Katie Smith has the most minutes per game in a season with 38.6 minutes per game in 2001.

Interpreted as:

highest mpg with a minimum of 20 games played per 44 team games by a player in a season

	NAME	MPG	SEASON	TM	GP	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	Katie Smith K. Smith	38.6	2001	MIN	32	23.0	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	Arike Ogunbowale A. Ogunbowale	38.6	2024	DAL	38	22.2	4.6	5.1	2.1	0.3	7.3	19.2	38.3	2.9	8.5	34.6	4.6	5.0	92.1	52.0	0.8	3.8	2.7	1,465	845	173	195	81	11	103	107	-250
3	Jennifer Azzi J. Azzi	37.7	2001	UTA	32	8.6	3.1	5.3	0.7	0.3	2.3	5.8	40.8	1.2	2.3	51.4	2.8	3.0	91.7	61.0	0.3	2.8	2.2	1,207	276	98	171	22	10	69	89	+63
4	Chantel Tremitiere C. Tremitiere	37.5	1997	SAC	28	7.6	4.1	4.7	1.9	0.0	2.5	7.0	35.2	0.3	1.3	18.9	2.4	3.2	74.4	45.0	0.9	3.2	4.4	1,050	212	114	131	54	1	123	80	-185
5	Katie Smith K. Smith	37.3	2000	MIN	32	20.2	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
6	Jennifer Azzi J. Azzi	37.3	2000	UTA	15	9.6	2.7	6.1	0.8	0.3	3.1	6.9	45.2	0.7	1.6	41.7	2.7	2.9	93.0	58.6	0.3	2.4	1.9	559	144	41	92	12	5	28	43	+38
7	Arike Ogunbowale A. Ogunbowale	37.2	2023	DAL	40	21.2	3.4	4.5	1.7	0.1	7.5	18.8	39.8	2.9	8.5	34.3	3.4	3.8	87.6	51.8	0.5	2.9	2.6	1,489	849	135	181	68	4	105	109	+144
8	Sheryl Swoopes S. Swoopes	37.2	2005	HOU	33	18.6	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
9	Tina Thompson T. Thompson	36.8	2001	HOU	30	19.3	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
10	Deanna Nolan D. Nolan	36.7	2005	DET	33	15.9	4.7	3.7	1.7	0.4	5.6	14.0	39.8	0.8	2.7	31.1	3.9	4.8	80.0	49.2	0.9	3.8	3.0	1,212	524	156	121	55	14	100	64	+38
11	Katie Smith K. Smith	36.7	2002	MIN	31	16.5	3.0	2.5	1.0	0.2	5.2	12.9	40.4	2.0	6.1	33.0	4.1	4.9	82.4	54.7	0.8	2.2	2.3	1,138	512	92	79	32	7	70	87	-80
12	Tamika Catchings T. Catchings	36.5	2002	IND	32	18.6	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
13	Tina Thompson T. Thompson	36.3	2007	HOU	34	18.8	6.7	2.8	0.9	0.7	6.1	14.6	42.0	1.5	3.8	40.0	5.0	6.0	83.4	54.6	1.9	4.8	3.3	1,234	639	229	94	29	23	112	62	-86
14	Tina Thompson T. Thompson	36.3	2004	HOU	26	20.0	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
15	Tina Thompson T. Thompson	36.2	2002	HOU	29	16.7	7.5	2.1	0.9	0.7	6.1	14.1	43.1	1.4	3.7	37.0	3.2	3.9	82.3	53.0	2.3	5.2	3.2	1,051	485	217	62	25	20	92	76	+137
16	Andrea Stinson A. Stinson	36.1	1997	CHA	28	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
17	Alyssa Thomas A. Thomas	36.1	2023	CON	40	15.5	9.9	7.9	1.8	0.5	6.1	12.8	47.4	0.0	0.1	0.0	3.3	4.7	71.5	52.0	2.0	7.9	3.4	1,445	619	394	316	73	19	137	109	+224
18	Sheryl Swoopes S. Swoopes	36.1	2002	HOU	32	18.5	4.9	3.3	2.8	0.7	6.9	15.9	43.4	0.7	2.5	28.8	4.0	4.8	82.5	51.3	0.9	4.0	2.7	1,154	592	158	107	88	23	87	50	+188
19	Ticha Penicheiro T. Penicheiro	36.0	1998	SAC	29	6.1	4.8	7.5	2.2	0.1	1.8	5.6	32.3	0.3	1.5	23.3	2.1	3.4	63.3	43.1	0.4	4.3	3.7	1,045	176	138	217	65	3	108	88	-162
20	Jennifer Azzi J. Azzi	36.0	2002	UTA	32	9.6	2.2	4.9	0.8	0.4	2.8	6.2	46.0	1.3	2.9	44.6	2.6	3.3	79.8	62.8	0.5	1.7	2.1	1,153	306	69	158	27	14	67	102	+44
21	Janeth Arcain J. Arcain	36.0	2001	HOU	32	18.5	4.3	2.9	1.9	0.1	6.8	15.9	42.6	0.7	2.1	33.3	4.2	4.7	90.0	51.4	1.5	2.7	2.6	1,153	591	136	94	60	3	83	82	+67
22	Dawn Staley D. Staley	36.0	2001	CHA	32	9.3	2.2	5.6	1.6	0.0	3.3	8.8	38.1	1.0	2.8	37.1	1.6	1.8	89.5	48.7	0.3	1.9	3.1	1,152	298	71	179	52	1	100	54	+48
23	Shannon Johnson S. Johnson	35.9	2002	ORL	31	16.1	4.2	5.3	1.6	0.2	5.1	12.5	40.4	0.7	2.5	27.3	5.3	6.9	76.6	51.6	1.6	2.6	3.2	1,112	499	129	163	51	7	98	78	+45
24	Natalie Williams N. Williams	35.9	2000	UTA	29	18.7	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
25	Sheryl Swoopes S. Swoopes	35.8	2006	HOU	31	15.5	5.9	3.7	2.1	0.3	5.8	14.1	41.3	0.8	2.9	27.8	3.1	4.1	76.4	49.0	1.1	4.8	2.4	1,111	482	183	115	64	9	74	46	+35