Breanna Stewart on precipice of potentially biggest career feat as Liberty look ahead

Breanna Stewart enters the new season widely viewed as one of the game’s dominant figures and stands, by some measures, on the precipice of what observers are calling possibly her biggest career feat.

Before turning 31, Stewart amassed a résumé that includes four NCAA championships, three WNBA titles, two league MVP awards and seven All-Star selections. She helped deliver the New York Liberty their first franchise championship last season and publicly signaled her drive to continue adding to the club’s legacy.

At the Liberty’s championship parade last year, Stewart addressed the crowd and teammates with a message that has since framed the club’s offseason mindset. “We’re not done yet,” she told the celebration. That line has become a touchstone for teammates and coaches as the franchise prepares to defend the crown and for Stewart as she pursues further milestones in a career already heavy with achievement.

Stewart’s combination of collegiate and professional success—four national championships at the college level and multiple WNBA titles—has set expectations both for her individual legacy and for the Liberty’s prospects. Teammates and league observers have noted her competitive intensity and consistent production in high-stakes moments, qualities that helped lift New York to its first title.

The coming season will test whether Stewart and the Liberty can sustain the levels of play and depth required to repeat, and whether Stewart will add another singular accomplishment to a body of work that many analysts already consider exceptional. Her past achievements, accumulated relatively early in her career, provide a rare baseline from which the league and fans will measure future success.

Stewart’s comments at the parade have resonated beyond celebratory rhetoric. They reflect a player-centric approach to legacy building and a franchise-level ambition to remain a standard-bearer in the league. As opponents adjust and rosters shift, the Liberty’s ability to protect the title will depend on health, depth and the continued contributions of their franchise centerpiece.

For Stewart, the path forward is framed as an extension of work already done rather than an urgent attempt to prove anything. The upcoming season will clarify whether the milestone many foresee as possible will come to pass, and how it will reshape the narrative of one of women’s basketball’s most decorated players.