Published online by Cambridge University Press: 06 May 2020
Let $G$ be a finite group and $p$ be an odd prime. We show that if $\mathbf{O}_{p}(G)=1$ and $p^{2}$ does not divide every irreducible $p$-Brauer character degree of $G$, then $|G|_{p}$ is bounded by $p^{3}$ when $p\geqslant 5$ or $p=3$ and $\mathsf{A}_{7}$ is not involved in $G$, and by $3^{4}$ if $p=3$ and $\mathsf{A}_{7}$ is involved in $G$.
The project was supported by NSFC (11671063), the Natural Science Foundation of CSTC (cstc2018jcyjAX0060) and a grant from the Simons Foundation (No. 499532).