Cynthia Cooper scored the most points per game in 1997, with 22.2 per game in her rookie season.

Interpreted as:

highest ppg with a minimum of 20 games played per 44 team games by a player 1997

	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	Cynthia Cooper C. Cooper	22.2	1997	HOU	28	35.0	3.9	4.7	2.1	0.2	6.8	14.6	46.8	2.4	5.7	41.9	6.1	7.1	86.4	62.7	1.2	2.8	3.9	981	621	110	131	58	6	110	69	+161
2	Ruthie Bolton R. Bolton	18.5	1997	SAC	24	34.3	5.7	2.5	2.3	0.0	6.8	17.0	40.0	2.8	8.0	34.4	2.2	2.9	76.8	50.9	1.3	4.3	2.4	824	445	136	59	54	1	58	71	-100
3	Lisa Leslie L. Leslie	15.9	1997	LAS	28	32.4	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
4	Wendy Palmer W. Palmer	15.8	1997	UTA	28	33.3	8.0	1.7	1.7	0.2	5.6	15.0	37.4	0.4	1.7	25.0	4.2	6.2	67.6	44.6	2.7	5.3	2.5	933	443	225	48	47	6	71	86	-246
5	Jennifer Gillom J. Gillom	15.7	1997	PHX	28	31.1	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
6	Andrea Stinson A. Stinson	15.7	1997	CHA	28	36.1	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
7	Sophia Witherspoon S. Witherspoon	14.5	1997	NYL	28	30.9	3.0	2.3	1.8	0.3	5.0	12.3	40.6	1.6	4.5	34.9	3.0	4.0	74.8	51.7	1.1	1.9	2.8	866	407	84	64	49	7	77	62	+81
8	Eva Nemcova E. Nemcova	13.7	1997	CLE	28	33.7	3.9	2.4	1.4	0.3	4.9	10.4	47.3	1.3	3.0	43.5	2.5	3.0	85.5	58.4	0.8	3.1	2.8	944	384	110	67	39	8	78	53	+8
9	Tina Thompson T. Thompson	13.2	1997	HOU	28	31.7	6.5	1.1	0.7	1.0	4.8	11.3	42.1	1.3	3.5	37.4	2.4	2.9	83.8	52.7	2.4	4.1	2.2	888	370	183	32	20	28	61	106	+149
10	Penny Toler P. Toler	13.1	1997	LAS	28	32.4	3.4	5.1	1.3	0.1	5.1	12.1	42.6	0.3	1.4	18.4	2.6	3.1	83.9	48.9	0.9	2.5	3.8	907	368	94	143	36	3	107	66	+39
11	Bridgette Gordon B. Gordon	13.0	1997	SAC	28	35.0	4.9	2.8	1.4	0.3	4.8	11.1	43.4	0.4	1.4	27.5	3.0	3.8	78.5	51.0	2.4	2.5	3.0	981	365	136	77	40	9	83	56	-184
12	Vicky Bullett V. Bullett	12.8	1997	CHA	28	31.1	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
13	Bridget Pettis B. Pettis	12.6	1997	PHX	28	30.0	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
14	Rebecca Lobo R. Lobo	12.4	1997	NYL	28	33.5	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
15	Elena Baranova E. Baranova	12.2	1997	UTA	28	32.6	7.4	2.2	1.5	2.3	4.6	11.8	39.0	1.4	3.8	37.7	1.5	2.2	69.4	47.6	2.0	5.4	2.9	912	341	206	62	43	63	82	82	-182
16	Michele Timms M. Timms	12.1	1997	PHX	27	35.8	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
17	Isabelle Fijalkowski I. Fijalkowski	11.9	1997	CLE	28	28.6	5.6	2.4	0.6	0.6	4.5	8.8	50.8	0.0	0.1	25.0	2.9	3.7	78.6	57.0	2.2	3.4	2.6	802	332	157	68	17	17	73	129	+68
18	Tamecka Dixon T. Dixon	11.9	1997	LAS	27	26.4	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
19	Rhonda Mapp R. Mapp	11.6	1997	CHA	28	25.5	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	Janice Braxton J. Braxton	11.5	1997	CLE	25	32.9	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
21	Pam McGee P. McGee	10.6	1997	SAC	27	25.5	4.4	0.7	1.0	0.5	3.8	8.2	45.9	0.1	0.3	28.6	2.9	4.1	70.5	52.5	2.0	2.4	2.7	688	285	120	20	27	14	73	112	-112
22	Janeth Arcain J. Arcain	10.2	1997	HOU	28	27.3	3.8	1.6	1.5	0.1	3.8	8.6	43.6	0.3	1.2	27.3	2.4	2.7	89.3	52.2	1.4	2.5	2.3	765	286	107	45	42	4	63	55	+117
23	Michelle Edwards M. Edwards	10.2	1997	CLE	20	31.2	3.5	4.5	1.8	0.2	3.8	8.5	44.7	0.3	1.3	24.0	2.3	4.3	52.3	48.8	0.7	2.9	3.9	623	203	70	89	35	3	77	40	+97
24	Kym Hampton K. Hampton	9.8	1997	NYL	28	23.7	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
25	Vickie Johnson V. Johnson	9.6	1997	NYL	26	30.3	4.2	2.5	0.7	0.2	4.2	10.4	40.4	0.2	0.8	19.0	1.0	1.3	77.1	43.6	1.8	2.5	1.9	789	249	110	66	19	4	49	52	+71