Penny Taylor had the lowest defensive rating in 2001, with a 107.4 rating in her rookie season.

Interpreted as:

drtg with a minimum of 375 minutes played per 44 team games leader 2001

	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	Penny Taylor P. Taylor	107.4	2001	CLE	32	17.5	7.2	3.5	1.4	1.1	0.3	2.7	7.0	38.2	0.7	2.3	30.1	1.1	1.4	78.3	46.9	1.1	2.4	1.2	560	230	112	44	35	11	38	46	+83
2	Margo Dydek M. Dydek	109.5	2001	UTA	32	30.3	10.9	7.6	2.0	0.8	3.5	4.0	9.1	44.0	0.2	0.5	40.0	2.7	3.4	79.8	51.5	0.9	6.7	2.8	971	349	243	64	25	113	90	108	+5
3	Rushia Brown R. Brown	110.6	2001	CLE	30	25.4	8.3	4.4	1.2	1.5	0.3	3.4	6.5	51.8	0.0	0.0	100.0	1.5	2.1	73.0	55.9	1.6	2.8	1.2	762	249	132	37	44	10	37	73	+149
4	Yolanda Griffith Y. Griffith	111.4	2001	SAC	32	33.8	16.2	11.2	1.7	2.0	1.2	6.0	11.5	52.2	0.0	0.0		4.2	5.8	72.0	57.6	5.1	6.1	2.3	1,080	518	357	54	63	37	75	114	+157
5	Lisa Leslie L. Leslie	111.7	2001	LAS	31	33.4	19.5	9.6	2.4	1.1	2.3	7.1	15.1	47.3	0.7	1.9	36.7	4.6	6.2	73.6	54.9	2.8	6.8	3.2	1,035	606	298	73	34	71	98	132	+309
6	Debbie Black D. Black	112.7	2001	MIA	32	29.6	5.6	3.9	3.8	2.6	0.1	2.2	5.8	37.4	0.1	0.6	15.0	1.2	1.5	77.1	43.2	1.3	2.6	1.6	946	180	126	123	82	2	51	69	+80
7	Elena Baranova E. Baranova	113.3	2001	MIA	32	30.6	11.8	6.0	2.0	1.0	1.8	4.4	10.3	42.7	0.9	2.5	37.5	2.1	2.2	93.0	52.3	1.3	4.7	1.9	978	378	191	63	33	57	62	81	+104
8	Sue Wicks S. Wicks	113.3	2001	NYL	30	20.0	5.2	4.6	1.2	1.2	1.0	2.0	4.3	46.9	0.0	0.2	0.0	1.2	1.7	67.3	51.3	1.2	3.4	1.4	600	157	138	37	36	30	43	86	+110
9	Mery Andrade M. Andrade	113.4	2001	CLE	32	27.8	4.8	2.7	3.1	1.6	0.3	1.8	5.3	33.9	0.2	0.9	20.0	0.9	1.4	66.7	39.8	0.7	2.1	1.9	891	152	87	100	51	10	61	77	+169
10	Coquese Washington C. Washington	113.4	2001	HOU	32	31.6	5.3	3.7	3.8	2.2	0.3	2.0	5.5	35.6	0.9	2.5	35.8	0.4	0.7	63.6	45.3	0.6	3.1	1.8	1,010	169	118	122	69	9	57	63	+90
11	Tausha Mills T. Mills	113.7	2001	WAS	30	10.6	2.1	3.5	0.2	0.5	0.1	0.8	2.3	33.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.6	1.0	58.1	38.7	1.3	2.2	0.8	319	64	105	6	14	4	25	72	-36
12	Vicky Bullett V. Bullett	113.9	2001	WAS	32	33.5	8.7	7.2	1.3	1.7	1.8	3.5	8.9	39.2	0.6	2.0	29.7	1.1	1.5	72.9	45.3	2.0	5.2	1.7	1,071	278	231	41	53	58	53	86	-115
13	Tammy Jackson T. Jackson	114.0	2001	HOU	32	13.8	3.3	2.8	0.7	0.7	0.3	1.3	2.7	50.0	0.0	0.0		0.6	1.3	45.0	50.2	1.3	1.6	0.9	440	104	91	21	22	11	29	53	+53
