WNBA Single-Season Free Throws Made Record Progression
Every season that raised the bar, and the leader in every season between.
The WNBA single-season free throws made record is 254, set by Jewell Loyd in 2023. It has stood for 3 years. The mark has been raised 3 times since 1997.
Record Holders
4 marks since 1997| Year | Player | FTM | Stood for |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 |
 Jewell Loyd
|
254 | still standing |
| 2001 |
 Katie Smith
|
246 | 22 years |
| 1998 | Cynthia Cooper | 210 | 3 years |
| 1997 | Cynthia Cooper | 172 | 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 | FTM | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | A'ja Wilson | 248 | |
| 2024 | A'ja Wilson | 232 | |
| 2023 | Jewell Loyd | 254 | new record |
| 2022 | Breanna Stewart | 164 | |
| 2021 | A'ja Wilson | 169 | |
| 2020 | A'ja Wilson | 118 | |
| 2019 | DeWanna Bonner | 153 | |
| 2018 | A'ja Wilson | 192 | |
| 2017 | Skylar Diggins | 195 | |
| 2016 | Angel McCoughtry | 171 | |
| 2015 | Elena Delle Donne | 207 | |
| 2014 | Skylar Diggins | 186 | |
| 2013 | Angel McCoughtry | 196 | |
| 2012 | DeWanna Bonner | 184 | |
| 2011 | Angel McCoughtry | 223 | |
| 2010 | Diana Taurasi | 198 | |
| 2009 | Tamika Catchings | 158 | |
| 2008 | Diana Taurasi | 215 | |
| 2007 | Penny Taylor | 175 | |
| 2006 | Lauren Jackson | 170 | |
| 2005 | Sheryl Swoopes | 153 | |
| 2004 | Swin Cash | 158 | |
| 2003 | Marie Ferdinand-Harris | 176 | |
| 2002 | Swin Cash | 173 | |
| 2001 | Katie Smith | 246 | new record |
| 2000 | Natalie Williams | 182 | |
| 1999 | Cynthia Cooper | 204 | |
| 1998 | Cynthia Cooper | 210 | new record |
| 1997 | Cynthia Cooper | 172 | new record |