most ppg in the first 15 games of the season since 2001 to 2002

Between the 2001 and 2002 seasons, Katie Smith averaged the most points per game in a season in her first 15 games, with 25.1 per game in 2001.

Interpreted as:
most ppg by a player in the first 15 games of the season since 2001 to 2002
NAMEPPGSEASONTMGPMPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Katie Smith
K. Smith
25.1
2001
MIN MIN
15
38.3
3.5
1.9
0.6
0.1
7.1
16.8
42.5
3.1
8.1
38.0
7.8
8.7
89.3
60.9
1.3
2.1
2.5
574
377
52
29
9
2
37
41
-29
2Tina Thompson
T. Thompson
22.5
2001
HOU HOU
15
36.5
7.7
1.6
1.1
0.5
7.9
18.2
43.2
1.7
5.1
32.5
5.1
5.9
86.4
54.1
2.7
4.9
2.9
548
337
115
24
16
7
44
44
+122
3Janeth Arcain
J. Arcain
19.0
2001
HOU HOU
15
35.2
3.9
2.9
2.2
0.1
7.3
17.3
42.1
0.6
1.9
31.0
3.9
4.5
86.6
49.4
1.5
2.4
2.4
528
285
58
44
33
2
36
45
+90
4Lisa Leslie
L. Leslie
18.5
2001
LAS LAS
15
32.1
9.4
1.9
1.1
1.8
6.5
14.0
46.7
0.7
1.5
43.5
4.7
6.5
73.2
54.8
2.9
6.5
2.6
482
277
141
29
16
27
39
66
+119
5Tamika Catchings
T. Catchings
18.3
2002
IND IND
15
37.2
8.6
3.7
3.1
1.5
5.5
12.1
45.3
2.1
4.8
44.4
5.3
6.1
86.8
62.2
2.9
5.7
2.9
558
275
129
56
46
23
44
56
-51
6Sheryl Swoopes
S. Swoopes
17.7
2002
HOU HOU
15
36.8
4.9
3.5
3.1
0.7
6.7
15.4
43.3
0.8
2.1
37.5
3.5
4.7
74.6
50.5
0.7
4.3
3.6
551
265
74
53
46
10
54
23
+75
7Chamique Holdsclaw
C. Holdsclaw
17.3
2001
WAS WAS
15
32.9
9.9
2.3
1.3
0.7
6.7
16.5
40.5
0.5
1.9
28.6
3.5
5.4
64.2
46.0
2.3
7.6
2.9
493
260
149
35
20
10
44
23
-60
8Jackie Stiles
J. Stiles
16.6
2001
POR POR
15
33.0
2.9
1.8
0.9
0.0
5.7
12.7
45.0
1.6
3.3
49.0
3.5
4.3
81.5
56.7
0.9
1.9
2.4
495
249
43
27
13
0
36
38
-4
9Lauren Jackson
L. Jackson
16.5
2001
SEA SEA
15
34.3
6.7
1.5
1.8
2.3
5.5
14.8
36.9
1.3
4.2
30.2
4.3
5.6
76.2
47.7
1.9
4.9
1.3
514
247
101
23
27
34
19
53
+6
10Andrea Stinson
A. Stinson
16.3
2001
CHA CHA
15
34.4
5.8
3.1
1.8
0.7
6.5
14.1
46.2
0.9
2.2
42.4
2.3
3.1
76.1
52.7
2.0
3.8
2.9
516
245
87
46
27
10
43
38
-66
11Natalie Williams
N. Williams
15.1
2001
UTA UTA
15
34.8
11.1
2.1
1.2
0.4
5.7
12.3
45.9
0.0
0.1
0.0
3.8
5.3
72.2
51.6
4.4
6.7
2.1
522
227
166
31
18
6
31
58
-16
12Nykesha Sales
N. Sales
15.0
2001
ORL ORL
15
32.5
5.3
2.1
2.1
0.2
5.7
12.9
44.6
1.6
4.3
36.9
1.9
2.7
72.5
53.4
1.8
3.5
2.4
488
225
79
31
32
3
36
55
-17
13Tari Phillips
T. Phillips
14.9
2001
NYL NYL
15
31.5
8.5
0.9
1.1
0.6
6.3
13.2
48.0
0.0
0.2
0.0
2.3
4.5
50.7
49.2
3.2
5.3
2.3
472
224
128
14
17
9
35
54
+56
14Sophia Witherspoon
S. Witherspoon
14.7
2001
POR POR
15
31.2
2.4
2.0
