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2000 WNBA Season Summary

1999 WNBA Season 2001 WNBA Season

League Champion: Houston Comets

Most Valuable Player: Sheryl Swoopes

PPG Leader: Sheryl Swoopes (20.7)

RPG Leader: Natalie Williams (11.6)

APG Leader: Ticha Penicheiro (7.9)

WS Leader: Sheryl Swoopes (9.8)

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League Standings

* Indicates playoff appearance

League Standings Table
Eastern Conference	W	L	W/L%	GB	PS/G	PA/G	PW	PL
New York Liberty*	20	12	.625	—	67.1	63.6	22	10
Cleveland Rockers*	17	15	.531	3.0	68.3	66.3	19	13
Orlando Miracle*	16	16	.500	4.0	69.0	69.8	15	17
Washington Mystics*	14	18	.438	6.0	68.0	69.4	14	18
Detroit Shock	14	18	.438	6.0	72.8	75.8	12	20
Miami Sol	13	19	.406	7.0	57.2	62.5	7	25
Indiana Fever	9	23	.281	11.0	69.2	71.6	12	20
Charlotte Sting	8	24	.250	12.0	68.3	75.9	6	26

Table
Western Conference	W	L	W/L%	GB	PS/G	PA/G	PW	PL
Los Angeles Sparks*	28	4	.875	—	75.5	67.8	26	6
Houston Comets*	27	5	.844	1.0	77.3	64.6	30	2
Sacramento Monarchs*	21	11	.656	7.0	73.2	68.0	24	8
Phoenix Mercury*	20	12	.625	8.0	70.1	65.7	23	9
Utah Starzz	18	14	.563	10.0	75.4	75.2	16	16
Minnesota Lynx	15	17	.469	13.0	68.5	68.4	16	16
Portland Fire	10	22	.313	18.0	67.3	72.0	9	23
Seattle Storm	6	26	.188	22.0	56.9	67.8	3	29

Playoff Series

Per Game Stats

Per Game Stats Table
Rk	Team	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Houston Comets*	32	202.3	27.8	59.2	.470	5.4	15.3	.350	22.5	43.8	.512	16.3	19.8	.822	8.5	22.6	31.2	15.4	8.9	3.3	13.8	17.3	77.3
2	Los Angeles Sparks*	32	201.6	26.9	61.1	.440	4.7	14.1	.332	22.2	47.0	.473	17.0	21.7	.786	9.6	24.5	34.1	18.3	8.5	4.9	14.6	22.0	75.5
3	Utah Starzz	32	200.0	26.8	59.3	.453	2.8	8.2	.336	24.1	51.1	.471	19.0	24.7	.771	10.9	22.9	33.8	16.3	6.7	4.9	17.0	21.8	75.4
4	Sacramento Monarchs*	32	200.0	27.4	62.3	.440	4.4	14.3	.309	22.9	47.9	.478	14.0	20.3	.691	12.1	20.3	32.4	17.7	10.4	4.9	14.3	17.8	73.2
5	Detroit Shock	32	200.8	27.1	61.9	.438	2.4	8.5	.278	24.8	53.3	.464	16.2	21.8	.742	10.7	20.1	30.8	15.7	8.1	2.8	16.6	21.9	72.8
6	Phoenix Mercury*	32	200.8	25.1	56.3	.446	3.9	12.3	.315	21.2	43.9	.483	16.0	20.7	.776	8.6	19.3	27.9	14.5	8.9	2.8	13.4	19.7	70.1
7	Indiana Fever	32	200.8	24.9	57.4	.433	6.0	16.3	.370	18.8	41.2	.458	13.4	17.8	.752	8.9	20.2	29.1	15.7	8.5	3.9	16.2	20.1	69.2
8	Orlando Miracle*	32	203.1	26.0	59.7	.436	4.5	13.3	.342	21.5	46.5	.463	12.4	17.1	.727	10.0	18.9	28.9	14.8	8.0	4.1	15.2	18.2	69.0
9	Minnesota Lynx	32	200.8	24.1	57.2	.421	6.4	17.8	.357	17.7	39.4	.449	14.0	18.5	.758	8.1	19.1	27.2	15.5	7.4	2.0	15.5	21.6	68.5
10	Charlotte Sting	32	202.3	25.4	59.5	.427	4.1	12.1	.339	21.3	47.4	.449	13.5	18.0	.747	9.5	19.7	29.2	17.2	6.9	2.8	15.5	22.3	68.3
11	Cleveland Rockers*	32	203.1	25.3	57.1	.443	4.4	12.7	.346	20.9	44.4	.470	13.3	17.8	.747	10.3	18.8	29.2	16.8	8.1	2.8	16.8	20.2	68.3
12	Washington Mystics*	32	200.0	26.0	56.7	.459	3.4	10.5	.325	22.6	46.2	.489	12.6	18.1	.697	9.4	20.2	29.6	16.3	7.7	3.9	15.8	18.7	68.0
13	Portland Fire	32	203.9	23.8	57.1	.416	4.5	13.5	.335	19.3	43.6	.442	15.3	21.8	.700	9.7	19.6	29.3	15.0	8.3	2.9	18.5	23.8	67.3
14	New York Liberty*	32	200.8	24.8	56.7	.436	4.2	12.4	.341	20.5	44.3	.463	13.4	17.7	.757	9.0	20.4	29.4	14.9	7.7	3.2	14.8	19.3	67.1
15	Miami Sol	32	202.3	20.2	55.4	.365	2.7	9.7	.274	17.6	45.8	.384	14.1	20.8	.681	11.4	18.6	30.0	13.0	8.5	2.8	16.4	22.1	57.2
16	Seattle Storm	32	202.3	20.8	54.4	.383	3.4	11.4	.299	17.4	43.0	.406	11.8	17.5	.676	8.0	16.8	24.8	12.2	8.0	2.9	16.4	20.3	56.9
	League Average	32	201.6	25.1	58.2	.432	4.2	12.7	.332	21.0	45.6	.460	14.5	19.6	.740	9.7	20.1	29.8	15.6	8.2	3.4	15.7	20.4	69.0

