WNBA Most Valuable Player

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Template:WNBA Awards The Women's National Basketball Association Most Valuable Player (MVP) is an annual Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) award given since the league's inaugural season in 1997. MVP voting takes place immediately following the regular season. The award recipient is decided by a panel of sportswriters and broadcasters throughout the United States. Panel members were asked to select their top five choices for the award, with 10 points being awarded for a first place vote, seven for second, five for third, three for fourth and one for fifth.

In 2008, fans could also have a say in who won the award. Fans were able to vote online for their top five MVP picks. These selections accounted for 25% of the total vote, while the media panel's selections accounted for the other 75%.

A'ja Wilson has won the award the most times, with four; Sheryl Swoopes, Lisa Leslie and Lauren Jackson have each won three times. Two players have won the award with different franchises—Elena Delle Donne in 2015 with the Chicago Sky and 2019 with the Washington Mystics, and Breanna Stewart in 2018 with the Seattle Storm and 2023 with the New York Liberty. Cynthia Cooper and Candace Parker have also won the award twice.

Candace Parker in 2008 is the only player to win Rookie of the Year and MVP in the same season.

Jackson, born and trained in Australia, is the only award winner trained outside the United States.

The sculptor of the WNBA MVP Award is Marc Mellon, who is also the sculptor of the NBA MVP Trophy.

Winners

Maya Moore with her 2014 WNBA MVP trophy

Legend

	Denotes player who is still active in the WNBA
*	Inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
Template:Dagger	Inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame
	Denotes player whose team won championship that year
Player (X)	Denotes the number of times the player has been named MVP
Team (X)	Denotes the number of times a player from this team has won

Season	Player	Position	Nationality	Team	First-Place Votes	Ref.
1997	Template:Sortname * Template:Dagger	Guard	Template:USA	Houston Comets	37 out of 37	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1998	Template:Sortname * Template:Dagger (2)			Houston Comets (2)	37 out of 45	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1999	Template:Sortname * Template:Dagger	Center		Sacramento Monarchs	23 out of 51	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2000	Template:Sortname * Template:Dagger	Guard / Forward		Houston Comets (3)	38 out of 62	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2001	Template:Sortname * Template:Dagger	Center		Los Angeles Sparks	51 out of 60	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2002	Template:Sortname * Template:Dagger (2)	Guard / Forward		Houston Comets (4)	29 out of 60	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2003	Template:Sortname * Template:Dagger	Forward / Center	Template:AUS	Seattle Storm	23 out of 54	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2004	Template:Sortname * Template:Dagger (2)	Center	Template:USA	Los Angeles Sparks (2)	33 out of 48	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2005	Template:Sortname * Template:Dagger (3)	Guard / Forward		Houston Comets (5)	16 out of 50Template:Efn	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2006	Template:Sortname * Template:Dagger (3)	Center		Los Angeles Sparks (3)	40 out of 55	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2007	Template:Sortname * Template:Dagger (2)	Forward / Center	Template:AUS	Seattle Storm (2)	42 out of 48	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2008	Template:Sortname	Forward	Template:USA	Los Angeles Sparks (4)	276.79 out of 300 ptsTemplate:Efn	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2009	Template:Sortname	Guard		Phoenix Mercury	27 out of 39	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2010	Template:Sortname * Template:Dagger (3)	Forward / Center	Template:AUS	Seattle Storm (3)	22 out of 39	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2011	Template:Sortname * Template:Dagger	Forward	Template:USA	Indiana Fever	21 out of 40	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2012	Template:Sortname	Center		Connecticut Sun	25 out of 41	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2013	Template:Sortname (2)	Forward		Los Angeles Sparks (5)	10 out of 39Template:Efn	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2014	Template:Sortname* Template:Dagger			Minnesota Lynx	35 out of 38	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2015	Template:Sortname	Guard / Forward		Chicago Sky	38 out of 39	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2016	Template:Sortname	Forward		Los Angeles Sparks (6)	31 out of 39	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2017	Template:Sortname*	Center		Minnesota Lynx (2)	35 out of 40	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2018	Template:Sortname	Forward		Seattle Storm (4)	33 out of 39	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2019	Template:Sortname (2)	Guard / Forward		Washington Mystics	41 out of 43	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2020	Template:Sortname	Forward		Las Vegas Aces	43 out of 47	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2021	Template:Sortname	Forward / Center	Template:BHS / Template:BIH	Connecticut Sun (2)	48 out of 49	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2022	Template:Sortname (2)	Forward	Template:USA	Las Vegas Aces (2)	31 out of 56	<ref>Template:Cite press release</ref>
2023	Template:Sortname (2)			New York Liberty	20 out of 60Template:Efn	<ref>Template:Cite press release</ref>
2024	Template:Sortname (3)			Las Vegas Aces (3)	67 out of 67	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Wnbay	Template:Sortname (4)	Center		Las Vegas Aces (4)	51 out of 72	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Multi-time winners

Awards	Player	Team(s)	Years
4	A'ja Wilson	Las Vegas Aces	2020, 2022, 2024, 2025
3	Sheryl Swoopes	Houston Comets	2000, 2002, 2005
	Lisa Leslie	Los Angeles Sparks	2001, 2004, 2006
	Lauren Jackson	Seattle Storm	2003, 2007, 2010
2	Cynthia Cooper	Houston Comets	1997, 1998
	Candace Parker	Los Angeles Sparks	2008, 2013
	Elena Delle Donne	Chicago Sky / Washington Mystics	2015, 2019
	Breanna Stewart	Seattle Storm / New York Liberty	2018, 2023

Teams

Awards	Teams	Years
6	Los Angeles Sparks	Template:Wnbay, Template:Wnbay, Template:Wnbay, Template:Wnbay, Template:Wnbay, Template:Wnbay
5	Houston Comets	Template:Wnbay, Template:Wnbay, Template:Wnbay, Template:Wnbay, Template:Wnbay
4	Seattle Storm	Template:Wnbay, Template:Wnbay, Template:Wnbay, Template:Wnbay
	Las Vegas Aces	Template:Wnbay, Template:Wnbay, Template:Wnbay, Template:Wnbay
2	Minnesota Lynx	Template:Wnbay, Template:Wnbay
	Connecticut Sun	Template:Wnbay, Template:Wnbay
1	Sacramento Monarchs	Template:Wnbay
	Phoenix Mercury	Template:Wnbay
	Indiana Fever	Template:Wnbay
	Chicago Sky	Template:Wnbay
	Washington Mystics	Template:Wnbay
	New York Liberty	Template:WNBA Year
0	Dallas Wings	None
	Atlanta Dream

See also

• List of sports awards honoring women

External links

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