highest career ppg before turning 26 years old

Seimone Augustus has scored the most career points per game by a player younger than 26, with 21.2 per game.

Interpreted as:
highest career ppg by a player before turning 26 years old
NAMEPPGGPMPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Seimone Augustus
S. Augustus
21.2
105
32.8
3.9
2.1
1.0
0.5
8.2
17.0
48.2
0.8
2.1
37.9
4.0
4.5
88.7
55.9
0.8
3.1
2.1
3,440
2,230
409
221
106
54
219
167
-38
2Elena Delle Donne
E. Delle Donne
20.2
74
31.0
6.4
1.5
0.8
1.9
6.5
14.8
43.9
1.3
3.7
36.2
5.9
6.2
94.1
57.6
1.6
4.8
1.2
2,297
1,492
476
113
60
137
86
116
+520
3Caitlin Clark
C. Clark
20.1
89
33.1
4.8
8.5
1.2
0.6
6.4
15.1
42.6
2.9
8.3
34.6
4.4
5.1
86.1
58.1
0.3
4.6
5.1
2,945
1,792
431
754
109
52
455
261
+193
4Breanna Stewart
B. Stewart
20.0
116
32.6
8.7
2.9
1.3
1.6
6.9
14.2
48.8
1.6
4.2
37.9
4.5
5.5
82.0
60.1
1.2
7.5
2.2
3,786
2,315
1,008
338
151
188
260
292
+609
5Paige Bueckers
P. Bueckers
19.9
73
33.3
4.0
5.7
1.2
0.5
7.5
15.3
49.2
1.5
4.0
37.0
3.4
3.9
88.0
58.7
0.7
3.3
2.1
2,429
1,455
294
413
88
33
152
177
+25
6Arike Ogunbowale
A. Ogunbowale
19.8
117
32.1
2.9
3.4
1.3
0.0
6.8
17.1
39.5
2.3
6.4
35.5
4.0
4.8
83.2
51.5
0.6
2.3
2.0
3,751
2,320
342
393
151
4
235
275
-257
7Olivia Miles
O. Miles
19.7
37
30.9
4.6
6.2
1.3
0.6
7.0
14.2
49.5
1.7
4.2
39.7
3.9
4.5
86.9
60.8
0.6
4.0
3.1
1,145
728
170
228
47
24
115
111
+294
8Diana Taurasi
D. Taurasi
19.6
139
33.0
4.1
4.2
1.3
0.8
6.7
15.6
43.1
2.5
7.0
35.5
3.6
4.5
79.3
55.5
0.7
3.4
2.7
4,593
2,720
569
578
179
118
378
461
+264
9Cappie Pondexter
C. Pondexter
19.3
95
32.0
3.6
3.7
1.1
0.2
6.8
15.9
42.8
1.3
3.8
34.0
4.4
5.3
84.0
53.0
0.8
2.7
2.2
3,035
1,835
338
356
104
17
207
225
+73
10A'ja Wilson
A. Wilson
19.1
146
30.4
8.4
2.3
1.0
1.7
7.0
14.7
47.3
0.2
0.5
37.3
5.0
6.2
80.7
54.8
1.8
6.6
1.6
4,438
2,788
1,226
329
140
250
239
288
+633
11Angel McCoughtry
A. McCoughtry
19.0
121
27.3
4.6
2.6
2.2
0.7
6.5
15.1
43.1
0.8
2.6
28.5
5.2
6.6
78.4
52.6
1.6
2.9
3.0
3,302
2,295
553
314
263
88
365
344
+299
12Lauren Jackson
L. Jackson
18.6
185
32.9
7.8
1.6
1.2
2.1
6.5
14.4
45.3
1.3
3.7
34.6
4.2
5.2
81.8
55.7
2.4
5.4
1.8
6,085
3,438
1,440
303
213
389
335
581
+637
13Chamique Holdsclaw
C. Holdsclaw
18.1
139
34.3
9.1
2.5
1.3
0.6
7.0
16.1
43.5
0.3
1.3
24.3
3.8
4.9
77.4
49.6
2.4
6.8
3.0
4,761
2,522
1,268
354
182
80
412
314
-204
14Maya Moore
M. Moore
18.0
138
30.9
6.2
3.2
1.6
0.7
6.5
13.8
47.5
2.0
5.1
38.5
3.0
3.4
86.5
58.9
1.9
4.3
1.8
4,267
2,486
861
436
225
99
254
367
+1208
15Tamika Catchings
T. Catchings
17.9
118
35.2
7.9
3.6
2.4
1.1
5.6
13.9
40.4
1.9
5.3
36.0
4.7
5.6
83.3
54.4
2.4
5.5
2.7
4,151
2,108
933
426
283
128
315
371
+43
16Tina Charles
T. Charles
17.3
164
32.7
10.5
1.8
0.8
1.4
7.1
15.4
46.1
0.0
0.1
8.3
3.1
4.1
75.0
50.3
3.4
7.1
2.2
5,355
2,833
1,730
287
139
222
362
339
-55
17Candace Parker
C. Parker
17.2
85
33.1
9.5
2.9
1.0
2.1
6.6
13.0
50.8
0.4
1.2
35.2
3.6
4.8
73.9
56.9
2.2
7.3
2.5
2,814
1,458
804
246
88
177
213
196
+198
18Rhyne Howard
R. Howard
17.1
136
33.2
4.6
3.5
1.5
0.7
5.6
15.0
37.4
2.7
8.0
33.6
3.2
4.0
80.3
51.0
0.8
3.8
1.7
4,518
2,329
626
481
210
97
234
356
+99
19Lisa Leslie
L. Leslie
16.8
37
32.2
9.8
2.4
1.4
2.2
6.0
13.6
44.4
0.4
1.4
25.5
4.4
6.9
63.1
50.5
2.4
7.4
3.8
1,190
620
363
90
52
81
142
142
+92
20Alana Beard
A. Beard
16.3
129
32.7
4.3
2.9
1.8
0.7
6.0
13.9
42.9
1.1
3.1
33.8
3.3
4.3
77.2
51.6
0.8
3.6
2.5
4,212
2,104
561
378
237
92
327
382
-14
21Sophia Young-Malcolm
S. Young-Malcolm
16.1
133
32.6
6.4
1.7
1.5
0.4
6.0
13.0
45.8
0.1
0.5
25.4
4.0
5.3
76.1
52.4
2.1
4.3
1.7
4,332
2,137
851
230
203
58
225
323
+88
22Sylvia Fowles
S. Fowles
15.9
109
31.0
9.2
0.9
1.1
2.1
6.1
10.6
58.1
0.0
0.0
100.0
3.6
4.9
72.8
62.3
2.3
6.8
2.7
3,380
1,732
999
97
119
227
292
264
-31
23Sonia Citron
S. Citron
15.8
81
32.6
3.8
3.2
1.2
0.5
5.2
11.0
47.2
1.6
4.1
39.5
3.8
4.3
87.2
61.3
0.8
3.1
2.3
2,642
1,279
311
263
100
40
183
171
-30
24Candice Dupree
C. Dupree
15.7
166
32.4
7.3
1.8
1.1
1.1
6.2
12.9
48.2
0.2
0.5
31.3
3.2
4.0
79.5
53.8
2.1
5.2
2.3
5,382
2,614
1,216
301
177
176
380
368
-502
25Sabrina Ionescu
S. Ionescu
15.7
105
31.2
6.1
5.9
0.9
0.3
5.1
12.5
40.9
2.6
6.9
37.7
2.8
3.1
90.9
56.4
0.8
5.3
3.0
3,275
1,646
639
616
96
36
313
195
+151
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