WNBA all-time scoring list: Diana Taurasi stands alone as points leader ahead of other basketball legends

Diana Taurasi is about to reach a career milestone that will add to her case as the greatest player in WNBA history.

Heading into Thursday night’s game against the Dream, the Mercury star is only 18 points away from reaching 10,000 career points. She will soon become the first WNBA player to ever hit that mark.

But even if Taurasi suddenly decided to retire and leave basketball behind forever, she would still have a very comfortable lead atop the league’s all-time scoring list.

(All stats current as of Aug. 3, 2023)

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WNBA all-time scoring list

Taurasi has 9,982 career points, putting her nearly 2,500 points ahead of Hall of Famer Tina Thompson.

Tamika Catchings and Tina Charles are the only other WNBA players who have scored more than 7,000 career points.

WNBA active points leaders

There are six active players with more than 5,000 career points: Taurasi, Charles, DeWanna Bonner, Candace Parker, Angel McCoughtry and Nneka Ogwumike.

Brittney Griner is 142 points away from joining that exclusive club.

WNBA single-season points record

Taurasi is unsurprisingly sitting at the top of this list, too. She set the single-season record for points in 2006, scoring 860 total points (25.3 per game).

Maya Moore is the only other WNBA player who has racked up more than 800 points in one season.