Diana Taurasi is about to reach a career milestone that will add to her case as the greatest player in WNBA history.
Heading into Thursday night’s game against the Dream, the Mercury star is only 18 points away from reaching 10,000 career points. She will soon become the first WNBA player to ever hit that mark.
But even if Taurasi suddenly decided to retire and leave basketball behind forever, she would still have a very comfortable lead atop the league’s all-time scoring list.
(All stats current as of Aug. 3, 2023)
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WNBA all-time scoring list
Taurasi has 9,982 career points, putting her nearly 2,500 points ahead of Hall of Famer Tina Thompson.
Tamika Catchings and Tina Charles are the only other WNBA players who have scored more than 7,000 career points.
| Rank | Player | Points |
| 1. | Diana Taurasi | 9,982 |
| 2. | Tina Thompson | 7,488 |
| 3. | Tamika Catchings | 7,380 |
| 4. | Tina Charles | 7,115 |
| 5. | Candice Dupree | 6,895 |
| 6. | Cappie Pondexter | 6,811 |
| 7. | Sue Bird | 6,803 |
| 8. | DeWanna Bonner | 6,680 |
| 9. | Candace Parker | 6,574 |
| 10. | Katie Smith | 6,452 |
| 11. | Sylvia Fowles | 6,415 |
| 12. | Lisa Leslie | 6,263 |
| 13. | Seimone Augustus | 6,005 |
| Lauren Jackson | 6,005 | |
| 15. | Becky… |