0.9
0.5
4.2
13.3
31.5
2.1
6.5
31.6
4.3
5.1
84.2
47.3
0.9
1.5
2.6
468
221
36
30
14
7
39
24
-4
15Sue Bird
S. Bird
14.6
2002
SEA SEA
15
35.7
2.6
5.5
2.0
0.1
4.4
11.2
39.3
1.9
4.7
40.0
3.9
4.2
93.7
55.9
0.9
1.7
4.1
536
219
39
82
30
1
61
29
+4
16Swin Cash
S. Cash
14.5
2002
DET DET
15
35.9
5.7
2.6
0.9
1.1
4.1
10.6
38.4
0.8
3.1
25.5
5.5
7.3
76.1
52.4
2.2
3.5
3.3
538
217
86
39
14
16
50
45
-104
17Merlakia Jones
M. Jones
14.3
2001
CLE CLE
15
33.0
5.5
1.5
1.1
0.1
6.0
13.4
44.8
0.3
1.3
26.3
1.9
2.4
80.6
49.3
1.5
4.1
1.6
495
214
83
23
16
1
24
31
+98
18Yolanda Griffith
Y. Griffith
13.7
2001
SAC SAC
15
33.9
12.1
2.2
1.8
1.4
4.7
10.2
46.4
0.0
0.0
4.3
6.1
69.6
53.2
5.0
7.1
2.4
509
206
181
33
27
21
36
56
+54
19Taj McWilliams-Franklin
T. McWilliams-Franklin
13.7
2001
ORL ORL
15
32.9
7.9
2.5
2.1
1.5
5.3
10.8
49.4
0.1
0.2
33.3
3.0
3.8
78.9
55.1
3.6
4.3
2.5
494
206
119
37
32
23
38
44
-11
20Sandy Brondello
S. Brondello
13.7
2001
MIA MIA
15
29.2
1.9
2.1
1.0
0.1
4.9
13.0
37.4
0.9
2.3
38.2
3.1
3.8
80.7
46.6
0.6
1.3
1.1
438
205
29
32
15
2
17
27
-19
21Rita Williams
R. Williams
13.3
2001
IND IND
15
30.8
2.9
3.3
1.6
0.3
3.5
9.1
38.2
1.2
3.3
36.0
5.1
6.1
83.7
56.4
0.7
2.2
2.7
462
199
43
49
24
5
41
32
-66
22Allison Feaster
A. Feaster
13.2
2001
CHA CHA
15
32.1
5.0
1.5
1.1
0.4
4.7
11.7
40.0
2.1
5.9
35.2
1.8
2.1
84.4
52.4
2.1
2.9
2.2
481
198
75
23
16
6
33
50
-26
23Jennifer Gillom
J. Gillom
12.6
2001
PHX PHX
15
27.5
4.1
0.9
0.5
0.5
4.8
11.3
42.4
1.1
2.7
39.0
1.9
2.7
72.5
50.4
0.9
3.2
2.1
412
189
61
13
8
7
32
43
-27
24Tamecka Dixon
T. Dixon
12.5
2001
LAS LAS
15
33.5
3.2
4.1
1.2
0.1
4.5
10.9
41.5
0.2
1.4
14.3
3.3
3.9
83.1
49.5
0.8
2.4
2.8
502
188
48
61
18
1
42
30
+85
25Stacey Dales
S. Dales
12.3
2002
WAS WAS
15
30.1
2.7
3.2
0.6
0.3
3.8
8.7
43.8
1.7
3.9
44.1
2.9
3.9
74.6
59.0
1.1
1.7
2.6
452
184
41
48
9
4
39
43
+71
StatMuse has game-level data for points per game going back to the 1997 season.

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10
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30
14
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Lynx Lynx
34
10
.773
Aces Aces
30
14
.682
4.0
Mercury Mercury
27
17
.614
7.0
Storm Storm
23
21
.523
11.0
Valkyries Valkyries
23
21
.523
11.0
Sparks Sparks
21
23
.477
13.0
Wings Wings
10
34
.227
24.0
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Dream Dream
30
14
.682
Liberty Liberty
27
17
.614
3.0
Fever Fever
24
20
.545
6.0
Mystics Mystics
16
28
.364
14.0
Sun Sun
11
33
.250
19.0
Sky Sky
10
34
.227
20.0