WNBA Single-Season Free Throw Percentage Record Progression
Every season that raised the bar, and the leader in every season between.
The WNBA single-season free throw percentage record is 98.4%, set by Eva Nemcova in 1999. It has stood for 27 years. The mark has been raised 2 times since 1997.
Record Holders
3 marks since 1997| Year | Player | FT% | Stood for |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Eva Nemcova | 98.4% | still standing |
| 1998 | Sandy Brondello | 92.3% | 1 year |
| 1997 | Bridget Pettis | 89.8% | 1 year |
The earliest marks here are records only in the sense that nobody had done better yet. Season length, schedule and the rules themselves have all changed, so a figure from the 1870s is not comparable with a modern one and is not offered as though it were.
Every Season
29 seasons| Year | Leader | FT% | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Sabrina Ionescu | 93.3% | |
| 2024 | Arike Ogunbowale | 92.1% | |
| 2023 | Elena Delle Donne | 93.8% | |
| 2022 | Allie Quigley | 95.0% | |
| 2021 | Kelsey Plum | 94.4% | |
| 2020 | Tiffany Mitchell | 95.1% | |
| 2019 | Elena Delle Donne | 97.4% | |
| 2018 | Diana Taurasi | 92.5% | |
| 2017 | Elena Delle Donne | 95.3% | |
| 2016 | Shenise Johnson | 93.8% | |
| 2015 | Elena Delle Donne | 95.0% | |
| 2014 | Danielle Robinson | 94.1% | |
| 2013 | Elena Delle Donne | 92.9% | |
| 2012 | Kara Lawson | 93.5% | |
| 2011 | DeWanna Bonner | 90.9% | |
| 2010 | Becky Hammon | 96.0% | |
| 2009 | Nicole Powell | 97.9% | |
| 2008 | Becky Hammon | 93.7% | |
| 2007 | Nicole Powell | 96.4% | |
| 2006 | Becky Hammon | 96.0% | |
| 2005 | Becky Hammon | 90.1% | |
| 2004 | Katie Smith | 89.9% | |
| 2003 | Chamique Holdsclaw | 90.3% | |
| 2002 | Sue Bird | 91.1% | |
| 2001 | Elena Baranova | 93.0% | |
| 2000 | Elena Tornikidou | 91.4% | |
| 1999 | Eva Nemcova | 98.4% | new record |
| 1998 | Sandy Brondello | 92.3% | new record |
| 1997 | Bridget Pettis | 89.8% | new record |