The 2026 scoring race is closing with real separation at the top -- and a middle of the leaderboard that looks nothing like last season's. We pulled per-game averages for every rostered player in the league, set a 10-game minimum, and ranked the top 20. Three storylines jump out of the numbers.
1. A'ja Wilson Is Lapping the Field -- Efficiently
Wilson leads the league at 26.0 points per game, a full point clear of Kelsey Mitchell and three and a half ahead of anyone else. She's doing it on 52.3% shooting from the field. Her 26.0 sits four points above her own career average of 22.0, in her ninth season. Add 9.4 rebounds and 2.0 blocks.
2. The Breakout Tier Is Bigger Than Anyone's Preseason List
Six of the top 20 are scoring at least five points above their career average:
- Kahleah Copper (PHX): 21.3 PPG, +7.6 over career avg
- Marina Mabrey (TOR): 20.8 PPG, +7.3
- Kelsey Mitchell (IND): 25.0 PPG, +6.7, on 51.3% FG and 45.5% from three
- Kelsey Plum (PHX): 21.5 PPG, +6.0
- Brittney Sykes (TOR): 18.6 PPG, +6.0
- Dominique Malonga (SEA): 17.0 PPG and 9.0 RPG
3. The Fever and the Lynx Are Stacking the Leaderboard
Indiana: Mitchell (25.0), Caitlin Clark (22.5 pts / 8.4 ast), Aliyah Boston (16.9 on 52.7% FG). Three players in the top 20 from one roster.
Minnesota: Olivia Miles (19.7), Kayla McBride (18.1, 41.7% from three), Napheesa Collier (18.0 in 12 games, 46.7% from three). Same depth, different profile.
The Expansion Class
Toronto's Mabrey and Sykes are both top-13 scorers. Seattle's Malonga: 17 and 9 as a center. The expansion rosters are producing real stars, not just league-average starters.
Closing Week to Watch
Wilson's scoring title hold. Clark's 22+/8+ line. Boston's 52.7% FG. Atlanta's Allisha Gray (19.3) and Rhyne Howard (18.3). The leaderboard isn't settled.
Published on womenssec.com. Statistics referenced are as of the publication date.