Kayla Thornton
Playoffs
There is no quarter split and no shot chart on this page because this database holds no WNBA play-by-play, the table the NBA section reads for both has no WNBA counterpart. Everything above is summed from box scores, which record a game’s totals and not when inside it the points came. Nothing here is estimated from a total.
01/Game log
Regular season
| Date | Opp | Result | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | FG | 3P | FT | STL | BLK | TOV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30 | @ POR | W 86-69 | 25 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 5-8 | 3-5 | 4-4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Aug 27 | @ NY | W 79-60 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1-4 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aug 26 | @ CON | W 89-64 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aug 24 | @ MIN | W 80-66 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aug 21 | @ CHI | L 70-73 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aug 19 | vs MIN | L 66-77 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2-8 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aug 17 | vs DAL | W 78-70 | 33 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2-8 | 1-5 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aug 12 | vs CHI | W 91-71 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aug 9 | @ LA | W 84-78 | 28 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 4-10 | 1-7 | 2-2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Aug 7 | @ DAL | W 94-76 | 27 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 4-9 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Aug 4 | vs TOR | W 92-81 | 28 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 6-10 | 4-7 | 4-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aug 2 | vs TOR | W 96-79 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jul 29 | @ PHX | L 89-91 | 25 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 2-7 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jul 20 | vs WSH | L 82-90 | 29 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 5-8 | 4-7 | 1-1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Jul 18 | vs WSH | W 74-69 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 3-6 | 3-6 | 2-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jul 15 | @ IND | W 88-75 | 31 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 3-8 | 2-5 | 3-3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jul 10 | @ CON | W 79-64 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Jul 8 | @ TOR | W 83-75 | 25 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 4-6 | 3-5 | 4-4 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Jul 6 | @ WSH | W 62-49 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0-7 | 0-6 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jul 4 | @ ATL | W 88-83 | 23 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1-7 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jun 28 | vs NY | W 76-67 | 26 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 4-7 | 2-5 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jun 26 | vs ATL | W 78-75 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0-5 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jun 24 | vs ATL | W 77-66 | 32 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 6-12 | 5-10 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jun 21 | @ LV | L 73-92 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1-4 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jun 19 | vs MIN | L 75-81 | 23 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1-5 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jun 17 | vs DAL | W 91-80 | 29 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 2-7 | 2-5 | 2-2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jun 15 | vs LA | W 78-58 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2-6 | 0-3 | 2-2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Jun 12 | @ SEA | W 76-72 | 24 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1-7 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Jun 9 | vs PHX | W 87-81 | 35 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 3-7 | 2-5 | 4-5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jun 6 | @ LV | L 79-84 | 35 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 2-7 | 2-5 | 4-4 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jun 4 | @ MIN | L 84-87 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 3-9 | 1-4 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jun 2 | vs POR | W 95-77 | 26 | 19 | 8 | 0 | 6-13 | 5-10 | 2-2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| May 31 | vs LV | L 81-91 | 27 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 4-10 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| May 28 | vs IND | W 90-88 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| May 25 | vs CON | W 97-70 | 16 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1-6 | 1-4 | 2-2 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| May 22 | @ IND | L 82-90 | 27 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 3-5 | 1-2 | 3-3 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| May 21 | @ NY | W 87-70 | 28 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5-9 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| May 13 | vs CHI | L 63-69 | 30 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0-11 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| May 10 | vs PHX | W 95-79 | 31 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 8-14 | 3-8 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| May 8 | @ SEA | W 91-80 | 30 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4-9 | 3-6 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Every game the player played in the 2026 season is listed, these tables are not truncated, so their lengths are counts and not limits. Did-not-plays are not games played and are in neither table, and All-Star games are excluded league-wide, so an All-Star line appears nowhere on this page. A dash under MIN is a minutes figure the source does not carry; that game still counts toward games played.
