List of NCAA Division I women's basketball career scoring leaders
Player Pos Team Career start Career end Games played Total field goals made 3-point field goals made Free throws made Points PPG
Kelsey Plum G Washington 2013 2017 139 1,136 343 912 3,527 25.4
Kelsey Mitchell G Ohio State 2014 2018 139 1,120 497 665 3,402 24.5
Jackie Stiles † G Missouri State 1997 2001 129 1,160 221 852 3,393 26.1
Brittney Griner C Baylor 2009 2013 148 1,247 2 787 3,283 22.2
Patricia Hoskins F Mississippi Valley State 1985 1989 110 1,196 24 708 3,122 28.4
Lorri Bauman F Drake 1980 1984 120 1,104 - 907 3,122 26.0
Jerica Coley G FIU 2010 2014 131 1,099 160 749 3,107 23.7
Rachel Banham G Minnesota 2011 2016 144 1,081 354 577 3,093 21.5
Elena Delle Donne F Delaware 2009 2013 114 1,030 206 773 3,039 26.7
Maya Moore F UConn 2007 2011 154 1,171 311 383 3,036 19.7
Chamique Holdsclaw † F Tennessee 1995 1999 146 1,233 36 523 3,025 20.4
Cheryl Miller * F USC 1982 1986 126 1,159 - 700 3,018 23.6
Cindy Blodgett G Maine 1994 1998 118 1,055 219 676 3,005 25.5
LaToya Thomas F Mississippi State 1999 2003 125 1,119 34 709 2,981 23.8
Valorie Whiteside F Appalachian State 1984 1988 116 1,153 0 638 2,944 25.4
Kelly Mazzante G Penn State 2000 2004 133 1,051 357 460 2,919 21.9
Joyce Walker C LSU 1980 1984 117 1,259 - 388 2,906 24.8
Jess Kovatch G Saint Francis ( PA ) 2015 2019 130 965 472 472 2,874 22.1
Kevi Luper G Oral Roberts 2009 2013 126 1,052 195 568 2,867 22.8
Alysha Clark F Belmont / Middle Tennessee 2005 2010 123 1,028 42 767 2,865 23.3
Top 25 career scoring leaders
In basketball, points are the sum of the score accumulated through free throws or field goals. In National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I basketball, where a player's career is at most four seasons under normal circumstances, it is considered a notable achievement to reach the 1,000-points scored threshold. In even rarer instances, players have reached the 2,000- and 3,000-point plateaus (no player, whether male or female, has ever scored 4,000 or more points at the Division I level). The top 25 highest scorers in NCAA Division I women's basketball history are listed below. While the NCAA's current three-division format has been in place since the 1973-74 season, it did not sponsor women's sports until the 1981-82 school year; before that time, women's college sports were governed by the Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW). To be listed in the NCAA record book, a player must have been active in at least three seasons during the era in which the NCAA governed women's sports - although for those players who qualify for inclusion in the record book, AIAW statistics are included. Most notably, Lynette Woodard of Kansas, whose career total of 3,649 points makes her the all-time women's college basketball scoring leader, is not recognized as the NCAA career leader because her entire college career (1977-81) predated NCAA sponsorship of women's sports. Some players among the top 25 scorers in Division I history played in the era before the three-point line was officially adopted in women's basketball on an experimental basis in 1986-87 and fully in 1987-88. All of the players with a dash through the three-point field goals column were affected by this rule. Valorie Whiteside of Appalachian State is the only three-point shot era player on this list who did not make a single three-point shot, and she only played in one season in which the use of the three-pointer was mandatory. The three-point distance was first marked at from the center of the basket, the same distance then used in NCAA men's basketball. From that point through the 2007-08 season, the three-point lines remained at .