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          WNBA players with the most points in a single game

          A'ja Wilson scored 53 points in a game in 2023. Ronda Churchill/AP
          • Keith Jenkins
          May 9, 2025, 04:18 PM ET

          A'ja Wilson had one of the greatest single seasons in WNBA history in 2024. But her 2023 campaign was also one for the record books.

          Wilson led the league in blocks (2.2 per game) that year en route to earning her second straight WNBA Defensive Player of the Year award. The 6-foot-4 center was also named 2023 WNBA Finals MVP on the way to leading the Las Vegas Aces to their second consecutive WNBA championship.

          Wilson finished third in a tightly contested race for the 2023 WNBA MVP award behind winner Breanna Stewart and runner-up Alyssa Thomas.

          Wilson's most notable performance during the 2023 season came on Aug. 22, when she scored 53 points on 16-of-23 shooting with seven rebounds and four blocks in a 112-100 win against the Atlanta Dream. Wilson's 53-point effort tied Liz Cambage for the WNBA single-game record.

          Here is a look at the players who have scored the most points in a single WNBA game:

          • A'ja Wilson, 53 (Aug. 22, 2023, at Atlanta Dream)

          • Liz Cambage, 53 (July 17, 2018, vs. New York Liberty)

          • Riquna Williams, 51 (Sept. 8, 2013, at San Antonio Silver Stars)

          • Maya Moore, 48 (July 22, 2014, vs. Atlanta Dream)

          • Lauren Jackson, 47 (July 24, 2007, at Washington Mystics)

          • Diana Taurasi, 47 (Aug. 10, 2006, at Houston Comets)

          • Katie Smith, 46 (July 8, 2001, at Los Angeles Sparks)

          • Breanna Stewart, 45 (May 21, 2023, vs. Indiana Fever)

          • Elena Della Donne, 45 (June 24, 2015, vs. Atlanta Dream)

          • Diana Taurasi, 44 (July 14, 2010, vs. Seattle Storm)

          • Betty Lennox, 44 (June 27, 2008, at Connecticut Sun)

          • Deanna Nolan, 44 (June 20, 2008, vs. Minnesota Lynx)

          • Cynthia Cooper, 44 (July 25, 1997, at Sacramento Monarchs)

          • Breanna Stewart, 43 (July 5, 2023, vs. Phoenix Mercury)

          • Rhyne Howard, 43 (July 2, 2023, vs. Los Angeles Sparks)

          • Liz Cambage, 43 (Aug. 17, 2018, vs. Las Vegas Aces)

          • Kristi Toliver, 43 (July 3, 2015, vs. Tulsa Shock)

          • A'ja Wilson, 42 (Aug. 27, 2024, at Dallas Wings)

          • Breanna Stewart, 42 (Aug. 13, 2023, at Indiana Fever)

          • Diana Taurasi, 42 (Aug. 3, 2023, vs. Atlanta Dream)

          • Cynthia Cooper, 42 (Aug. 16, 1999, vs. Utah Starzz)

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