 17, 2025), 13 points (Jul 8, 2025).
What this page cannot tell you
The same on every performance page
Box scores record what happened, not why: no injuries or health, defensive assignments, matchups, coaching decisions or play-by-play.
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.