1997 WNBA Player Stats - Play-by-Play

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League Champion: Houston Comets

Most Valuable Player: Cynthia Cooper

PPG Leader: Cynthia Cooper (22.2)

RPG Leader: Lisa Leslie (9.5)

APG Leader: Teresa Weatherspoon (6.2)

WS Leader: Cynthia Cooper (9.4)

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Basic Stats

Shooting

Play-by-Play

These statistics are derived from Play-by-Play and may not always match official totals. PxP coverage is over 99.7% all-time (100% complete since 2016). 1997-2002, 2006-2007 and 2015 are each missing 1-3 games per season. All other seasons are 100% complete.
*-Hall of Famer; Bold=Active Player

Play-by-Play Table
							+/- Per 100 Poss.		Turnovers		Fouls Committed		Fouls Drawn		Misc.
Player	Team	Pos	G	MP	G	MP	OnCourt	On-Off	BadPass	LostBall	Shoot	Off.	Shoot	Off.	PGA	And1	Blkd
Marlies Askamp	PHO	C	28	517	28	517	8.9	7.3	18	11	21	5			53	10	24
Tajama Abraham	SAC	C	28	422	28	422	-12.8	-5.3	14	19	30	6			24	3	14
Tara Williams	PHO	G	12	84	12	84	-7.0	-12.8	1	3	4	0			6	0	0
Umeki Webb	PHO	G-F	28	775	28	775	9.2	13.6	34	13	26	3			141	6	11
Molly Tuter	PHO	G	3	3	3	3	12.5	7.6	0	0	0	0			0	0	0
Michele Timms*	PHO	G	27	966	27	966	7.9	19.8	45	21	23	4			289	6	11
Bridget Pettis	PHO	G	28	842	28	842	6.5	6.2	38	23	22	5			164	5	26
Nancy Lieberman*	PHO	G	25	279	25	279	-2.8	-10.3	26	6	13	3			77	0	4
Tia Jackson	PHO	F	26	320	26	320	1.2	-5.3	24	5	7	4			57	1	5
Jennifer Gillom	PHO	F-C	28	874	28	874	3.9	-4.8	19	19	45	6			52	11	17
Toni Foster	PHO	F-C	28	736	28	736	3.0	-5.2	12	15	34	8			65	5	11
Ryneldi Becenti	PHO	G	1	8	1	8	-22.0	-27.1	1	0	0	0			0	0	0
Yvette Angel	SAC	G	5	90	5	90	-22.9	-14.7	8	0	5	0			18	1	3
Monique Ambers	PHO	F	19	85	19	85	2.9	-2.2	3	0	4	2			7	1	1
Sophia Witherspoon	NYL	G	28	867	28	867	4.2	5.9	50	8	19	5			130	13	20
Sue Wicks	NYL	F	28	332	28	332	6.1	4.6	30	4	18	3			58	5	7
Teresa Weatherspoon*	NYL	G	28	924	28	924	6.7	19.6	66	7	16	6			378	6	2
Trena Trice	NYL	F-C	28	340	28	340	-5.4	-11.8	9	3	12	13			4	3	10
Jasmina Perazic-Gipe	NYL	G-F	9	47	9	47	-7.5	-10.9	7	0	1	0			8	0	0
Rebecca Lobo*	NYL	C	28	939	28	939	4.0	6.7	50	24	33	5			106	3	12
Vickie Johnson	NYL	G-F	26	789	26	789	3.9	3.4	23	8	16	3			144	4	9
Player	Team	Pos	G	MP	G	MP	OnCourt	On-Off	BadPass	LostBall	Shoot	Off.	Shoot	Off.	PGA	And1	Blkd
Kym Hampton	NYL	C	28	663	28	663	4.5	4.0	26	5	21	5			84	7	11
Kisha Ford	NYL	G-F	28	473	28	473	-2.2	-8.5	22	5	21	4			45	5	10
Katasha Artis	CHA	F	20	113	20	113	-0.6	-3.8	7	0	6	1			17	1	1
Elena Baranova	UTA	F	28	913	28	913	-10.1	13.8	48	20	37	3			125	1	21
