Kelsey Mitchell set the WNBA single-season scoring record on Friday, September 18, 2026, hitting a third-quarter three-pointer from the wing that took her past A'ja Wilson's mark of 1,021 points. She finished the Indiana Fever's 103-85 win over the Toronto Tempo with 33 points and a season total of 1,034.
Mitchell shot 12 of 17 from the field with seven three-pointers. It was her 25th consecutive game with at least 20 points, in her 41st appearance of the season.
The record, in context
Wilson set the previous record in 2024, scoring 1,021 points in 38 games. Before that the mark belonged to Jewell Loyd, who scored 939 in 2023. The WNBA's regular season has grown to 44 games, which is part of the story — Mitchell needed three more games than Wilson to reach a higher total — but the scoring rate is the harder part to discount. She is averaging 25.2 points a game, a pace matched in league history only by Wilson and Diana Taurasi.
Asked about the record after the game, Mitchell kept to the routine that produced it. "I just want to be able to show up and respond when my number is called," she said.
A team peaking at the right time
Caitlin Clark finished with 28 points and 14 assists and was a perfect 12 for 12 at the free-throw line. Laura Juskaite led Toronto with 22.
The win was Indiana's third in a row and moved the Fever to 27-14, eighth in a season where the top of the standings has stayed crowded: Minnesota leads at 31-10, with the Golden State Valkyries at 30-11 after a fifth straight win. Toronto, one of the league's expansion teams, fell to 11-30 and a fifth consecutive defeat.
Three regular-season games remain for Indiana before the playoffs open on September 27, with a best-of-three first round, best-of-five semifinals and a best-of-seven final — the second time the championship series has been played over seven games. What is still being decided in this final week is seeding and home-court advantage rather than who is in the field.
Reporting from Field Level Media, CBS Sports, NBC Sports and the Boston Globe.
