who led wnba in rebounds in 1997

Lisa Leslie got the most rebounds per game in 1997 in her rookie season, with 9.5 per game.

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NAMERPGSEASONTMGPMPGPPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Lisa Leslie
L. Leslie
9.5
1997
LAS LAS
28
32.4
15.9
2.6
1.4
2.1
5.7
13.3
43.1
0.4
1.6
26.1
4.0
6.8
59.8
49.0
2.3
7.3
3.9
906
445
266
74
39
59
109
99
+95
2Wendy Palmer
W. Palmer
8.0
1997
UTA UTA
28
33.3
15.8
1.7
1.7
0.2
5.6
15.0
37.4
0.4
1.7
25.0
4.2
6.2
67.6
44.6
2.7
5.3
2.5
933
443
225
48
47
6
71
86
-246
3Janice Braxton
J. Braxton
7.6
1997
CLE CLE
25
32.9
11.5
2.0
1.4
1.1
3.5
8.4
41.7
0.2
0.4
50.0
4.2
5.5
76.8
52.8
1.5
6.0
2.1
822
287
189
49
36
28
53
64
+19
4Elena Baranova
E. Baranova
7.4
1997
UTA UTA
28
32.6
12.2
2.2
1.5
2.3
4.6
11.8
39.0
1.4
3.8
37.7
1.5
2.2
69.4
47.6
2.0
5.4
2.9
912
341
206
62
43
63
82
82
-182
5Rebecca Lobo
R. Lobo
7.3
1997
NYL NYL
28
33.5
12.4
1.9
0.9
1.8
4.8
12.6
37.6
0.6
2.3
28.6
2.3
3.8
61.0
43.5
2.2
5.0
3.1
939
348
203
53
26
51
88
73
+77
6Latasha Byears
L. Byears
6.9
1997
SAC SAC
28
23.6
8.8
1.7
1.4
0.3
3.5
7.5
46.2
0.0
0.2
20.0
1.8
2.5
73.9
51.2
3.1
3.8
2.4
660
246
192
47
39
8
68
100
-123
7Tina Thompson
T. Thompson
6.5
1997
HOU HOU
28
31.7
13.2
1.1
0.7
1.0
4.8
11.3
42.1
1.3
3.5
37.4
2.4
2.9
83.8
52.7
2.4
4.1
2.2
888
370
183
32
20
28
61
106
+149
8Vicky Bullett
V. Bullett
6.4
1997
CHA CHA
28
31.1
12.8
2.3
1.9
2.0
5.2
11.6
44.8
0.3
0.8
30.4
2.2
2.9
77.5
50.0
2.4
4.0
2.4
872
359
178
65
54
55
68
84
+56
9Toni Foster
T. Foster
6.1
1997
PHX PHX
28
26.3
8.8
1.0
1.9
0.8
3.4
7.2
46.8
0.0
0.2
16.7
2.0
2.9
70.4
52.0
2.3
3.8
1.8
737
246
170
27
53
21
51
77
+47
10Kym Hampton
K. Hampton
5.8
1997
NYL NYL
28
23.7
9.8
1.4
1.4
0.7
3.6
7.5
47.4
0.0
0.0
0.0
2.6
4.1
64.0
52.3
1.9
4.0
1.8
663
273
163
38
39
19
49
68
+61
11Ruthie Bolton
R. Bolton
5.7
1997
SAC SAC
24
34.3
18.5
2.5
2.3
0.0
6.8
17.0
40.0
2.8
8.0
34.4
2.2
2.9
76.8
50.9
1.3
4.3
2.4
824
445
136
59
54
1
58
71
-100
12Isabelle Fijalkowski
I. Fijalkowski
5.6
1997
CLE CLE
28
28.6
11.9
2.4
0.6
0.6
4.5
8.8
50.8
0.0
0.1
25.0
2.9
3.7
78.6
57.0
2.2
3.4
2.6
802
332
157
68
17
17
73
129
+68
13Wanda Guyton
W. Guyton
5.6
1997
HOU HOU
25
27.4
6.9
0.5
1.1
0.3
2.5
5.3
47.4
0.0
0.0
1.9
3.1
60.3
51.7
3.2
2.4
1.9
685
173
140
12
28
7
48
84
+128
14Andrea Stinson
A. Stinson
5.5
1997
CHA CHA
28
36.1
15.7
4.4
1.5
0.8
6.3
14.1
44.7
0.9
2.8
32.5
2.1
3.2
67.4
50.4
1.7
3.8
3.5
1,012
439
155
124
43
21
99
55
+54
15Rhonda Mapp
R. Mapp
5.5
1997
CHA CHA
28
25.5
11.6
2.3
0.8
0.4
4.3
8.7
49.2
0.1
0.3
50.0
2.9
3.8
77.4
56.1
1.9
3.6
2.4
713
326
154
64
21
12
68
104
-12
16Jennifer Gillom
J. Gillom
5.4
1997
PHX PHX
28
31.1
15.7
0.8
1.3
0.5
5.8
13.4
43.4
0.7
2.3
31.3
3.4
4.3
77.7
51.3
1.6
3.8
2.1
871
440
150
22
36
15
58
93
+71
17Marlies Askamp
M. Askamp
5.2
1997
PHX PHX
28
18.6
7.5
0.8
0.8
0.3
2.5
6.4
39.3
0.0
0.0
0.0
2.5
3.3
76.3
48.2
2.4
2.8
1.6
521
211
145
23
22
9
46
59
+94
18Bridgette Gordon
B. Gordon
4.9
1997
SAC SAC
28
35.0
13.0
2.8
1.4
0.3
4.8
11.1
43.4
0.4
1.4
27.5
3.0
3.8
78.5
51.0
2.4
2.5
3.0
981
365
136
77
40
9
83
56
-184
19Andrea Congreaves
A. Congreaves
4.8
1997
CHA CHA
28
23.6
6.7
1.5
0.6
0.2
2.3
4.5
50.0
0.6
1.6
40.9
1.5
2.0
76.8
62.1
1.4
3.3
1.1
661
187
133
41
16
5
31
52
+50
20Pam McGee
P. McGee
4.4
1997
SAC SAC
27
25.5
10.6
0.7
1.0
0.5
3.8
8.2
45.9
0.1
0.3
28.6
2.9
4.1
70.5
52.5
2.0
2.4
2.7
688
285
120
20
27
14
73
112
-112
21Haixia Zheng
H. Zheng
4.4
1997
LAS LAS
28
19.9
9.3
0.6
0.4
0.7
3.9
6.4
61.8
0.0
0.0
1.4
2.1
66.1
63.5
1.1
3.3
1.7
557
259
123
17
10
20
47
77
+54
22Vickie Johnson
V. Johnson
4.2
1997
NYL NYL
26
30.3
9.6
2.5
0.7
0.2
4.2
10.4
40.4
0.2
0.8
19.0
1.0
1.3
77.1
43.6
1.8
2.5
1.9
789
249
110
66
19
4
49
52
+71
23Umeki Webb
U. Webb
4.2
1997
PHX PHX
28
27.6
5.0
2.4
2.4
0.3
1.7
5.6
29.7
0.0
0.5
6.7
1.6
2.4
68.7
37.6
1.5
2.7
2.0
773
141
117
68
68
8
55
91
+148
24Linda Burgess
L. Burgess
4.2
1997
LAS LAS
28
17.7
6.5
0.3
0.7
0.5
2.6
4.8
54.1
0.0
0.1
50.0
1.3
1.8
73.5
58.4
1.6
2.5
1.7
495
183
117
9
20
13
47
46
-67
25Tammy Jackson
T. Jackson
4.1
1997
HOU HOU
28
19.0
4.1
0.4
1.6
0.4
1.6
3.9
41.3
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.9
1.5
61.0
45.3
1.5
2.6
1.8
531
115
116
11
44
10
49
85
+49
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Aces Aces
29
13
.690
3.0
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Wings Wings
26
16
.619
6.0
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Sparks Sparks
16
26
.381
16.0
6
Fire Fire
16
27
.372
16.5
7
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.357
17.0
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Tue
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LAS LAS
@
LVA LVA
10:00 PM
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LAS LAS
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Aces

