List of WNBA career scoring leaders

The following is a list of the players who have scored the most points during their WNBA careers.

Scoring leaders

^	Active WNBA player
*	Inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
†	Not yet eligible for Hall of Fame consideration
§	1st time eligible for Hall of Fame in 2025

Rank	Player	Pos	Team played for	Total points	Games played	Points per game	Field goals	Three-point field goals	Free throws
1	^†	G	Phoenix Mercury	10,646	565		3,341	1,447	2,517
2	^	C	Connecticut Sun New York Liberty Washington Mystics Phoenix Mercury Seattle Storm Atlanta Dream	8,396	473		3,364	197	1,471
3	^	F	Phoenix Mercury Connecticut Sun Indiana Fever	7,807	535		2,603	663	1,938
4	*	F	Houston Comets Los Angeles Sparks Seattle Storm	7,488	496	15.1	2,630	748	1,480
5	*	F	Indiana Fever	7,380	457	16.1	2,385	606	2,004
6	^	F	Los Angeles Sparks Seattle Storm	7,305	436		2,874	231	1,326
7		F	Chicago Sky Phoenix Mercury Indiana Fever Seattle Storm Atlanta Dream	6,895	494	14.0	2,842	30	1,181
8		G	Phoenix Mercury New York Liberty Chicago Sky Los Angeles Sparks Indiana Fever	6,811	416	16.4	2,446	464	1,455
9	*	G	Seattle Storm	6,803	580	11.7	2,479	1,001	844
10	^†	F	Los Angeles Sparks Chicago Sky Las Vegas Aces	6,574	410	16.0	2,471	342	1,290
11	*	G/F	Minnesota Lynx Detroit Shock Washington Mystics Seattle Storm New York Liberty	6,452	482	13.4	2,053	906	1,440
12	*	C	Chicago Sky Minnesota Lynx	6,415	408	15.7	2,531	1	1,352
13	*	C	Los Angeles Sparks	6,263	363	17.3	2,332	122	1,477
14	^	G	Seattle Storm Las Vegas Aces	6,027	371		2,008	667	1,344
15	*	F	Minnesota Lynx Los Angeles Sparks	6,005	391	15.4	2,455	293	802
15	*	F/C	Seattle Storm	6,005	317	18.9	2,089	436	1,391
17	^	F	Seattle Storm New York Liberty	5,985	292		2,051	454	1,429
18	^	C	Phoenix Mercury Atlanta Dream	5,954	354		2,355	21	1,223
19	*	G	New York Liberty San Antonio Silver Stars San Antonio Stars	5,841	450	13.0	1,915	829	1,182
20		F	Atlanta Dream Las Vegas Aces Minnesota Lynx	5,797	311	18.6	2,018	249	1,512
21	^	C	Las Vegas Aces	5,719	267		2,088	85	1,458
22		F	Los Angeles Sparks Washington Mystics San Antonio Silver Stars New York Liberty Atlanta Dream	5,571	499	11.2	2,083	312	1,093
23		F/G	Orlando Miracle Connecticut Sun Indiana Fever	5,560	412	13.5	1,925	726	984
24	*	G	Connecticut Sun Minnesota Lynx	5,523	480	11.5	1,961	194	1,407
25	^	G	Tulsa Shock Dallas Wings Phoenix Mercury Seattle Storm	5,489	335		1,821	425	1,422
26	^	G	San Antonio Stars/Las Vegas Aces Minnesota Lynx	5,389	374		1,789	722	1,089
27	*	F	Detroit Shock Seattle Storm Chicago Sky Atlanta Dream New York Liberty	5,119	479	10.7	1,773	176	1,397
28		F	Sacramento Monarchs Charlotte Sting Phoenix Mercury Indiana Fever San Antonio Silver Stars	5,046	463	10.9	2,058	235	695
29		F/C	Orlando Miracle Connecticut Sun Los Angeles Sparks Washington Mystics Detroit Shock New York Liberty Minnesota Lynx	5,013	440	11.4	1,985	69	974
30	*	F	Minnesota Lynx	4,984	271	18.4	1,782	530	890
31	^	G	Atlanta Dream Connecticut Sun Las Vegas Aces Golden State Valkyries	4,926	376		1,619	447	1,241
32	*	F/G	Houston Comets Seattle Storm Tulsa Shock	4,875	324	15.0	1,828	270	949
33	^	G	Indiana Fever	4,813	277		1,697	669	750
34		G/F	Washington Mystics Los Angeles Sparks	4,740	420	11.3	1,804	288	844
35		F	Washington Mystics Los Angeles Sparks Atlanta Dream San Antonio Silver Stars	4,716	279	16.9	1,825	75	991
36	^†	F/G	Chicago Sky Washington Mystics	4,706	241		1,624	343	1,115
37		F	Cleveland Rockers Phoenix Mercury	4,606	355	13.0	1,557	410	1,082
38	^	F	Connecticut Sun Phoenix Mercury	4,488	358		1,743	1	1,001
39	^†	G	Chicago Sky Los Angeles Sparks Washington Mystics	4,474	380	11.8	1,559	651	705
40	^	G	Dallas Wings	4,464	224		1,515	545	889
41		G	Charlotte Sting Chicago Sky San Antonio Silver Stars/Stars Minnesota Lynx	4,435	417	10.6	1,670	396	699
42		F/C	Washington Mystics Seattle Storm	4,433	406	10.9	1,809	27	788
43	^	G	Connecticut Sun Los Angeles Sparks Las Vegas Aces	4,409	369		1,653	410	693
44	^	F	Indiana Fever Minnesota Lynx Seattle Storm New York Liberty Dallas Wings	4,367	380		1,715	157	780
45	^	G	Chicago Sky New York Liberty	4,352	435		1,638	385	691
46		F	San Antonio Silver Stars/Stars	4,300	301	14.3	1,659	27	955
47		F	Phoenix Mercury Detroit Shock/Tulsa Shock New York Liberty Dallas Wings Minnesota Lynx	4,258	444	9.6	1,608	78	964
48		F	Charlotte Sting Chicago Sky Washington Mystics Phoenix Mercury San Antonio Stars	4,253	411	10.3	1,348	284	1,273
49		G/F	New York Liberty San Antonio Silver Stars	4,245	410	10.4	1,626	297	696
50	*	C/F	Sacramento Monarchs Seattle Storm Indiana Fever	4,238	311	13.6	1,503	0	1,232

