5 Best Indiana Hoosiers Women’s Basketball Players, Ranked

Indiana forward Mackenzie Holmes (54) plays against Oklahoma in the second half of a second-round college basketball game.
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  • Mackenzie Holmes scored the most points in Indiana Hoosiers history.
  • Tyra Buss has the most assists and steals in program history.
  • Karna Abram has the highest point-per-game average in Indiana history.

The Indiana Hoosiers women’s basketball team has had consistently short NCAAW betting odds of winning games since 2015, getting to the NCAA Tournament seven times.

Indiana has regularly had short basketball odds of winning games, as it got to the NCAA Tournament seven times since 2015.

With that in mind, who are the five best Hoosiers women’s basketball players of all time? Let’s find out.

5 Best Indiana Hoosiers Women’s Basketball Players, Ranked

RankPlayerPositionIndiana Years
1Mackenzie HolmesForward2019-2024
2Tyra BussGuard2014-2018
3Karna AbramForward1983-1987
4Amanda CahillForward2014-2018
5Jill Chapman-DailyCenter1998-2002

Indiana Hoosiers All-Time Greatest Women’s Basketball Players

1. Mackenzie Holmes

Mackenzie Holmes has the most points (2,530), second-most blocks (258), and fourth-most rebounds (990) in program history.

The multiple-time All-American and three-time first-team All-Big Ten selection was the Big Ten Player of the Year in 2023.

Holmes is the first player in Indiana history to earn an Associated Press All-American honourable mention.

She averaged 22.3 points on 68% percent shooting, 7.3 rebounds, and 1.9 blocks per game during the 2022-23 season.

Holmes was drafted No. 26 overall by the Seattle Storm in 2024.

2. Tyra Buss

Tyra Buss has the most assists (574), steals (293), second-most points (2,364), and third-most 3-pointers (203) in program history.

The three-time All-Big Ten selection averaged 20.6 points, 4.7 assists, and 2.1 steals per game during the 2017-18 season.

3. Karna Abram

Karna Abram has the third-most points (1,920) in program history.

The three-time All-Big Ten selection averaged 23.2 points per game during the 1986-87 season, the most any player has averaged in Indiana history.

4. Amanda Cahill

Amanda Cahill has the most rebounds (1,115), fourth-most points (1,884), fourth-most 3-pointers (200), and fifth-most blocks (135) in program history.

The two-time All-Big Ten selection won the Big Ten Sportsmanship Award in 2017-18.

She averaged 14 points and 8.3 rebounds per game while at Indiana.

5. Jill Chapman-Daily

Jill Chapman-Daily has the third-most blocks (197) and fifth-most points (1,865) and rebounds (970) in program history.

The two-time first-team All-Big Ten selection averaged 15.4 points and eight rebounds per game during her time at Indiana.

Chapman-Daily was drafted No. 21 overall by the Detroit Shock in 2002.

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Sameer Kumar

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Sameer Kumar is an NBA writer for BetMGM who specializes in providing analysis on player performance and telling stories beyond the numbers. He graduated from SUNY Oswego with a B.A. in Broadcasting & Mass Communication.

Sameer Kumar is an NBA writer for BetMGM who specializes in providing analysis on player performance and telling stories beyond the numbers. He graduated from SUNY Oswego with a B.A. in Broadcasting & Mass Communication.