Per Game Stats Table
Rk	Team	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Miami Sol	32	202.3	22.3	52.4	.427	3.7	9.8	.371	18.7	42.5	.439	14.2	19.6	.724	8.6	20.3	28.8	13.0	7.7	3.7	16.5	20.7	62.5
2	New York Liberty*	32	200.8	23.2	56.9	.407	3.6	13.1	.276	19.5	43.8	.446	13.7	18.4	.741	10.0	20.2	30.2	14.4	7.0	2.9	15.0	20.2	63.6
3	Houston Comets*	32	202.3	24.6	60.6	.406	3.9	13.1	.297	20.7	47.5	.436	11.6	15.9	.728	9.1	19.1	28.2	14.8	7.3	2.7	15.0	20.3	64.6
4	Phoenix Mercury*	32	200.8	24.2	57.1	.423	4.2	13.0	.325	19.9	44.1	.452	13.2	17.9	.733	10.4	19.8	30.3	15.2	7.0	2.8	16.6	21.8	65.7
5	Cleveland Rockers*	32	203.1	24.2	55.0	.440	3.7	11.5	.323	20.5	43.5	.470	14.2	18.2	.780	8.7	18.6	27.3	16.9	9.5	3.0	17.3	21.7	66.3
6	Los Angeles Sparks*	32	201.6	24.3	61.3	.395	3.8	12.9	.295	20.4	48.4	.422	15.5	21.6	.715	9.4	21.2	30.6	13.9	7.6	3.3	15.2	20.3	67.8
7	Seattle Storm	32	202.3	24.3	53.8	.452	3.7	10.4	.350	20.7	43.3	.477	15.6	20.4	.761	9.0	22.5	31.5	15.8	8.9	3.8	16.5	19.3	67.8
8	Sacramento Monarchs*	32	200.0	25.3	59.9	.423	4.5	13.1	.344	20.8	46.9	.445	12.8	17.0	.754	10.0	19.7	29.7	15.7	7.1	3.6	16.4	18.8	68.0
9	Minnesota Lynx	32	200.8	23.6	54.9	.429	5.1	15.0	.341	18.5	39.9	.463	16.1	21.9	.732	9.4	21.2	30.5	14.8	8.6	4.1	17.1	22.1	68.4
10	Washington Mystics*	32	200.0	26.4	58.6	.451	4.7	12.4	.375	21.8	46.2	.471	11.9	17.3	.688	9.3	19.1	28.5	16.0	8.2	3.2	14.3	18.6	69.4
11	Orlando Miracle*	32	203.1	26.6	61.4	.433	4.8	14.1	.340	21.8	47.3	.461	11.8	15.5	.764	10.9	20.9	31.8	16.8	8.3	3.4	15.6	19.9	69.8
12	Indiana Fever	32	200.8	26.2	58.4	.449	3.4	11.2	.304	22.8	47.2	.483	15.7	20.9	.752	10.0	19.8	29.8	16.5	8.3	2.3	14.9	19.1	71.6
13	Portland Fire	32	203.9	24.6	57.7	.427	4.7	14.0	.336	19.9	43.8	.456	18.0	23.9	.753	9.6	20.2	29.8	15.2	8.7	4.1	16.6	22.8	72.0
14	Utah Starzz	32	200.0	26.9	61.4	.438	4.9	14.0	.348	22.0	47.4	.464	16.6	22.5	.736	9.8	18.7	28.5	15.7	9.4	3.5	13.7	21.9	75.2
15	Detroit Shock	32	200.8	28.3	61.5	.460	4.3	11.6	.366	24.0	49.8	.482	15.0	20.4	.736	10.3	20.0	30.3	16.0	8.9	4.6	17.0	21.0	75.8
16	Charlotte Sting	32	202.3	27.5	60.3	.455	4.3	13.2	.326	23.2	47.1	.492	16.7	22.4	.744	10.2	20.8	30.9	18.6	8.1	3.8	13.3	18.6	75.9
	League Average	32	201.6

