Caitlin Clark keeps adding to a WNBA resume that already looks unlike anything the league has seen before. But her recent playmaking milestone makes one wonder whether she can eventually chase down Sue Bird's career assist record.

The Fever star scored 37 points and handed out 10 assists in a 113-90 win over the Chicago Sky, according to Josh Barker of HITC. That performance made her the first player in league history to post five games of at least 30 points and 10 assists.

For context on how rare that is, the rest of the league combined has only managed the same 30-and-10 line four times total.

Clark has done it five times on her own. It's the kind of number that makes it clear she's doing it while setting up teammates at a level that has no real historical comparison in the league.

The Sky game also pushed her further up the WNBA's all-time assist rankings. Clark now sits at 742 career assists through just 88 games, one spot behind Sheri Sam's 745 and 79th on the all-time list overall, per Josh Barker of HITC.

Getting that high on the list this early in a career is notable on its own, but it's the pace behind those numbers that makes the conversation around her ceiling worth having.

Could Caitlin Clark catch Sue Bird's assist record?

That climb up the rankings is what puts Sue Bird's name back in the conversation.

Bird holds the WNBA's career assist record with 3,234, well clear of Courtney Vandersloot (2,887), Ticha Penicheiro (2,599), Diana Taurasi (2,394) and Lindsay Whalen (2,348), a group that represents the best playmakers the league has produced.

Clark still has a long way to go to get anywhere near that number. She's 2,492 assists behind Bird's total, meaning she would need 2,493 more to break the record, as per the same Josh Barker's report.

At her current average of 8.4 assists per game, that works out to roughly 297 more matches before she moves past Bird in the history books.

The bigger factor working in Clark's favor might just be time itself. She's only 24, meaning she could have many productive seasons ahead of her. But Bird's longevity is also a reminder of what it takes to build a record this large.

Clark would need both sustained production and a long career at or near her current level. None of this happens overnight, and 297 games is still a significant number to close.

For now, Bird's mark remains safely out in front. If Clark can sustain anything close to her current playmaking level over the next several seasons, though, a record that once looked untouchable could eventually come into view.

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Rudra Dubey