Lisa Leslie had the best defensive rating in 1997, with a 111.8 rating in her rookie season.

Interpreted as:

drtg with a minimum of 375 minutes played per 44 team games leader 1997

	NAME	DRTG	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	PPG	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	Lisa Leslie L. Leslie	111.8	1997	LAS	28	32.4	15.9	9.5	2.6	1.4	2.1	5.7	13.3	43.1	0.4	1.6	26.1	4.0	6.8	59.8	49.0	2.3	7.3	3.9	906	445	266	74	39	59	109	99	+95
2	Vicky Bullett V. Bullett	112.0	1997	CHA	28	31.1	12.8	6.4	2.3	1.9	2.0	5.2	11.6	44.8	0.3	0.8	30.4	2.2	2.9	77.5	50.0	2.4	4.0	2.4	872	359	178	65	54	55	68	84	+56
3	Sue Wicks S. Wicks	112.7	1997	NYL	28	11.8	3.5	3.4	1.0	0.6	0.6	1.4	3.8	35.5	0.1	0.3	28.6	0.7	1.1	64.5	40.6	1.3	2.1	1.6	330	98	94	29	17	18	46	52	+42
4	Toni Foster T. Foster	113.0	1997	PHX	28	26.3	8.8	6.1	1.0	1.9	0.8	3.4	7.2	46.8	0.0	0.2	16.7	2.0	2.9	70.4	52.0	2.3	3.8	1.8	737	246	170	27	53	21	51	77	+47
5	Kym Hampton K. Hampton	113.7	1997	NYL	28	23.7	9.8	5.8	1.4	1.4	0.7	3.6	7.5	47.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.6	4.1	64.0	52.3	1.9	4.0	1.8	663	273	163	38	39	19	49	68	+61
6	Umeki Webb U. Webb	114.3	1997	PHX	28	27.6	5.0	4.2	2.4	2.4	0.3	1.7	5.6	29.7	0.0	0.5	6.7	1.6	2.4	68.7	37.6	1.5	2.7	2.0	773	141	117	68	68	8	55	91	+148
7	Tammy Jackson T. Jackson	114.7	1997	HOU	28	19.0	4.1	4.1	0.4	1.6	0.4	1.6	3.9	41.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.9	1.5	61.0	45.3	1.5	2.6	1.8	531	115	116	11	44	10	49	85	+49
8	Teresa Weatherspoon T. Weatherspoon	114.9	1997	NYL	28	32.9	7.0	4.1	6.2	3.0	0.1	2.3	4.9	46.7	0.1	1.3	8.6	2.3	3.6	65.0	54.1	0.9	3.3	3.4	922	196	116	173	85	2	94	72	+123
9	Sharon Manning S. Manning	116.0	1997	CHA	28	15.6	4.9	3.5	0.5	0.9	0.2	2.1	4.5	46.4	0.0	0.0		0.8	1.8	42.0	46.6	1.5	2.0	1.0	436	137	98	13	25	5	29	31	+26
10	Tia Jackson T. Jackson	116.1	1997	PHX	26	12.3	2.8	2.0	1.0	0.9	0.3	0.9	2.8	33.3	0.1	0.3	37.5	0.8	1.0	84.0	43.4	0.9	1.2	1.4	320	72	53	26	23	8	37	31	+6
11	Heidi Burge H. Burge	116.2	1997	LAS	22	12.8	4.0	3.1	0.7	0.5	0.5	1.5	3.3	44.4	0.0	0.2	0.0	1.0	2.0	51.1	47.4	1.0	2.1	1.1	282	87	69	15	12	12	25	52	-14
12	Janice Braxton J. Braxton	116.6	1997	CLE	25	32.9	11.5	7.6	2.0	1.4	1.1	3.5	8.4	41.7	0.2	0.4	50.0	4.2	5.5	76.8	52.8	1.5	6.0	2.1	822	287	189	49	36	28	53	64	+19
13	Rushia Brown R. Brown	116.7	1997	CLE	28	18.3	6.3	4.0	0.7	1.2	0.5	2.3	4.4	52.0	0.0	0.0		1.7	2.3	73.4	57.9	1.7	2.3	1.0	512	175	113	20	34	14	27	72	+37
14	Kim Perrot K. Perrot	117.2	1997	HOU	28	24.8	5.8	2.7	3.0	2.5	0.1	2.1	5.8	36.2	1.0	3.5	28.3	0.5	1.3	40.5	44.9	0.6	2.1	2.3	694	161	75	85	69	2	65	53	+149
15	Marlies Askamp M. Askamp	117.4	1997	PHX	28	18.6	7.5	5.2	0.8	0.8	0.3	2.5	6.4	39.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.5	3.3	76.3	48.2	2.4	2.8	1.6	521	211	145	23	22	9	46	59	+94
