A three-point field goal (also known as a "three-pointer" or "3-pointer") is a field goal in a basketball game, made from beyond the three-point line, a designated arc radiating from the basket. A successful attempt is worth three points, in contrast to the two points awarded for shots made inside the three-point line. The members on this list are the top 25 in 3-point field goals made in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I women's competition. The statistic was first recognized in the 1987–88 season, when 3-point field goals were officially instituted by the NCAA for women's play. From the 1987–88 season through the 2007–08 season, the three-point perimeter was marked at for both men's and women's college basketball. On May 3, 2007, the NCAA men's basketball rules committee passed a measure to extend the distance of the men's three-point line back to ; the women's line remained at the original distance until it was moved to match the then-current men's distance effective in 2011–12. On June 5, 2019, the NCAA men's rules committee voted to extend the men's three-point line to the FIBA distance of , effective in 2019–20 in Division I and 2020–21 in lower NCAA divisions. The women's line remained at 20 ft 9 in until being moved to the FIBA arc in 2021–22.

Through the 2023–24 season, Caitlin Clark holds the records for career threes and three-point attempts, having made 548 from 1,452 attempts during her career at Iowa from 2020 to 2024.

Ten players on this list played in more than the standard four seasons due to benefiting from the NCAA's blanket COVID-19 eligibility waiver for players active in the 2020–21 season—Taylor Robertson, Kendall Spray, Katie Benzan, Ioanna Krimili, Dyaisha Fair, Taycee Wedin, Taylor Mikesell, Aisha Sheppard, Georgia Amoore, and Aaliyah Nye. All played in five seasons except for Krimili, who played in six. She qualified for a so-called "medical redshirt" due to a season-ending injury early in her 2019–20 freshman season at San Francisco.

Seven players on this list split their collegiate careers between two or more schools. Spray played at UT Martin, Clemson, and Florida Gulf Coast. Benzan played at Harvard and Maryland. Krimili played at San Francisco and California. Fair played at Buffalo and Syracuse. Mikesell also played at Maryland before transferring to Oregon and later Ohio State. Amoore played at Virginia Tech and Kentucky. Nye played at Illinois and Alabama.

The player with the highest three-point percentage for her career on this list is Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis of UConn at 44.7%, while Shrieka Evans of Grambling has the lowest at 31.9%.

Five programs have placed two players in the all-time top 25—Ohio State with Mitchell and Mikesell, Idaho with Taylor Pierce and Mikayla Ferenz, UT Martin with Spray and Heather Butler, Maryland with Benzan and Mikesell, and Virginia Tech with Sheppard and Amoore.

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Pos. G F C 3PM 3PA 3P% Ref. Position Guard Forward Center 3-pointers made 3-pointers attempted 3-point field goal % References

* Inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Team (X) Denotes the number of times a player from that team appears on the list C Player was active in the 2020–21 season and benefited from the NCAA's blanket COVID-19 eligibility waiver

Top 25 3-point field goal leaders

Current through the end of the 2025–26 season.

PlayerPos.TeamGamesplayedCareer startCareer end3PM3PA3P%Ref. G Iowa 139 2020 2024 548 1452 C G Oklahoma 151 2018 2023 537 1221 44.0 G Ohio State 139 2014 2018 497 1286 38.6 G Idaho 135 2015 2019 472 1194 39.5 G Saint Francis (PA) 130 2015 2019 472 1284 36.8 C G UT Martin / Clemson / Florida Gulf Coast 153 2016 2022 466 1166 40.0 C G Maryland / Oregon / Ohio State (2) 158 2018 2023 454 1080 42.0 C G Harvard / Maryland (2) 147 2016 2022 453 1075 42.1 C G San Francisco / California 158 2019 2025 434 1114 C G Buffalo / Syracuse 153 2019 2024 430 1227 G Belmont 134 2015 2019 429 997 43.1 G UAB 128 2016 2020 415 978 42.4 G Idaho (2) 135 2015 2019 415 1082 38.4 G Michigan 140 2014 2018 410 1045 39.2 C G Virginia Tech / Kentucky 157 2020 2025 408 1147 C G Saint Mary's 143 2018 2023 407 972 41.9 G Central Michigan 135 2015 2019 407 1062 38.3 C G Virginia Tech (2) 159 2017 2022 402 1080 37.2 G UConn 142 2011 2015 398 890 44.7 G Kansas State 121 2001 2005 392 942 41.6 G UT Martin (2) 129 2010 2014 392 1074 36.5 G Grambling 117 1999 2003 392 1228 31.9 G BYU 117 1999 2003 391 949 41.2 C G Illinois / Alabama 142 2020 2025 389 931 41.8 G Fresno State 125 2007 2011 389 968 40.2 Enter the following in search fields: "Ross" as last name, "Jaleesa" as first name. Click on the only returned result.

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