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What records can Caitlin Clark chase next?
Iowa's Caitlin Clark (22) poses with teammates after breaking the NCAA all-time scoring record Thursday, Feb. 15, 2024, at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City, Iowa. Julia Hansen/Iowa City Press-Citizen / USA TODAY NETWORK

Caitlin Clark broke the NCAA career scoring record — what records can she chase next?

On Thursday night, Iowa guard Caitlin Clark made history, passing Kelsey Plum to take the NCAA women's basketball scoring record.

Clark isn't done — and there are plenty of records left to chase.

Beyond breaking Plum's record, Clark had a monster night on Thursday, scoring 49 points in Iowa's 106-89 win over Michigan. The performance brings her up to a total of 3,569 points, not only well past Plum's 3,527 career total but within sight of several other records.

According to ESPN, Clark can take a crack at multiple other records this season, including taking the overall division one scoring crown, men's or women's.

Clark is only 99 points away from passing Pete Maravich, a Hall of Famer at LSU, for the most points in NCAA Division I history (men's or women's).

Additionally, Clark is close to passing two pre-NCAA records from the days of the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women. With 81 points, Clark can pass Lynette Woodard for the AIAW major-college record, which Woodard set with 3,649 points at Kansas from 1978 to 1981. With 316 points, Clark can pass Pearl Moore, who set the overall AIAW record at Francis Marion by scoring 3,667 points from 1975 to 1979. Both Woodard and Moore are Hall of Famers, putting Clark in good company.

Clark is 258 points away from Plum's single-season points record for Division I. Plum set the record in her senior year at Washington, scoring 1,109 points in the 2016-2017 season and becoming a consensus player of the year.

Clark is currently averaging 32.8 points per game, making it possible to snap Woodard and Maravich's records in just the next few games. Plum's single-season record and Moore's record might take a bit more time, but both are possible with postseason play: At her current rate, Clark may be able to pass Plum in eight games and pass Moore in 10.

The Hawkeyes have four regular season games remaining, ahead of the Big Ten women's tournament in early March and the NCAA tournament after that. Iowa, currently ranked No. 4, is expected to have a lengthy postseason run, giving Clark a chance to add several more points to her total.

Clark currently leads the NCAA in scoring, which she already did in the 2020-2021 season and 2021-2022 season. If she keeps it up, she will become the first player in Division I history to lead the country in points in three different seasons.

Although the senior guard has an opportunity to take a fifth year of eligibility, she is likely to declare for the WNBA draft this spring and is expected to be taken first overall by the Indiana Fever on April 15. Until then, it's a question of how many records she can break in the meantime.

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