14	Chasity Melvin C. Melvin	114.0	2001	CLE	27	28.0	9.9	5.7	1.9	0.9	0.6	3.8	8.0	47.4	0.1	0.1	100.0	2.2	3.2	69.8	52.6	2.4	3.3	1.7	756	266	154	50	24	16	45	81	+81
15	Ann Wauters A. Wauters	114.1	2001	CLE	24	25.9	9.8	4.8	1.5	0.7	0.5	3.6	6.4	56.9	0.0	0.1	0.0	2.5	3.1	80.0	62.9	1.5	3.3	2.1	621	234	114	35	17	13	50	55	+102
16	Chamique Holdsclaw C. Holdsclaw	115.0	2001	WAS	29	33.6	16.8	8.8	2.3	1.5	0.5	6.4	16.1	40.0	0.4	1.6	23.9	3.5	5.1	68.2	45.7	2.5	6.3	3.2	975	486	256	66	44	14	94	49	-87
17	Latasha Byears L. Byears	115.1	2001	LAS	32	23.1	9.3	5.7	0.9	1.3	0.4	4.2	6.9	60.2	0.0	0.1	33.3	0.9	1.6	57.7	60.9	2.5	3.2	1.2	740	297	183	29	42	13	38	112	+161
18	Tangela Smith T. Smith	115.3	2001	SAC	32	28.5	11.2	5.6	1.3	1.1	1.7	4.6	11.0	42.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	1.9	2.7	72.9	46.0	1.5	4.1	2.1	913	358	179	41	34	55	66	106	+94
19	Merlakia Jones M. Jones	115.5	2001	CLE	30	33.4	13.4	5.5	1.5	1.0	0.1	5.5	12.6	43.8	0.3	1.1	26.5	2.1	2.7	80.0	48.9	1.4	4.0	1.8	1,001	403	164	45	29	4	53	59	+145
20	Amanda Lassiter A. Lassiter	115.8	2001	HOU	32	19.0	4.3	3.4	1.1	0.5	0.7	1.6	4.3	36.7	0.8	2.1	38.8	0.3	0.5	66.7	47.4	0.8	2.6	1.1	608	138	110	34	16	21	36	66	-10
21	Jennifer Rizzotti J. Rizzotti	115.8	2001	CLE	32	14.8	3.7	0.9	1.6	0.8	0.1	1.3	3.4	38.2	0.9	2.3	38.4	0.2	0.3	63.6	51.8	0.1	0.9	1.3	473	119	30	51	25	2	41	30	+67
22	Helen Darling H. Darling	116.2	2001	CLE	32	24.3	6.1	2.4	3.4	1.1	0.1	1.8	5.2	35.5	0.7	2.2	32.9	1.7	2.3	76.4	49.6	0.6	1.8	2.2	779	196	76	109	34	4	70	59	+126
23	Natalie Williams N. Williams	116.2	2001	UTA	31	34.4	14.2	9.9	1.8	1.3	0.3	5.5	11.3	49.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	3.1	4.3	72.9	53.9	3.6	6.4	2.3	1,066	439	308	55	41	10	70	128	+22
24	Tracy Reid T. Reid	116.3	2001	MIA	21	13.2	3.8	1.8	0.6	0.7	0.2	1.5	3.0	50.8	0.0	0.0		0.8	1.2	61.5	53.7	0.5	1.3	1.2	277	80	37	13	15	5	25	28	-27
25	Kristin Folkl K. Folkl	116.4	2001	POR	32	26.9	5.6	7.7	1.4	0.6	1.1	2.2	5.2	42.8	0.2	0.4	41.7	1.0	1.3	82.5	49.0	1.5	6.1	1.2	862	180	245	45	20	34	39	56	-42

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	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Lynx	22	6	.786
2	Valkyries	19	8	.704	2.5
3	Aces	18	8	.692	3.0
4	Wings	18	9	.667	3.5
5	Fever	17	10	.630	4.5
6	Dream	16	10	.615	5.0
7	Liberty	15	12	.556	6.5
8	Mystics	14	12	.538	7.0
9	Fire	11	16	.407	10.5
10	Tempo	10	16	.385	11.0
11	Sparks	10	16	.385	11.0
12	Mercury	10	18	.357	12.0
13	Sky	9	18	.333	12.5
14	Sun	7	20	.259	14.5
15	Storm	6	23	.207	16.5