highest ppg in a season from 1950 to 2005

Between the 1950 and 2005 seasons, Katie Smith had the most points per game in a season, with 23.0 per game in 2001.

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highest ppg with a minimum of 20 games played per 44 team games by a player in a season from 1950 to 2005

	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	Katie Smith K. Smith	23.0	2001	MIN	32	38.6	3.8	2.2	0.7	0.2	6.4	16.2	39.3	2.7	7.5	35.4	7.6	8.5	89.4	57.7	1.2	2.6	2.7	1,235	737	122	70	23	5	87	94	-48
2	Cynthia Cooper C. Cooper	22.7	1998	HOU	30	35.0	3.7	4.4	1.6	0.4	6.8	15.2	44.6	2.1	5.3	40.0	7.0	8.2	85.4	60.4	0.8	2.8	3.2	1,051	680	110	131	48	11	95	65	+345
3	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
4	Cynthia Cooper C. Cooper	22.1	1999	HOU	31	35.5	2.8	5.2	1.4	0.4	6.8	14.8	46.3	1.9	5.6	33.5	6.6	7.4	89.1	61.4	0.5	2.3	3.4	1,101	686	87	162	43	11	104	61	+316
5	Lauren Jackson L. Jackson	21.2	2003	SEA	33	33.6	9.3	1.9	1.2	1.9	7.7	15.9	48.3	1.2	3.7	31.7	4.6	5.5	82.5	57.5	2.5	6.8	2.1	1,110	698	307	62	38	64	69	106	+120
6	Jennifer Gillom J. Gillom	20.9	1998	PHX	30	32.1	7.3	1.4	1.7	0.3	7.6	16.4	46.5	1.0	2.7	37.8	4.6	6.5	70.3	54.1	2.1	5.2	3.0	963	626	219	42	50	10	89	94	+157
7	Sheryl Swoopes S. Swoopes	20.7	2000	HOU	31	35.2	6.3	3.8	2.8	1.1	7.9	15.6	50.6	1.1	2.9	37.4	3.8	4.7	82.1	58.7	1.3	5.0	2.6	1,091	643	195	119	87	33	82	67	+399
8	Chamique Holdsclaw C. Holdsclaw	20.5	2003	WAS	27	35.1	10.9	3.3	1.3	0.6	7.6	17.8	42.5	0.2	1.3	17.1	5.2	5.7	90.3	50.5	2.7	8.2	2.7	947	554	294	89	34	15	72	74	-95
9	Lauren Jackson L. Jackson	20.5	2004	SEA	31	34.5	6.7	1.6	1.0	2.0	7.1	14.8	47.8	1.7	3.7	45.2	4.6	5.6	81.1	59.0	2.1	4.6	2.2	1,068	634	207	51	31	62	67	93	+219
10	Katie Smith K. Smith	20.2	2000	MIN	32	37.3	2.9	2.8	1.4	0.2	6.3	15.1	42.1	2.8	7.3	37.9	4.8	5.5	86.9	57.8	0.9	2.0	2.4	1,195	646	93	90	44	7	76	71	+40
11	Tina Thompson T. Thompson	20.0	2004	HOU	26	36.3	6.0	1.8	0.8	0.9	6.9	17.2	40.2	1.7	4.2	40.7	4.5	5.7	78.9	50.7	1.7	4.3	2.7	943	520	157	48	22	23	69	68	+2
12	Chamique Holdsclaw C. Holdsclaw	19.8	2002	WAS	20	32.1	11.6	2.3	1.0	0.3	7.5	16.5	45.2	0.6	1.4	39.3	4.4	5.3	82.9	52.6	2.7	8.9	2.3	641	396	232	45	20	6	45	50	+47
13	Tamika Catchings T. Catchings	19.7	2003	IND	34	35.5	8.0	3.4	2.1	1.0	6.5	15.1	43.2	2.2	5.6	38.7	4.6	5.4	84.7	56.6	2.4	5.6	3.0	1,208	671	272	114	72	35	102	122	+17
14	Lisa Leslie L. Leslie	19.6	1998	LAS	28	32.1	10.2	2.5	1.5	2.1	7.2	15.1	47.8	0.3	0.8	39.1	4.9	6.3	76.8	54.8	2.8	7.4	3.6	898	549	285	70	42	60	102	121	+40
15	Lisa Leslie L. Leslie	19.5	2001	LAS	31	33.4	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
16	Tina Thompson T. Thompson	19.3	2001	HOU	30	36.8	7.8	1.9	1.0	0.7	6.6	17.6	37.7	1.5	5.0	29.3	4.6	5.4	84.0	48.3	2.8	5.0	2.9	1,103	579	233	58	29	22	87	74	+130
