Caitlin Clark makes her feelings clear on WNBA vs NCAA achievements

24-year-old Caitlin Clark is already one of the most decorated basketball players in modern history after an honor-laden collegiate career and a blistering start to her professional one.

Clark was asked to blind rank six of her biggest basketball-related achievements in a recent video with State Farm, and the Indiana Fever star quickly revealed what sticks with her the most.

The first item to come out was her NCAA career points record. In March 2024, Clark passed former LSU guard Pete Maravich to become the all-time leading scorer in college basketball history (men's and women's). She hardly hesitated and ranked her achievement atop the list.

Next up was her first professional game. Clark slotted this one at the bottom, No. 6 overall. Her 1,000th career WNBA point also received little love, sliding to fourth.

Clark did have some pride for her 2025 WNBA Rookie of the Year Award, won nearly unanimously — one voter selected Angel Reese — after a breakout campaign.

Clark broke Maravich's record on senior day at home at Carver-Hawkeye Arena when her No. 6 Iowa team took on No. 2 Ohio State. She entered the evening needing 18 points to set the all-time mark, having already passed Kelsey Plum for the women's scoring record.

The Iowa star passed Maravich in the first-half en route to a customary trademark showing, scoring 35 points while tallying nine assists in a 93-82 win.

"It's really crazy to think about," Clark said of the record. "Honestly, if you would have told me that before my college career started, I would've laughed in your face and been like, 'No, you're insane.'

"I've always been able to score the ball, but I don't think people really understand how many amazing players have come before me and been able to score the ball and do it at such a high rate and for teams that are really, really good."

Maravich, a Pro Basketball Hall of Fame inductee, passed away in 1988. His son, Jaeson Maravich, commented on Clark's pursuit of his father's mark shortly before she claimed it.

“I think my dad would have been a big fan of hers,” he told Yahoo. “She’s just so much fun to watch.....The circumstances are so different that it’s hard to say it’s really the same record. I don’t want to make it seem like I’m bashing her because I’m not. I just find it to be an apples-to-oranges comparison.”

“I’ll be rooting for her and I’ll be happy for her when she does it,” Maravich added.

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