List of NCAA Division I women's basketball career field-goal percentage leaders

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In basketball, field-goal percentage is the ratio of field goals made to field goals attempted.[1] The top 25 highest career percentages in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I women's basketball history are listed below. While the NCAA's current three-division format has been in place since the 1973–74 season,[2] it did not sponsor women's sports until the 1981–82 school year; before that time, women's college sports were governed by the Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW).

To be listed in the Division I record book, a player must have been active in at least three D-I seasons during the era in which the NCAA governed women's sports if she played four seasons in all, or two D-I seasons in a three-season career.[3] However, for those players who qualify for inclusion in the record book, AIAW statistics are included. To qualify for career leaderboards, a player must have made at least 400 field goals in her college career.

No listed players have been enshrined in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, but Ruth Riley and Kara Wolters have been enshrined in the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame.

Among the career top 25, only two have played at more than one school. Celena Taborn split her college career between Furman and Butler, and Liz Sherwood split hers between UConn and Vanderbilt. Monika Czinano[a][5] of Iowa, Mya Berkman of Liberty, Taborn, and the currently active Mackenzie Holmes of Indiana are the only players among the top 25 to have played in more than four college seasons. All benefited from the NCAA's decision not to count the 2020–21 season, extensively impacted by COVID-19, against the eligibility of any basketball player.

Six programs have placed more than one player in the top 25. UConn has three in all, with Sherwood joined by all-time leader Tamika Williams and Wolters, who played their entire college careers at UConn. Five programs have two each: Georgia Southern (Regina Days and Trina Roberts), Iowa (Czinano and Megan Gustafson), Maryland (Crystal Langhorne and Brionna Jones), Tennessee Tech (Renay Adams and Roschelle Vaughn), and Vanderbilt (Chantelle Anderson and Sherwood).

Key[edit]

^ Player still competing in NCAA Division I[b]
C Player was active in the 2020–21 season, benefiting from the NCAA's blanket COVID-19 eligibility waiver
† Elected to the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame
* Elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
Team (X) Denotes the number of times a player from that team appears on the list

Top 25 career field-goal percentage leaders[edit]

Current through the 2022–23 season.

Player Team Career
start 		Career
end 		Games
played 		Total field goals
made 		Total field goals
attempted 		Percentage Ref.[c]
Tamika Williams UConn 1998 2002 132 560 797 70.3
Deneka Knowles Southeastern Louisiana 1992 1996 106 578 849 68.1
Carolyn Swords Boston College 2007 2011 133 850 1,207 67.6
Lidiya Varbanova Boise State 1990 1994 107 754 1,119 67.4
Monika CzinanoC Iowa 2018 2023 162 1,031 1,537 67.1  [6]
Megan Gustafson Iowa (2) 2015 2018 135 1,136 1,731 65.6
Crystal Langhorne Maryland 2004 2008 135 889 1,363 65.2
Regina Days Georgia Southern 1984 1988 111 835 1,282 65.1
Ruthy Hebard Oregon 2016 2020 144 987 1,516 65.1
Chantelle Anderson Vanderbilt 1999 2003 137 1,020 1,568 65.1
Brionna Jones Maryland (2) 2013 2017 142 803 1,236 65.0
Kelly Lyons Old Dominion 1986 1990 122 887 1,373 64.6
Renay Adams Tennessee Tech 1987 1991 120 600 931 64.4
Mya BerkmanC Liberty 2018 2023 154 580 900 64.4  [7]
Celena TabornC Furman / Butler 2017 2022[d] 143 793 1,233 64.3 [8]
Angie Welle Iowa State 1998 2002 132 791 1,234 64.1
Kalani Brown Baylor 2015 2018 147 884 1,384 63.9
Barbara Farris Tulane 1994 1998 118 660 1,036 63.7
Liz Sherwood UConn (2) /
Vanderbilt (2) 		2003 2008[e] 124 506 795 63.6
Mackenzie Holmes^[f] Indiana 2019 present 115 783 1,233 63.5 [9]
Trina Roberts Georgia Southern (2) 1980 1984 117 695 1,099 63.2
Myndee Kay Larsen Southern Utah 1994 1998 103 707 1,118 63.2
Ruth Riley† Notre Dame 1997 2001 131 777 1,229 63.2
Tyish Hall Duke 1993 1997 109 543 862 63.0
Kara Wolters† UConn (3) 1993 1997 137 947 1,507 62.8

Footnotes[edit]

  1. ^ Last name pronounced /sɪˈnɒnoʊ/; si-NON-oh[4]
  2. ^ Defined here as being eligible to play in the 2023–24 season.
  3. ^ Except as otherwise noted, references for each entry are cited in the "General references" section below.
  4. ^ Taborn played four seasons at Furman and took advantage of the COVID-19 eligibility waiver to transfer to Butler for her fifth and final college season.
  5. ^ Although Sherwood's career spanned five seasons, she only played in four. She transferred from UConn after the 2003–04 season, sat out the 2004–05 season due to then-current NCAA transfer rules, and played her final three seasons at Vanderbilt.
  6. ^ Holmes is eligible to return in the 2023–24 season due to the COVID-19 waiver.

References[edit]

General
  • "Career Records: Field-Goal Percentage" (PDF). 2021–22 Division I Women's Basketball Records. NCAA. p. 15. Retrieved June 6, 2022.
Specific
  1. ^ "Basketball glossary". FIBA.com. Archived from the original on May 16, 2010. Retrieved July 7, 2010.
  2. ^ "NCAA 101: Our Three Divisions". NCAA. Retrieved December 17, 2019.
  3. ^ "2021–22 Division I Women's Basketball Records" (PDF). NCAA. p. 12. Retrieved June 6, 2022.
  4. ^ "2021–22 Roster: Pronunciation Guide" (PDF). 2021–22 Iowa Women's Basketball Media Guide. Iowa Hawkeyes. p. 3. Retrieved June 6, 2022.
  5. ^ Dubrof, Jeff (February 20, 2022). "Iowa's Monika Czinano to return next season". Des Moines, IA: KCCI. Retrieved June 6, 2022.
  6. ^ "Monika Czinano: Stats". ESPN.com. Retrieved April 2, 2023.
  7. ^ "Mya Berkman". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 2, 2023.
  8. ^ "2021–22 Women's Basketball Stats". Butler Bulldogs. Retrieved June 6, 2022. Statistics here added to Taborn's entry in the 2021–22 NCAA record book.
  9. ^ "Mackenzie Holmes". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 2, 2023.
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