Who is the Best WNBA Point Guard Right Now?

The 2024 WNBA season is rolling along as each of the 12 WNBA teams as well as the thorough list of stars continue to fight each night. With the schedule slowly approaching July 2024, the play across each of the 12 WNBA teams continues to be high while each team continues to fight for an opportunity to reach the WNBA Playoffs. As you start to look around at each of the teams around the WNBA many are loaded at the guard position including at point guard with a player who can not only run the team’s offense but the talent to also score. One of those WNBA point guards who lands atop Top 10 WNBA Point Guards 2024 Rankings list is Arike Ogunbowale of the Dallas Wings.

Ogunbowale is off to a red-hot start to the 2024 WNBA schedule while currently averaging 23.9 points per game while only trailing A’ja Wilson in scoring to start the season. The former fifth overall pick during the 2019 WNBA Draft continues to be a prime threat for the Wings during her sixth season within the WNBA.

Since arriving back during the 2019 WNBA Season, the Wings guard has averaged no fewer than 18 points per game while also adding at least three assists. Joining Ogunbowale on the list of the best point guards in the WNBA include Sabrina Ionescu of the New York Liberty, Kelsey Plum of the Las Vegas Aces, Caitlin Clark of the Indiana Fever, and Natasha Cloud of the Phoenix Mercury.

Here is a look at the Top 10 Best WNBA Point Guards 2024 Rankings:

Honorable Mention

Allisha Gray

Team: Atlanta Dream

WNBA Stats: 14.9 points, 3.9 rebounds, 2.3 assists per game

Just missing the Top 10 WNBA Point Guards 2024 Rankings list is the second year Atlanta Dream point guard Allisha Gray. Gray, who joined the Dream last season continues to put together a solid stat line night in and night out while helping the Dream compete for a playoff spot within the WNBA.

Through 15 games this season Gray is averaging 14.9 points per game to go along with 3.9 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 1.1 steals per game. Gray, who played her collegiate career with the South Carolina Gamecocks has posted six straight seasons with double digit scoring totals.

Aari McDonald

Team: Los Angeles Sparks

WNBA Stats: 8.4 points, 2.1 rebounds, 3.4 assists per game

The last point guard landing on the list of the best point guards in the WNBA is the Los Angeles Sparks point guard Aari McDonald. McDonald, who was drafted third overall during the 2021 WNBA Draft is in her first season with the Sparks after the team acquired her ahead of the 2024 WNBA Draft.

Overall, the move delivered the Sparks a dangerous weapon off the bench as well as a player who can run the point guard position while on the floor. The former Arizona Wildcats point guard is currently averaging 8.4 points per game over just 21.1 minutes per game while also adding 2.1 rebounds and 3.4 assists per game.

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10. Tyasha Harris

Team: Connecticut Sun

WNBA Stats: 10.9 points, 3.4 assists per game

Sliding in at number 10 on the Top 10 WNBA Point Guards 2024 Rankings list is the Connecticut Sun point guard Tyasha Harris. Harris is a point guard that can do it all however with the talented Alyssa Thomas at the forward position running the offense, Harris’s overall numbers are impacted.

Nonetheless, the fifth-year guard from the South Carolina Gamecocks is putting together her best season within the WNBA averaging 10.9 points per game to go along with 3.4 assists. In addition to posting her first double digit scoring average of her career, Harris has also started all 16 games she has played this season.

9. Julie Vanloo

Team: Washington Mystics

WNBA Stats: 7.7 points, 1.9 rebounds, 5.4 assists per game

Another talented rookie from the 2024 WNBA Draft class that is putting together a solid season at the point guard position is the former Iowa State Cyclones guard Julie Vanloo.

Vanloo who has played the point guard position as a true point guard is currently averaging 5.4 assists per game over her first 17 games while also averaging 7.7 points per game and 1.9 rebounds. Vanloo who was an undrafted free agent to the Mystics roster this season has capitalized on the lack of star power on a team that is currently within a complete rebuilding mode.

While the scoring is not completely there, the overall struggles of the Mystics and her unselfish style of play has lowered her overall production on the shooting side of the floor.

8. Kayla McBride

Team: Minnesota Lynx

WNBA Stats: 16.1 points, 1.3 Steals, 3.7 assists per game

The Minnesota Lynx are off to one of their best starts in their team history winning 13 of their first 16 games of the season. As you look at this team the team ranks third within the league in scoring 84.5 points per game while allowing the second fewest numbers of points per game (73.8).

One of the team’s key weapons is point guard Kayla McBride who continues to put together solid all-around numbers together night in and night out.

The former Notre Dame Fighting Irish guard is currently second on the Lynx is scoring while averaging 16.1 points per game. To go along with those numbers, McBride is averaging 1.3 steals, 3.7 assists, and three rebounds per game over her first 16 games of the season.

7. Marina Mabrey

Team: Chicago Sky

WNBA Stats: 14.5 points, 5.3 rebounds, 4.1 assists, 1.4 Steals per game

As all eyes are set to the Chicago Sky rookies Angel Reese and Kamilla Cardosa, one player who is getting overlooked is the team’s talented point guard Marina Mabrey.

