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List of NCAA Division I women's basketball season 3-point field goal leaders

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Caitlin Clark became the first player in NCAA history to make 200 3-pointers in a season.

A three-point field goal (also known as a "three-pointer" or "3-pointer") is a field goal in a basketball game, made from beyond the three-point line, a designated arc radiating from the basket. A successful attempt is worth three points, in contrast to the two points awarded for shots made inside the three-point line. The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) keeps records of the Division I 3-point field goal makes per game (3PG) average annual leaders. The statistic was first recognized in Division I women's basketball in the 1987–88 season, when the NCAA made the three-pointer a mandatory feature throughout women's basketball. From the 1987–88 season through the 2007–08 men's season, the three-point perimeter was marked at 19 ft 9 in (6.02 m) for both men's and women's college basketball. After the 2007–08 season, the NCAA moved the men's three-point line back to 20 ft 9 in (6.32 m), while the women's line remained the same. The women's line would be moved back to match the men's line effective with the 2011–12 season. On June 5, 2019, the NCAA men's rules committee voted to extend the men's three-point line to the FIBA distance of 6.75 meters (22 ft 2 in), effective in 2019–20 in Division I and 2020–21 in lower NCAA divisions. The women's line remained at 20 ft 9 in until being moved to the FIBA arc in 2021–22.

NCAA record books list single-season three-point record holders both on overall and per-game bases, but the official season leaders are based solely on per-game average. Caitlin Clark holds both records for single-season three-point scoring, making 201 threes and averaging 5.15 per game during her final season at Iowa in 2023–24. Both records had previously been held by Taylor Pierce of Idaho, with 154 threes and an average of 4.53 per game in 2018–19. Clark, who also led Division I in threes per game in 2022–23, is also the all-time leader in career threes, with 548 from 2020–21 to 2023–24. The player with the highest 3PG average over the span of her entire career (with a minimum of 150 made threes) is Alabama State's Lisa McMullen, who made 4.00 per game over two years.

Key

Pos. G F C 3PG
Position Guard Forward Center 3-pointers per game
Class (Cl.) key
Fr Freshman So Sophomore Jr Junior Sr Senior
Player (X) Denotes the number of times the player had been the
3-point leader up to and including that season

3-point field goals per game

Season Player Pos. Cl. Team Games
played 		3-point
field goals 		3PG
1987–88 Gwen Davis G Jr Bethune–Cookman 26 111 4.27
1988–89 Marguerite Moran G Sr Hofstra 29 107 3.69
1989–90 Sandi Bittler G Sr Princeton 22 89 4.05
1990–91 Lisa McMullen G Jr Alabama State 28 126 4.5
1991–92 Lynda Kukla G Sr Valparaiso 27 101 3.74
1992–93 Suzie Dailer G So St. Bonaventure 27 99 3.67
1993–94 Autumn Hollyfield G Jr Cal State Fullerton 27 110 4.07
1994–95 Cornelia Gayden G Sr LSU 27 105 3.89
1995–96 Tara Gunderson G Jr Iowa State 27 93 3.44
1996–97 Brenna Doty G Sr Buffalo 28 98 3.5
1997–98 Julie Krommenhoek G Sr Utah 27 98 3.63
1998–99 Courtney Banghart G Jr Dartmouth 28 97 3.46
1999–00 Shrieka Evans G Fr Grambling 30 120 4
2000–01 Shrieka Evans (2) G So Grambling 29 111 3.83
2001–02 Laurie Koehn G Fr Kansas State 34 122 3.59
2002–03 Amy Waugh G Sr Xavier 30 107 3.57
2003–04 Joy Gallagher G So Wagner 28 99 3.54
2004–05 Jenny Conkle G Jr Belmont 28 87 3.11
2005–06 Toni Kennedy G Sr Maryland Eastern Shore 29 100 3.45
2006–07 Chelsey Warburton G Sr Weber State 31 103 3.32
2007–08 Sade Logan G Jr Robert Morris 33 126 3.82
2008–09 Kristi Dini G Sr Boston University 33 109 3.3
2009–10 Chynna Bozeman G Jr Montana State 33 121 3.67
2010–11 Katie Tull G So Charleston 30 107 3.57
2011–12 Diana Choibekova G Jr Winthrop 31 121 3.9
2012–13 Morgan Eye G So Missouri 32 112 3.5
2013–14 Kyndal Clark G Jr Drake 32 116 3.63
2014–15 Melissa Dixon G Sr Iowa 34 124 3.65
2015–16 Kiyanna Black G Sr Ohio 33 126 3.82
2016–17 Tori Jankoska G Sr Michigan State 33 122 3.70 
2017–18 Toshua Levitt G Jr Texas State 31 137 4.42 
2018–19 Taylor Pierce G Sr Idaho 34 154 4.53 
2019–20 Taylor Robertson G So Oklahoma 30 131 4.37 
2020–21 Sydney Wagner G Jr William & Mary 13 51 3.92 
2021–22 Taylor Robertson (2) G Sr Oklahoma 34 124 3.65 
2022–23 Caitlin Clark G Jr Iowa 38 140 3.68 
2023–24 Caitlin Clark (2) G Sr Iowa 39 201 5.15 

Footnotes

  1. ^ Due to the effects of COVID-19 on teams' abilities to play full regular-season schedules, the NCAA allowed for a lower games played requirement to be the season 3FGM leader. Specifically, the NCAA used a threshold of 13 games played, which was the minimum number of regular-season contests required for a team to be eligible to play in the 2021 NCAA tournament.

References

General
Specific
  1. ^ "2020–21 Division I Women's Basketball Records" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved May 26, 2021.
  2. ^ "2019–20 NCAA Men's Basketball Playing Rules History" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved May 26, 2021.
  3. ^ "2020–21 NCAA Women's Basketball Playing Rules History" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved May 26, 2021.
  4. "Men's basketball 3-point line extended to international distance" (Press release). NCAA. June 5, 2019. Retrieved June 7, 2019.
  5. "International 3-point line distance approved in women's basketball" (Press release). NCAA. June 3, 2021. Retrieved August 24, 2021.
  6. "Caitlin Clark". Sports Reference CBB. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 11, 2024.
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