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Play contexts

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Early offense efficiency

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#		Freq	PPG	Plays	Pts	TO%	Efficiency
1	Rhyne Howard ATL	4.3%	1.2	18	31	11.1%	172.2
2	Pauline Astier NYL	7.2%	1.0	18	26	27.8%	144.4
3	Allisha Gray ATL	4.0%	1.0	19	27	5.3%	142.1
4	Kelsey Mitchell IND	7.5%	2.0	41	54	14.6%	131.7
5	Sonia Citron WAS	7.8%	1.7	30	39	13.3%	130.0
6	Brittney Sykes TOR	4.6%	1.2	14	18	14.3%	128.6
7	Sabrina Ionescu NYL	3.8%	0.7	9	11	11.1%	122.2
8	Kayla McBride MIN	3.8%	0.7	17	20	0.0%	117.6
9	Caitlin Clark IND	7.0%	1.8	36	42	22.2%	116.7
10	Skylar Diggins CHI	6.5%	1.1	19	21	15.8%	110.5
11	Sydney Taylor CHI	6.4%	0.9	21	22	14.3%	104.8
12	Marina Mabrey TOR	4.3%	0.9	22	23	22.7%	104.5
13	Jordin Canada ATL	9.4%	1.2	31	32	12.9%	103.2
14	Erica Wheeler LAS	7.5%	0.8	22	22	22.7%	100.0
15	Justine Pissott LVA	13.3%	0.7	2	2	0.0%	100.0
16	Carla Leite PDX	4.6%	0.7	19	18	42.1%	94.7
17	Olivia Miles MIN	3.7%	0.7	18	17	22.2%	94.4
18	Kahleah Copper PHX	4.7%	0.9	27	25	18.5%	92.6
19	Paige Bueckers DAL	3.2%	0.5	15	13	20.0%	86.7
20	Saniya Rivers CON	6.0%	0.5	14	11	21.4%	78.6
21	Breanna Stewart NYL	3.3%	0.5	18	14	33.3%	77.8
22	Charlisse Leger-Walker CON	7.4%	0.5	18	14	33.3%	77.8
23	Natisha Hiedeman SEA	4.7%	0.6	22	16	22.7%	72.7
24	Jade Melbourne SEA	8.7%	0.6	23	16	8.7%	69.6
25	Natasha Cloud CHI	5.7%	0.4	16	11	31.3%	68.8
26	Chennedy Carter LVA	6.5%	0.4	8	5	12.5%	62.5
27	Angel Reese ATL	3.2%	0.3	15	7	40.0%	46.7
28	Leila Lacan CON	5.4%	0.3	14	5	21.4%	35.7
29	Kelsey Plum LAS	5.1%	0.3	13	4	23.1%	30.8

Top early offense efficiency leaders

The current 2026 Season WNBA leaders in play context early offense efficiency are Rhyne Howard (172.2, ATL), Pauline Astier (144.4, NYL), Allisha Gray (142.1, ATL), Kelsey Mitchell (131.7, IND), and Sonia Citron (130.0, WAS).

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