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For the third time in as many WNBA seasons, Angel Reese is on course to win the rebounding title.
But the Atlanta Dream star is shattering a widely-held myth about her numbers in the process.
From the start of her professional career, fans were surprised to Reese enter the league as arguably its best rebounder already. To that end, a slang term was created in a bid to explain away Reese's gaudy rebounding figures: the "mebound."
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The term caught on; Reese even trademarked it in 2025. The idea was that a significant percentage of Reese's rebounds came from hauling in her own missed shots.
That was never really true, and it certainly hasn't been the case in 2026.
According to Her Hoop Stats data, while Reese leads the WNBA in offensive rebounds (126) and by proxy in "mebounds" (32), mebounds make up just 25.4 percent of her total offensive boards.
While that figure is above the league average of 20.7 percent, it is well behind players like Breanna Stewart, Aliyah Boston and even four-time MVP A'ja Wilson.
WNBA Mebound % Leaders⤵️🧐 pic.twitter.com/BYbv8I0CVn
— Women’s BBall News (@Jackie2u2vwn) August 26, 2026Moreover, even if mebounds were removed, Reese still would be within shouting distance of the league's rebounding lead.
Through play Tuesday, Reese's 401 rebounds -- not including mebounds -- would be only nine boards behind Dallas Wings All-Star Jessica Shepard.
Angel Reese is still leading the entire WNBA in rebounds even if we remove all “mebounds” pic.twitter.com/a0TWBghnPE
— Real App (@realapp) August 25, 2026Reese's generational rebounding talent has long deserved greater appreciation. The platform she has been afforded in Atlanta -- where she is a leading player for one of the league's best teams -- has seen her expand her game and become an even more-dominant force on the glass.
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