Caitlin Clark record tracker: Iowa star now five points away from No.
Though she has already created history in college basketball, Iowa standout Caitlin Clark’s path is far from done. With a significant portion of the 2023–24 season left, the senior guard is well on her way to setting even more records.
Clark achieved a first by recording the first-ever 40-point triple-double in the Women’s NCAA Tournament last season. In her 103rd game with the Hawkeyes, on November 12 versus Northern Iowa, the 2023 Naismith Player of the Year maintained that momentum heading into this season.
With 3,389 career points, Clark is presently ranked fourth on the all-time women’s collegiate basketball scoring chart. Clark recorded a double-double on January 28 versus Nebraska, her most recent game. She finished with 38 points and 10 rebounds.In her 49 games with at least 30 points in her career, she holds the record for most in the last 25 seasons of collegiate basketball.
Another astounding statistic is that in 106 of Clark’s 121 games with the Hawkeyes, she has scored 20 points or more.
Earlier this month, in Iowa’s 76-73 victory over Michigan State, Clark recorded her tenth career 40-point effort, including a buzzer-beating game-winning shot from the logo. She had two triple-doubles in one week, that one included.
Clark became just the 15th female player to surpass 3,000 career points on December 8. She hit the mark with 35 points against Iowa State, her 41st 30-point performance in NCAA basketball during the previous 25 years. However, she is not just scoring goals. Clark’s 10 assists versus Minnesota on December 30 became him the Big Ten’s all-time assist leader. Now, she is the sole Division I
individual to have scored more than 3,000 points, 900 assists, and 800 rebounds.
It is now predicted that Clark will surpass the Division I women’s scoring record when they play Michigan on February 15.
Next Iowa game is at Northwestern on Wednesday, January 31.
As of January 28, Clark’s position on the all-time statistics leaderboards is as follows.
Career points for women
Washington – Kelsey Plum – 3,527
Ohio State’s Kelsey Mitchell, 3,402
Missouri State’s Jackie Stiles, 3,393
3,389 in Caitlin Clark, Iowa
Baylor’s Brittney Griner, 3,283
Mississippi Valley State’s Patricia Hoskins, 3,122
Drake, Lorri Bauman – 3,115
Florida International’s Jerica Coley, 3,107
3,093 Rachel Banham, Minnesota
Iowa State’s Ashley Joens, 3,060
Women’s career support
1. Penn State’s Suzie McConnell, 1,307
2. Florida International’s Andrea Nagy, 1,165
3. Gonzaga’s Courtney Vandersloot, 1,118
4. Oregon’s Sabrina Ionescu (1,091) 5. Pacific’s Tine Freil (1,088
6. Baylor’s Niya Johnson, 988
7. Providence’s Shanya Evans, 987
8. Iowa’s Caitlin Clark (958) 9. Temeka Johnson (LSU) (945)
10. Ticha Penicheiro, Old Dominion – 939 triple-doubles by female athletes
1. Oregon’s Sabrina Ionescu
– 26
2. Iowa’s Caitlin Clark, 15
Alyssa Thomas, Maryland – 6 T5. Danielle Carson, Youngstown State – 6 T5. Nicole Powell, Stanford – 6 T5. Chastadie Barrs, Lamar – 9 T4. Suzie McConnell, Penn State – 7 T4. Louella Tomlinson, St. Mary’s – 7 T5. Samantha Logic, Iowa – 6 6. Joskeen Garner, Northwestern State – 5
Career points earned by women (records since 2001–02 season)
3, 456 Caitlin Clark, Iowa
3,372 in Kelsey Plum, Washington
Ohio State’s Kelsey Mitchell, 3,174
Florida International – 2,994 Jerica Coley
2,941 Sabrina Ionescu, Oregon
2,900 Rachel Banham, Minnesota
Iowa State’s Ashley Joens, 2,899
Baylor’s Brittney Griner, 2,889
2,885 Cierra Hooks, Ohio
Andrea Riley, 2,846 at Oklahoma State
Career records for women’s free throws made (since the 2001–02 season)
Washington, Kelsey Plum – 912
Crystal Kelly, 885, in Western Kentucky
Brittney Griner, 787, Baylor
Andrea Riley (775) at Oklahoma State
Delaware – 773 Elena Delle Donne
Alysha Clark (767) in Middle Tennessee
Howard Saadia Doyle – 750
Florida International – 749; Jerica Coley
Joens Ashley, Iowa State – 740
Caitlin Clark (704).
Goals for women’s careers achieved (records since 2001–02 season)
1. 1,247 Brittney Griner, Baylor
2. Maya Moore (1,171) 3. Jantel Lavender (1,142 T4) Megan Gustafson (1,136 T4) Kelsey Plum (1,136) from Washington
5. Seimone Augustus (1,134) from LSU; 6. Courtney Paris (1,125); 7. Kelsey Mitchell (1,120) from Ohio State; 8. Caitlin Clark (1,113) from Iowa; and 9. Chiney Ogwumike (1,100) from Stanford
Bonus: Here’s Clark’s ranking among the greatest male and female scorers of all time:
Pete Maravich, 3,667 at LSU
Detroit Mercy’s Antoine Davis, 3,664
Washington – Kelsey Plum – 3,527
Ohio’s Kelsey Mitchell