player lowest mpg since 1979

Since 1978-79, Derrick Caracter has the fewest minutes per game with 5.2 minutes per game.

Interpreted as:
player lowest mpg with a minimum of 41 games played per 82 team games since 1979
NAMEMPGGPPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Derrick Caracter
D. Caracter
5.2
41
2.0
1.0
0.2
0.1
0.2
0.8
1.6
48.5
0.0
0.0
0.4
0.6
73.9
53.2
0.5
0.6
0.5
215
81
43
7
4
10
19
47
-56
2Mike Niles
M. Niles
5.3
44
2.6
1.3
0.3
0.2
0.0
1.1
3.1
34.8
0.0
0.1
50.0
0.4
0.8
45.9
37.3
0.6
0.7
0.6
231
115
58
15
8
1
25
41
3Chris Youngblood
C. Youngblood
5.4
32
2.0
0.9
0.3
0.1
0.1
0.6
1.9
33.3
0.5
1.6
31.4
0.3
0.3
90.0
50.5
0.2
0.7
0.1
174
65
28
11
4
3
2
20
+6
4Brian Davis
B. Davis
5.5
68
1.9
0.8
0.3
0.2
0.1
0.6
1.9
31.7
0.0
0.0
33.3
0.7
1.0
73.5
42.0
0.3
0.5
0.3
374
131
55
22
16
4
19
34
5Kurk Lee
K. Lee
5.5
48
1.4
0.6
0.7
0.2
0.0
0.4
1.5
26.8
0.1
0.3
20.0
0.5
0.6
89.3
39.6
0.1
0.5
0.4
265
66
30
34
11
2
20
39
6Eric Johnson
E. Johnson
5.7
48
1.1
0.6
1.3
0.4
0.0
0.4
1.8
23.8
0.0
0.1
16.7
0.3
0.4
76.5
29.5
0.2
0.4
0.5
272
54
28
64
17
2
26
49
7Igor Rakocevic
I. Rakocevic
5.8
42
1.9
0.4
0.8
0.1
0.0
0.5
1.4
37.9
0.1
0.3
41.7
0.7
0.9
80.6
52.8
0.1
0.3
0.5
244
78
17
33
4
0
23
25
+48
8Richard Coffey
R. Coffey
6.2
52
1.3
1.5
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.5
1.4
37.3
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.2
0.4
54.5
40.2
0.8
0.7
0.1
320
68
79
3
6
4
5
45
9Steve Sheppard
S. Sheppard
6.6
42
2.2
1.1
0.5
0.2
0.0
0.9
1.8
47.4
0.5
0.8
58.8
50.6
0.6
0.5
0.6
279
92
47
19
8
1
25
26
10Frank Kornet
F. Kornet
6.7
89
1.9
1.1
0.3
0.2
0.0
0.7
2.0
36.9
0.1
0.4
26.3
0.3
0.6
59.6
43.0
0.4
0.7
0.4
595
171
95
30
19
4
34
82
11Marques Bragg
M. Bragg
7.0
53
2.5
1.5
0.2
0.3
0.2
1.0
2.3
45.0
0.0
0.0
0.4
0.8
56.1
47.5
0.7
0.8
0.5
369
131
79
8
17
8
26
71
12Willie White
W. White
7.0
82
3.7
1.0
1.0
0.3
0.0
1.5
3.6
43.2
0.1
0.4
31.3
0.5
0.7
74.1
47.8
0.4
0.6
0.7
577
302
80
82
23
4
55
48
13Mohamed Diawara
M. Diawara
7.0
48
2.7
1.1
0.5
0.3
0.1
1.0
2.3
45.9
0.6
1.4
40.3
0.1
0.1
50.0
58.2
0.2
0.9
0.3
338
130
55
26
12
5
15
31
-9
14Charlie Sitton
C. Sitton
7.1
43
2.1
1.4
0.6
0.2
0.1
0.9
2.2
41.5
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.3
0.6
52.0
43.3
0.6
0.8
0.4
304
91
60
26
7
6
19
50
15Gerald Brown
G. Brown
7.2
33
2.4
0.7
0.9
0.2
0.0
1.0
2.7
37.1
0.1
0.3
30.0
0.3
0.4
78.6
42.0
0.2
0.5
0.7
236
80
22
31
5
1
22
21
-67
16Josh Grant
J. Grant
7.2
53
3.0
1.7
0.5
0.3
0.2
1.1
2.8
40.4
0.3
1.2
27.9
0.4
0.5
75.9
49.4
0.5
1.2
0.6
382
157
89
24
18
8
30
62
17Lance Blanks
L. Blanks
7.4
142
2.0
0.8
0.8
0.3
0.1
0.8
1.9
43.6
0.1
0.5
25.3
0.3
0.4
66.7
49.6
0.2
0.6
0.4
1,045
289
110
117
39
8
63
122
18Carlos Clark
C. Clark
7.4
93
2.4
0.9
0.7
0.5
0.0
0.9
2.2
40.7
0.0
0.1
0.0
0.6
0.8
80.3
47.4
0.4
0.5
0.6
689
223
86
65
43
3
54
79
19Eric Fernsten
E. Fernsten
7.5
176
2.3
1.6
0.3
0.3
0.2
0.9
1.9
47.1
0.0
0.0
0.6
0.8
66.4
51.7
0.6
1.0
0.4
1,314
411
286
57
44
34
72
144
20Justin James
J. James
7.5
72
3.2
0.9
0.6
0.2
0.2
1.2
2.7
44.6
0.3
0.9
34.3
0.4
0.8
54.4
51.8
0.2
0.7
0.3
542
228
62
40
14
12
23
40
-82
21Darnell Jackson
D. Jackson
7.5
138
2.2
1.5
0.2
0.2
0.1
0.9
2.0
44.9
0.0
0.1
23.5
0.4
0.7
64.4
49.1
0.7
0.8
0.4
1,039
308
203
26
24
11
50
159
-191
22Yang Hansen
Y. Hansen
7.5
35
2.2
1.6
0.6
0.1
0.3
0.7
2.5
29.5
0.1
1.1
13.2
0.6
0.7
80.8
39.2
0.5
1.1
0.9
264
78
55
21
3
9
30
40
-85
23Martin Nessley
M. Nessley
7.6
44
1.1
1.9
0.4
0.2
0.3
0.5
1.2
38.5
0.0
0.0
0.2
0.4
44.4
40.1
0.5
1.3
0.5
336
48
82
16
8
12
23
89
24Rickey Williams
R. Williams
7.9
44
3.3
0.9
0.8
0.5
0.1
1.3
3.1
41.5
0.0
0.1
0.0
0.8
1.2
66.0
46.4
0.3
0.5
0.9
346
147
38
37
20
4
38
42
25Russell Cross
R. Cross
7.9
45
3.7
1.8
0.5
0.3
0.2
1.4
2.5
57.1
0.0
0.0
0.8
2.0
41.8
54.6
0.8
1.0
0.4
354
166
82
22
12
7
19
58
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29.5
WesternWLPCTGB
1
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.750
2
43
16
.729
1.5
3
37
21
.638
7.0
4
37
22
.627
7.5
5
36
23
.610
8.5
6
34
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.586
10.0
7
34
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.567
11.0
8
31
28
.525
13.5
9
29
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.483
16.0
10
27
30
.474
16.5
11
21
36
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22.5
12
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.300
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