most points after turning 40

Diana Taurasi has posted the most career points by a player 40 or older, with 1,279 points.

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  • Data note: Points, Player Age: player game data complete from 1997
NAMEPTSAgeGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Diana Taurasi
D. Taurasi
1,279
41
81
29.0
15.8
3.8
3.8
0.6
0.4
4.9
12.4
39.2
2.6
7.7
33.8
3.5
4.0
86.5
55.7
0.3
3.5
2.5
2,350
305
309
52
34
199
216
-149
2Taj McWilliams-Franklin
T. McWilliams-Franklin
557
41
67
27.5
8.3
5.7
2.5
1.0
1.0
3.6
7.4
48.0
0.1
0.2
28.6
1.1
1.5
76.2
51.5
1.9
3.8
1.8
1,844
382
165
69
70
119
156
+566
3Sue Bird
S. Bird
541
41
61
27.0
8.9
2.2
5.7
1.1
0.1
3.1
7.5
41.8
2.0
5.0
40.5
0.6
0.7
90.0
57.0
0.2
2.0
1.8
1,650
136
346
65
8
107
54
+270
4Sheryl Swoopes
S. Swoopes
271
39
33
26.6
8.2
4.1
2.3
0.8
0.3
3.1
7.7
39.8
0.9
2.8
31.9
1.2
1.4
87.0
49.4
0.6
3.5
1.4
879
136
76
25
9
45
47
-250
5Teresa Edwards
T. Edwards
67
39
13
19.4
5.2
2.7
1.8
1.2
0.2
2.0
5.5
36.6
0.6
2.1
29.6
0.5
0.7
77.8
44.7
0.8
1.9
2.7
252
35
23
16
3
35
13
-15
6Cynthia Cooper
C. Cooper
64
39
4
36.2
16.0
2.5
5.5
1.0
0.3
4.0
9.5
42.1
1.8
4.5
38.9
6.3
7.0
89.3
63.6
0.5
2.0
3.5
145
10
22
4
1
14
9
-11
7DeLisha Milton-Jones
D. Milton-Jones
38
40
18
8.5
2.1
1.8
0.4
0.4
0.1
0.9
2.6
34.0
0.1
0.6
10.0
0.3
0.5
55.6
37.3
0.6
1.3
0.7
153
33
8
7
2
13
30
+15
8Tully Bevilaqua
T. Bevilaqua
4
39
10
5.6
0.4
0.2
0.3
0.4
0.1
0.1
0.6
16.7
0.1
0.4
25.0
0.1
0.2
50.0
29.1
0.0
0.2
0.4
56
2
3
4
1
4
2
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11
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2
32
12
.727
1.0
3
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31
13
.705
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17
27
.386
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10
16
28
.364
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11
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16
28
.364
17.0
12
16
28
.364
17.0
13
Tempo Tempo - e
11
33
.250
22.0
14
Sun Sun - e
11
33
.250
22.0
15
Storm Storm - e
8
36
.182
25.0