Marina Mabrey, who was a former second round pick during the 2019 WNBA Draft, is putting together another strong season including averaging at least 10 points per game for the fifth straight season.

Mabrey who like many of the other top point guards in the WNBA played her college basketball for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, is also a tremendous all-around player who can run the Sky’s offense while also finding ways to get Reese and Cardosa into the action.

Overall Mabrey is averaging a career high 4.1 assists per game to start the season to go along with 14.5 points per game, 5.3 rebounds, and 1.4 steals per game.

6. Skylar Diggins-Smith

Team: Seattle Storm

WNBA Stats: 14.8 points, 2.8 rebounds, 6.1 assists per game

After taking off the 2023 WNBA season, the former Notre Dame Fighting Irish guard Skylar Diggins-Smith has returned ready to play during the current 2024 WNBA Season.

Diggins Smith who has previously averaged as many as 20.1 points per game, has been a solid addition to the Seattle Storm this season while averaging 14.8 points per game to go along with 2.8 rebounds and 6.1 assists per game.

Entering play in late June 2024, the Storm point guard is currently ranked fifth in the WNBA in assists per game trailing only Natasha Cloud, Sabrina Ionescu, and rookie Caitlin Clark among the stat sheet.

5. Natasha Cloud

Team: Phoenix Mercury

WNBA Stats: 10.8 points, 4.4 rebounds, 7.1 assists per game

Rounding out the Top 5 on the Top 10 WNBA Point Guards 2024 Rankings list is the former Washington Mystics point guard Natasha Cloud. Often overlooked among the top point guards within the league, the unselfish Cloud is as good of a facilitator among the point guards within the league.

Cloud, who is in her first season with the Phoenix Mercury, is currently averaging 7.1 assists per game over the first 16 games of the season. In each of the previous four seasons, Cloud has averaged at least 5.6 assists per game while sacrificing her own stat sheet to help her team become better each night.

Overall, the Mercury guard is averaging 10.8 points per game to go along with 4.4 rebounds and 7.1 assists which ranks second among the most assists per game this season.

4. Caitlin Clark

Team: Indiana Fever

WNBA Stats: 16.3 points, 6.6 assists per game

The hype surrounding the Indiana Fever rookie point guard Caitlin Clark continues to build as fans, WNBA experts, and WNBA players continue to debate her play within the league. Nonetheless while the first-year rookie point guard has an extensive list of areas to improve, it is hard to look past her impact on the Fever during the current season.

Clark, who was the first player drafted during the 2024 WNBA Draft, is currently ranked 14^th in the WNBA in scoring averaging 16.3 points per game while also averaging the fourth most assists per game (6.6) to start the WNBA Season.

As the learning curve continues for the former Iowa Hawkeyes guard, her overall play has landed her among the best point guards within the WNBA this season.

3. Kelsey Plum

Team: Las Vegas Aces

WNBA Stats: 18.1 points, 1.7 rebounds, 4.9 assists per game

The Las Vegas Aces have a stocked guard position loaded with Jackie Young and Kelsey Plum. While both players are as talented as one another, the two complement one another with Plum running the team’s offense as the point guard and Young taking the primary shooting guard responsibilities.

Plum, who is in her seven seasons in the WNBA is off to another strong start while putting together the strong numbers to post her third straight season averaging at least 18 points per game.

While the overall numbers are not as high as in years past, the loaded roster limits her overall production while her unselfish style of play adds value to the entire roster. The Aces point guard is currently averaging 18.1 points per game to go along with 1.7 rebounds and 4.9 assists per game over her first 14 games of the season.

2. Sabrina Ionescu

Team: New York Liberty

WNBA Stats: 19.3 points, 4.3 rebounds, 6.7 assists, 1.1 STEALS per game

Another talented point guard who has the ability to not only run their respective team’s offense but also has the ability to shoot from nearly anywhere on the floor is Sabrina Ionescu.

Ionescu, who played her college basketball for the Oregon Ducks, is off to another strong season while currently averaging a career high 19.3 points per game over her first 18 games of the season. This former Ducks star is shooting 36.9 percent from behind the three-point line and 43.8 percent from the floor. To go along with those numbers the fifth-year star is also a tremendous passer on a talented New York Liberty roster.

Ionescu enters her 19^th game of the season averaging 6.7 assists per game to go along with 4.3 rebounds and 1.1 steals per game. Through June 24^th, 2024, the Liberty point guard currently ranks third in the NBA in assists per game and sixth overall in scoring.

1. Arike Ogunbowale

Team: Dallas Wings

WNBA Stats: 23.9 points, 4.7 rebounds, 4.8 assists per game

In at number one on the Top 10 WNBA Point Guards 2024 Rankings list is the Dallas Wings sixth year star Arike Ogunbowale. Ogunbowale who played her college basketball for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish has been an anchor within the Wings roster while ranking among the best guards in the league.

Over 15 games to start the 2024 WNBA season, Ogunbowale has averaged 23.9 points per game to go along with 4.7 rebounds and 4.8 assists per game. Even more important has been the stellar play on the defensive end of the floor while nearly averaging three steals (2.7) per game.

In 15 games this season, the Wings point guard has scored at least 20 points in 13 games while also adding three 30-point performances and one 40-point game.

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