Before 2004, Lisa Leslie scored the most points, with 3,617 points.

Interpreted as:

most points by a player before 2004

	NAME	PTS	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Lisa Leslie L. Leslie	3,617	205	32.4	17.6	9.5	2.3	1.3	2.3	6.4	14.0	46.0	0.5	1.4	33.4	4.3	6.0	71.9	53.1	2.6	7.0	3.3	6,643	1,956	462	259	466	679	838	+1267
2	Tina Thompson T. Thompson	3,179	206	34.2	15.4	7.0	1.5	1.0	0.8	5.5	13.2	41.9	1.4	4.0	35.6	3.0	3.6	82.3	52.3	2.2	4.8	2.5	7,047	1,441	299	201	174	512	593	+1444
3	Andrea Stinson A. Stinson	3,126	220	32.6	14.2	4.5	3.4	1.4	0.5	5.6	12.2	45.4	0.9	2.6	34.4	2.2	3.0	73.4	52.4	1.1	3.4	2.4	7,180	996	748	312	110	526	445	-17
4	Jennifer Gillom J. Gillom	2,892	216	27.2	13.4	4.5	1.2	1.0	0.5	4.9	11.4	42.5	0.7	2.2	32.3	3.0	3.9	75.9	51.0	1.3	3.2	2.0	5,884	967	256	220	104	434	629	+93
5	Katie Smith K. Smith	2,865	159	36.0	18.0	3.4	2.4	0.9	0.2	5.6	13.5	41.4	2.3	6.3	36.6	4.5	5.3	85.9	56.9	1.1	2.3	2.2	5,721	533	383	143	35	355	470	-143
6	Sheryl Swoopes S. Swoopes	2,821	164	33.5	17.2	5.3	3.3	2.5	0.9	6.5	14.5	44.9	0.9	2.8	33.2	3.3	3.9	83.3	53.1	1.2	4.1	2.4	5,493	862	543	407	146	387	269	+1318
7	Cynthia Cooper C. Cooper	2,601	124	35.2	21.0	3.2	4.9	1.5	0.3	6.5	14.1	45.8	1.9	5.1	37.8	6.1	7.0	87.1	60.9	0.8	2.5	3.4	4,364	402	602	192	35	422	265	+1175
8	Vickie Johnson V. Johnson	2,574	214	31.8	12.0	3.8	2.7	1.0	0.1	4.6	10.7	43.4	0.8	2.2	36.8	1.9	2.3	81.7	51.2	1.3	2.6	1.7	6,813	807	571	207	32	368	434	+413
9	Chamique Holdsclaw C. Holdsclaw	2,522	139	34.3	18.1	9.1	2.5	1.3	0.6	7.0	16.1	43.5	0.3	1.3	24.3	3.8	4.9	77.4	49.6	2.4	6.8	3.0	4,762	1,268	354	182	80	412	314	-204
10	Mwadi Mabika M. Mabika	2,397	206	28.3	11.6	4.6	2.6	1.3	0.4	4.1	10.4	39.0	1.4	4.1	32.9	2.1	2.6	80.3	50.1	1.1	3.5	1.7	5,832	951	536	262	86	352	607	+864
11	Nikki McCray N. McCray	2,392	190	29.7	12.6	2.3	2.2	1.1	0.1	4.4	10.7	41.6	0.9	3.0	29.6	2.8	3.7	77.0	51.3	0.8	1.4	2.7	5,647	431	416	210	13	519	448	-630
12	Yolanda Griffith Y. Griffith	2,343	144	32.5	16.3	9.8	1.5	2.0	1.4	5.8	11.2	52.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.6	6.5	71.4	58.0	4.2	5.6	2.4	4,680	1,413	211	292	204	343	510	+689
13	Wendy Palmer W. Palmer	2,314	205	26.3	11.3	6.2	1.2	0.8	0.2	4.2	9.8	42.5	0.5	1.7	29.6	2.5	3.6	68.7	49.7	1.8	4.3	1.9	5,389	1,267	239	163	48	390	590	-867
14	Tamecka Dixon T. Dixon	2,303	201	28.8	11.5	3.0	2.9	1.1	0.2	4.3	10.1	42.7	0.5	1.7	31.8	2.3	2.9	80.1	50.4	0.8	2.2	2.2	5,792	611	580	220	44	436	480	+720
15	Natalie Williams N. Williams	2,294	153	33.5	15.0	9.2	1.4	1.3	0.6	5.4	11.2	48.6	0.1	0.2	33.3	4.1	5.4	75.2	55.3	3.7	5.5	2.3	5,120	1,411	215	195	87	359	620	-54
16	Janeth Arcain J. Arcain	2,291	220	29.7	10.4	3.7	1.9	1.3	0.1	3.9	8.9	43.9	0.3	1.3	25.4	2.2	2.6	86.4	51.7	1.2	2.5	1.8	6,540	823	416	291	22	397	427	+1245
17	Nykesha Sales N. Sales	2,259	161	32.1	14.0	4.4	2.3	1.8	0.3	5.2	12.4	41.7	1.3	3.7	35.0	2.4	3.1	78.6	51.1	1.3	3.1	2.2	5,170	704	367	288	45	349	500	-21
18	Margo Dydek M. Dydek	2,232	190	27.0	11.7	7.2	1.9	0.6	3.2	4.3	9.4	45.8	0.1	0.3	27.7	3.1	3.9	79.2	53.1	1.2	5.9	2.9	5,125	1,362	356	114	607	547	672	+86
19	Sophia Witherspoon S. Witherspoon	2,217	207	23.5	10.7	2.2	1.5	1.0	0.1	3.6	9.3	38.0	1.3	3.6	35.1	2.4	2.9	80.1	50.4	0.7	1.5	1.9	4,864	447	313	210	31	387	345	+113
20	Adrienne Goodson A. Goodson	2,191	154	32.0	14.2	5.3	2.3	1.1	0.2	5.5	12.6	43.8	0.3	1.1	23.7	2.9	4.0	73.8	49.7	2.4	2.9	2.9	4,923	820	352	164	27	441	395	+100
21	Tangela Smith T. Smith	2,165	188	27.6	11.5	5.2	1.2	0.9	1.5	4.8	11.1	43.5	0.2	0.6	31.2	1.6	2.2	75.0	47.5	1.7	3.5	1.7	5,196	974	222	177	279	324	591	-37
22	Merlakia Jones M. Jones	2,154	217	26.7	9.9	4.0	1.5	1.0	0.1	4.0	9.5	42.5	0.3	0.9	30.6	1.6	2.1	75.4	47.6	1.2	2.8	1.7	5,800	861	336	219	24	373	466	0
23	Sheri Sam S. Sam	2,041	161	31.8	12.7	4.4	2.5	1.5	0.2	4.9	12.1	40.7	1.0	3.1	31.1	1.9	2.8	68.4	47.7	1.4	3.0	2.1	5,125	712	402	238	34	344	399	+72
24	Shannon Johnson S. Johnson	2,037	154	34.1	13.2	4.2	4.8	1.5	0.2	4.2	10.3	41.2	1.0	2.9	32.8	3.8	5.1	73.6	52.6	1.3	2.9	3.1	5,245	644	736	237	35	477	380	+98
25	Ruthie Bolton R. Bolton	2,021	185	25.1	10.9	3.4	1.7	1.2	0.0	3.8	10.4	36.7	1.5	4.9	31.2	1.7	2.3	74.7	47.6	1.1	2.3	1.3	4,636	629	322	231	7	249	392	+224