I’m a big fan of the 3-point shot. It’s definitely my favorite part of basketball. I also think it’s always interesting how every year there’s a handful of players who drastically improve from beyond the arc, adding a new dimension to their game and forcing opponents to game-plan differently.
Now that we’re at the All-Star break, let’s check in on the top five players in the WNBA in 3-point efficiency (among WNBA.com’s qualified players), as well as four players who are impressively near the top in both
efficiency and volume.
The WNBA’s highest percentage 3-point shooters
1. Aliyah Boston (Indiana Fever) — 30 makes at 46.9 percent
Across four years in college at South Carolina (3,751 minutes, Aliyah Boston shot 31-for-128 (24.2 percent) from 3.
In just 650 minutes this year, she has just one less make on exactly half the attempts. This is her first season becoming a true 3-point shooter. Through her first three years in the W, her numbers were similar to what they were in college: 17 makes at 26.2 percent.
On Boston and Candace Parker’s podcast, Post Moves, Boston’s Fever teammate Caitlin Clark talked about the pick-and-roll magic between her and Boston and mentioned that Boston’s 3-point shot has become really good, saying, “As we see how people are gonna guard that too, like are they just gonna let her shoot 3s all year? That probably won’t be a good choice for them,” to which Boston exclaimed, “Sniper, sniper!”
Boston has certainly backed up her playful boastfulness by rising above all others as the most efficient 3-point shooter in the WNBA through the first half of the 2026 season.
2. Antonia Delaere (Minnesota Lynx) — 20 makes at 46.5 percent
Antonia Delaere is a soon-to-be 32-year-old WNBA rookie who has been a key part of the Belgian National Team.
She is a great two-way player. On a Lynx team that was missing Napheesa Collier until just recently, she’s been one of Minnesota’s unknown-to-a-U.S.-audience players who have stepped up, averaging 13 minutes a game and appearing in all 28 contests.
It’s not unprecedented for her to be shooting at a really good clip; across her two Olympic appearances (2020 and 2024) she shot 11-for-22 from distance.
3. Monique Akoa Makani (Phoenix Mercury) — 24 makes at 45.3 percent
Monique Akoa Makani was an unfamiliar face last year, but WNBA fans knew about her coming into 2026. She was 11th in 3-point percentage in 2025 at 39.8 percent on 49 makes, helping the Mercury reach the Finals.
This year, she’s played in 17 of Phoenix’s 28 games, having missed some time due to overseas commitments and a hamstring injury. Phoenix needs her to stay hot from 3 and maybe even fire off more frequent shots from downtown, as well as score in other ways. She’s a talented offensive weapon and the 10-18 Mercury need all the help they can get in what has been a letdown of a season after their trip to the Finals last year. Phoenix is 10th in the W in 3-point percentage (32.4) with 7.8 makes per game (12th).
4. Maddy Siegrist (Dallas Wings) — 22 makes at 44.9 percent
Maddy Siegrist is Villanova’s all-time leading scorer with nearly 3,000 career points, including averaging 29.2 points per game as a senior. In school history, she is fifth all-time with 210 made 3s (1.8 per contest). Her percentage was pretty good at 34.7.
She was drafted by the Wings at No. 3 overall in 2023 and became a key contributor in 2024 and 2025. Her minutes are down this year, but she’s making the most of her 3-point attempts. Her career clip in the W is identical to her college mark, but it’s trending toward becoming superior if she can keep up her hot streak.
5. A’ja Wilson (Las Vegas Aces) — 25 makes at 44.6 percent
A’ja Wilson went 1-for-4 on 3-pointers over her first three years of college before going 5-for-12 as a senior. In her first four years in the W, she was coached by Bill Laimbeer, who preferred that she not experiment from beyond the arc. He valued her inside and mid-range scoring so much and didn’t want to sacrifice those.
Thus, Wilson was just 1-for-2 from 3 in the Laimbeer era, winning MVP in 2020 without attempting a single trey. In Becky Hammon’s first year at the helm in Vegas, Wilson tested her 3-point chops and found great success, shooting 37.3 percent on 31 makes en route to a second MVP award and first championship.
Wilson then shot 9-for-29 (31 percent) in 2023, 19-for-60 (31.7 percent) in 2024 and 23-for-59 (42.4 percent) in 2025. This year, she’s on pace for a career-high 98 attempts and is converting at a career-best clip. Despite being a four-time MVP and the greatest women’s basketball player ever, she has gotten even better by making this aspect of her game truly elite. It’s flat-out scary.
The WNBA’s highest volume and percentage 3-point shooters
Kelsey Mitchell (Indiana Fever) — 74 makes at 42.5 percent
Kelsey Mitchell is hands down the best 3-point shooter in the W this season if you take into account volume as well as efficiency.
And she’s been consistent throughout her whole hoops career. In 13 seasons between college and the WNBA, she’s had two instances of “meh” 33.5 percent clips, but, otherwise, she has been at 36.9 percent or higher on at least 2.1 makes per contest. In college, it was at least 3.3 makes per contest. Over her four years at Ohio State, she shot 38.6 percent on 3.6 makes; in the W, her career marks are 38.4 percent and 2.4 makes.
In 2026, she’s only had one game without a made 3. She’s cashed in on at least three in each of her last 11 outings.
Marina Mabrey (Toronto Tempo) — 82 makes at 39.2 percent
Marina Mabrey leads the league in makes, and a clip of nearly 40 percent with eight more total makes than Mitchell is quite impressive.
She too was elite in college at 40 percent. This year, she’s tied the record for made 3s in a single game with nine twice. One of those performances also end with 53 points, which is tied for a single-game record as well. Mabrey’s efficiency in 2026 is a drastic shift from the 27 percent she shot last year as a member of the Connecticut Sun. She deserves a ton of credit for rewarding the Tempo for the gamble they took on her.
Her ability to get shots off with very little space is remarkable. Opposing defenders can’t let her see any daylight. She’s been a very good 3-point shooter for a long time, but she’s in a whole other realm right now with her ability to make ridiculous shots and go on an absolute heater.
Hopefully, this efficient Mabrey is here to stay.
Kayla McBride (Minnesota Lynx) — 74 makes at 39.8 percent
Kayla McBride failed to reach three made triples in any of her first nine games this season. Over her last 10, she’s only failed to reach four twice.
She actually wasn’t an elite 3-point shooter in college, only making 90 treys at 34.5 percent at Notre Dame. But as a rookie with the San Antonio Stars in 2014, she made 57 at 39.6 percent. For her W career, she’s at 37.5 percent with 796 makes. In both 2024 and 2025 she eclipsed 100 makes at greater than 39 percent. She’s poised to surpass those thresholds again and reach a whopping 116 makes.
Cat recently suggested that by season’s end, we may all be thinking about how ridiculous it was for McBride to not be an All-Star. She’s certainly put on a show since the rosters were decided.
Janelle Salaün (Golden State Valkyries) — 67 makes at 39.4 percent
Of Golden State players with more than 35 attempts, Salaün leads the 3-point-happy Valkyries in efficiency.
Golden State lives and dies by the 3, and they’ve been relying on Salaün to raise their overall team efficiency. As a squad, they’re shooting 34.7 percent, which isn’t too far above the league average of 33.7. Salaün converted at 36.6 percent last year as a starter and a rookie. This year, she’s been one of the best bench players in the league.
She’s still just 24 years old; she’s got a lot of sharpshooting days ahead of her.
