Diana Taurasi announced her retirement on Tuesday, bringing her historic career to a close after 20 seasons, three championships, two Finals MVPs, an MVP, six Olympic gold medals and countless accolades, including the WNBA’s all-time scoring record.
Taurasi became the first player to reach the 10,000-point mark in 2023, and finished her career with 10,646 points. No other player has even scored 8,000 points, and Taurasi is nearly 3,000 points ahead of Tina Charles, who moved into second place on the all-time scoring list last season (7,696 points).
It’s going to be a long time before anyone threatens Taurasi’s record, which is just fine with her.
“My scoring record, or the six gold medals, someone’s going to come around that has the same hunger, the same addiction to basketball, and put those records in a different way, a different name,” Taurasi said. “That’s what sports is all about. That’s going to be fun to watch. Hopefully not soon.”
Diana Taurasi retires: Mercury legend, WNBA’s all-time leader scorer calls it a career after 20 seasons
Jack Maloney
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