02/Career
| Season | Type | Franchise | GP | MIN/G | PPG | RPG | APG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | PTS | REB | AST | 3PM | STL | BLK | TOV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | REG | GS | 40 | 24.1 | 7.8 | 4.5 | 0.7 | .367 | .357 | .926 | 313 | 179 | 28 | 61 | 24 | 9 | 25 |
| 2025 | REG | GS | 22 | 30.1 | 14.0 | 7.0 | 1.5 | .362 | .282 | .829 | 308 | 154 | 33 | 40 | 29 | 5 | 36 |
| 2024 | REG | NY | 1 | 28.0 | 17.0 | 3.0 | 2.0 | .545 | .556 | — | 17 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2023 | REG | NY | 41 | 17.3 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 0.7 | .436 | .321 | .767 | 186 | 145 | 29 | 27 | 28 | 10 | 20 |
| 2022 | REG | DAL | 36 | 29.2 | 8.0 | 5.9 | 1.8 | .469 | .325 | .829 | 287 | 211 | 65 | 25 | 39 | 20 | 42 |
| 2021 | REG | DAL | 31 | 27.6 | 7.5 | 5.6 | 1.5 | .421 | .349 | .849 | 233 | 173 | 45 | 22 | 26 | 7 | 30 |
| 2020 | REG | DAL | 22 | 25.3 | 7.3 | 5.1 | 0.8 | .425 | .347 | .875 | 161 | 113 | 17 | 25 | 20 | 4 | 25 |
| 2019 | REG | DAL | 27 | 30.6 | 10.4 | 5.3 | 1.8 | .343 | .272 | .931 | 280 | 143 | 48 | 28 | 24 | 8 | 44 |
| 2018 | REG | DAL | 34 | 28.6 | 9.2 | 4.0 | 1.8 | .447 | .355 | .860 | 314 | 137 | 62 | 43 | 35 | 12 | 37 |
| 2017 | REG | DAL | 34 | 17.2 | 6.8 | 3.3 | 0.9 | .412 | .279 | .800 | 231 | 112 | 29 | 17 | 22 | 8 | 24 |
| 2015 | REG | WSH | 10 | 8.8 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 0.1 | .333 | .000 | .667 | 22 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| Regular season | 11 sea. | – | 298 | 24.5 | 7.9 | 4.7 | 1.2 | .403 | .324 | .848 | 2,352 | 1,391 | 359 | 293 | 250 | 86 | 290 |
Playoffs
| Season | Type | Franchise | GP | MIN/G | PPG | RPG | APG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | PTS | REB | AST | 3PM | STL | BLK | TOV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | PLAYOFFS | NY | 10 | 10.0 | 3.2 | 1.5 | 0.3 | .444 | .400 | 1.000 | 32 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2022 | PLAYOFFS | DAL | 3 | 26.7 | 8.3 | 4.7 | 1.3 | .526 | .500 | 1.000 | 25 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2021 | PLAYOFFS | DAL | 1 | 16.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | .000 | .000 | — | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | PLAYOFFS | DAL | 1 | 30.0 | 8.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | .571 | .000 | — | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | PLAYOFFS | DAL | 1 | 6.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | .000 | .000 | — | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Playoffs | 5 sea. | – | 16 | 14.5 | 4.1 | 2.2 | 0.5 | .433 | .357 | 1.000 | 65 | 35 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
The two tables are never added together and neither footer reaches into the other; a career total that quietly included playoff games is the error this separation exists to prevent. Player box scores in this database begin in 2003, one season after the standings do, so a career that started in 2002 opens a season late here.
THE FRANCHISE COLUMN IS THE FRANCHISE’S CODE TODAY, not the name the club carried that season. This database keeps one row per franchise and every fixture points at it, so San Antonio’s 2003 to 2017 seasons read LV and Detroit’s and Tulsa’s read DAL , 518 player-seasons across 174 players, measured. A season split between two franchises shows the LAST one the player appeared for while the totals beside it cover the whole season; where this page also carries the game log, the 2026 row names both.
MIN and MIN/G are summed from the lines that carry a minutes figure and divided by games PLAYED. 33 lines league-wide carry no minutes at all, so a season holding one reads low, it is a missing figure, not a short shift.
03/Bio
- Position
- F
- Jersey
- —
- Height
- —
- Weight
- –
- Born
- –
- Club
- Golden State Valkyries
- Regular seasons on file
- 11
- Playoff seasons on file
- 5
A dash is a value the source does not carry, not a zero. Jersey numbers, heights and dates of birth are absent for every one of the 992 players in this database, and a portrait is on file for 357 of them. Position is carried for 677; the other 315 rows hold the literal string ‘NA’, which is a missing value wearing a real one’s clothes, so it is printed as a dash here rather than as a position. Name is the only bio field that is complete.