Progressive list of scoring leaders

This is a progressive list of scoring leaders showing how the record increased through the years.

^	Active WNBA player
*	Inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame

ATL	Atlanta Dream	DAL	Dallas Wings	LAS	Los Angeles Sparks	NYL	New York Liberty	WAS	Washington Mystics
CHI	Chicago Sky	HOU	Houston Comets	LVA	Las Vegas Aces	PHO	Phoenix Mercury	-	-
CON	Connecticut Sun	IND	Indiana Fever	MIN	Minnesota Lynx	SEA	Seattle Storm	-	-

Season	Year-by-year leader	Points	Active player leader	Total points	Career record	Total points	Single-season record	Points	Season
1997	Cynthia Cooper*1997 [Houston Comets season\|HOU]	621	Cynthia Cooper*HOU	621	Cynthia Cooper*HOU	621	Cynthia Cooper*HOU	621	1997
1998	Cynthia Cooper*HOU	680	Cynthia Cooper*HOU	1,301	Cynthia Cooper*HOU	1,301	Cynthia Cooper*HOU	680	1998
1999	Cynthia Cooper*HOU	686	Cynthia Cooper*HOU	1,987	Cynthia Cooper*HOU	1,987	Cynthia Cooper*HOU	686	1999
2000	Katie Smith*2000 [Minnesota Lynx season\|MIN]	646	Cynthia Cooper*HOU	2,537	Cynthia Cooper*HOU	2,537	Cynthia Cooper*HOU	686	2000
2001	Katie Smith*MIN	739	Lisa Leslie*2001 [Los Angeles Sparks season\|LAS]	2,670	Lisa Leslie*LAS	2,670	Katie Smith*MIN	739	2001
2002	Tamika Catchings*2002 [Indiana Fever season\|IND]	594	Lisa Leslie*LAS	3,193	Lisa Leslie*LAS	3,193	Katie Smith*MIN	739	2002
2003	Lauren Jackson*2003 [Seattle Storm season\|SEA]	698	Lisa Leslie*LAS	3,617	Lisa Leslie*LAS	3,617	Katie Smith*MIN	739	2003
2004	Lauren Jackson*SEA	634	Lisa Leslie*LAS	4,215	Lisa Leslie*LAS	4,215	Katie Smith*MIN	739	2004
2005	Sheryl Swoopes*HOU	614	Lisa Leslie*LAS	4,732	Lisa Leslie*LAS	4,732	Katie Smith*MIN	739	2005
2006	Diana Taurasi^†2006 [Phoenix Mercury season\|PHO]	860	Lisa Leslie*LAS	5,412	Lisa Leslie*LAS	5,412	Diana Taurasi^†PHO	860	2006
2007	Seimone Augustus* MIN	769	Tina Thompson*HOU	4,882	Lisa Leslie*LAS	5,412	Diana Taurasi^†PHO	860	2007
2008	Diana Taurasi^†PHO	820	Lisa Leslie*LAS	5,909	Lisa Leslie*LAS	5,909	Diana Taurasi^†PHO	860	2008
2009	Cappie Pondexter PHO 2009 2010 [New York Liberty season\|NYL 2010]	648	Lisa Leslie*LAS	6,263	Lisa Leslie*LAS	6,263	Diana Taurasi^†PHO	860	2009
