FOUR PLAYERS. FOUR CAREER YEARS. 

One of the WNBA’s most complete teams.

RHYNE HOWARD
Defensive Player of the Year • All-WNBA • All-Defensive Team 

ANGEL REESE 
Defensive Player of the Year • All-WNBA • All-Defensive Team 

JORDIN CANADA 
Most Improved Player • All-Defensive Team 

ALLISHA GRAY 
All-WNBA  

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The Atlanta Dream’s 2026 season has been powered by four players putting together some of the best seasons of their careers while helping establish Atlanta as one of the WNBA’s top teams. 

Rhyne Howard and Angel Reese have rewritten WNBA history. Jordin Canada has elevated her game as a floor general while remaining one of the league’s premier defensive guards. Allisha Gray is averaging a career high in scoring while impacting winning on both ends of the floor. 

The individual production has translated directly to winning. Atlanta enters the FIBA World Cup break at 26-14 and has secured its fourth consecutive trip to the WNBA Playoffs with four regular season games remaining. 

Atlanta is also one of only two teams in the WNBA with three players averaging more than 16 points per game. 

Defensively, the numbers are just as impressive. Atlanta’s starting five owns the best Defensive Rating of any qualified five-player lineup in the WNBA. 

And perhaps no statistic captures Atlanta’s defensive identity better than 1, 2 and 3.

1 • 2 • 3 

The WNBA’s top three in steals all play for the Atlanta Dream. 

1. Rhyne Howard 
2. Jordin Canada 
3. Angel Reese 

Howard, Canada and Reese have established themselves as three of the league’s most disruptive defenders, each impacting the game differently. 

Howard leads the WNBA in steals while ranking among the league’s best one-on-one defenders. Canada applies constant pressure at the point of attack and ranks among the WNBA’s elite defensive point guards. Reese combines versatility and turnover creation with the most dominant rebounding season in league history. 

When the three share the floor, Atlanta owns a 101.9 Defensive Rating, one of the best marks among qualified three-player lineups in the WNBA. 

RHYNE HOWARD

DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR • ALL-WNBA • ALL-DEFENSIVE TEAM 

18.3 PPG • 3.8 RPG • 3.6 APG • 2.3 SPG • 128 3PM • 715 PTS 
1st in Steals • 1st in Three-Pointers Made • 2nd in WAR • 4th in Win Shares

Making history on both ends of the court. 

Rhyne Howard is putting together one of the most complete two-way seasons in the WNBA. 

Howard leads the league in steals per game and her 92 total steals are already the fifth-most ever recorded in a WNBA season. She has broken the Atlanta Dream single-season record and enters the final four games of the regular season 10 steals away from owning the WNBA record. 

At the same time, Howard is tied for the most three-pointers ever made in a WNBA season. 

One more three gives her the record. 

The possibility of Howard finishing the season as the WNBA’s single-season record holder in both three-pointers and steals captures just how unique her year has been. Her impact has stretched from one end of the floor to the other every night. 

The advanced numbers reinforce it. 

Howard ranks second in the WNBA in Wins Above Replacement, trailing only A’ja Wilson, 6.6 to 6.5. She ranks second in total net points, fourth in total Win Shares and 14th in total VPM, placing her in the 98th percentile. 

Her defensive résumé goes deeper than steals. 

Howard ranks third in Defensive Win Shares, fourth in rated one-on-one defense, fifth in stop percentage, 10th in Defensive Rating and fourth in defensive net points. Her ability to anticipate passing lanes and create turnovers has generated enormous value for Atlanta, placing her in the 99th percentile in turnover value. 

And then there is the offense. 

Howard leads the WNBA in made three-pointers, ranks third in transition points per game, second in fastbreak threes and second in points off turnovers. She has paired historic shooting volume with elite transition production while playing more minutes per game than anyone in the WNBA. 

Howard has also surpassed 3,000 career points and became the fastest player in WNBA history to reach 3,000 points, 600 assists and 300 steals. 

She is the youngest player in league history to make 400 career three-pointers. 

She is tied for the WNBA single-season three-point record. 

Her 92 steals are already the fifth-most in WNBA history. 

And she has four games left. 

ANGEL REESE

DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR • ALL-WNBA • ALL-DEFENSIVE TEAM 

16.1 PPG • 12.4 RPG • 5.1 OREB • 7.4 DREB • 2.8 APG • 1.8 SPG • 29 DOUBLE-DOUBLES 
1st in Rebounding • 1st in Defensive Win Shares • Top 3 in Steals • 4th in Defensive Rating 

A historic season. Period. 

Angel Reese has rewritten WNBA history in her first season in Atlanta. 

She owns the WNBA single-season record for total rebounds. 

She owns the WNBA single-season record for offensive rebounds. 

She owns the WNBA single-game record with 26 rebounds. 

And now, with 29, she owns the WNBA record for the most double-doubles in a single season. 

But reducing Reese’s season to rebounding would miss the full scope of what she has done. 

Reese is averaging a career-high 16.1 points along with a league-leading 12.4 rebounds, 2.8 assists and 1.8 steals per game. She ranks third in the WNBA in steals and has recorded the most steals by a center in 20 years. 

She has been one of the most impactful defenders in basketball by virtually every measure. 

Reese leads the WNBA in Defensive Win Shares. She ranks second in Defensive VPM, second in Defensive RAPM and fourth in Defensive Rating. 

