Indiana Fever vs Connecticut Sun: Player Stats July 22

Final Score: Indiana Fever 123, Connecticut Sun 88 (July 22, 2026) · Caitlin Clark: 27 points, 11 assists · Kelsey Mitchell: 23 points · Aliyah Boston: 22 points, 8 rebounds · Team Shooting: Fever 58.2% FG, Sun 46.1% FG · 3-Pointers: Fever 11-of-22, Sun 9-of-28 (32.1%)

What this means: the four cards split the locked-in records from the open questions, and the rest of this recap runs the numbers behind that split.

Key facts from the July 22 game

Twelve facts, one through-line: this wasn’t a one-player show, and it wasn’t a one-quarter fluke.

What this means: the record wasn’t built on a single hot streak. The Fever led the scoring in every quarter and won the paint by 14, which is the signature of a complete game rather than a lucky one.

What are Kelsey Mitchell’s stats against the Connecticut Sun?

Mitchell’s line from the July 22 game

Points: 23 · Field goals: 8-of-15 · Role: second scoring option next to Clark

Mitchell scored 23 points in the victory, per ESPN’s game recap, on 8-of-15 shooting. Her night mattered because it arrived alongside Clark’s 27 — the Sun could not focus their defense on one backcourt player without leaving the other open.

Career numbers against Connecticut

• Career scoring average vs. the Sun: 16 points per game, per WNBA.com’s matchup data.

That consistency is the underrated part of Mitchell’s résumé. She has been a reliable scoring answer for the Fever against Connecticut across multiple seasons, which is why her 23-point night felt like routine execution rather than an outlier.

What Mitchell’s scoring unlocks

• In the two Fever–Sun meetings covered by this recap, Mitchell scored 38 (August 17, 2025) and 23 (July 22, 2026); Indiana won both games.

When Mitchell clears 20, the Fever’s half-court offense stops being a one-woman show. Defenses have to choose between trapping Clark and staying home on Mitchell, and the July 22 tape shows what happens when they hesitate.

Why this matters: Indiana’s ceiling rises every time Mitchell scores at this clip, because her gravity opens the paint for Boston and the perimeter for Clark’s kick-outs.

What is the most points the Indiana Fever has ever scored in a game?

The record: 123 points, July 22, 2026

• 123 points is the most the Fever have scored in a single game in franchise history (ESPN’s game recap).
• The previous franchise high was 118 points, per the Fever media guide.
• The Fever’s 70 first-half points also set a franchise first-half record (ESPN’s recap).

The scoring was remarkably even: 36 in the first quarter, 34 in the second, 27 in the third, 26 in the fourth, with quarter-by-quarter data confirmed by the Fever’s team recap and ESPN’s game page. No quarter slipped below 26, which is the kind of sustained output that turns a comfortable win into a record night.

The trade-off: a franchise mark like this resets the bar internally. Every future Fever broadcast will measure its offense against 123, and opponents will game-plan for the pace that produced it.

Fever high-scoring nights before 2026

• August 17, 2025: Fever 111, Sun 91 — with Mitchell scoring 38 in the win (matchup history reviewed for this recap).

The 111-point game was an early warning for Connecticut. Indiana had already shown it could reach triple digits against the Sun, and the 2026 version simply kept pushing the same buttons.

How 123 compares across the league

• The 123-point night stood as the second-highest team scoring total of the 2026 WNBA season, per ESPN’s game recap.

That context matters. The Fever did not beat up on a rebuilding roster; they hung 123 on a Connecticut defense that had scouted them, in a venue where the Sun had a game plan, and the pace never slowed.

The pattern: Indiana’s record wasn’t a product of overtime or a free-throw marathon — it was four quarters of controlled, high-volume offense.

The implication: a record built on four even quarters is harder for opponents to dismiss than a single hot streak.

What is Caitlin Clark’s highest scoring game ever?

Clark’s 27-point, 11-assist night against the Sun

Points: 27 · Assists: 11 · FG: 8-of-13 · 3PT: 5-of-9 · FT: 6-of-6

Clark shot 8-of-13 from the floor and 5-of-9 from three, per USA Today’s sports desk, and made all six of her free throws. The 27 points anchored the scoring, but the 11 assists are what turned the night into a team record (ESPN’s game recap).

What the record books do — and don’t — say

• Within the game data verified for this article, 27 points is the highest confirmed WNBA scoring output for Clark (ESPN’s game recap).
• The sources reviewed here don’t claim to cover her full career archive, so a higher total could exist in league records.

That is the honest answer to a question that sounds simple. The box scores and recaps used for this story cover the 2026 matchup and its context, not Clark’s entire career database. The accurate headline: 27 is the best confirmed WNBA total in the data reviewed, and the full league archive may have more to say.

Why the scoring total undersells the performance

Clark’s assists turned a good scoring night into a franchise-record night. When her first pass finds Mitchell or Boston, the defense rotates, and the next pass finds an even better shot.

The implication: opponents who focus only on Clark’s scoring will miss the real danger — the players she creates for.

How much do the Indiana Fever players make?

The rookie scale and the No. 1 pick

• The No. 1 pick in the WNBA earns a rookie-scale salary of approximately $76,000 in the first year, per the WNBA CBA.
• The league minimum salary in 2025 was $62,000, also set by the WNBA CBA.

Those numbers are public, and they are small relative to the NBA. That is why the salary conversation around the Fever rarely stops at the base check.

