List of NCAA Division I women's basketball career 3-point scoring 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 members on this list are the top 25 in 3-point field goals made in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I women's competition. The statistic was first recognized in the 1987–88 season, when 3-point field goals were officially instituted by the NCAA for women's play.[1] From the 1987–88 season through the 2007–08 season, the three-point perimeter was marked at 19 ft 9 in (6.02 m) for both men's and women's college basketball.[2] On May 3, 2007, the NCAA men's basketball rules committee passed a measure to extend the distance of the men's three-point line back to 20 ft 9 in (6.32 m);[2] the women's line remained at the original distance until it was moved to match the then-current men's distance effective in 2011–12.[1] 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 remains at 20 ft 9 in.[3]

The all-time leader in three-point field goals made and attempted is Kelsey Mitchell of Ohio State. In her four-year career from 2014 to 2018, she made 497 threes in 1,286 attempts (38.6%). Mitchell was the first Division I women's player to make 400 three-pointers in her career; she would be joined in this distinction later in the 2017–18 season by Michigan's Katelynn Flaherty. Five players reached the 400 mark in the 2018–19 season, including two from Idaho.

All players in the top 25 earned their way onto this list in the standard four seasons; none played a fifth season due to taking a so-called "medical redshirt".

Only one player on this list split her collegiate career between two schools: Kim MacMillan, who first played at LIU Brooklyn and then at St. John's. The player with the highest three-point percentage for her career on this list is Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis of UConn at 44.7%, while Brianna Butler of Syracuse has the lowest at 31.0%. Three programs have placed two players in the all-time top 25—UConn with Mosqueda-Lewis and Katie Lou Samuelson, Louisville with Shoni Schimmel and Asia Durr, and Idaho with Taylor Pierce and Mikayla Ferenz.

Key

Top 25 3-point field goal leaders
Player Pos. Team Games
played		 Career start Career end 3PM 3PA 3P% Ref.
Kelsey Mitchell G Ohio State 139 2014 2018 497 1286 38.6 [1]
Taylor Pierce G Idaho 135 2015 2019 472 1194 39.5 [4]
Jess Kovatch G Saint Francis (PA) 130 2015 2019 472 1284 36.8 [5]
Darby Maggard G Belmont 134 2015 2019 430 997 43.1 [6]
Mikayla Ferenz G Idaho (2) 135 2015 2019 415 1082 38.4 [7]
Rachael Childress^ G UAB 124 2016 present 411 963 42.7 [8][9]
Katelynn Flaherty G Michigan 140 2014 2018 410 1045 39.2 [10]
Presley Hudson G Central Michigan 135 2015 2019 407 1062 38.3 [11]
Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis G UConn 142 2011 2015 398 890 44.7 [1]
Laurie Koehn G Kansas State 121 2001 2005 392 942 41.6 [12]
Heather Butler G UT Martin 129 2010 2014 392 1074 36.5 [13]
Shrieka Evans G Grambling 117 1999 2003 391 1227 31.9 [14]
Erin Thorn G BYU 117 1999 2003 391 949 41.2 [15]
Jaleesa Ross G Fresno State 125 2007 2011 389 968 40.2 [16]
Dawn Evans G James Madison 125 2007 2011 387 1151 33.6 [17]
Shoni Schimmel G Louisville 142 2010 2014 387 1125 34.4 [18]
Katie Lou Samuelson G/F UConn (2) 140 2015 2019 382 920 41.5 [19][20]
Kim MacMillan G LIU Brooklyn / St. John's 117 1999 2004[lower-alpha 1] 379 1072 35.4 [21][22]
Chynna Bozeman G Morehead State 125 2007 2011 377 1096 34.4 [23]
Aaryn Ellenberg G Oklahoma 134 2010 2014 376 975 38.6 [24]
Asia Durr G Louisville (2) 140 2015 2019 374 972 38.5 [25]
Brianna Butler G Syracuse 135 2012 2016 373 1203 31.0 [26]
Sydney Wiese G Oregon State 132 2013 2017 373 909 41.0 [27]
Madison Guebert G South Dakota State 134 2015 2019 369 892 41.4 [28]
Morgan Eye G Missouri 127 2011 2015 367 943 38.9 [29]

Footnotes
  1. MacMillan's career spanned five seasons, but she only played in four. She transferred from LIU Brooklyn to St. John's after the 2001–02 season, sitting out the 2002–03 season due to NCAA transfer rules.

References
General
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Specific
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