Kim Williams	UTA	G	28	608	28	608	-10.8	4.4	31	16	29	4			125	4	7
Raegan Pebley	UTA	F-C	8	43	8	43	-4.2	9.0	0	0	0	0			2	0	0
Tammi Reiss	UTA	G	28	831	28	831	-17.3	-16.8	36	11	12	7			186	5	13
Wendy Palmer	UTA	F	28	936	28	936	-12.5	2.1	36	14	28	8			100	7	26
Greta Koss	UTA	F	13	268	13	268	-13.6	-1.0	7	9	8	0			21	0	5
Jessie Hicks	UTA	C-F	26	263	26	263	-14.1	-1.7	3	2	19	4			23	0	5
Dena Head	UTA	G	27	471	27	471	-7.4	9.3	39	13	18	5			98	4	9
Lady Grooms	UTA	F	28	691	28	691	-14.7	-4.7	39	25	18	4			156	5	21
Megan Compain	UTA	G	5	19	5	19	-18.9	-6.3	4	1	0	1			5	0	1
Deborah Carter	UTA	G-F	18	286	18	286	-16.2	-4.5	11	2	11	1			18	1	5
Karen Booker	UTA	C	26	321	26	321	-13.5	-1.0	28	11	23	6			41	3	6
Cassandra Crumpton-Moorer	NYL	G	2	11	2	11	54.5	52.2	1	0	0	0			2	0	0
Corissa Yasen	SAC	G	19	188	19	188	-13.5	-4.9	8	5	10	0			12	0	5
Danielle Viglione	SAC	G	7	30	7	30	-11.8	-2.5	0	0	1	0			3	0	1
Chantel Tremitiere	SAC	G	28	1051	28	1051	-9.0	5.2	84	23	47	3			276	4	12
Laure Savasta	SAC	G	14	157	14	157	-26.5	-20.0	14	6	7	0			25	1	2
Player	Team	Pos	G	MP	G	MP	OnCourt	On-Off	BadPass	LostBall	Shoot	Off.	Shoot	Off.	PGA	And1	Blkd
Judy Mosley-McAfee	SAC	F	13	265	13	265	-4.1	6.9	8	4	12	7			18	0	7
Pamela McGee	SAC	F-C	27	691	27	691	-8.9	1.2	27	13	36	20			42	8	19
Denique Graves	SAC	C	22	86	22	86	3.3	13.7	6	4	10	1			0	0	1
Bridgette Gordon	SAC	F	28	981	28	981	-10.1	-6.0	34	23	16	7			167	9	8
Margold Clark	SAC	F-C	4	46	4	46	-9.0	0.4	0	1	3	1			2	0	1
Latasha Byears	SAC	G-F	28	656	28	656	-9.5	-0.5	28	14	35	13			101	7	14
Ruthie Bolton	SAC	G	23	813	23	813	-6.8	9.7	32	14	15	3			111	4	22
Marcie Alberts	CLE	G	5	30	5	30	17.5	16.6	1	2	0	0			7	0	0
Janeth Arcain	HOU	G	28	784	28	784	7.9	-4.4	32	11	15	2			108	7	10
Lynette Woodard*	CLE	G	28	712	28	712	2.9	4.0	43	17	18	1			144	9	14
Tina Nicholson	CLE	G	24	273	24	273	-4.9	-8.4	25	3	13	0			87	1	1
Eva Nemcova	CLE	F	28	944	28	944	-0.4	-11.3	40	22	17	4			135	6	18
Anita Maxwell	CLE	F	9	63	9	63	-4.5	-6.3	3	3	4	0			16	0	4
Merlakia Jones	CLE	G	28	589	28	589	-0.4	-3.9	27	12	15	4			50	0	8
Adrienne Johnson	CLE	G	25	194	25	194	7.8	7.7	12	13	4	0			17	1	2
Isabelle Fijalkowski	CLE	F-C	28	803	28	803	3.5	7.2	26	22	49	12			142	12	17
Michelle Edwards	CLE	G	20	622	20	622	6.0	10.0	49	19	10	2			188	6	5
Rushia Brown	CLE	F	28	511	28	511	3.0	2.9	15	5	33	4			46	5	8
Janice Braxton	CLE	F	25	822	25	822	0.6	-3.0	35	10	28	3			100	12	16
Jenny Boucek	CLE	G	10	112	10	112	-20.7	-24.5	11	8	1	0			19	0	2
Player	Team	Pos	G	MP	G	MP	OnCourt	On-Off	BadPass	LostBall	Shoot	Off.	Shoot	Off.	PGA	And1	Blkd
