Overview
- Griner became the WNBA’s career blocks leader on Monday night, recording her 878th block with a rejection of Chicago’s Kamilla Cardoso during Connecticut’s 92-63 home win.
- She finished the game with 14 points, eight rebounds and four blocks, and the victory snapped the Sun’s losing streak while improving the team’s 2026 record to 3-15.
- The WNBA and several teams publicly congratulated Griner after the record, which surpassed Margo Dydek’s long-standing mark of 877 set in 2008.
- Griner picked up a technical foul late in the third quarter that triggers an automatic $500 fine under league rules and adds to existing disciplinary totals that could lead to larger penalties if they accumulate.
- The milestone adds to a Hall of Fame résumé that already includes a 2014 championship, multiple Defensive Player of the Year honors and earlier this season passing 6,000 career points, and it arrives while Griner plays a one-year deal as the franchise prepares to rebrand in Houston next year.