2010	Cappie Pondexter PHO 2009 NYL 2010	729	Tina Thompson* LAS 2010-11 SEA 2012-13	6,413	Tina Thompson* LAS 2010-11 SEA 2012-13	6,413	Diana Taurasi^†PHO	860	2010
2011	Angel McCoughtry 2011 [Atlanta Dream season\|ATL]	712	Tina Thompson* LAS 2010-11 SEA 2012-13	6,751	Tina Thompson* LAS 2010-11 SEA 2012-13	6,751	Diana Taurasi^†PHO	860	2011
2012	Cappie Pondexter NYL	695	Tina Thompson* LAS 2010-11 SEA 2012-13	7,009	Tina Thompson* LAS 2010-11 SEA 2012-13	7,009	Diana Taurasi^†PHO	860	2012
2013	Angel McCoughtry ATL	711	Tina Thompson* LAS 2010-11 SEA 2012-13	7,488	Tina Thompson* LAS 2010-11 SEA 2012-13	7,488	Diana Taurasi^†PHO	860	2013
2014	Maya Moore*MIN	812	Diana Taurasi^†PHO	6,722	Tina Thompson* LAS 2010-11 SEA 2012-13	7,488	Diana Taurasi^†PHO	860	2014
2015	Elena Delle Donne†2015 [Chicago Sky season\|CHI]	725	Tamika Catchings*IND	6,947	Tina Thompson* LAS 2010-11 SEA 2012-13	7,488	Diana Taurasi^†PHO	860	2015
2016	Tina Charles^NYL	688	Tamika Catchings*IND	7,380	Tina Thompson* LAS 2010-11 SEA 2012-13	7,488	Diana Taurasi^†PHO	860	2016
2017	Tina Charles^NYL	671	Diana Taurasi^†PHO	7,867	Diana Taurasi^†PHO	7,867	Diana Taurasi^†PHO	860	2017
2018	Breanna Stewart^SEA	742	Diana Taurasi^†PHO	8,549	Diana Taurasi^†PHO	8,549	Diana Taurasi^†PHO	860	2018
2019	Brittney Griner^PHO	642	Diana Taurasi^†PHO	8,575	Diana Taurasi^†PHO	8,575	Diana Taurasi^†PHO	860	2019
2020	Arike Ogunbowale^2020 [Dallas Wings season\|DAL]	501	Diana Taurasi^†PHO	8,931	Diana Taurasi^†PHO	8,931	Diana Taurasi^†PHO	860	2020
2021	Tina Charles^2021 [Washington Mystics season\|WAS]	631	Diana Taurasi^†PHO	9,174	Diana Taurasi^†PHO	9,174	Diana Taurasi^†PHO	860	2021
2022	Breanna Stewart^SEA	741	Diana Taurasi^†PHO	9,693	Diana Taurasi^†PHO	9,693	Diana Taurasi^†PHO	860	2022
2023	Jewell Loyd^SEA	939	Diana Taurasi^†PHO	10,108	Diana Taurasi^†PHO	10,108	Jewell Loyd^SEA	939	2023
2024	A'ja Wilson^2024 [Las Vegas Aces season\|LVA]	1,021	Diana Taurasi^†PHO	10,646	Diana Taurasi^†PHO	10,646	A'ja Wilson^LVA	1,021	2024
2025	A'ja Wilson^LVA	937	Tina Charles^2025 [Connecticut Sun season\|CON]	8,396	Diana Taurasi^†PHO	10,646	A'ja Wilson^LVA	1,021	2025
Season	Year-by-year leader	Points	Active player leader	Total points	Career record	Total points	Single-season record	Points	Season