With her 18th point Thursday against the Atlanta Dream, Diana Taurasi has passed the threshold of 10,000 regular-season points in her WNBA career. She is the first player in league history to reach that mark, doing so in her 19th season, all of which have come for the Phoenix Mercury.
Since entering the league as the No. 1 draft pick in 2004 out of Connecticut, Taurasi has revolutionized the shooting guard position. She was one of the WNBA’s first true three-level scorers and her 2006 campaign remains the greatest single season for any scorer in league history. She set marks for points per game (25.3), total points (860) and 3-point makes (121) that still stand today.
The 10-time All-Star was voted as the WNBA’s Greatest of All-Time by the fans in 2021, during the league’s 25th season. Since then, she has led the Mercury to another Finals appearance and helped extend the franchise’s playoff streak to 10 consecutive years, though that mark is in jeopardy this season with Phoenix sitting at 6-19 entering Thursday’s game.
Here’s what you need to know:
- Taurasi has been the league’s all-time leading scorer since 2017, when she passed the record of 7,488 points held by Tina Thompson.
- No active player is within even 3,000 points of Taurasi’s total. The closest is former…
