Each individual will weigh team success differently when comparing Clark and Bueckers. Perhaps that points to a crucial point in this debate: Stats aside, fans will compare Clark and Bueckers' rookie seasons however they'd like, depending on their own opinions. And that's the beautiful thing about sports.

Paige Bueckers put together not just one of the best shooting performances by a WNBA rookie, but one of the best performances ever by any player.

Paige Bueckers poured in a season- and career-high 44 points—the most in the league this year and tied for 10th most all-time—but it wasn't enough, as the Dallas Wings narrowly fell to the Los Angeles Sparks,