2024 Las Vegas Aces season

2024 Las Vegas Aces season
2024 Las Vegas Aces season
Head coach	Becky Hammon
Arena	Michelob Ultra Arena
Results
Record	27–13 (.675)
Place	2nd (Western)
Playoff finish	4th seed; Lost in Semifinals 1–3 to New York Liberty
	← 2023 2025 →

The 2024 Las Vegas Aces season was the franchise's 27th season in the Women's National Basketball Association and the seventh year the franchise is based in Las Vegas - after relocating from San Antonio and Utah. This was the third season under head coach Becky Hammon. They were the defending WNBA champions, after defeating the New York Liberty in the 2023 WNBA Finals. In 2023, the Aces also finished with the most regular season wins in WNBA history, 34.^[1] Additionally, the Aces won back-to-back WNBA titles, and were the first team to do so since 2001–2002. The season tipped off on Tuesday, May 14, 2024, at home versus the Phoenix Mercury.^[2]

Head coachBecky Hammon

ArenaMichelob Ultra Arena

Record27–13 (.675)

Place2nd (Western)

Quick facts Las Vegas Aces season, Head coach ...

Close

On May 17, 2024, the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA) announced that they would be gifting each player on the 2024 Aces roster a $100,000 sponsorship.^[3] This sponsorship is independent of the Aces organization as per the WNBA's collective bargaining agreement.^[3] On May 18, 2024, the WNBA opened an investigation into these sponsorships.^[4] As of June 2025, no results of the league's probe into this sponsorship had been made public.^[5]

The transgressions didn't have an effect on the start of the season as the Aces won their first two games. They did lose to Phoenix by ten points on May 21 for their first loss. They won their next two games before losing to Atlanta to finish May 4–2. They defeated Dallas to start June, but would lose their next three games. They defeated Phoenix to break the streak, but lost to New York in the next game. Their losing streak would end after that as the Aces won their next four games to finish June 6–4. They extended their winning streak to six games by defeating Indiana and Washington to start July. An overtime loss to Los Angeles would break their winning streak. The Aces built a new streak winning their next four games in a row. They would lose to Chicago to finish July 6–2 and head into the Olympic break with a 16–8 record. The Aces were not as dominant upon returning from the break, losing their first game back to New York. They would defeat Los Angeles before losing two games in a row to Minnesota. Two wins bookended a loss to see the Aces finish August 3–4. With a win over Atlanta on August 30, the Aces clinched their playoff berth. The Aces became dominant in September, winning their first three games of the month. A four point loss to New York on September 8 would be the only mar on their record for the month. The would the remaining five straight games, with the closest being a four point win in Indiana on September 13. The Aces finished the regular season 27–13.

The Aces' 27–13 record saw them finish in fourth place in the overall standings. As the fourth seed in the 2024 WNBA Playoffs, they faced-off against fifth seed Seattle in the First Round. The first two games were held in Las Vegas and the Aces won them both, 78–67 and 86–73. They advanced to the Semifinals where they faced New York in a best-of-five series. The Aces lost the first two games in New York, 77–87 and 84–88. They would win game three in Las Vegas to extend the series, 95–81. The Aces were unable to win game four at home and were eliminated from the playoffs, losing the series one game to three.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Club	Outcome
2	16	Dyaisha Fair	G	United States	Syracuse	Waived
2	18	Kate Martin	G	United States	Iowa	Signed
2	24	Elizabeth Kitley	C	United States	Virginia Tech	Unsigned – due to injury
3	36	Angel Jackson	C	United States	Jackson State	Waived