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Mystics

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Wings

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Wilson

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1.34

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Wilson

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1.37

Clark

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1.33

Boston

Aliyah Boston

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Mystics

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Aces

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Worst Record ATS
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13-21

Tempo

15-19

Mercury

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Dream

15-21

Wings

16-19

Sun

16-17

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TeamWLPCTGB
1
Lynx Lynx - x
32
10
.762
2
Valkyries Valkyries - x
31
11
.738
1.0
3
Aces Aces - x
29
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.690
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.667
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27
15
.643
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Liberty Liberty - x
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.619
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Mystics Mystics - x
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.619
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Wings Wings - x
26
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.619
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9
Sparks Sparks - e
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.381
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10
Fire Fire - e
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.372
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11
Mercury Mercury - e
15
27
.357
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12
Sky Sky - e
15
27
.357
17.0
13
Tempo Tempo - e
11
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.262
21.0
14
Sun Sun - e
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Storm Storm - e
8
35
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DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sat
6/20
SEA SEA
@
PHX PHX
73-93
Sat
6/20
CHI CHI
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DAL DAL
92-93
Sun
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GSV GSV
@
LVA LVA
73-92
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6/21
WAS WAS
@
MIN MIN
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6/21
NYL NYL
@
LAS LAS
97-98

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NYL NYL
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PHX PHX
10:00 PM
Tue
9/22
CON CON
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WAS WAS
7:30 PM
Tue
9/22
MIN MIN
@
IND IND
8:00 PM
Tue
9/22
TOR TOR
@
CHI CHI
8:00 PM