16	Mwadi Mabika M. Mabika	117.6	1997	LAS	21	15.6	6.0	2.6	1.0	1.1	0.3	2.5	6.5	39.0	0.3	1.8	18.4	0.6	1.1	54.2	43.0	1.0	1.5	1.3	327	126	54	22	23	6	27	48	-44
17	Michele Timms M. Timms	118.0	1997	PHX	27	35.8	12.1	3.7	5.0	2.6	0.1	3.7	10.9	33.6	1.8	5.3	34.5	2.9	3.9	76.0	47.8	0.9	2.8	3.0	967	326	99	135	71	3	80	95	+156
18	Rebecca Lobo R. Lobo	118.5	1997	NYL	28	33.5	12.4	7.3	1.9	0.9	1.8	4.8	12.6	37.6	0.6	2.3	28.6	2.3	3.8	61.0	43.5	2.2	5.0	3.1	939	348	203	53	26	51	88	73	+77
19	Rhonda Mapp R. Mapp	118.7	1997	CHA	28	25.5	11.6	5.5	2.3	0.8	0.4	4.3	8.7	49.2	0.1	0.3	50.0	2.9	3.8	77.4	56.1	1.9	3.6	2.4	713	326	154	64	21	12	68	104	-12
20	Linda Burgess L. Burgess	118.9	1997	LAS	28	17.7	6.5	4.2	0.3	0.7	0.5	2.6	4.8	54.1	0.0	0.1	50.0	1.3	1.8	73.5	58.4	1.6	2.5	1.7	495	183	117	9	20	13	47	46	-67
21	Andrea Stinson A. Stinson	119.2	1997	CHA	28	36.1	15.7	5.5	4.4	1.5	0.8	6.3	14.1	44.7	0.9	2.8	32.5	2.1	3.2	67.4	50.4	1.7	3.8	3.5	1,012	439	155	124	43	21	99	55	+54
22	Jennifer Gillom J. Gillom	119.3	1997	PHX	28	31.1	15.7	5.4	0.8	1.3	0.5	5.8	13.4	43.4	0.7	2.3	31.3	3.4	4.3	77.7	51.3	1.6	3.8	2.1	871	440	150	22	36	15	58	93	+71
23	Tamecka Dixon T. Dixon	119.4	1997	LAS	27	26.4	11.9	3.0	2.0	1.8	0.2	4.3	9.3	45.6	0.8	1.9	42.3	2.5	3.3	77.3	55.0	0.8	2.2	2.1	712	320	81	55	49	5	58	76	+117
24	Bridget Pettis B. Pettis	119.4	1997	PHX	28	30.0	12.6	3.8	2.8	1.8	0.4	3.8	11.4	33.4	1.5	4.8	30.6	3.5	3.9	89.8	47.9	1.3	2.5	2.9	839	352	107	78	49	11	82	57	+114
25	Lynette Woodard L. Woodard	119.5	1997	CLE	28	25.5	7.8	4.1	2.4	1.6	0.4	3.1	7.8	40.1	0.0	0.3	0.0	1.5	2.3	67.2	44.3	1.3	2.8	2.5	713	217	115	67	45	10	69	44	+55

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Sun 8/2	LAS	@	PDX	3:30 PM
Wed 8/5	LAS	@	CHI	9:00 PM
Thu 8/6	LAS	@	MIN	9:00 PM
Sun 8/9	GSV	@	LAS	7:00 PM
Tue 8/11	PHX	@	LAS	10:00 PM

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23.6

Mitchell

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RPG Leaders

11.9

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Wilson

1,191.6

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1,312.5

Wilson

1,182.5

Stewart

1,154

Shepard

USG% Leaders

33.1

Wilson

32.2

Clark

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Mabrey

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Howard

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Citron

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4	Fever	19	10	.655	4.5
5	Dream	18	10	.643	5.0
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Sat 8/1	NYL	@	PHX	3:00 PM
Sun 8/2	IND	@	MIN	1:00 PM
Sun 8/2	LAS	@	PDX	3:30 PM
Sun 8/2	CON	@	DAL	7:00 PM
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