Katie Smith had the most points per game in 2001, with 23.0 per game.

Interpreted as:

most ppg with a minimum of 20 games played per 44 team games by a player in 2001

	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	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
3	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
4	Janeth Arcain J. Arcain	18.5	2001	HOU	32	36.0	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
5	Chamique Holdsclaw C. Holdsclaw	16.8	2001	WAS	29	33.6	8.8	2.3	1.5	0.5	6.4	16.1	40.0	0.4	1.6	23.9	3.5	5.1	68.2	45.7	2.5	6.3	3.2	975	486	256	66	44	14	94	49	-87
6	Yolanda Griffith Y. Griffith	16.2	2001	SAC	32	33.8	11.2	1.7	2.0	1.2	6.0	11.5	52.2	0.0	0.0		4.2	5.8	72.0	57.6	5.1	6.1	2.3	1,080	518	357	54	63	37	75	114	+157
7	Tari Phillips T. Phillips	15.3	2001	NYL	32	32.8	8.0	1.1	1.5	0.5	6.5	12.8	50.7	0.0	0.1	0.0	2.3	3.9	58.4	52.6	2.8	5.3	2.6	1,051	489	257	34	48	17	84	110	+97
8	Lauren Jackson L. Jackson	15.2	2001	SEA	29	34.5	6.7	1.5	1.9	2.2	5.1	14.0	36.7	1.4	4.4	31.0	3.6	4.9	72.7	47.1	2.0	4.7	1.8	1,000	442	193	44	54	64	53	97	-56
9	Jackie Stiles J. Stiles	14.9	2001	POR	32	32.0	2.4	1.7	0.8	0.1	4.9	12.0	40.5	1.6	3.6	43.1	3.6	4.7	77.9	53.0	0.8	1.7	2.1	1,023	478	77	55	24	3	67	75	-122
10	Natalie Williams N. Williams	14.2	2001	UTA	31	34.4	9.9	1.8	1.3	0.3	5.5	11.3	49.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	3.1	4.3	72.9	53.9	3.6	6.4	2.3	1,066	439	308	55	41	10	70	128	+22
11	Andrea Stinson A. Stinson	14.1	2001	CHA	32	31.4	4.3	2.8	1.3	0.6	5.6	11.6	48.4	0.9	2.0	44.6	2.0	2.5	79.7	55.6	1.2	3.1	2.2	1,005	450	137	88	43	19	70	59	-8
12	Sheri Sam S. Sam	13.9	2001	MIA	32	34.4	4.3	2.8	1.7	0.3	5.6	13.0	43.2	0.8	3.1	27.6	1.8	2.4	75.0	49.3	1.3	3.0	2.7	1,100	444	137	88	55	8	87	67	+106
13	Nykesha Sales N. Sales	13.5	2001	ORL	32	32.3	5.3	1.8	2.2	0.2	5.2	11.8	44.0	1.3	4.3	31.6	1.8	2.3	78.4	52.9	1.8	3.6	2.3	1,032	433	171	57	70	6	72	109	-15
14	Merlakia Jones M. Jones	13.4	2001	CLE	30	33.4	5.5	1.5	1.0	0.1	5.5	12.6	43.8	0.3	1.1	26.5	2.1	2.7	80.0	48.9	1.4	4.0	1.8	1,001	403	164	45	29	4	53	59	+145
15	Svetlana Abrosimova S. Abrosimova	13.3	2001	MIN	26	32.5	6.7	2.0	1.6	0.3	4.4	11.3	39.1	0.8	3.0	26.0	3.7	5.1	72.7	49.1	1.7	5.0	3.3	845	346	174	53	42	9	85	70	-33
16	Sandy Brondello S. Brondello	12.7	2001	MIA	29	29.4	1.7	2.2	1.0	0.1	4.9	11.9	41.3	0.9	2.3	39.4	2.0	2.4	81.4	49.0	0.3	1.4	1.3	852	367	50	63	28	4	37	61	+115
17	Taj McWilliams-Franklin T. McWilliams-Franklin	12.6	2001	ORL	32	33.1	7.6	2.2	1.6	1.6	4.9	10.3	47.4	0.1	0.3	20.0	2.7	3.7	74.4	52.7	3.6	4.0	2.5	1,060	403	243	69	52	50	80	74	-32
18	Jennifer Gillom J. Gillom	12.3	2001	PHX	32	26.8	4.0	1.1	1.0	0.6	4.7	11.1	42.3	0.8	2.2	34.3	2.2	3.0	74.0	49.7	1.1	2.8	2.2	859	395	127	35	31	19	71	91	-13
19	Adrienne Goodson A. Goodson	12.3	2001	UTA	28	30.5	5.4	2.1	1.0	0.0	4.9	11.4	43.3	0.2	1.1	16.1	2.2	3.2	69.7	47.9	2.4	3.1	2.7	854	343	152	58	27	0	75	64	+34
20	Sophia Witherspoon S. Witherspoon	12.0	2001	POR	31	27.8	2.4	1.7	1.0	0.3	3.6	11.5	31.6	1.8	5.9	31.3	2.9	3.4	84.9	46.1	0.6	1.7	2.3	862	373	74	54	30	8	72	59	-38
21	Rita Williams R. Williams	11.9	2001	IND	32	32.5	3.3	3.6	2.3	0.3	3.6	9.2	39.2	1.3	3.4	37.6	3.4	4.1	83.3	54.3	0.8	2.5	3.1	1,040	381	104	114	72	11	99	71	-118
22	Elena Baranova E. Baranova	11.8	2001	MIA	32	30.6	6.0	2.0	1.0	1.8	4.4	10.3	42.7	0.9	2.5	37.5	2.1	2.2	93.0	52.3	1.3	4.7	1.9	978	378	191	63	33	57	62	81	+104
23	Astou Ndiaye-Diatta A. Ndiaye-Diatta	11.8	2001	DET	32	28.5	5.3	1.5	0.7	0.9	4.9	10.7	45.7	0.2	0.5	33.3	1.8	2.4	77.6	50.2	1.9	3.5	2.3	913	376	171	49	22	28	73	82	-124
24	Tamecka Dixon T. Dixon	11.7	2001	LAS	29	31.9	2.9	3.9	0.9	0.1	4.6	11.0	41.7	0.2	1.2	17.6	2.3	3.0	79.1	47.6	0.7	2.3	2.4	925	340	85	114	27	2	71	52	+203
25	Shannon Johnson S. Johnson	11.6	2001	ORL	26	30.1	3.0	2.6	1.3	0.2	3.5	9.4	36.7	1.5	4.0	36.5	3.2	4.3	75.7	51.4	0.6	2.4	2.1	783	302	77	68	34	6	54	66	-71