Cynthia Cooper*	HOU	G	28	982	28	982	10.9	11.0	51	32	17	7			277	13	22
Debra Williams	CHA	G	10	116	10	116	-10.2	-14.5	5	1	2	0			19	0	3
Milica Vukadinovic	CHA	G	1	14	1	14	6.0	3.3	1	0	0	0			3	0	0
Tora Suber	CHA	G	28	475	28	475	-3.0	-10.1	39	2	13	2			122	1	1
Andrea Stinson	CHA	G	28	1011	28	1011	4.1	13.0	75	18	26	5			271	7	11
Penny Moore	CHA	F	28	539	28	539	4.7	3.7	31	5	14	3			62	1	3
Rhonda Mapp	CHA	C	28	710	28	710	0.8	-5.5	35	10	34	13			142	12	16
Sharon Manning	CHA	F-C	28	438	28	438	2.4	-0.6	19	4	9	2			29	4	6
Nicole Levesque	CHA	G	27	622	27	622	3.0	0.5	58	7	17	0			164	0	1
Susie Hopson-Shelton	CHA	F	6	29	6	29	-4.9	-7.9	0	1	1	0			2	0	0
Andrea Congreaves	CHA	F-C	28	658	28	658	5.8	7.2	17	5	21	4			87	8	7
Vicky Bullett	CHA	F	28	875	28	875	5.1	10.3	50	8	39	2			147	3	23
Tiffany Woosley	HOU	G	26	397	26	397	3.3	-9.6	16	7	7	1			54	2	3
Penny Toler	LAS	G	28	907	28	907	1.5	0.3	61	20	19	6			285	5	10
Mwadi Mabika	LAS	G	21	325	21	325	-6.5	-11.0	11	6	12	2			38	0	1
Lisa Leslie*	LAS	C	28	902	28	902	4.2	13.7	59	21	35	11			145	19	23
Kim Gessig	LAS	F	1	4	1	4	-135.7	-137.6	1	0	1	0			0	0	0
Travesa Gant	LAS	C	2	13	2	13	-23.5	-25.2	0	1	3	1			0	0	0
Tamecka Dixon	LAS	G	27	715	27	715	8.5	19.0	33	12	19	5			118	6	3
Katrina Colleton	LAS	F	28	613	28	613	8.5	15.3	16	10	14	2			91	2	10
Player	Team	Pos	G	MP	G	MP	OnCourt	On-Off	BadPass	LostBall	Shoot	Off.	Shoot	Off.	PGA	And1	Blkd
Daedra Charles	LAS	F-C	28	282	28	282	-2.0	-4.6	8	4	20	0			21	2	6
Linda Burgess	LAS	F	28	492	28	492	-8.7	-18.1	32	4	17	6			21	3	10
Heidi Burge	LAS	F-C	22	282	22	282	-3.4	-6.5	12	5	23	4			31	2	3
Rhonda Blades	NYL	G	28	290	28	290	-8.7	-16.0	29	2	17	3			64	0	4
Tina Thompson*	HOU	F	28	885	28	885	10.5	5.3	25	17	50	6			77	8	17
Sheryl Swoopes*	HOU	F-G	9	129	9	129	14.9	6.2	2	2	2	0			17	0	3
Catarina Pollini	HOU	F	13	94	13	94	14.7	5.8	2	3	4	0			7	0	2
Kim Perrot	HOU	G	28	692	28	692	13.7	11.2	33	18	18	1			187	1	4
Yolanda Moore	HOU	F-C	13	93	13	93	-9.4	-20.7	2	3	1	1			2	0	2
Tammy Jackson	HOU	F-C	28	545	28	545	7.5	-3.5	16	7	27	9			21	5	10
Fran Harris	HOU	G-F	25	369	25	369	3.1	-9.3	18	5	14	0			61	1	7
Wanda Guyton	HOU	C	25	668	25	668	12.7	8.3	5	15	18	3			24	8	17
Pietra Gay	HOU	G-F	5	12	5	12	3.8	-5.6	3	1	2	0			2	1	0
Jamila Wideman	LAS	G	28	633	28	633	-3.4	-10.7	40	6	19	1			204	1	4
Haixia Zheng	LAS	C	28	557	28	557	4.9	6.5	18	14	36	8			39	9	8
Mikiko Hagiwara	TOT	G	26	360	26	360	-4.1	-2.4	7	6	6	0			51	0	2
Mikiko Hagiwara	SAC	G	14	174	14	174	1.5	12.8	3	4	1	0			26	0	0
Mikiko Hagiwara	PHO	G	12	186	12	186	-9.1	-16.7	4	2	5	0			25	0	2

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