With Diana Taurasi on the precipice of the 10,000-point barrier, this Eastern Conference edition of “WNBA Six Pack” highlights the record-breaking efforts — whether all-time marks or new personal bests — from a player on each of the East’s six squads.
New York Liberty (19-6): A scoring Stew(ie) is brewing
When making a list of players who might break Diana Taurasi’s all-time points record, the name Breanna Stewart must feature prominently.
In the midst of her seventh WNBA season, Stewart has accumulated 4,318 total points. Through her first seven seasons, Taurasi had 4,731 points. While Stewie has more points to score this season, she’ll remain behind Taurasi’s pace. But the path for Stewart to catch up, barring injury and/or an early exit from the WNBA, is somewhat smooth.
By her seventh season, Taurasi’s most prolific scoring seasons were behind her; she topped out at 820 points in 2008. She also would have two seasons, 2012 and 2019, significantly cut short by injuries.
Stewart has never passed the 800-point mark in a single season, scoring 742 points in 2018 and 741 last season. Yet, this season is the WNBA’s first 40-game season and, presumably, future seasons will be at least 40 games, giving Stewart more scoring opportunities. The league…
