players who won mvp and averaged under 20 ppg wnba

Yolanda Griffith won the MVP award when scoring <20.0 points per game in her rookie season in 1999.

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	NAME	MVP	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	Yolanda Griffith Y. Griffith	1	18.8	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
2	Lisa Leslie L. Leslie	1	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	Sheryl Swoopes S. Swoopes	1	18.5	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
4	Lisa Leslie L. Leslie	1	17.6	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
5	Sheryl Swoopes S. Swoopes	1	18.6	2005	HOU	33	37.2	3.6	4.3	2.0	0.8	6.6	14.7	44.7	0.8	2.3	36.0	4.6	5.5	85.0	54.3	0.8	2.8	2.2	1,226	614	119	141	66	26	72	54	+60
6	Candace Parker C. Parker	1	18.5	2008	LAS	33	33.6	9.5	3.4	1.3	2.3	7.0	13.4	52.3	0.3	0.8	42.3	4.2	5.7	73.3	58.2	2.5	6.9	2.8	1,109	610	313	113	42	75	93	91	+115
7	Tamika Catchings T. Catchings	1	15.5	2011	IND	33	31.5	7.1	3.5	2.0	0.9	5.1	11.6	43.8	1.0	2.8	34.8	4.3	4.9	88.3	56.1	1.9	5.2	2.2	1,040	511	233	115	67	30	73	69	+180
8	Tina Charles T. Charles	1	18.0	2012	CON	33	33.2	10.5	1.7	0.5	1.4	7.6	15.2	49.9	0.0	0.2	20.0	2.8	3.5	80.2	53.8	3.7	6.7	2.2	1,096	594	345	57	17	47	74	64	+138
9	Candace Parker C. Parker	1	17.9	2013	LAS	31	28.7	8.7	3.8	1.3	1.8	6.7	13.6	49.3	0.3	1.1	25.7	4.2	5.5	76.2	55.9	1.4	7.3	2.3	889	556	269	117	40	57	71	42	+196
10	Nneka Ogwumike N. Ogwumike	1	19.7	2016	LAS	33	31.6	9.1	3.1	1.3	1.2	7.4	11.1	66.5	0.5	0.8	61.5	4.4	5.1	86.9	73.7	2.3	6.7	2.1	1,043	650	299	101	42	39	70	113	+245
11	Sylvia Fowles S. Fowles	1	18.9	2017	MIN	34	30.8	10.4	1.5	1.3	2.0	7.5	11.4	65.5	0.0	0.0		4.0	5.2	76.8	69.1	3.6	6.8	2.4	1,048	644	354	52	44	67	83	93	+332
12	Elena Delle Donne E. Delle Donne	1	19.5	2019	WAS	31	29.1	8.3	2.2	0.6	1.3	7.1	13.8	51.5	1.7	3.9	43.0	3.7	3.8	97.4	63.3	1.5	6.7	1.0	901	606	256	68	18	40	30	32	+371
13	Jonquel Jones J. Jones	1	19.4	2021	CON	27	31.7	11.2	2.8	1.3	1.3	7.1	13.8	51.5	1.6	4.3	36.2	3.6	4.5	80.2	61.4	2.5	8.7	2.9	856	523	303	75	34	34	78	84	+335
14	A'ja Wilson A. Wilson	1	19.5	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

StatMuse has season-level data for MVP awards and points per game going back to the 1997 season.

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2	Valkyries - x	32	12	.727	1.0
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