Iowa’s Caitlin Clark became Division I women’s basketball’s all-time leading scorer on Feb. 15, breaking a seven-year-old record held by Washington’s Kelsey Plum. Clark would also go on to break Pete Maravich’s record for the most career points in men’s and women’s basketball on March 3.

In Iowa’s highly anticipated matchup against Michigan, Clark broke the all-time DI women’s scoring record with a long-range bomb from the center-court logo. The nation’s leading scorer erupted for a career-high 49 points, shooting 16-for-31 from the field in addition to 8 free throws.

He snapped Pete Maravich’s mark with a pair of free-throws against the second-ranked Buckeyes and would go on to finish with 35 points and nine assists.

Fourteen players have passed the 3,000-point mark in Division I women’s basketball. Caitlin Clark and Syracuse’s Dyaisha Fair are the only players in the last six years to have passed this milestone.

A year after Plum set the scoring record (2018), Ohio State’s Kelsey Mitchell made a run at the top spot, finishing her career second all-time with 3,402 points — Fair, the Buffalo and Syracuse star, recently passed Mitchell with an impressive 2024 NCAA tournament run.

If you look at the top 25 scorers overall, you’ll notice the trend of when each player competed. Seven of the top 10 and 14 players overall played at least one season during or after 2010.

Here are the top 25 scorers in DI women’s college basketball as of March 30, 2024:

Player Team Last Season Games Played Points
Caitlin Clark Iowa 2024 136 3,859
Kelsey Plum Washington 2017 139 3,527
Dyaisha Fair Buffalo/Syracuse 2024 153 3,403
Kelsey Mitchell Ohio St. 2018 139 3,402
Jackie Stiles Missouri State 2001 129 3,393
Brittney Griner Baylor 2013 148 3,283
Patricia Hoskins Mississippi Valley State 1989 110 3,122
Lorri Bauman Drake 1984 120 3,115
Jerica Coley FIU 2014 131 3,107
Rachel Banham Minnesota 2016 144 3,093
Elena Delle Donne Delaware 2013 114 3,039
Maya Moore UConn 2011 154 3,036
Chamique Holdsclaw Tennessee 1999 148 3,025
Cheryl Miller Southern California 1986 128 3,018
Cindy Blodgett Maine 1998 118 3,005
LaToya Thomas Mississippi State 2003 125 2,981
Valorie Whiteside Appalachian State 1988 116 2,944
Kelly Mazzante Penn State 2004 133 2,919
Joyce Walker LSU 1984 117 2,906
Jess Kovatch Saint Francis (PA) 2019 130 2,874
Kevi Luper Oral Roberts 2013 126 2,867
Alysha Clark Belmont/Middle Tenn. 2010 123 2,865
Heather Butler UT Martin 2014 129 2,865
Sandra Hodge New Orleans 1984 107 2,860
Andrea Riley Oklahoma State 2010 131 2,835
Jantel Lavender Ohio State 2011 136 2,818

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