Sheryl Swoopes averaged the most points per game in 2005, with 18.6 per game.

Interpreted as:

2005 points with a minimum of 20 games played per 44 team games leaders season

	NAME	PPG	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Sheryl Swoopes S. Swoopes	18.6	2005	HOU	33	37.2	3.6	4.3	2.0	0.8	6.6	14.7	44.7	0.8	2.3	36.0	4.6	5.5	85.0	54.3	0.8	2.8	2.2	1,226	614	119	141	66	26	72	54	+60
2	Lauren Jackson L. Jackson	17.6	2005	SEA	34	34.6	9.2	1.7	1.1	2.0	6.1	13.2	45.8	1.0	3.5	28.8	4.4	5.3	83.4	56.4	2.8	6.4	1.7	1,175	597	313	57	36	67	59	100	+72
3	Chamique Holdsclaw C. Holdsclaw	17.0	2005	LAS	33	35.8	6.8	3.2	1.2	0.5	6.5	13.6	48.0	0.1	0.4	23.1	3.8	4.8	78.8	53.9	2.6	4.2	3.0	1,182	561	223	104	38	16	99	94	-7
4	Diana Taurasi D. Taurasi	16.0	2005	PHX	33	32.8	4.2	4.5	1.2	0.8	5.3	12.9	41.0	1.7	5.4	31.3	3.7	4.6	80.1	53.4	0.7	3.5	3.4	1,084	527	138	150	38	28	112	111	+19
5	Deanna Nolan D. Nolan	15.9	2005	DET	33	36.7	4.7	3.7	1.7	0.4	5.6	14.0	39.8	0.8	2.7	31.1	3.9	4.8	80.0	49.2	0.9	3.8	3.0	1,212	524	156	121	55	14	100	64	+38
6	Nykesha Sales N. Sales	15.6	2005	CON	34	31.6	3.6	2.2	1.8	0.3	5.9	14.2	41.7	1.4	3.4	42.2	2.4	3.2	75.0	50.2	1.1	2.6	1.9	1,073	532	124	74	61	10	64	96	+239
7	Lisa Leslie L. Leslie	15.2	2005	LAS	34	32.2	7.3	2.6	2.0	2.1	6.0	13.6	44.0	0.2	1.0	20.6	3.0	5.1	58.6	47.8	2.1	5.2	2.9	1,095	517	248	87	67	71	100	122	+16
8	Tamika Catchings T. Catchings	14.7	2005	IND	34	34.5	7.8	4.2	2.6	0.5	4.6	12.1	38.3	1.0	3.6	28.5	4.5	5.7	78.8	50.6	2.0	5.7	2.7	1,173	501	264	143	90	16	91	96	+91
9	DeMya Walker D. Walker	14.1	2005	SAC	22	27.0	5.3	2.2	1.3	0.6	5.7	10.6	53.4	0.0	0.0	100.0	2.7	4.2	64.5	56.6	2.1	3.2	3.1	594	311	117	48	28	13	69	66	+139
10	Alana Beard A. Beard	14.1	2005	WAS	30	33.9	4.3	3.0	1.5	0.3	5.2	13.6	38.0	1.1	3.4	31.7	2.7	3.5	76.2	46.5	0.8	3.5	2.1	1,016	422	130	90	45	9	63	87	-16
11	Becky Hammon B. Hammon	13.9	2005	NYL	34	34.6	3.4	4.3	1.8	0.1	4.3	9.9	43.2	1.9	5.2	36.5	3.5	3.9	90.1	60.1	0.6	2.8	3.1	1,178	473	114	146	60	2	107	77	+88
12	Taj McWilliams-Franklin T. McWilliams-Franklin	13.9	2005	CON	34	31.8	7.3	1.9	1.1	0.7	5.3	10.7	49.5	0.1	0.5	22.2	3.1	4.0	78.7	55.6	2.3	5.0	1.7	1,082	471	248	65	37	25	59	80	+250
