Cynthia Cooper had 22.2 points per game in her rookie season in 1997.

Interpreted as:

wnba players average 20 or higher ppg in a season

	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	Cynthia Cooper C. Cooper	22.2	1997	HOU	28	35.0	3.9	4.7	2.1	0.2	6.8	14.6	46.8	2.4	5.7	41.9	6.1	7.1	86.4	62.7	1.2	2.8	3.9	981	621	110	131	58	6	110	69	+161
2	Cynthia Cooper C. Cooper	22.7	1998	HOU	30	35.0	3.7	4.4	1.6	0.4	6.8	15.2	44.6	2.1	5.3	40.0	7.0	8.2	85.4	60.4	0.8	2.8	3.2	1,051	680	110	131	48	11	95	65	+345
3	Jennifer Gillom J. Gillom	20.9	1998	PHX	30	32.1	7.3	1.4	1.7	0.3	7.6	16.4	46.5	1.0	2.7	37.8	4.6	6.5	70.3	54.1	2.1	5.2	3.0	963	626	219	42	50	10	89	94	+157
4	Cynthia Cooper C. Cooper	22.1	1999	HOU	31	35.5	2.8	5.2	1.4	0.4	6.8	14.8	46.3	1.9	5.6	33.5	6.6	7.4	89.1	61.4	0.5	2.3	3.4	1,101	686	87	162	43	11	104	61	+316
5	Katie Smith K. Smith	20.2	2000	MIN	32	37.3	2.9	2.8	1.4	0.2	6.3	15.1	42.1	2.8	7.3	37.9	4.8	5.5	86.9	57.8	0.9	2.0	2.4	1,195	646	93	90	44	7	76	71	+40
6	Sheryl Swoopes S. Swoopes	20.7	2000	HOU	31	35.2	6.3	3.8	2.8	1.1	7.9	15.6	50.6	1.1	2.9	37.4	3.8	4.7	82.1	58.7	1.3	5.0	2.6	1,091	643	195	119	87	33	82	67	+399
7	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
8	Lauren Jackson L. Jackson	21.2	2003	SEA	33	33.6	9.3	1.9	1.2	1.9	7.7	15.9	48.3	1.2	3.7	31.7	4.6	5.5	82.5	57.5	2.5	6.8	2.1	1,110	698	307	62	38	64	69	106	+120
9	Chamique Holdsclaw C. Holdsclaw	20.5	2003	WAS	27	35.1	10.9	3.3	1.3	0.6	7.6	17.8	42.5	0.2	1.3	17.1	5.2	5.7	90.3	50.5	2.7	8.2	2.7	947	554	294	89	34	15	72	74	-95
10	Lauren Jackson L. Jackson	20.5	2004	SEA	31	34.5	6.7	1.6	1.0	2.0	7.1	14.8	47.8	1.7	3.7	45.2	4.6	5.6	81.1	59.0	2.1	4.6	2.2	1,068	634	207	51	31	62	67	93	+219
11	Tina Thompson T. Thompson	20.0	2004	HOU	26	36.3	6.0	1.8	0.8	0.9	6.9	17.2	40.2	1.7	4.2	40.7	4.5	5.7	78.9	50.7	1.7	4.3	2.7	943	520	157	48	22	23	69	68	+2
12	Seimone Augustus S. Augustus	21.9	2006	MIN	34	33.1	3.8	1.5	0.6	0.5	8.3	18.2	45.6	0.9	2.5	35.3	4.4	4.9	89.7	53.7	0.4	3.3	2.1	1,127	744	128	50	21	18	71	58	-132
13	Diana Taurasi D. Taurasi	25.3	2006	PHX	34	33.9	3.6	4.1	1.2	0.8	8.8	19.4	45.2	3.6	9.0	39.7	4.2	5.4	78.1	58.1	0.7	2.9	2.3	1,152	860	122	139	42	27	79	100	+113
14	Lisa Leslie L. Leslie	20.0	2006	LAS	34	31.1	9.5	3.2	1.5	1.7	7.6	14.8	51.1	0.2	0.6	40.0	4.6	7.1	65.0	55.7	2.4	7.1	3.7	1,056	680	323	108	51	57	126	115	+164
15	Seimone Augustus S. Augustus	22.6	2007	MIN	34	32.1	4.0	2.3	1.2	0.6	8.7	17.1	50.8	0.8	1.8	41.9	4.4	5.1	87.3	58.3	1.1	2.9	2.4	1,093	769	136	79	41	21	83	58	-69
16	Lauren Jackson L. Jackson	23.8	2007	SEA	31	32.9	9.7	1.3	1.0	2.0	8.3	16.0	51.9	1.6	3.9	40.2	5.6	6.4	88.3	63.3	2.6	7.1	1.8	1,020	739	300	40	31	63	56	93	+244
17	Cappie Pondexter C. Pondexter	21.2	2008	PHX	32	31.3	3.7	4.2	1.2	0.2	7.3	17.7	41.3	1.3	4.1	31.3	5.3	6.3	84.6	51.8	0.8	2.9	2.9	1,002	679	119	135	38	5	93	82	-47
18	Diana Taurasi D. Taurasi	24.1	2008	PHX	34	31.9	5.1	3.6	1.4	1.4	7.6	17.0	44.6	2.6	7.3	36.0	6.3	7.3	87.0	59.6	0.8	4.3	2.4	1,083	820	172	121	46	46	83	125	+43
19	Lauren Jackson L. Jackson	20.2	2008	SEA	21	33.0	7.0	1.2	1.5	1.6	7.1	15.7	45.2	1.3	4.5	29.5	4.7	5.0	93.4	56.4	1.9	5.1	1.9	694	425	147	26	31	33	40	67	+129
20	Seimone Augustus S. Augustus	21.0	2009	MIN	6	29.7	4.2	1.5	2.0	0.5	8.2	14.3	57.0	1.5	2.3	64.3	3.2	3.5	90.5	66.1	0.7	3.5	2.2	178	126	25	9	12	3	13	5	+61
21	Diana Taurasi D. Taurasi	20.4	2009	PHX	31	31.5	5.7	3.5	1.2	1.4	6.5	14.0	46.1	2.5	6.3	40.7	4.9	5.5	89.4	62.0	0.6	5.2	2.6	976	631	178	109	36	43	82	95	+139
22	Angel McCoughtry A. McCoughtry	21.1	2010	ATL	34	30.7	4.9	3.1	1.9	0.6	7.2	17.7	40.8	1.0	3.7	26.2	5.6	7.0	80.3	50.6	1.9	3.1	3.2	1,044	716	167	105	66	21	108	107	+30
23	Cappie Pondexter C. Pondexter	21.4	2010	NYL	34	34.3	4.5	4.9	0.9	0.1	7.5	15.5	48.3	1.9	4.4	43.0	4.6	5.2	89.2	60.4	0.6	3.9	2.4	1,167	729	153	165	30	4	81	88	+166
24	Diana Taurasi D. Taurasi	22.6	2010	PHX	31	32.2	4.3	4.7	1.2	0.6	6.8	16.0	42.7	2.6	6.9	37.4	6.4	7.0	91.2	59.2	0.4	3.9	3.5	998	702	132	146	38	19	110	110	+29
25	Candace Parker C. Parker	20.6	2010	LAS	10	33.5	10.1	2.2	1.0	2.2	8.1	16.2	50.0	0.3	1.2	25.0	4.1	5.6	73.2	55.2	1.9	8.2	3.2	335	206	101	22	10	22	32	18	-30

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