WNBA Single-Season Points per Game Record Progression
Every season that raised the bar, and the leader in every season between.
The WNBA single-season points per game record is 26.9, set by A'ja Wilson in 2024. It has stood for 2 years. The mark has been raised 4 times since 1997.
Record Holders
5 marks since 1997| Year | Player | PPG | Stood for |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 |
 A'ja Wilson
|
26.9 | still standing |
| 2006 |
 Diana Taurasi
|
25.3 | 18 years |
| 2001 |
 Katie Smith
|
23.1 | 5 years |
| 1998 | Cynthia Cooper | 22.7 | 3 years |
| 1997 | Cynthia Cooper | 22.2 | 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 | PPG | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | A'ja Wilson | 23.4 | |
| 2024 | A'ja Wilson | 26.9 | new record |
| 2023 | Jewell Loyd | 24.7 | |
| 2022 | Breanna Stewart | 21.8 | |
| 2021 | Tina Charles | 23.4 | |
| 2020 | Arike Ogunbowale | 22.8 | |
| 2019 | Brittney Griner | 20.7 | |
| 2018 | Liz Cambage | 23.0 | |
| 2017 | Brittney Griner | 21.9 | |
| 2016 | Tina Charles | 21.5 | |
| 2015 | Elena Delle Donne | 23.4 | |
| 2014 | Maya Moore | 23.9 | |
| 2013 | Angel McCoughtry | 21.6 | |
| 2012 | DeWanna Bonner | 20.6 | |
| 2011 | Diana Taurasi | 21.6 | |
| 2010 | Diana Taurasi | 22.7 | |
| 2009 | Diana Taurasi | 20.4 | |
| 2008 | Diana Taurasi | 24.1 | |
| 2007 | Lauren Jackson | 23.8 | |
| 2006 | Diana Taurasi | 25.3 | new record |
| 2005 | Sheryl Swoopes | 18.6 | |
| 2004 | Lauren Jackson | 20.5 | |
| 2003 | Lauren Jackson | 21.2 | |
| 2002 | Tamika Catchings | 18.6 | |
| 2001 | Katie Smith | 23.1 | new record |
| 2000 | Sheryl Swoopes | 20.7 | |
| 1999 | Cynthia Cooper | 22.1 | |
| 1998 | Cynthia Cooper | 22.7 | new record |
| 1997 | Cynthia Cooper | 22.2 | new record |