After an injury-riddled 2025 season, it took only one game for Caitlin Clark to get back to her old self.
She started the 2026 season against the Dallas Wings in a highly anticipated rematch between her and Paige Bueckers, and while the Wings held on for the W, Clark notched an extremely rare feat in such a short amount of time. She became the fastest player in WNBA history to tally 1,000-plus points, 250-plus rebounds, and 250-plus assists in just 54 games. Her 20-point performance has become an all-too-familiar sight this season as her overall scoring output is reaching historic heights.
Clark's elite scoring has already placed her among the greatest to ever play
Through 29 games this season, Clark is averaging 21.7 points per game on 44.3 percent shooting from the field (career high), 36.1 percent from beyond the arc (career high), and 85.6 percent from the free-throw line, while also adding 8.2 assists and 3.9 rebounds per game. After Indiana played the long-game with her minutes at the beginning of the season, she is finally averaging over 30 minutes per game (30.4), and is getting better as the season progresses. Everyone knows that when she is locked in, she is one of the best scorers on the planet, as showcased by a 45-point explosion against Seattle earlier this season, but a lot of people have failed to grasp how elite her scoring actually is.
While many people are unfairly distracted by her high turnover rate (4.8 per game), they fail to appreciate everything she does well on the court, especially her elite scoring. She has the ball in her hands on every possession, and despite her high turnover rate, her assist-to-turnover ratio this season is just under two (1.7), proving that people are blowing her high turnover rate out of proportion. Her career-high 21.7 points per game this season and 19.6 points per game for her career put her in elite company.
Caitlin Clark already has more career points than 84% of all guards in WNBA history.
— Polymarket Hoops (@PolymarketHoops) August 9, 2026
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Through 81 career games, not including her most recent 22-point performance in a Fever win over the New York Liberty on August 11, Clark has already scored more career points than 84 percent of all guards in WNBA history. This mind-blowing stat further proves how dominant she has been through the first three years of her career, and it is even more impressive that she accomplished it while missing nearly 80 percent of the 2025 season. While the haters will say this is an arbitrary stat plucked out of thin air, it proves that Clark is already one of the most elite scorers in WNBA history, and she has only been in the league for three years, playing 82 total games.
Clark has been in the national spotlight since her time playing for the Iowa Hawkeyes, and the scrutiny has ramped up tenfold since she entered the WNBA in 2024 as the No. 1 overall draft pick. She has had tremendous pressure placed on her shoulders from day one, and she has responded in the best way possible. While the league and the players in it continually disrespect her, she lets her game do the talking and is already in the conversation for being one of the greatest players of all time. She still has plenty of basketball to play, but she is already in a prime position to shatter all kinds of records before finally hanging it up.
For more context, only five players in WNBA history have averaged over 19 points per game in their careers, including A'ja Wilson (21.92), Cynthia Cooper (20.98), Breanna Stewart (20.58), Elena Delle Donne (19.53), and Arike Ogunbowale (19.23). Clark's 19.6 average would put her at No. 4 all-time, and she is only in her third season. If she continues at the pace she is on, she could easily be the league's all-time leading scorer in points and by average, and could easily be top-five in total assists and assists per game. We all just need to take a step back and appreciate her greatness while we still can.
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