And no player in the league has made a larger difference to her team’s defense when she is on the floor. 

Atlanta’s Defensive Rating improves by 15.1 points with Reese on the court, the largest defensive on/off impact in the WNBA. 

That impact comes in several forms. 

Reese creates turnovers at a rate rarely seen from her position, ranking in the 98th percentile in turnover value. She can switch onto different matchups, disrupt passing lanes and win possessions before finishing them on the defensive glass. 

Then she creates entirely new possessions at the other end. 

Reese has 198 offensive rebounds, 53 more than the next closest player in the WNBA. To put that gap in perspective, 57 qualified players in the league have fewer than 53 offensive rebounds total this season. 

She leads the WNBA in Total Rebound Percentage and total putback points and is tied for first in putback points per game. 

Her offensive game has expanded with the season. Reese scored a career-high 31 points against Phoenix and went a perfect 9-for-9 from the field against Los Angeles. She became just the third player in WNBA history to record at least 20 points, 10 rebounds and three steals in three consecutive games. 

She is averaging a career high in scoring. 

She owns the WNBA single-season double-double record. 

She owns the WNBA single-season rebounding record. 

She leads the league in Defensive Win Shares. 

Angel Reese is more than the best rebounder in basketball. 

She is one of the most impactful players in the WNBA.  

JORDIN CANADA

MOST IMPROVED PLAYER • ALL-DEFENSIVE TEAM 

11.6 PPG • 7.4 APG • 1.9 SPG • 7 DOUBLE-DOUBLES • +6.2
Top 3 in Assists • Top 2 in Steals • Top 10 in Plus/Minus 

The best basketball of her career.

Nine seasons into her WNBA career, Jordin Canada has taken her game to another level. 

Canada has always been one of the league’s premier defensive point guards. In 2026, she has paired that defense with the best playmaking season of her career. 

She is averaging a career-high 7.4 assists per game, good for third in the WNBA, and has already broken the Atlanta Dream single-season assists record. 

Canada has recorded at least five assists in 31 games and has eight games with 10 or more assists, another Dream single-season record. Her seven double-doubles are tied for second among all WNBA guards. 

Her growth from 2025 has been clear. Her assists have climbed from 5.7 to 7.4 per game. Her field-goal percentage has improved from 39.6 percent to 43.1 percent. She is in the 94th percentile or better in both assist creation and self-created shots. 

Canada has increased her offensive responsibility while remaining one of the best defensive point guards in the WNBA. 

She ranks second among point guards in Defensive Rating and Defensive Win Shares, third in the entire league in stop percentage and sixth in Defensive WAR, tied with A’ja Wilson and Azzi Fudd. 

She is also the only player in the WNBA averaging more than six assists and one steal per game. 

Canada's ability to pressure the ball, navigate screens and disrupt opposing guards is central to Atlanta's defense. Her impact at the other end has made her equally important to the Dream offense. 

This season, she became just the 15th player in WNBA history to record 1,400 career assists and 400 steals. 

Only one got there faster. 

Canada is creating more offense, shooting more efficiently and playing more minutes than at any point in her career. 

In year nine, she has taken her game somewhere it has never been before.  

THE LEAP 

2025 → 2026 

5.7 → 7.4 
Assists Per Game 

39.6% → 43.1% 
Field Goal Percentage 

Career High 
Assists Per Game 

Career High 
Minutes Per Game 

ALLISHA GRAY

ALL-WNBA 

19.3 PPG • 3.4 RPG • 2.6 APG • 1.3 SPG • 772 PTS • +6.7 
Top 10 in Scoring • 7th in Total Points • 6th in WAR • 7th in Net Points 

Excellence, every night.

Allisha Gray is having one of the best seasons of her career and has been one of the WNBA’s most consistent two-way players. 

Gray is averaging a career-high 19.3 points per game, placing her among the league’s top 10 scorers. Her 772 total points rank seventh in the WNBA. 

The scoring has been consistent from the beginning. Gray opened the season with three consecutive 20-point performances and has reached 20 points 20 times this year. 

But her All-WNBA case goes well beyond scoring. 

Gray ranks sixth in the WNBA in Wins Above Replacement and seventh in total net points. She is third in net rating difference and eighth in Defensive RAPM, reflecting an impact that has been felt on both ends of the floor. 

Her transition game has been particularly effective. Gray leads the WNBA in transition points per game and ranks ninth in points off turnovers. She is also in the 80th percentile in shot value and ranks 14th among qualified players in high-leverage scoring. 

She has produced those numbers without needing the offense to revolve around her. 

On a roster with Howard, Reese and Canada, Gray has remained one of Atlanta’s constants. She can create her own shot, attack the rim, space the floor and defend multiple perimeter matchups while fitting alongside virtually any lineup. 

Her defensive impact is reflected throughout Atlanta’s best groups. Gray appears in four of the WNBA’s top 19 qualified three-player lineups in Defensive Rating. 

She has made history of her own as well. 

Gray established a new Atlanta Dream single-season record for field goals made, moved into fourth place on the franchise’s all-time scoring list and reached 500 career three-pointers in Game 40. 

19.3 points per game. 

Sixth in WAR. 

Seventh in net points. 

Top 10 in scoring. 

And one of the most impactful players on a 26-win playoff team. 

Allisha Gray has delivered an All-WNBA season.