WNBA : Paige Bueckers Rookie of the Year 2025

Paige Buekers: the Rookie of the Year redefining the first season

Do you feel that new earthquake in WNBA? It's Paige Buekers. The one many were waiting for, the one observed with curiosity to mix respect and impatience. And yesterday, it's official: Paige Buekers, the Dallas Wings guard, was elected Rookie of the Year 2025. A massive distinction, deserved, and especially loaded with promises.

A massive vote, a quasi-consensus

70 votes out of 72: the ratio sums up the idea. Two voices left to Sonia Citron, nothing more. The rest of the panel — media, experts — aligned. Not a total razzia, but close enough to make the message clear: when you enter this league, you can do more than just "learn". You can impose.

Numbers that speak louder than superlatives

Because "Rookie of the Year" is not just a title. That's what you do with it. And Paige pulled out the stats that give the turn:

-36 home games with Dallas.
-Average of 19.2 points, 5.4 assists, 3.9 rebounds and 1.6 flights per game.
-High fire precision: about 47.4% on the ground, and almost 89% on free throws.

The shock match: 44 points against the Los Angeles Sparks on August 20, record for a rookie. And all with a percentage of amazing shots in this duel.

Only player of this season to be in the top 10 at a time in points, assists, and steaks. Not just brilliant in one area, but performing everywhere.

The Paige style: precision, plume, personality

What also strikes is his way. She doesn't play "like a rookie." She plays like she's done this all her life. Scratch shooting, game vision, penetrations, rhythm changes. It's all wrapped in a calm that many didn't lend him before the season. It is not spectacular out of outrage, but every gesture, every decision counts.

And this surprise party on "The Jennifer Hudson Show" where we give him the trophy, with the animated tunnel, the songs "Rookie of the Year", the audience, the emotions... You can see that she doesn't just live records, but a story she makes.

And for Dallas, what a breath of air

Dallas Wings had no Rookie of the Year since Allisha Gray in 2017.
Now Paige's running the meter again. Even though the team did not shine in the overall ranking — the victories have not always been there — His performance lays a foundation: that of a project with a star, an identity, an attraction. The future of Wings can start here, right now.

What this title changes

It's not just a price to hang on to his charts. That's an assertion. For the league, for the players to come. For the spectators: if you follow the women's basketball, don't lose sight of it. For her: a solid foundation on which to build, raise the game. And for his opponents: a new reference.

It proved that the pressure of the draft, the legacy of the Uconn, the media expectations, all weighs, but did not slow it down. She turned these elements into fuel. Then she delivered to the field.

Conclusion: the promise of what happens

Paige Buekers Rookie of the Year 2025: this is not a trophy by default. It's a deserved crown. A rookie that doesn't stay rookie, that plays big, that scores. And above all, a huge future ahead of her. We may only be at the beginning of her story, but we already know she's going to count.