Total Stats

Total Stats Table
Rk	Team	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Houston Comets*	32	6475	891	1894	.470	172	491	.350	719	1403	.512	521	634	.822	273	724	997	494	284	104	440	554	2475
2	Los Angeles Sparks*	32	6450	861	1956	.440	150	452	.332	711	1504	.473	545	693	.786	308	783	1091	586	271	156	466	705	2417
3	Utah Starzz	32	6400	858	1896	.453	88	262	.336	770	1634	.471	609	790	.771	348	732	1080	522	214	157	544	698	2413
4	Sacramento Monarchs*	32	6400	876	1993	.440	142	459	.309	734	1534	.478	449	650	.691	388	650	1038	567	332	157	458	571	2343
5	Detroit Shock	32	6425	868	1980	.438	76	273	.278	792	1707	.464	519	699	.742	341	644	985	503	260	88	530	701	2331
6	Phoenix Mercury*	32	6425	803	1800	.446	124	394	.315	679	1406	.483	513	661	.776	275	619	894	465	285	91	429	630	2243
7	Indiana Fever	32	6425	796	1838	.433	193	521	.370	603	1317	.458	428	569	.752	285	647	932	501	271	126	518	642	2213
8	Orlando Miracle*	32	6500	833	1911	.436	145	424	.342	688	1487	.463	397	546	.727	319	606	925	473	255	130	486	583	2208
9	Minnesota Lynx	32	6425	770	1831	.421	204	571	.357	566	1260	.449	449	592	.758	258	612	870	495	237	63	497	690	2193
10	Charlotte Sting	32	6475	812	1903	.427	131	386	.339	681	1517	.449	431	577	.747	305	630	935	551	222	90	496	713	2186
11	Cleveland Rockers*	32	6500	809	1828	.443	141	407	.346	668	1421	.470	426	570	.747	331	603	934	539	259	91	538	647	2185
12	Washington Mystics*	32	6400	832	1813	.459	109	335	.325	723	1478	.489	403	578	.697	300	646	946	521	245	126	506	597	2176
13	Portland Fire	32	6525	761	1828	.416	145	433	.335	616	1395	.442	488	697	.700	309	627	936	480	265	93	593	761	2155
14	New York Liberty*	32	6425	792	1815	.436	135	396	.341	657	1419	.463	429	567	.757	288	652	940	477	246	102	474	617	2148
15	Miami Sol	32	6475	647	1774	.365	85	310	.274	562	1464	.384	452	664	.681	365	595	960	415	272	88	524	707	1831
16	Seattle Storm	32	6475	667	1740	.383	109	364	.299	558	1376	.406	379	561	.676	256	537	793	390	255	93	525	648	1822
	League Average	32	6450	805	1863	.432	134	405	.332	670	1458	.460	465	628	.740	309	644	954	499	261	110	502	654	2209

