List of WNBA season scoring leaders explained

The Women's National Basketball Association's (WNBA) scoring title is awarded to the player with the highest points per game average in every given season.

Key

^	Denotes player who is still active in the WNBA
	Inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
†	Not yet eligible for Hall of Fame consideration
‡	Denotes player who won the Most Valuable Player award that year
Player (X)		Denotes the number of times the player had been the scoring leader up to and including that season
G	Guard		F	Forward	C	Center

Annual leaders

Season	Player	Pos	Team		Field goals made	3-point field goals made	Free throws made	Total points	Points per game
‡		G	Houston Comets	28	191	67	172	621	22.2
‡	(2)	G	Houston Comets	30	203	64	210	680	22.7
	(3)	G	Houston Comets	31	212	58	204	686	22.1
‡		F/G	Houston Comets	31	245	34	119	643	20.7
		G	Minnesota Lynx	32	204	85	246	739	23.1
		F	Washington Mystics	20	149	11	88	397	19.9
‡		F/C	Seattle Storm	33	254	39	151	698	21.2
	(2)	F/C	Seattle Storm	31	220	52	142	634	20.5
‡	(2)	F/G	Houston Comets	33	217	27	153	614	18.6
	^	G	Phoenix Mercury	34	298	121	143	860	25.3
	(3)	F/C	Seattle Storm	31	258	49	174	739	23.8
	^ (2)	G	Phoenix Mercury	34	258	89	215	820	24.1
‡	^ (3)	G	Phoenix Mercury	31	200	79	152	631	20.4
	^ (4)	G	Phoenix Mercury	31	212	80	198	702	22.6
	^ (5)	G	Phoenix Mercury	32	208	81	195	692	21.6
	^†	F/G	Atlanta Dream	24	177	28	132	514	21.4
	^† (2)	F/G	Atlanta Dream	33	246	23	196	711	21.5
‡		F	Minnesota Lynx	34	295	62	160	812	23.9
‡	^†	F/G	Chicago Sky	31	238	42	207	725	23.4
	^	C	New York Liberty	32	273	17	125	688	21.5
	^	C	Phoenix Mercury	26	207	0	155	569	21.9
	^†	C	Dallas Wings	32	278	12	169	737	23.0
	^ (2)	C	Phoenix Mercury	31	270	1	101	642	20.7
	^	G	Dallas Wings	22	173	48	107	501	22.8
	^ (2)	C	Washington Mystics	27	238	50	105	631	23.4
	^	F	Seattle Storm	34	255	67	164	741	21.8
	^	G	Seattle Storm	38	285	115	254	939	24.7
‡	^	C	Las Vegas Aces	38	385	19	232	1,021	26.9

Multiple-time leaders

Rank	Player	Team	Times leader	Years
1	Diana Taurasi	Phoenix Mercury	5	,,,,
2	Cynthia Cooper		3	,,
	Lauren Jackson	Seattle Storm		,,
3	Tina Charles	New York Liberty (1) / Washington Mystics (1)	2	,
	Brittney Griner	Phoenix Mercury		,
	Angel McCoughtry	Atlanta Dream		,
	Sheryl Swoopes	Houston Comets		,

See also

• WNBA Peak Performers

External links

• WNBA Year-by-Year Leaders and Records for Points Per Game by Basketball-Reference.com