WNBA Single-Season Total Points Record Progression
Every season that raised the bar, and the leader in every season between.
The WNBA single-season total points record is 1,021, set by A'ja Wilson in 2024. It has stood for 2 years. The mark has been raised 6 times since 1997.
Record Holders
7 marks since 1997| Year | Player | PTS | Stood for |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 |
 A'ja Wilson
|
1,021 | still standing |
| 2023 |
 Jewell Loyd
|
939 | 1 year |
| 2006 |
 Diana Taurasi
|
860 | 17 years |
| 2001 |
 Katie Smith
|
739 | 5 years |
| 1999 | Cynthia Cooper | 686 | 2 years |
| 1998 | Cynthia Cooper | 680 | 1 year |
| 1997 | Cynthia Cooper | 621 | 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 | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | A'ja Wilson | 937 | |
| 2024 | A'ja Wilson | 1,021 | new record |
| 2023 | Jewell Loyd | 939 | new record |
| 2022 | Breanna Stewart | 741 | |
| 2021 | Tina Charles | 631 | |
| 2020 | Arike Ogunbowale | 501 | |
| 2019 | Brittney Griner | 642 | |
| 2018 | Breanna Stewart | 742 | |
| 2017 | Tina Charles | 671 | |
| 2016 | Tina Charles | 688 | |
| 2015 | Elena Delle Donne | 725 | |
| 2014 | Maya Moore | 812 | |
| 2013 | Angel McCoughtry | 711 | |
| 2012 | Cappie Pondexter | 695 | |
| 2011 | Angel McCoughtry | 712 | |
| 2010 | Cappie Pondexter | 729 | |
| 2009 | Cappie Pondexter | 648 | |
| 2008 | Diana Taurasi | 820 | |
| 2007 | Seimone Augustus | 769 | |
| 2006 | Diana Taurasi | 860 | new record |
| 2005 | Sheryl Swoopes | 614 | |
| 2004 | Lauren Jackson | 634 | |
| 2003 | Lauren Jackson | 698 | |
| 2002 | Tamika Catchings | 594 | |
| 2001 | Katie Smith | 739 | new record |
| 2000 | Katie Smith | 646 | |
| 1999 | Cynthia Cooper | 686 | new record |
| 1998 | Cynthia Cooper | 680 | new record |
| 1997 | Cynthia Cooper | 621 | new record |