Date	Details
February 1, 2024	Signed Megan Gustafson^[6]
	Re-signed Kiah Stokes^[7]
	Re-signed Sydney Colson^[8]
	Signed Morgan Jones to a Training Camp Contract^[9]
February 4, 2024	Signed Kamaria McDaniel to a Training Camp Contract^[10]
February 7, 2024	Re-signed Candace Parker^[11]
February 8, 2024	Signed Bria Hartley to a Training Camp Contract^[12]
March 28, 2024	Signed Brea Beal to a Training Camp Contract^[13]
April 17, 2024	Signed Dyaisha Fair and Angel Jackson to Rookie Contracts^[14]
April 22, 2024	Signed Kate Martin to Rookie Contract^[15]
April 28, 2024	Candace Parker announced her retirement^[16]
April 29, 2024	Signed Chelsea Gray to a Contract Extension^[17]
May 2, 2024	Waived Brea Beal and Morgan Jones^[18]
May 3, 2024	Signed Jackie Young to a Contract Extension^[19]
May 6, 2024	Waived Bria Hartley^[20]
	Waived Kamaria McDaniel^[21]
	Claimed/Awarded Emma Cannon from Waivers^[22]
May 7, 2024	Waived Angel Jackson^[23]
May 13, 2024	Exercised fourth-year option for Kierstan Bell^[24]
May 26, 2024	Waived Dyaisha Fair^[25]
May 31, 2024	Signed Tiffany Hayes^[26]
June 16, 2024	Waived Emma Cannon^[27]
June 16, 2024	Signed Jessika Carter^[27]
June 30, 2024	Waived Jessika Carter^[28]
September 2, 2024	Signed Queen Egbo to 7-day contract^[29]

Pos.	Starter	Bench
PG	Chelsea Gray	Sydney Colson
SG	Kelsey Plum	Tiffany Hayes
SF	Jackie Young	Alysha Clark Kate Martin
PF	A'ja Wilson	Kierstan Bell
C	Kiah Stokes	Megan Gustafson

#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Conf.	Home	Road	Cup
1	yx – New York Liberty	32	8	.800	—	16–4	16–4	16–4	5–0
2	cx – Minnesota Lynx	30	10	.750	2	14–6	16–4	14–6	4–1
3	x – Connecticut Sun	28	12	.700	4	14–6	14–6	14–6	4–1
4	x – Las Vegas Aces	27	13	.675	5	12–8	13–7	14–6	2–3
5	x – Seattle Storm	25	15	.625	7	13–7	14–6	11–9	4–1
6	x – Indiana Fever	20	20	.500	12	11–9	12–8	8–12	3–2
7	x – Phoenix Mercury	19	21	.475	13	10–10	10–10	9–11	3–2
8	x – Atlanta Dream	15	25	.375	17	7–13	8–12	7–13	1–4
9	e – Washington Mystics	14	26	.350	18	7–13	5–15	9–11	1–4
10	e – Chicago Sky	13	27	.325	19	5–15	6–14	7–13	1–4
11	e – Dallas Wings	9	31	.225	23	6–14	7–13	2–18	0–5
12	e – Los Angeles Sparks	8	32	.200	24	5–15	5–15	3–17	2–3

First round Best-of-3			Semifinals Best-of-5			Finals Best-of-5

1	New York Liberty	2

8	Atlanta Dream	0
			1	New York Liberty	3

			4	Las Vegas Aces	1
4	Las Vegas Aces	2

5	Seattle Storm	0
						1	New York Liberty	3

						2	Minnesota Lynx	2
2	Minnesota Lynx	2

7	Phoenix Mercury	0
			2	Minnesota Lynx	3

			3	Connecticut Sun	2
3	Connecticut Sun	2

6	Indiana Fever	0

2024 Las Vegas Aces season

Transactions

WNBA draft

Transactions

Roster changes

Additions

Subtractions

Roster

Depth chart

Schedule

Pre-season

Regular season

Playoffs

Standings

Playoffs

Statistics

Regular season

Playoffs

Awards and honors

References

External links

Related Articles

Timelines

Top Qs

Fact Checks

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game	RPG	Rebounds per game
APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game	BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage	TO	Turnovers per game
PF	Fouls per game		Team leader		League leader

