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Stefanie Dolson

C · 6′5″ · Current team: Seattle Storm

Regular season · Aug 10, 2025 · WAS 91 @ DAL 78 · Final

Stefanie Dolson: season-high 14 points vs Wings (Aug 10, 2025)

ANSWER

14 PTS · 4-of-5 FG · 2-of-2 3P · 4-of-4 FT · 21:42 MIN

Usual before this game: 3.2 PTS · 3.3 FGA · 15.1 MIN, from 30 regular-season games

Best Game Score of 31 games this season: 13.9 against a usual 1.9 (+12.0)

Season-high 14 points (previous high 8, reached in 4 earlier games)

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 Stefanie Dolson score 14 points?

In 21:42 against the Wings on Aug 10, 2025, Stefanie Dolson scored 14 points: 4-of-5 from the field, 2-of-2 from three, 4-of-4 on free throws. Coming in, Dolson had averaged 3.2 points on 3.3 shots in 15.1 minutes, from 30 regular-season games. The previous high this season was 8 points. This game had the best Game Score of 31 games this season. Points by shot type, against the usual: threes 6 (1.5), free throws 4 (0.2), two-pointers 4 (1.5). Playing time was 21:42, against a usual 15.1 minutes; per 36 minutes, the Game Score was 23.1, against a usual 4.5. The Mystics won 91-78 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

Dolson in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (30 games)Change
Minutes21:4215.1+6.6
Points143.2+10.8
Shots (FGA) · FG%4-of-53.3 · 38.8%+1.7
3PA · 3P%2-of-21.8 · 28.3%+0.2
FTA · FT%4-of-40.3 · 62.5%+3.7
Rebounds42.3+1.7
Assists31.3+1.7
Turnovers10.8+0.2
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 30 games16.412.6+3.8
Game Score per 36 minutes23.14.5+18.6
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 (30 games)Change
Threes6 (2-of-2)1.5 (0.5-of-1.8)+4.5
Twos4 (2-of-3)1.5 (0.8-of-1.5)+2.5
Free throws4 (4-of-4)0.2 (0.2-of-0.3)+3.8
Total143.2+10.8
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

13.9 against a usual 1.9 (+12.0)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+10.7
Rebounds+0.3
Assists+1.2
Steals and blocks+0.2
Turnovers and fouls-0.4
Total+12.0
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 31 games, oldest first, this game last: 8.2, -0.3, 2.4, 9.3, -1.6, 0, 0.7, -2.4, 3, -1.2, -1, 1.8, -1.5, -2.4, 2.7, 3.9, -1.8, 2.9, 1.6, -1, 4.5, 4.7, 5.9, 5.7, 6.2, 1.6, -2.2, -0.2, -0.9, 8.1, 13.9

Best Game Score of 31 games this season.

Previous best: 9.3, set on May 23, 2025.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Mystics won 91-78 at the Wings.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Wings this season: 0 points (Jun 22, 2025), 0 points (Jun 28, 2025).
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.