In basketball, an turnover occurs when a team loses possession of the ball to the opposing team before a player takes a shot at their team's basket. The Women's National Basketball Association's (WNBA) total turnovers is awarded to the player with the highest total turnovers in a given season.
Caitlin Clark holds the all-time record for most turnovers in a single season (223) which was achieved in the 2024 season.
Alyssa Thomas, Angel McCoughtry, Lisa Leslie and Becky Hammon have all lead the Women's National Basketball Association's (WNBA) in turnovers in a single season with three each. Sue Bird and Caitlin Clark have each lead the league in turnovers two times. Angel McCoughtry also holds the record for consecutive seasons leading the league in turnovers with three accomplishing this in the 2013 season, 2014 season, and 2015 season. Sue Bird is the only other player with consecutive seasons leading the league in turnovers accomplishing this in the 2002 season, and 2003 season.
Key ^Denotes player who is still active in the WNBA*Inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame†Not yet eligible for Hall of Fame consideration§1st time eligible for Hall of Fame in 2025Player (X)Denotes the number of times the player had been theassists leader up to and including that seasonGGuardFForwardCCenter
Annual leaders SeasonPlayerTeamTotal Turnovers 1997 Chantel Tremitiere Sacramento Monarchs 122 1998 Nikki McCray Washington Mystics 125 1999 Ticha Penicheiro Sacramento Monarchs 135 2000 Lisa Leslie* Los Angeles Sparks 103 2001 Dawn Staley* Charlotte Sting 100 Rita Williams Indiana Fever 2002 Sue Bird* Seattle Storm 109 2003 Sue Bird* (2) Seattle Storm 110 2004 Becky Hammon* New York Liberty 118 2005 Shannon Johnson San Antonio Silver Stars 113 2006 Lisa Leslie* (2) Los Angeles Sparks 126 2007 DeLisha Milton-Jones Washington Mystics 121 2008 Lisa Leslie* (3) Los Angeles Sparks 119 2009 Becky Hammon* (2) San Antonio Silver Stars 111 2010 Diana Taurasi† Phoenix Mercury 110 2011 Becky Hammon* (3) San Antonio Silver Stars 119 2012 Kristi Toliver† Los Angeles Sparks 124 2013 Angel McCoughtry Atlanta Dream 134 2014 Angel McCoughtry (2) Atlanta Dream 116 2015 Angel McCoughtry (3) Atlanta Dream 107 2016 Candace Parker* Los Angeles Sparks 98 2017 Alyssa Thomas^ Connecticut Sun 98 2018 Courtney Vandersloot^ Chicago Sky 104 2019 Odyssey Sims^ Minnesota Lynx 112 2020 Skylar Diggins-Smith^ Phoenix Mercury 70 2021 Betnijah Laney^ New York Liberty 119 2022 Natasha Howard^ New York Liberty 113 2023 Alyssa Thomas^ (2) Connecticut Sun 137 2024 Caitlin Clark^ Indiana Fever 223 2025 Alyssa Thomas^ (3) Phoenix Mercury 135 2026 Caitlin Clark^ (2) Indiana Fever 183
Multiple-time leaders
RankPlayerTeamTimes leaderYears1Alyssa ThomasConnecticut Sun (2) / Phoenix Mercury (1) 3, , Angel McCoughtryAtlanta Dream, , Becky HammonNew York Liberty (1) / San Antonio Silver Stars (2) , , Lisa LeslieLos Angeles Sparks, , 5Sue BirdSeattle Storm2, Caitlin ClarkIndiana Fever,
See also List of National Basketball Association career turnovers leaders
Notes
External links WNBA Single Season Leaders and Records for Turnovers