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After scoring a league-record 47 points Thursday, Phoenix’s Diana Taurasi had all but wrapped up the WNBA scoring championship entering the final weekend, with a 25.2-point average, three points ahead of Minnesota rookie Seimone Augustus in second place. The previous WNBA scoring champions:

Source: WNBA

*--* Year Player Team Avg. 1997 Cynthia Cooper Houston Comets 22.2 1998 Cynthia Cooper Houston Comets 22.7 1999 Cynthia Cooper Houston Comets 22.1 2000 Sheryl Swoopes Houston Comets 20.7 2001 Katie Smith Minnesota Lynx 23.1 2002 Chamique Holdsclaw Washington Mystics 19.9 2003 Lauren Jackson Seattle Storm 21.2 2004 Lauren Jackson Seattle Storm 20.5 2005 Sheryl Swoopes Houston Comets 18.6

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