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

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 2 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.