Before 2000, Cynthia Cooper had the most points, with 1,987 points.

Interpreted as:

most points by a player before 2000

	NAME	PTS	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Cynthia Cooper C. Cooper	1,987	89	35.2	22.3	3.4	4.8	1.7	0.3	6.8	14.8	45.9	2.1	5.5	38.3	6.6	7.6	86.9	61.4	0.8	2.6	3.5	3,133	307	424	149	28	309	195	+822
2	Jennifer Gillom J. Gillom	1,551	90	32.6	17.2	6.1	1.3	1.4	0.4	6.2	14.4	42.8	0.8	2.4	31.7	4.1	5.5	75.5	51.2	1.8	4.4	2.6	2,930	553	118	123	32	234	292	+164
3	Lisa Leslie L. Leslie	1,494	88	31.0	17.0	9.1	2.3	1.3	1.9	6.2	13.5	45.9	0.5	1.4	35.5	4.1	5.9	69.5	52.8	2.4	6.7	3.5	2,730	799	200	117	168	305	356	+267
4	Andrea Stinson A. Stinson	1,323	90	34.5	14.7	4.5	3.9	1.4	0.6	5.8	13.2	44.1	0.8	2.8	30.2	2.2	3.1	72.2	50.5	1.2	3.3	2.7	3,101	406	351	129	54	243	183	+114
5	Wendy Palmer W. Palmer	1,127	87	27.9	13.0	6.9	1.4	0.9	0.3	4.7	11.1	41.9	0.4	1.3	27.9	3.3	4.8	67.6	48.9	2.3	4.6	2.1	2,431	599	120	74	23	185	262	-550
6	Vicky Bullett V. Bullett	1,127	90	31.4	12.5	6.6	1.8	2.0	1.6	5.0	10.9	45.7	0.2	0.8	27.6	2.3	2.9	79.1	51.3	2.1	4.5	2.1	2,825	591	161	182	146	192	249	+106
7	Tina Thompson T. Thompson	1,103	87	32.6	12.7	6.7	1.0	0.9	1.0	4.6	10.9	41.9	1.3	3.6	36.1	2.3	2.8	82.2	52.5	2.3	4.4	2.1	2,833	581	84	82	84	180	290	+695
8	Sheryl Swoopes S. Swoopes	1,102	70	31.0	15.7	5.2	2.8	2.2	0.9	6.1	13.5	44.8	1.0	3.1	34.1	2.6	3.2	81.5	52.7	1.3	3.9	2.1	2,167	366	196	155	64	145	104	+636
9	Sophia Witherspoon S. Witherspoon	1,091	90	26.1	12.1	2.4	1.8	1.4	0.1	4.2	10.5	40.1	1.2	3.3	35.0	2.5	3.3	75.4	50.5	0.9	1.5	2.2	2,348	220	158	122	13	198	170	+194
10	Eva Nemcova E. Nemcova	1,085	89	31.9	12.2	3.7	2.1	1.2	0.6	4.4	9.8	45.2	1.1	2.7	41.3	2.2	2.5	90.5	56.1	0.9	2.9	2.5	2,843	328	184	103	51	223	180	-47
11	Vickie Johnson V. Johnson	1,052	88	31.6	12.0	4.1	2.8	1.1	0.1	4.8	11.3	42.4	0.6	1.7	33.8	1.8	2.3	79.8	48.7	1.5	2.6	1.8	2,780	359	246	94	12	159	199	+280
12	Nikki McCray N. McCray	1,044	60	33.0	17.4	2.9	2.8	1.2	0.1	6.2	14.9	41.7	1.1	3.7	30.4	3.8	5.0	77.4	50.9	1.2	1.7	3.9	1,978	171	165	74	3	231	161	-515
13	Latasha Byears L. Byears	955	89	24.3	10.7	6.2	1.2	1.3	0.3	4.5	9.4	48.1	0.1	0.3	20.8	1.6	2.5	65.8	51.1	2.8	3.4	2.2	2,162	552	106	116	24	197	318	-132
14	Ruthie Bolton R. Bolton	921	60	32.2	15.4	4.7	2.3	1.5	0.0	5.4	14.3	37.6	2.2	6.8	32.1	2.4	3.2	75.9	48.9	1.4	3.3	1.8	1,929	279	138	91	1	109	151	-2
15	Tamecka Dixon T. Dixon	894	81	24.5	11.0	2.5	2.0	1.1	0.2	3.9	9.1	43.1	0.7	2.0	36.5	2.5	3.3	76.7	52.5	0.6	1.9	1.9	1,985	203	162	90	17	154	185	+68
16	Penny Toler P. Toler	881	88	25.9	10.0	2.8	4.0	0.9	0.1	3.9	9.5	40.6	0.4	1.3	30.6	1.9	2.3	81.1	47.5	0.8	1.9	2.8	2,280	243	352	81	6	248	179	+53
17	Bridget Pettis B. Pettis	871	90	24.8	9.7	3.0	2.1	1.2	0.2	3.2	9.3	34.2	1.1	3.9	27.6	2.3	2.7	83.2	46.3	1.1	1.9	1.9	2,228	269	185	104	22	174	189	+314
18	Merlakia Jones M. Jones	860	90	23.6	9.6	3.2	1.3	1.1	0.1	3.8	8.8	43.3	0.2	0.6	34.0	1.8	2.4	74.9	48.7	1.2	2.1	1.9	2,124	290	115	96	11	172	205	+4
19	Sandy Brondello S. Brondello	849	62	32.1	13.7	2.5	2.8	1.0	0.1	5.0	11.5	43.3	0.9	1.9	44.2	2.9	3.2	88.6	52.9	0.8	1.7	2.2	1,993	153	171	63	6	139	139	-49
20	Kym Hampton K. Hampton	840	90	25.1	9.3	5.8	1.0	1.0	0.6	3.4	7.6	45.1	0.0	0.0	25.0	2.4	3.5	69.7	50.8	1.8	4.0	1.8	2,259	518	86	94	52	162	267	+129
21	Rhonda Mapp R. Mapp	824	79	24.8	10.4	5.5	1.9	0.7	0.4	4.1	8.2	49.8	0.1	0.3	22.2	2.2	3.0	75.2	55.2	1.7	3.8	2.1	1,958	436	153	59	33	167	266	+5
22	Margo Dydek M. Dydek	789	62	25.4	12.7	7.0	1.8	0.4	3.1	4.6	9.5	49.0	0.1	0.4	29.6	3.3	4.2	79.6	56.3	1.3	5.7	3.2	1,577	431	112	27	191	199	238	-5
23	Elena Baranova E. Baranova	772	77	28.0	10.0	6.4	2.3	1.1	1.5	3.6	9.1	40.3	1.0	2.6	37.1	1.8	2.3	77.6	49.8	1.8	4.5	2.4	2,154	490	177	84	116	181	184	-353
24	Michele Timms M. Timms	738	87	31.1	8.5	2.9	5.1	1.7	0.2	2.7	8.2	33.5	1.3	3.9	33.1	1.7	2.3	74.8	46.2	0.7	2.2	2.7	2,710	252	444	152	14	238	258	+211
25	Janice Braxton J. Braxton	733	81	26.4	9.0	5.7	1.9	1.3	0.7	3.1	6.7	45.8	0.1	0.3	33.3	2.8	3.8	74.8	54.2	1.2	4.5	1.9	2,138	463	156	106	56	154	194	+106

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