13	Yolanda Griffith Y. Griffith	13.8	2005	SAC	34	28.4	6.6	1.5	1.2	0.9	5.1	10.5	48.5	0.0	0.0		3.6	5.1	70.7	54.1	2.6	4.0	2.0	964	469	223	52	42	31	68	98	+210
14	Ann Wauters A. Wauters	13.7	2005	NYL	28	31.3	6.6	1.5	0.6	0.8	5.4	10.0	54.1	0.1	0.1	100.0	2.8	3.8	75.2	58.9	1.7	4.9	2.5	877	383	184	41	18	23	71	91	+31
15	Tangela Smith T. Smith	13.6	2005	CHA	31	34.3	5.2	1.3	1.6	1.0	5.5	13.1	41.7	0.0	0.2	0.0	2.7	3.4	79.8	46.7	1.5	3.8	2.7	1,063	421	162	41	51	32	84	105	-201
16	Penny Taylor P. Taylor	13.2	2005	PHX	29	29.4	4.1	3.2	1.3	0.4	4.2	9.0	46.4	1.3	3.2	40.4	3.5	4.1	86.4	61.0	1.3	2.8	2.7	852	382	120	94	38	11	77	86	+50
17	Anna DeForge A. DeForge	13.1	2005	PHX	33	34.4	3.5	2.4	1.2	0.2	4.3	11.0	39.0	1.4	4.4	32.6	3.1	3.6	85.0	51.9	0.9	2.5	2.5	1,136	433	114	80	41	7	81	66	+1
18	Marie Ferdinand-Harris M. Ferdinand-Harris	12.5	2005	SAN	31	32.1	3.7	2.2	1.5	0.2	4.3	11.5	36.9	0.6	2.1	30.8	3.4	4.3	77.6	46.5	1.3	2.5	2.3	995	388	116	68	46	5	70	74	-176
19	Betty Lennox B. Lennox	12.4	2005	SEA	28	28.5	4.4	2.0	1.3	0.2	4.4	11.2	39.2	0.9	2.8	30.8	2.7	3.1	87.4	49.1	0.8	3.7	2.7	798	346	124	57	35	5	75	82	+68
20	Sue Bird S. Bird	12.1	2005	SEA	30	33.9	2.4	5.9	1.0	0.2	4.3	9.8	44.2	1.5	3.4	43.7	2.0	2.3	85.5	56.1	0.7	1.7	2.9	1,017	364	72	176	29	6	87	46	+126
21	Lindsay Whalen L. Whalen	12.1	2005	CON	34	30.8	3.8	5.1	1.2	0.1	4.0	8.5	46.6	0.5	1.4	34.8	3.7	4.6	80.1	57.3	0.9	2.9	2.6	1,046	411	128	172	42	2	89	90	+257
22	Michelle Snow M. Snow	12.0	2005	HOU	33	29.2	6.8	1.2	0.6	1.2	4.6	8.4	55.1	0.0	0.0		2.8	3.9	70.8	59.4	2.1	4.8	2.0	964	396	225	40	20	38	65	120	+20
23	Katie Smith K. Smith	11.9	2005	TOT	36	32.2	2.3	2.4	0.8	0.1	3.9	10.2	38.0	1.5	4.4	33.3	2.7	3.4	78.2	50.9	0.6	1.7	2.0	1,158	430	83	87	30	5	71	73	+51
24	DeLisha Milton-Jones D. Milton-Jones	11.9	2005	WAS	33	32.3	5.2	1.8	1.7	0.5	4.2	10.0	41.7	1.2	3.6	32.8	2.4	3.0	79.8	52.6	1.4	3.8	2.3	1,066	394	172	58	57	18	75	117	-8
25	Chasity Melvin C. Melvin	11.7	2005	WAS	34	30.9	5.9	0.7	0.9	0.4	4.4	9.0	49.2	0.1	0.5	25.0	2.7	4.1	67.4	54.3	2.4	3.4	1.8	1,050	397	199	25	31	14	61	113	-66