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28 May 2026  3 min read

Faure-Daley, Mumuni highlight 2025/26 NBL history makers

There were a total of 11 new entries into the NBL and WNBL statistical top 10s over the last campaign, with one player even setting the best-ever mark across a category.

Since 2003/04 in NBL Division One and 2014/15 in WNBL Division One, we've been tracking the top 10 performers in a number of categories, with the latest campaign providing its fair share of record breakers.

We take a look at those performances below, providing a worthy full stop to the 2025/26 season.

NBL History Vault

BCU's Reiss Faure-Daley in action (Evie Beardsley)

NBL Division One

Birmingham City University's Reiss Faure-Daley now owns the record for the highest average steals in a season, notching an incredible 4.7 per outing to pip previous leader Tre Wilford for top spot.

It was a great season for the BCU point guard as he also entered the assist leaderboards thanks to his 7.5APG, good for ninth overall.

Elsewhere, Isaac Temilola split his season between Greenwich Titans and London Lions II in Pool B, but regardless of team he was a monster in the paint.

His 13.5RPG were good for ninth all-time, and his 2.1BPG also helped the talented forward into 10th spot in the blocks list.

Temilola wasn't the only one playing some mean defence this season, with St Helens' Ellis Evans (2.2BPG, 8th all-time) also slotting into the blocks leaderboard.

The only other D1M history maker from 2025/26 is Barnet's Sable Cooper, who nabbed 3.4SPG for the Bulldogs and now sits eighth overall.

Sheffield Arrows' Hamza Ibrahim enjoyed a stunning season, but his overall efficiency (29.2EPG) left him just .1 shy of tying Zaire Taylor's mark from 2018/19 in 10th spot, whilst his league-leading 24.7PPG couldn't get him into the top 10 either.

Faye Parker helped Anglia Ruskin to this season's D1W playoff title

WNBL Division One

This season's highest new entry into the D1W history books belongs to Anglia Ruskin University's Faye Parker, who's 2.9BPG puts her third all-time.

Young forward Holly Ensoll becomes Ipswich's third entry onto that particular leaderboard, with Esther Little (4.3BPG, first all-time) and Jessica Gray (2.4BPG, seventh all-time) now being joined by Ensoll (2.3BPG, eighth all-time) as she continues her rapid development.

There's a pair of fourth all-time entries as well, with Bristol's Veronica Iweanya (14.6RPG) and London Cavaliers' Theresa Jackson (6.6APG) both impressing across 2025/26.

London All Stars' Kat Goldsby rounds out this year's group as D1W's all-time leader for most steals (435) continues to show why she's one of the best defenders around. Her 4.6SPG across her 19 games was good for 10th all-time.

All-time lists

There wasn't much movement on the NBL's all-time lists due to the bulk of the current top ranked players now moving over to ply their trade in the BCB.

With former appearance leader and Yorkshire Dragons' legend Rihards Sulcs spending the season with their D3 second team, that has allowed London Elite's Walid Mumuni to move to the top of the pile on 295 games played.

The former Reading Rockets, Thames Valley and Hemel Storm man continued to stave off Father Time, averaging 7.2PPG, 4.2RPG and 2.2APG across 13 outings for the Pool B side.

In the WNBL, the leaderboards continue to be dominated by Endeavour Ipswich Basketball standout Harriet Welham.

Now just one appearance away from being the first D1W player to break the 150 barrier, Welham also became the first D1W player to pass 3,500 points (3,518), plus the 1,000 rebound (1,051) mark to boot.

Abbreviations: 

PPG = Points Per Game
RPG = Rebounds Per Game
APG = Assists Per Game
SPG = Steals Per Game
BPG = Blocks Per Game
EPG = Efficiency Per Game