Caitlin Clark is the NCAA’s all-time leading scorer, for men or women, with 3,951 points to her name at the collegiate level. Early in her professional career, though, she’s made her biggest mark as a playmaker. That’s started to change since the Olympic break, and the Indiana Fever star is now in striking distance of the all-time rookie scoring record, which Seimone Augustus has held since 2006.
For the season, Clark is averaging 18.7 points per game, which ranks ninth in the league. Post-Olympics, though, she’s averaging 24.6 points, good for third in that span. On Sunday, she passed Tamika Catchings for the Fever’s rookie scoring record.
With seven games remaining, Clark needs 128 points to pass Augustus. At her current full season pace, she would do so during the Fever’s final regular-season game against the Washington Mystics on Sept. 19. If she maintains her post-Olympic pace, she would do so when the Fever play the Dallas Wings on Sept. 15.
Single-season rookie scoring record
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