Total Stats Table
Rk	Team	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Miami Sol	32	6475	715	1676	.427	117	315	.371	598	1361	.439	454	627	.724	275	648	923	416	247	118	528	661	2001
2	New York Liberty*	32	6425	741	1822	.407	116	420	.276	625	1402	.446	437	590	.741	320	647	967	462	223	94	479	645	2035
3	Houston Comets*	32	6475	786	1938	.406	124	418	.297	662	1520	.436	370	508	.728	290	612	902	473	233	85	480	648	2066
4	Phoenix Mercury*	32	6425	773	1828	.423	135	416	.325	638	1412	.452	421	574	.733	334	635	969	486	224	91	531	699	2102
5	Cleveland Rockers*	32	6500	774	1761	.440	119	368	.323	655	1393	.470	455	583	.780	277	596	873	540	305	95	552	693	2122
6	Los Angeles Sparks*	32	6450	776	1963	.395	122	413	.295	654	1550	.422	495	692	.715	300	678	978	445	243	105	485	650	2169
7	Seattle Storm	32	6475	778	1721	.452	117	334	.350	661	1387	.477	498	654	.761	288	721	1009	506	284	123	529	618	2171
8	Sacramento Monarchs*	32	6400	811	1918	.423	144	418	.344	667	1500	.445	410	544	.754	320	631	951	503	226	116	524	600	2176
9	Minnesota Lynx	32	6425	755	1758	.429	164	481	.341	591	1277	.463	514	702	.732	300	677	977	472	275	130	547	707	2188
10	Washington Mystics*	32	6400	845	1875	.451	149	397	.375	696	1478	.471	382	555	.688	299	612	911	513	261	102	456	595	2221
11	Orlando Miracle*	32	6500	851	1964	.433	153	450	.340	698	1514	.461	378	495	.764	348	669	1017	536	264	108	500	637	2233
12	Indiana Fever	32	6425	839	1868	.449	109	358	.304	730	1510	.483	503	669	.752	321	633	954	528	267	75	476	612	2290
13	Portland Fire	32	6525	788	1847	.427	150	447	.336	638	1400	.456	577	766	.753	307	646	953	487	277	130	531	729	2303
14	Utah Starzz	32	6400	860	1964	.438	156	448	.348	704	1516	.464	531	721	.736	313	598	911	503	301	112	437	702	2407
15	Detroit Shock	32	6425	905	1967	.460	136	372	.366	769	1595	.482	480	652	.736	331	640	971	513	284	148	543	672	2426
16	Charlotte Sting	32	6475	879	1930	.455	138	423	.326	741	1507	.492	533	716	.744	326	664	990	596	259	123	426	596	2429
	League Average	32	6450

