Caitlin Clark holds records in two leagues. The headline one is the NCAA Division I career scoring record across both men’s and women’s basketball, but the list runs much deeper than that.
NCAA Records
| Record | Detail |
|---|---|
| Division I career scoring | 3,951 points, men’s or women’s |
| Women’s single-season points | Set in 2023-24 |
| Division I single-season three pointers | NCAA record |
| Women’s career three pointers | NCAA record |
| Career field goals made | Broken in the 2024 Sweet 16 |
| NCAA Tournament records | Points, assists and threes, plus most threes in a tournament game |
Firsts Nobody Else Has Done
She is the only player in Division I history to record 3,000 points and 1,000 assists in a career. She is the only player, men’s or women’s, to lead her conference in scoring and assists four seasons in a row. She was the first Division I player to reach 3,800 points, 1,000 assists and 950 rebounds, and the first to post back to back 1,000 point seasons.
She was a three time NCAA season scoring leader in 2021, 2022 and 2024, and a three time NCAA season assists leader from 2022 through 2024.
WNBA Records
| Record | Mark |
|---|---|
| Single-season assists | 337 in 2024 |
| Single-game assists | 19 |
| Rookie scoring | 769 points |
| Rookie three pointers | 122 |
| First rookie with a triple-double | Did it twice in 2024 |
All of those came in her rookie season, which is the part that gets overlooked. She set the outright league record for assists in a season, not just the rookie record, in her first year in the league.
The Scoring Record in Context
Pete Maravich scored 3,667 points at LSU from 1967 to 1970 in three seasons, with no three point line and no freshman eligibility. Clark passed him in her 130th game. Before that she passed Kelsey Plum’s NCAA women’s record of 3,527 and Lynette Woodard’s major college mark of 3,649, set at Kansas in the AIAW era.
One number still sits above hers. Pearl Moore scored 4,061 points at Francis Marion from 1975 to 1979 at the small college level under the AIAW, including 177 at a junior college.
Related
College stats year by year · Caitlin Clark bio · WNBA stats by season · Net worth and endorsements
The Bottom Line
The college scoring record is the one everyone knows. The WNBA single-season assist record, set as a rookie, may be the harder one to repeat.