Sheryl Swoopes won the most Defensive Player of the Year awards in 2002, with 1.

Interpreted as:

top 10 in dpoy by a player voting in 2002

		NAME	DPOY	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	PPG	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		Sheryl Swoopes S. Swoopes	1	2002	HOU	32	36.1	18.5	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

	NAME	DPOY	DATE	SEASON	TM		OPP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Sheryl Swoopes S. Swoopes	1	8/13/2002	2002	HOU	vs	MIN	24	9	3	4	2	0	4	12	33.3	1	2	50.0	0	0		37.5	0	3	1	3	+12
2	Sheryl Swoopes S. Swoopes	1	8/10/2002	2002	HOU	vs	SAC	38	32	6	2	3	0	11	25	44.0	4	8	50.0	6	9	66.7	55.2	2	4	1	1	+2
3	Sheryl Swoopes S. Swoopes	1	8/8/2002	2002	HOU	@	LAS	40	31	5	3	1	1	9	26	34.6	0	5	0.0	13	13	100.0	48.9	0	5	1	2	+3
4	Sheryl Swoopes S. Swoopes	1	8/6/2002	2002	HOU	vs	CLE	33	14	4	2	1	1	7	17	41.2	0	3	0.0	0	0		41.2	1	3	2	4	+9
5	Sheryl Swoopes S. Swoopes	1	8/3/2002	2002	HOU	vs	ORL	38	25	5	3	0	0	9	15	60.0	0	1	0.0	7	7	100.0	69.1	0	5	1	1	+4
6	Sheryl Swoopes S. Swoopes	1	7/30/2002	2002	HOU	vs	POR	30	17	7	2	6	1	7	15	46.7	1	4	25.0	2	3	66.7	52.1	4	3	1	1	+30
7	Sheryl Swoopes S. Swoopes	1	7/28/2002	2002	HOU	@	NYL	39	23	4	0	1	1	7	16	43.8	1	3	33.3	8	8	100.0	58.9	0	4	2	3	-2
8	Sheryl Swoopes S. Swoopes	1	7/25/2002	2002	HOU	vs	MIA	36	12	4	4	2	2	5	12	41.7	0	2	0.0	2	2	100.0	46.6	1	3	3	1	+8
9	Sheryl Swoopes S. Swoopes	1	7/23/2002	2002	HOU	vs	SEA	36	19	8	10	5	1	5	13	38.5	0	2	0.0	9	9	100.0	56.0	1	7	3	0	+17
10	Sheryl Swoopes S. Swoopes	1	7/20/2002	2002	HOU	@	SEA	40	14	5	2	3	0	6	15	40.0	0	1	0.0	2	2	100.0	44.1	1	4	4	1	+2
11	Sheryl Swoopes S. Swoopes	1	7/19/2002	2002	HOU	@	POR	39	22	5	3	2	0	9	20	45.0	0	4	0.0	4	4	100.0	50.6	1	4	2	2	-7
12	Sheryl Swoopes S. Swoopes	1	7/17/2002	2002	HOU	@	UTA	31	16	3	2	5	0	6	14	42.9	0	2	0.0	4	5	80.0	49.4	1	2	0	3	-7
13	Sheryl Swoopes S. Swoopes	1	7/12/2002	2002	HOU	@	SAC	33	15	4	5	2	1	6	14	42.9	1	2	50.0	2	3	66.7	49.0	2	2	2	0	+9
14	Sheryl Swoopes S. Swoopes	1	7/11/2002	2002	HOU	@	PHX	37	20	8	4	2	2	9	19	47.4	0	1	0.0	2	2	100.0	50.3	1	7	4	1	-4
15	Sheryl Swoopes S. Swoopes	1	7/9/2002	2002	HOU	vs	SEA	40	24	5	3	2	1	10	19	52.6	1	3	33.3	3	4	75.0	57.8	2	3	3	1	+8
16	Sheryl Swoopes S. Swoopes	1	7/6/2002	2002	HOU	vs	DET	32	12	6	5	3	0	5	16	31.3	1	3	33.3	1	3	33.3	34.6	2	4	2	1	+14
17	Sheryl Swoopes S. Swoopes	1	7/3/2002	2002	HOU	@	UTA	36	22	2	0	2	2	6	10	60.0	1	2	50.0	9	9	100.0	78.8	1	1	1	2	+15
18	Sheryl Swoopes S. Swoopes	1	6/30/2002	2002	HOU	@	LAS	40	20	6	2	0	0	3	20	15.0	0	2	0.0	14	15	93.3	37.6	2	4	3	2	+2
19	Sheryl Swoopes S. Swoopes	1	6/28/2002	2002	HOU	vs	UTA	39	27	5	2	5	0	10	19	52.6	1	5	20.0	6	8	75.0	59.9	1	4	5	3	+22
20	Sheryl Swoopes S. Swoopes	1	6/25/2002	2002	HOU	@	MIN	35	18	3	1	3	1	6	12	50.0	1	1	100.0	5	5	100.0	63.4	0	3	0	1	+13
21	Sheryl Swoopes S. Swoopes	1	6/23/2002	2002	HOU	@	POR	31	17	4	5	6	0	8	14	57.1	1	1	100.0	0	0		60.7	0	4	4	1	+9
22	Sheryl Swoopes S. Swoopes	1	6/21/2002	2002	HOU	vs	PHX	39	27	3	0	3	1	11	23	47.8	4	4	100.0	1	2	50.0	56.5	1	2	4	2	+2
23	Sheryl Swoopes S. Swoopes	1	6/18/2002	2002	HOU	@	MIA	36	16	6	4	2	1	7	18	38.9	1	3	33.3	1	1	100.0	43.4	1	5	3	2	+14
24	Sheryl Swoopes S. Swoopes	1	6/15/2002	2002	HOU	vs	MIN	30	12	5	2	1	0	6	14	42.9	0	0		0	0		42.9	0	5	8	1	-10
25	Sheryl Swoopes S. Swoopes	1	6/13/2002	2002	HOU	@	WAS	38	10	7	5	6	1	5	18	27.8	0	3	0.0	0	4	0.0	25.3	3	4	3	1	-7
	Average	0.0						36.1	18.5	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	1.6	5.9
	Total	1						1,154	592	158	107	88	23	221	509	43.4	23	80	28.7	127	154	82.5	51.3	30	128	87	50	+188

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3PM Leaders

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TS% Leaders

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ORtg Rankings

116.5

114.8

112.9

111.9

111.4

DRtg Rankings

100.2

104.4

104.5

105.2

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107.8

NetRtg Rankings

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Reese

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Wilson

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Reese

USG% Leaders

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Clark

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DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

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	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Lynx - x	31	8	.795
2	Valkyries - x	28	11	.718	3.0
3	Aces - x	27	13	.675	4.5
4	Fever - x	26	14	.650	5.5
5	Dream - x	25	14	.641	6.0
6	Liberty - x	24	16	.600	7.5
7	Mystics - x	24	16	.600	7.5
8	Wings - x	23	16	.590	8.0
9	Fire - e	16	23	.410	15.0
10	Sky - e	15	25	.375	16.5
11	Sparks - e	14	25	.359	17.0
12	Mercury - e	14	26	.350	17.5
13	Tempo - e	11	29	.275	20.5
14	Sun - e	10	29	.256	21.0
15	Storm - e	8	31	.205	23.0