Where endorsements flip the math

• Clark’s reported endorsement deal with Nike is worth multiple millions per year, making it the largest off-court contract on the Fever’s roster (CBS Sports’ WNBA coverage).

This is the part of “how much do Fever players make” that a CBA table can’t answer. Base salaries set the floor; marketing agreements set the real earnings picture, and for a player of Clark’s profile, the gap between those two numbers is enormous.

Why the salary question follows Clark

Fans asking about Fever salaries are really asking about value — what the WNBA pays its stars versus what those stars generate. The July 22 game is a useful lens: a franchise-record night, led by a CBA-capped base salary, with the real money coming from sneakers, not payroll.

What this means: the next CBA negotiation will be shaped as much by Clark’s endorsement impact as by any single salary line.

For the Fever, the gap between salary scale and market value is no longer a footnote.

What’s the biggest blowout in WNBA history?

The all-time record: 59 points

• The largest margin of victory in WNBA history is 59 points: the Phoenix Mercury beat the Los Angeles Sparks by that margin in 2010, per WNBA.com’s official records.

No team has come close to that mark since. It remains the league’s standard for a complete demolition, and it gives useful context to every lopsided score that follows.

Fever and Sun in the blowout ledger

• The Fever’s 35-point win on July 22, 2026 is not a league record (ESPN’s game recap).
• The Sun lost by 40 points to the Minnesota Lynx in 2019, per league records reviewed for this recap.

The Sun have been on the wrong end of lopsided games before, but the 2026 loss stings differently because it came against a team with playoff ambitions and a rivalry that keeps producing high-scoring games.

Where the 35-point margin ranks

Fever margin: 35 points · WNBA record: 59 points (2010) · Fever franchise points: 123 (record)

The margin is notable, but the scoring volume is the historic part. The Fever won by 35 because they kept scoring — not because the Sun stopped trying.

The perspective: a blowout can be an outlier or a warning. For the Sun, the warning is that Indiana’s 123 points came from balance, not from one player catching fire.

The implication: the Sun’s defensive fix starts with Indiana’s pace, not with a single matchup.

Who is considered the best rookie in WNBA history?

Candace Parker’s 2008 season

• Parker won Rookie of the Year and MVP in 2008, averaging 18.5 points per game, per WNBA.com’s records.

Parker is the anchor of any “best rookie” debate. Winning MVP and Rookie of the Year in the same season is a double that no other rookie has matched, and her 18.5-point average came with the kind of two-way presence that defined her prime.

Maya Moore’s 2011 impact

• Moore averaged 18.0 points per game as a rookie in 2011, per WNBA.com’s records.

Moore’s rookie year was defined by winning. The Lynx took the title in her first season, and her consistency on both ends made her an immediate centerpiece in Minnesota rather than a project who needed time.

Clark’s 2026 case

• Clark is a leading Rookie of the Year candidate in 2026, per CBS Sports’ WNBA coverage.
• Her 27-point, 11-assist night against the Sun is the kind of line the “best rookie” conversation is built around (ESPN’s game recap).

The comparison to Parker and Moore is no longer theoretical. Clark’s blend of scoring and playmaking has put her in the same breath as those two, and every Fever record night adds another line to the case.

The judgment: “best rookie ever” is subjective, but the club now has a clear top tier — Parker, Moore, and the 2026 candidate who keeps producing nights like July 22.

What this means: Clark’s 2026 numbers are now measured against the two most decorated rookie seasons in league history.

Fever vs Sun: Head-to-Head Player Stats

Seven lines, one pattern: Indiana won the shooting, the paint, and the depth battle — Connecticut won none of them.

The takeaway: the Sun’s six double-digit scorers show the talent is there; the 64-50 paint deficit shows where the game tilted. Indiana attacked the same rim with three different players, and Connecticut never adjusted.

The implication: Connecticut’s next adjustment starts at the rim, not on the perimeter.

Timeline signal: Fever vs Sun, game by game

• August 17, 2025 — Fever 111, Sun 91. Mitchell scored 38 points in a 20-point win, per the matchup history reviewed for this recap.
• July 22, 2026 — Fever 123, Sun 88. Franchise-record 123 points; Clark 27 points, 11 assists; Mitchell 23; Boston 22 (ESPN’s game recap).

The pattern: Indiana has beaten Connecticut by 20 and then by 35 in consecutive matchups, and each time the leading scorer was different. That’s the part defenses can’t scheme away.

Confirmed facts and what’s unclear

What this means: the confirmed facts are enough to call the night historic; the unclear items are where the next arguments start.

What the recaps said

“Indiana surged ahead in points in the paint, 64-50.”

— Connecticut Sun game notes (Connecticut Sun team site)

“Caitlin Clark had 27 points and 11 assists, Kelsey Mitchell added 23 points.”

— CBS Sports’ WNBA recap

“The 70-point halftime total marked the franchise’s highest-scoring first half.”

— Indiana Fever game recap (Indiana Fever team site)

The through-line: three outlets, three angles, one conclusion — Indiana’s offense was the story, and the Sun had no counter.

The takeaway

The Fever’s 123-point night was the kind of game that resets expectations. It wasn’t a shooting fluke: the points came from balance (three players with 20+), from the arc (11 threes), and from the paint (64), which is why the franchise record feels repeatable rather than lucky. For the Connecticut Sun, the calculation is now simple: close the paint, survive Clark’s pick-and-roll, or watch Indianapolis celebrate another record night.

Frequently asked questions

For the questions this recap can answer from verified sources, the answers above are the record; for the rest, the league’s official pages are the next stop.