Caitlin Clark is the best scorer in women’s basketball this season. And now, she’s also the best scorer in the history of NCAA Division I basketball.
With a free throw late in the first half vs. Ohio State on March 3, Clark passed Pete Maravich of LSU with her 3,668th point to become the all-time leading scorer in NCAA Division I, regardless of gender. It happened in front of her childhood hero, former WNBA MVP Maya Moore, and numerous celebs took to Twitter to congratulate her on the milestone.
This comes after Feb. 15 vs. Michigan, when Clark broke the women’s NCAA Division I record set in 2017 by Washington’s Kelsey Plum. Fittingly, it came when Clark hit a logo 3 with 7:48 left in the first quarter. She finished with a career-high 49 points, and congratulations poured in from all over the sports world.
On Feb. 28, in a blowout win over Minnesota, Clark passed Lynette Woodard, who set the all-time women’s college scoring record at Kansas from 1977-81 when she scored 3,649 points for the Jayhawks. The NCAA didn’t run women’s basketball then, which means Woodard’s record has been confined to the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) record books.
Both records would be impressive feats for the senior All-American who led Iowa to the national championship game in April after being named the consensus national player of the year. Clark is expected to be the 2024 national player of the year, too.
How many points did Caitlin Clark score in Iowa’s last game?
vs. Ohio State, March 3: On Senior Day at Carver Hawkeye Arena, Caitlin Clark scored 35 in Iowa’s 93-83 win over Ohio State. She added nine assists, six rebounds and three steals. She has 3,685 points heading into this week’s Big Ten Tournament.
How many career points has Caitlin Clark scored?
Caitlin Clark has 3,685 career points (and counting!) after scoring 35 vs. Ohio State
Caitlin Clark’s next game on TV?
Clark and Iowa will return to the court Friday when they play in the quarterfinals of the Big Ten Conference Tournament in Minneapolis. They will tip at 6:30 ET on Big Ten Network. The championship game will be broadcast on CBS on Sunday, March 10 at 12 p.m. ET.
The Big Ten Tournament is single-elimination, so if Clark & Co. lose, they’re done until the NCAA tournament starts. Iowa is expected to earn a top-4 seed and host the first two rounds of the NCAA tournament. All NCAA tournament games will be broadcast on ESPN’s family of networks.
What is Caitlin Clark’s shooting percentage?
In a word: impressive. Clark is currently connecting on 46.5% of her shots and 38.2% from 3-point range, eye-popping when you consider the attention she demands from defenses. Her ability to score consistently from long-range is especially impressive considering that she takes so many 3s from 25 feet or deeper (the college 3-point line is 22 feet, 1.75 inches).
How many points does Caitlin Clark average per game?
Through 28 games in the 2023-24 season, Clark is averaging 32.3 points. Over her career, she’s averaged 28.3 points.
One of the most impressive parts of Clark’s game is that she’s averaged more points each season. Here’s how it breaks down:
Freshman year: 26.6 points
Sophomore year: 27.0 points
Junior year: 27.8 points
Senior year: 32.3 points
What is Caitlin Clark’s highest-scoring game?
Clark’s highest-scoring game came on Feb. 16, 2024, when she dropped 49 points vs. Michigan in Iowa’s 106-89 win. It wasn’t just her single-game career high, but also a program record for single game scoring. Additionally, she handed out 13 assists and grabbed five rebounds, the 58th double-double of her career.
Caitlin Clark game log
Here’s a breakdown of Clark’s scoring this season for the Hawkeyes:
vs. Ohio State, 3/3/24: 35 points
at Minnesota, 2/28/24: 33 points
vs. Illinois, 2/25/24: 24 points
at Indiana, 2/22/24: 24 points
vs. Michigan, 2/15/24: 49 points (career-high)
at Nebraska, 2/11/24: 31 points
vs. Penn State, 2/8/24: 27 points
at Maryland, 2/3/24: 38 points
at Northwestern, 1/31/24: 35 points
vs. Nebraska, 1/27/2024: 38 points
at Ohio State, 1/21/2024: 45 points
vs. Wisconsin, 1/16/2024: 32 points
vs. Indiana, 1/13/2024: 30 points
at Purdue, 1/10/2024: 26 points
at Rutgers, 1/5/2024: 29 points
vs. Michigan State, 1/2/2024: 40 points
vs. Minnesota, 12/30/2023: 35 points
vs. Loyola Chicago, 12/21/2023: 35 points
vs. Cleveland State, 12/16/2023: 38 points
at Wisconsin, 12/10/2023: 28 points
vs. Iowa State, 12/6/2023: 35 points
vs. Bowling Green, 12/2/2023: 24 points
vs. Kansas State, 11/26/2023: 32 points
vs. Florida Gulf Coast, 11/25/2023: 21 points
vs. Purdue Fort Wayne, 11/24/2023: 29 points
vs. Drake, 11/19/2023: 35 points
vs. Kansas State, 11/16/2023: 24 points
at UNI, 11/12/2023: 24 points
vs. Virginia Tech, 11/9/2023: 44 points
vs. FDU, 11/6/2023: 28 points
Who is Pete Maravich, men’s NCAA all-time leading scorer?
The NCAA’s all-time leading scorer, ‘Pistol’ Pete Maravich of LSU, was a shooting, dribbling and passing whiz who dominated the college game during his three seasons in Baton Rouge.
The son of Tigers coach Press Maravich averaged an astounding 44.2 points per game for his career, finishing with an NCAA record 3,667.
Unlike Clark, Maravich did not have the advantage of the 3-point shot, which was universally implemented by the NCAA for the 1987 season. He also accumulated his record-setting point total in just three seasons of college basketball.
Who is Lynette Woodard, women’s college basketball’s previous all-time leading scorer?
Woodard is a Wichita, Kansas, native and after her high school playing days, she arrived at the University of Kansas in 1977.
Woodard was the captain and second-leading scorer for the United States as Team USA took the gold medal in basketball at the 1984 Olympic games in Los Angeles. A year later, she became the first woman ever to play for the Harlem Globetrotters.
When Woodard started playing college basketball, the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women was the governing body for women’s college sports. The NCAA did not start sponsoring women’s sports until 1982, holding the first NCAA women’s tournament that season.
Because Woodard’s 3,639 career points at Kansas predates the NCAA’s sponsor of women’s sports, her stats and records are not found or recognized in the NCAA’s official record books.