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PF	PPG
A'ja Wilson	38	38	34.4	.518	.317	.844	11.9	2.3	1.8	2.6	1.3	1.8	26.9
Kelsey Plum	38	38	34.0	.423	.368	.866	2.6	4.2	0.7	0.0	2.4	2.7	17.8
Jackie Young	37	37	32.6	.430	.337	.867	4.4	5.3	1.0	0.2	2.1	2.5	15.8
Tiffany Hayes ^≠	33	5	21.5	.500	.402	.714	2.8	2.1	0.8	0.3	0.8	2.1	9.5
Chelsea Gray	27	25	26.0	.408	.338	.813	2.9	4.9	1.3	0.7	2.4	1.4	8.6
Alysha Clark	40	18	24.3	.443	.373	.821	3.6	1.8	0.8	0.3	1.4	2.7	6.0
Megan Gustafson	38	7	10.7	.500	.386	.765	1.9	0.2	0.3	0.1	0.4	1.6	3.7
Kierstan Bell	6	0	7.2	.375	.500	.500	1.0	0.8	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.8	2.8
Queen Egbo ^≠	3	0	6.0	.667	—	—	1.7	0.0	0.7	0.3	0.0	0.7	2.7
Kate Martin	34	2	11.5	.307	.355	.917	1.6	0.9	0.2	0.2	0.6	0.9	2.6
Sydney Colson	31	1	8.0	.422	.378	.889	0.5	1.0	0.5	0.2	0.5	0.7	2.5
Kiah Stokes	39	29	18.4	.323	.225	.667	4.7	0.7	0.5	0.8	0.4	1.7	1.4
Emma Cannon ^‡	5	0	1.8	.667	.000	—	0.4	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.8
Dyaisha Fair ^‡	1	0	4.0	.000	.000	—	0.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jessika Carter ^≠ ^‡	2	0	2.0	.000	—	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PF	PPG
A'ja Wilson	6	6	36.5	.535	.500	.750	9.7	2.8	0.3	2.5	1.3	1.2	21.3
Kelsey Plum	6	6	33.0	.461	.359	.778	2.5	2.2	0.7	0.0	1.8	2.8	16.3
Jackie Young	6	6	30.5	.375	.359	.818	5.8	3.0	0.8	0.3	1.2	2.5	13.8
Chelsea Gray	6	6	32.0	.383	.286	.818	2.7	6.2	0.7	1.0	2.8	1.0	10.5
Tiffany Hayes	6	0	21.7	.512	.500	.813	3.5	2.8	1.8	0.2	1.0	2.7	10.5
Alysha Clark	6	3	25.8	.364	.333	1.000	3.8	2.0	0.7	0.2	0.7	2.8	6.0
Kierstan Bell	1	0	3.0	.500	—	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0
Sydney Colson	6	0	4.7	.143	.167	.500	0.0	0.5	0.2	0.2	0.7	0.5	0.7
Megan Gustafson	4	0	7.5	.200	.000	—	0.5	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.5
Kiah Stokes	4	3	13.8	.000	.000	—	4.8	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.8	1.5	0.0
Queen Egbo	1	0	3.0	—	—	—	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0
Kate Martin	1	0	3.0	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Recipient	Award	Date awarded	Ref.
Chelsea Gray	WNBA All-Star	July 2, 2024	^[30]
Becky Hammon	Coach of the Month – September	September 20, 2024	^[31]
Tiffany Hayes	AP Sixth Woman of the Year	September 22, 2024	^[32]
Tiffany Hayes	WNBA Sixth Player of the Year	October 4, 2024	^[33]
Kelsey Plum	WNBA All-Star	July 2, 2024	^[30]
A'ja Wilson	Western Conference Player of the Month – May	June 3, 2024	^[34]
	Western Conference Player of the Week	June 4, 2024	^[35]
		June 25, 2024	^[36]
		July 9, 2024	^[37]
		July 18, 2024	^[38]
		September 3, 2024	^[39]
		September 20, 2024	^[40]
	WNBA All-Star	July 2, 2024	^[30]
	Western Conference Player of the Month – June	July 2, 2024	^[41]
	Western Conference Player of the Month – July	July 19, 2024	^[42]
	AP Player of the Week	September 3, 2024	^[43]
	Western Conference Player of the Month – September	September 20, 2024	^[44]
	Peak Performer: Points	September 20, 2024	^[45]
	WNBA Most Valuable Player	September 22, 2024	^[46]
	AP Player of the Year		^[32]
	AP All-WNBA First Team		^[32]
	WNBA All-Defensive First Team	September 29, 2024	^[47]
	All-WNBA First Team	October 16, 2024	^[48]
Jackie Young	WNBA All-Star	July 2, 2024	^[30]