Debbie Black has the lowest field-goal percentage by a Defensive Player of the Year in a season, at 37.4 percent in 2001.

Interpreted as:

lowest fg percent for a dpoy in a regular season by a player

	NAME	FG%	DPOY	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Debbie Black D. Black	37.4	1	2001	MIA	32	29.6	5.6	3.9	3.8	2.6	0.1	2.2	5.8	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
2	Tamika Catchings T. Catchings	38.3	1	2005	IND	34	34.5	14.7	7.8	4.2	2.6	0.5	4.6	12.1	1.0	3.6	28.5	4.5	5.7	78.8	50.6	2.0	5.7	2.7	1,173	501	264	143	90	16	91	96	+91
3	Tamika Catchings T. Catchings	38.6	1	2009	IND	34	31.9	15.1	7.2	3.1	2.9	0.5	4.6	12.0	1.2	3.6	32.8	4.6	5.3	87.3	52.6	2.5	4.7	2.6	1,084	512	245	107	99	18	88	92	+171
4	Teresa Weatherspoon T. Weatherspoon	38.8	1	1998	NYL	30	33.4	6.8	4.0	6.4	3.3	0.0	2.4	6.3	0.5	1.6	32.7	1.4	2.3	60.9	46.7	0.7	3.3	3.2	1,003	204	120	191	100	0	96	85	+94
5	Alana Beard A. Beard	39.2	1	2018	LAS	30	25.5	4.0	3.3	1.7	1.5	0.2	1.7	4.3	0.1	0.2	40.0	0.6	0.7	81.0	43.5	1.2	2.1	0.7	766	121	98	50	44	6	20	73	+46
6	Sheryl Swoopes S. Swoopes	40.3	1	2003	HOU	31	34.9	15.6	4.6	3.9	2.5	0.8	5.6	14.0	0.8	2.5	30.4	3.5	4.0	88.7	49.5	1.0	3.6	2.4	1,081	484	143	121	77	26	73	48	+95
7	Tamika Catchings T. Catchings	40.7	1	2006	IND	32	33.4	16.2	7.5	3.7	2.9	1.1	5.1	12.4	1.0	3.3	29.9	5.1	6.3	80.7	53.3	2.1	5.3	2.5	1,070	519	239	119	93	34	79	90	+152
8	Tamika Catchings T. Catchings	43.2	1	2012	IND	34	30.5	17.4	7.6	3.1	2.1	0.9	5.9	13.6	1.5	3.9	37.9	4.1	4.8	86.4	55.2	1.8	5.8	1.7	1,036	590	258	107	70	29	59	84	+177
9	Sheryl Swoopes S. Swoopes	43.4	1	2002	HOU	32	36.1	18.5	4.9	3.3	2.8	0.7	6.9	15.9	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
10	Natasha Howard N. Howard	43.9	1	2019	SEA	34	31.4	18.1	8.2	2.1	2.2	1.7	6.7	15.2	0.9	3.1	30.8	3.8	4.6	81.0	52.3	2.7	5.5	2.9	1,066	614	279	73	74	59	99	100	+145
11	Lisa Leslie L. Leslie	46.3	1	2008	LAS	33	32.1	15.1	8.9	2.4	1.5	2.9	5.7	12.3	0.1	0.5	23.5	3.5	5.4	66.1	51.4	2.5	6.3	3.6	1,059	497	293	80	49	97	119	117	+71
12	Teresa Weatherspoon T. Weatherspoon	46.7	1	1997	NYL	28	32.9	7.0	4.1	6.2	3.0	0.1	2.3	4.9	0.1	1.3	8.6	2.3	3.6	65.0	54.1	0.9	3.3	3.4	922	196	116	173	85	2	94	72	+123
13	Tamika Catchings T. Catchings	48.4	1	2010	IND	34	31.4	18.2	7.1	4.0	2.3	0.9	6.1	12.6	1.4	3.1	44.8	4.6	5.4	84.9	60.7	1.7	5.4	2.7	1,068	618	242	135	77	30	93	93	+187
14	Alanna Smith A. Smith	48.5	1	2025	MIN	42	26.5	9.6	5.1	2.9	1.3	1.9	3.8	7.9	1.3	3.8	32.9	0.7	1.5	47.7	56.3	1.5	3.5	1.5	1,114	404	214	121	55	80	65	116	+236
15	Napheesa Collier N. Collier	49.2	1	2024	MIN	34	34.7	20.4	9.7	3.4	1.9	1.4	7.9	16.0	0.9	2.9	31.0	3.7	4.6	80.4	56.5	2.2	7.5	2.1	1,181	694	330	115	65	48	70	87	+312
16	Lisa Leslie L. Leslie	49.4	1	2004	LAS	34	33.8	17.6	9.9	2.6	1.5	2.9	6.6	13.3	0.2	0.6	27.3	4.3	6.0	71.2	55.2	1.8	8.1	3.2	1,148	598	336	88	50	98	110	130	+123
17	Alana Beard A. Beard	49.7	1	2017	LAS	34	30.9	6.9	3.3	2.2	2.1	0.5	2.8	5.7	0.2	0.6	31.6	1.1	1.4	80.4	55.1	0.6	2.7	1.3	1,052	235	113	76	71	17	45	93	+275
18	A'ja Wilson A. Wilson	50.1	1	2022	LVA	36	30.0	19.5	9.4	2.1	1.4	1.9	7.2	14.4	0.9	2.3	37.3	4.2	5.2	81.3	58.5	1.8	7.6	1.7	1,080	703	339	75	52	70	61	76	+313
19	A'ja Wilson A. Wilson	50.5	1	2025	LVA	40	31.2	23.4	10.2	3.1	1.6	2.3	8.3	16.5	0.6	1.5	42.4	6.2	7.3	85.5	59.6	2.3	7.9	2.2	1,247	937	407	122	64	92	87	75	+292
20	Sheryl Swoopes S. Swoopes	50.6	1	2000	HOU	31	35.2	20.7	6.3	3.8	2.8	1.1	7.9	15.6	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
21	Candace Parker C. Parker	51.0	1	2020	LAS	22	30.0	14.7	9.7	4.6	1.2	1.2	5.6	11.0	0.9	2.2	39.6	2.6	3.5	73.1	58.4	1.7	8.0	2.9	660	324	214	101	26	27	64	51	+103
22	Lauren Jackson L. Jackson	51.9	1	2007	SEA	31	32.9	23.8	9.7	1.3	1.0	2.0	8.3	16.0	1.6	3.9	40.2	5.6	6.4	88.3	63.3	2.6	7.1	1.8	1,020	739	300	40	31	63	56	93	+244
23	Yolanda Griffith Y. Griffith	54.1	1	1999	SAC	29	33.7	18.8	11.3	1.6	2.5	1.9	6.9	12.8	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
24	A'ja Wilson A. Wilson	55.7	1	2023	LVA	40	30.7	22.8	9.5	1.6	1.4	2.2	8.4	15.0	0.2	0.7	31.0	5.8	7.2	81.2	62.7	2.1	7.5	1.6	1,228	912	380	64	56	89	62	85	+487
25	Brittney Griner B. Griner	56.5	1	2015	PHX	26	30.3	15.1	8.1	1.3	0.3	4.0	5.7	10.0	0.0	0.0		3.8	4.9	77.3	62.1	1.7	6.4	2.2	787	393	210	34	8	105	56	71	+100

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1	Lynx	16	6	.727
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