17	Chamique Holdsclaw C. Holdsclaw	19.0	2004	WAS	23	34.6	8.3	2.4	1.7	0.8	7.0	17.5	40.2	0.3	0.7	41.2	4.6	5.7	80.3	47.4	2.2	6.1	2.5	796	437	191	56	39	18	57	67	-66
18	Brandy Reed B. Reed	19.0	2000	PHX	32	34.1	5.9	2.7	2.1	0.7	7.2	14.3	50.7	0.6	1.3	41.9	4.0	4.4	90.1	58.6	1.8	4.0	2.8	1,090	608	188	86	66	21	90	52	+98
19	Yolanda Griffith Y. Griffith	18.8	1999	SAC	29	33.7	11.3	1.6	2.5	1.9	6.9	12.8	54.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	5.0	8.1	61.7	57.6	4.9	6.5	2.3	978	545	329	45	73	54	66	91	+194
20	Katie Smith K. Smith	18.8	2004	MIN	23	34.7	3.7	2.3	1.0	0.3	6.0	13.8	43.1	2.6	6.0	43.2	4.3	4.7	89.9	59.0	0.7	2.9	2.2	798	432	84	52	23	6	51	63	+6
21	Natalie Williams N. Williams	18.7	2000	UTA	29	35.9	11.6	1.8	1.2	0.6	6.2	12.6	49.0	0.1	0.2	60.0	6.3	7.9	79.8	58.3	4.6	7.0	2.7	1,040	543	336	51	35	18	79	124	-12
22	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
23	Tamika Catchings T. Catchings	18.6	2002	IND	32	36.5	8.6	3.7	2.9	1.3	5.8	13.7	42.0	2.4	6.0	39.6	4.7	5.8	81.5	57.2	2.8	5.8	2.6	1,168	594	275	118	94	43	82	105	-22
24	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
25	Sheryl Swoopes S. Swoopes	18.5	2002	HOU	32	36.1	4.9	3.3	2.8	0.7	6.9	15.9	43.4	0.7	2.5	28.7	4.0	4.8	82.5	51.3	0.9	4.0	2.7	1,154	592	158	107	88	23	87	50	+188

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1	Lynx	18	6	.750
2	Aces	17	7	.708	1.0
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Wed 7/15	LAS	@	MIN	1:00 PM
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Wed 7/22	MIN	@	SEA	3:00 PM
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Final

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PPG Leaders

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Wilson

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8.0

Thomas

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2.0

Wilson

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Howard

2.7

Mitchell

TS% Leaders

68.4

Cunningham

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ORtg Rankings

113.0

112.6

112.1

111.6

110.1

109.9

DRtg Rankings

100.3

101.6

102.7

104.4

105.6

105.9

NetRtg Rankings

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Wilson

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Wilson

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Clark

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Wilson

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3	Valkyries	17	7	.708	1.0
4	Wings	16	8	.667	2.0
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Sat 5/9	PHX	@	LVA	99-66

Schedule

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Between the 1950 and 2005 seasons, Katie Smith had the most points per game in a season, with 23.0 per game in 2001.

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