player lowest mpg since 1979

Since 1978-79, Derrick Caracter has played 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
3Brian 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
4Kurk 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
5Eric 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
6Igor 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
7Richard 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
8Steve 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
9Frank 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
10Marques 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
11Yang Hansen
Y. Hansen
7.0
43
2.2
1.5
0.5
0.1
0.2
0.7
2.3
31.0
0.1
1.0
11.9
0.7
0.8
82.4
41.3
0.5
1.1
0.7
300
95
66
22
3
10
32
43
-100
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
13Charlie 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
14Gerald 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
15Josh 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
16Lance 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
17Carlos 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
18Eric 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
19Justin 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
20Darnell 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
21Martin 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
22Rickey 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
23Russell 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
24Junior Burrough
J. Burrough
8.1
61
3.1
1.8
0.2
0.2
0.2
1.0
2.8
37.6
0.0
0.0
1.0
1.5
65.6
44.8
0.7
1.0
0.7
495
189
109
15
15
10
40
74
25Conner Henry
C. Henry
8.1
93
3.3
0.9
1.1
0.2
0.1
1.2
3.1
37.8
0.4
0.9
37.9
0.6
0.8
75.7
47.9
0.2
0.7
0.7
756
305
83
102
21
6
65
71
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20
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2.0
3
54
28
.659
10.0
4
53
29
.646
11.0
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52
30
.634
12.0
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49
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.512
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