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Advanced Stats

Advanced Stats Table
																		Offense Four Factors					Defense Four Factors
Rk	Team	Age	W	L	PW	PL	MOV	SOS	SRS	ORtg	DRtg	NRtg	Pace	FTr	3PAr	TS%		eFG%	TOV%	ORB%	FT/FGA		eFG%	TOV%	DRB%	FT/FGA		Arena
1	Houston Comets*	29.6	27	5	30	2	12.78	-0.04	12.74	109.4	91.3	+18.1	69.9	.335	.259	.569		.516	16.8	30.8	.275		.438	18.2	71.4	.191		Compaq Center
2	Los Angeles Sparks*	24.6	28	4	26	6	7.75	0.50	8.25	102.7	92.2	+10.5	73.0	.354	.231	.535		.479	17.1	31.2	.279		.426	17.6	72.3	.252		Great Western Forum
3	Sacramento Monarchs*	27.2	21	11	24	8	5.22	0.59	5.81	103.6	96.2	+7.4	70.7	.326	.230	.514		.475	16.7	38.1	.225		.460	19.5	67.0	.214		ARCO Arena (II)
4	Phoenix Mercury*	28.3	20	12	23	9	4.41	0.86	5.33	102.8	96.3	+6.5	67.9	.367	.219	.536		.481	17.0	30.2	.285		.460	20.3	65.0	.230		America West Arena
5	New York Liberty*	28.2	20	12	22	10	3.53	-0.80	2.73	99.1	93.9	+5.2	67.5	.312	.218	.520		.474	18.7	30.8	.236		.439	18.7	67.1	.240		Madison Square Garden (IV)
6	Cleveland Rockers*	26.0	17	15	19	13	1.97	-1.20	0.77	98.9	96.1	+2.8	68.0	.312	.223	.526		.481	20.6	35.7	.233		.473	21.5	68.5	.258		Gund Arena
7	Utah Starzz	27.0	18	14	16	16	0.19	0.98	1.17	103.1	102.8	+0.3	73.2	.417	.138	.538		.476	19.5	36.8	.321		.478	16.1	70.0	.270		Delta Center
8	Minnesota Lynx	24.2	15	17	16	16	0.16	1.03	1.18	97.8	97.6	+0.2	69.8	.323	.312	.524		.476	19.2	27.6	.245		.476	20.9	67.1	.292		Target Center
9	Orlando Miracle*	26.1	16	16	15	17	-0.78	-0.95	-1.73	98.8	99.9	-1.1	68.7	.286	.222	.513		.474	18.4	32.3	.208		.472	18.6	63.5	.192		TD Waterhouse Centre
10	Washington Mystics*	26.3	14	18	14	18	-1.41	-0.36	-1.77	98.7	100.7	-2.0	68.9	.319	.185	.526		.489	19.7	32.9	.222		.490	17.7	68.4	.204		MCI Center
11	Indiana Fever	24.8	9	23	12	20	-2.41	-1.25	-3.66	98.7	102.1	-3.4	69.7	.310	.283	.530		.486	19.9	31.0	.233		.478	18.0	66.8	.269		Conseco Fieldhouse
12	Detroit Shock	25.7	14	18	12	20	-2.97	-0.85	-3.88	97.9	101.9	-4.0	74.1	.353	.138	.509		.458	18.8	34.8	.262		.495	19.4	66.1	.244		The Palace of Auburn Hills
13	Portland Fire	25.4	10	22	9	23	-4.63	1.13	-3.49	92.8	99.2	-6.4	71.2	.381	.237	.505		.456	21.7	32.4	.267		.467	19.6	67.1	.312		Rose Garden Arena
14	Miami Sol	26.6	13	19	7	25	-5.31	-1.12	-6.43	86.0	94.0	-8.0	65.7	.374	.175	.443		.389	20.2	36.0	.255		.462	21.3	68.4	.271		AmericanAirlines Arena
15	Charlotte Sting	27.5	8	24	6	26	-7.59	-0.30	-7.90	96.7	107.4	-10.7	69.8	.303	.203	.507		.461	18.7	31.5	.226		.491	15.9	65.9	.276		Charlotte Coliseum
16	Seattle Storm	26.5	6	26	3	29	-10.91	1.79	-9.12	83.8	99.9	-16.1	67.2	.322	.209	.459		.415	20.9	26.2	.218		.486	20.8	65.1	.289		KeyArena at Seattle Center
	League Average	26.5			16	16	0.00	0.00	0.00	98.3	98.3		69.7	.337	.217	.516		.468	19.0	32.4	.250		.468	19.0	67.6	.250

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