Alana Beard has averaged the fewest points per game by a Defensive Player of the Year in a season, with 4.0 per game in 2018.

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lowest ppg for a dpoy in a regular season by a player

	NAME	PPG	DPOY	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	Alana Beard A. Beard	4.0	1	2018	LAS	30	25.5	3.3	1.7	1.5	0.2	1.7	4.3	39.2	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
2	Debbie Black D. Black	5.6	1	2001	MIA	32	29.6	3.9	3.8	2.6	0.1	2.2	5.8	37.4	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
3	Teresa Weatherspoon T. Weatherspoon	6.8	1	1998	NYL	30	33.4	4.0	6.4	3.3	0.0	2.4	6.3	38.8	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
4	Alana Beard A. Beard	6.9	1	2017	LAS	34	30.9	3.3	2.2	2.1	0.5	2.8	5.7	49.7	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
5	Teresa Weatherspoon T. Weatherspoon	7.0	1	1997	NYL	28	32.9	4.1	6.2	3.0	0.1	2.3	4.9	46.7	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
6	Alanna Smith A. Smith	9.6	1	2025	MIN	42	26.5	5.1	2.9	1.3	1.9	3.8	7.9	48.5	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
7	Sylvia Fowles S. Fowles	13.9	1	2016	MIN	34	28.6	8.5	1.2	1.3	1.8	5.4	9.0	59.5	0.0	0.0		3.2	4.5	71.7	63.4	2.5	6.1	1.9	971	473	290	42	45	61	63	101	+217
8	Candace Parker C. Parker	14.7	1	2020	LAS	22	30.0	9.7	4.6	1.2	1.2	5.6	11.0	51.0	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
9	Tamika Catchings T. Catchings	14.7	1	2005	IND	34	34.5	7.8	4.2	2.6	0.5	4.6	12.1	38.3	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
10	Tamika Catchings T. Catchings	15.1	1	2009	IND	34	31.9	7.2	3.1	2.9	0.5	4.6	12.0	38.6	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
11	Lisa Leslie L. Leslie	15.1	1	2008	LAS	33	32.1	8.9	2.4	1.5	2.9	5.7	12.3	46.3	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	Brittney Griner B. Griner	15.1	1	2015	PHX	26	30.3	8.1	1.3	0.3	4.0	5.7	10.0	56.5	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
13	Sheryl Swoopes S. Swoopes	15.6	1	2003	HOU	31	34.9	4.6	3.9	2.5	0.8	5.6	14.0	40.3	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
14	Brittney Griner B. Griner	15.6	1	2014	PHX	34	30.9	8.0	1.6	0.6	3.8	6.4	11.1	57.8	0.0	0.0		2.7	3.4	80.2	61.7	1.8	6.1	1.9	1,051	531	271	56	22	129	65	109	+354
15	Sylvia Fowles S. Fowles	16.0	1	2021	MIN	31	30.1	10.1	1.4	1.8	1.8	6.7	10.5	64.0	0.0	0.0		2.6	3.4	75.5	66.7	2.1	8.0	2.3	934	496	312	44	56	56	72	79	+97
16	Tamika Catchings T. Catchings	16.2	1	2006	IND	32	33.4	7.5	3.7	2.9	1.1	5.1	12.4	40.7	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
17	Sylvia Fowles S. Fowles	16.3	1	2013	CHI	32	31.3	11.5	0.4	0.9	2.4	6.2	10.6	58.6	0.0	0.0		3.9	5.7	68.5	62.3	3.7	7.9	2.1	1,001	520	369	12	29	78	66	66	+263
18	Tamika Catchings T. Catchings	17.4	1	2012	IND	34	30.5	7.6	3.1	2.1	0.9	5.9	13.6	43.2	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
19	Lisa Leslie L. Leslie	17.6	1	2004	LAS	34	33.8	9.9	2.6	1.5	2.9	6.6	13.3	49.4	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
20	Natasha Howard N. Howard	18.1	1	2019	SEA	34	31.4	8.2	2.1	2.2	1.7	6.7	15.2	43.9	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
21	Tamika Catchings T. Catchings	18.2	1	2010	IND	34	31.4	7.1	4.0	2.3	0.9	6.1	12.6	48.4	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
22	Sheryl Swoopes S. Swoopes	18.5	1	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
23	Yolanda Griffith Y. Griffith	18.8	1	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
24	A'ja Wilson A. Wilson	19.5	1	2022	LVA	36	30.0	9.4	2.1	1.4	1.9	7.2	14.4	50.1	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
25	Sylvia Fowles S. Fowles	20.0	1	2011	CHI	34	34.6	10.2	0.6	1.2	2.0	7.7	13.1	59.1	0.0	0.0		4.5	5.9	76.6	63.7	2.9	7.3	2.8	1,175	680	347	22	41	68	96	85	-35

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Thu 9/17	LAS	@	DAL	8:00 PM
Sun 9/20	PDX	@	LAS	7:00 PM
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RPG Leaders

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APG Leaders

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Wilson

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MPG Leaders

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9	Fire - e	16	24	.400	15.0
10	Sky - e	15	25	.375	16.0
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Sun 6/14	ATL	@	TOR	102-77
Mon 6/15	LVA	@	DAL	66-96
Mon 6/15	PDX	@	MIN	74-107
Mon 6/15	LAS	@	GSV	58-78
Tue 6/16	TOR	@	IND	91-113

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 9/17	CON	@	ATL	7:30 PM
Thu 9/17	WAS	@	CHI	8:00 PM
Thu 9/17	LAS	@	DAL	8:00 PM
Thu 9/17	LVA	@	SEA	10:00 PM
Thu 9/17	PHX	@	PDX	10:00 PM

Alana Beard has averaged the fewest points per game by a Defensive Player of the Year in a season, with 4.0 per game in 2018.

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