{"id":266456,"date":"2026-10-08T16:19:31","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T16:19:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/08\/breanna-stewart-says-shes-coming-for-sue-birds-wnba-records\/"},"modified":"2026-10-08T16:19:31","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T16:19:31","slug":"breanna-stewart-says-shes-coming-for-sue-birds-wnba-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/08\/breanna-stewart-says-shes-coming-for-sue-birds-wnba-records\/","title":{"rendered":"Breanna Stewart Says She\u2019s Coming for Sue Bird\u2019s WNBA Records"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Breanna Stewart isn&#8217;t satisfied with tying Sue Bird. The New York Liberty forward made that clear in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/tv\/tv-features\/jason-sudeikis-wnba-breanna-stewart-interview-1236722754\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/tv\/tv-features\/jason-sudeikis-wnba-breanna-stewart-interview-1236722754\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sit-down<\/a> with Jason Sudeikis for <em>The Hollywood Reporter&#8217;s<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=P_f1KSCARZ0\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=P_f1KSCARZ0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&#8220;Game Recognize Game&#8221; series<\/a>, where she laid out her biggest career goal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;I want to beat Sue,&#8221; Stewart said. &#8220;I want to beat all the records. It&#8217;s never enough.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-where-does-stewart-stand-against-bird-s-wnba-record\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Where Does Stewart Stand Against Bird&#8217;s WNBA Record?<\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After winning her fourth <a href=\"https:\/\/justwomenssports.com\/reads\/usa-wins-fiba-womens-world-cup-france-2026-title\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/justwomenssports.com\/reads\/usa-wins-fiba-womens-world-cup-france-2026-title\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">World Cup gold<\/a> in Berlin this summer, Stewart <a href=\"https:\/\/justwomenssports.com\/reads\/breanna-stewart-fiba-womens-basketball-world-cup-mvp-award-2026\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/justwomenssports.com\/reads\/breanna-stewart-fiba-womens-basketball-world-cup-mvp-award-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">matched<\/a> Bird&#8217;s US record for the most in tournament history. Weeks later, she passed her on the WNBA&#8217;s all-time <a href=\"https:\/\/justwomenssports.com\/reads\/best-wnba-players-all-time-stats-top-30\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/justwomenssports.com\/reads\/best-wnba-players-all-time-stats-top-30\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">scoring list<\/a>, climbing to ninth with 6,804 career points. That&#8217;s one more than Bird managed across nearly two decades.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Still, the Liberty star sees those milestones as a starting point. With three WNBA titles, two league MVPs, and three Olympic golds already on her r\u00e9sum\u00e9, Stewart is chasing a legacy that overtakes Bird&#8217;s instead of just mirroring it. And according to Stewart, her former Team USA teammate knows it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;She&#8217;s aware,&#8221; Stewart said. &#8220;She knows I want to beat her.&#8221;<\/p>\n<section class=\"iframe w-100 d-flex justify-content-center\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Breanna Stewart on leaving behind a legacy in basketball <\/p>\n<p>: \u201c I wanna beat Sue (Bird). I\u2019m currently tied to her\u2026I want to break all records.\u201d https:\/\/t.co\/MloMNuA2Wj<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Essentially W (@essentially_w) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/essentially_w\/status\/2107523031308636530?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">October 6, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Her chase continues in the 2026 WNBA playoffs, where the Liberty trail the Atlanta Dream 2-0 after a tight 101-98 <a href=\"https:\/\/justwomenssports.com\/reads\/liberty-vs-dream-game-2-ot-wnba-playoffs\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/justwomenssports.com\/reads\/liberty-vs-dream-game-2-ot-wnba-playoffs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Game 2 loss<\/a> in overtime. Stewart put up huge numbers that second meeting with 35 points and 11 rebounds. But, her conversation with Sudeikis hints she has more left to give as New York push for a comeback.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They&#8217;ll host the Dream at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, Friday at 7:30 PM ET on ESPN 2.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/justwomenssports.com\/reads\/breanna-stewart-sue-bird-wnba-record-jason-sudeikis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Breanna Stewart Says She&#8217;s Coming for Sue Bird&#8217;s WNBA Records<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/justwomenssports.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Just Women&#039;s Sports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/justwomenssports.com\/reads\/breanna-stewart-sue-bird-wnba-record-jason-sudeikis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Breanna Stewart isn&#8217;t satisfied with tying Sue Bird. The New York Liberty forward made that clear in a sit-down with Jason Sudeikis for The Hollywood Reporter&#8217;s &#8220;Game Recognize Game&#8221; series, where she laid out her biggest career goal. &#8220;I want to beat Sue,&#8221; Stewart said. &#8220;I want to beat all the records. It&#8217;s never enough.&#8221; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":266457,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6805],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-266456","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-womens"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266456","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=266456"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266456\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/266457"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=266456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=266456"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=266456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}