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%.
Sheryl Swoopes, Lisa Leslie and Lauren Jackson have won the award the most times, with three selections each. 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, Candace Parker, and A'ja Wilson have also won the award twice.
Candace Parker is the only player to win Rookie of the Year and MVP in the same season—2008.
Jackson, both 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.
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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 Sheryl Swoopes Lisa Leslie and Lauren Jackson have won the award the most times with three selections each 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 Candace Parker and A ja Wilson have also won the award twice Candace Parker is the only player to win Rookie of the Year and MVP in the same season 2008 Jackson both 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 Contents 1 Winners 2 Multi time winners 3 Teams 4 See also 5 ReferencesWinners edit nbsp WNBA Most Valuable Player Award presented annually Denotes player who is still active in the WNBA Inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame 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 1997 Cynthia Cooper Guard nbsp United States Houston Comets 1998 Cynthia Cooper 2 Guard nbsp United States Houston Comets 2 1999 Yolanda Griffith Center nbsp United States Sacramento Monarchs 2000 Sheryl Swoopes Guard Forward nbsp United States Houston Comets 3 2001 Lisa Leslie Center nbsp United States Los Angeles Sparks 2002 Sheryl Swoopes 2 Guard Forward nbsp United States Houston Comets 4 2003 Lauren Jackson Forward Center nbsp Australia Seattle Storm 2004 Lisa Leslie 2 Center nbsp United States Los Angeles Sparks 2 2005 Sheryl Swoopes 3 Guard Forward nbsp United States Houston Comets 5 2006 Lisa Leslie 3 Center nbsp United States Los Angeles Sparks 3 2007 Lauren Jackson 2 Forward Center nbsp Australia Seattle Storm 2 2008 Candace Parker Forward nbsp United States Los Angeles Sparks 4 2009 Diana Taurasi Guard nbsp United States Phoenix Mercury 2010 Lauren Jackson 3 Forward Center nbsp Australia Seattle Storm 3 2011 Tamika Catchings Forward nbsp United States Indiana Fever 2012 Tina Charles Center nbsp United States Connecticut Sun 2013 Candace Parker 2 Forward nbsp United States Los Angeles Sparks 5 2014 Maya Moore Forward nbsp United States Minnesota Lynx 2015 Elena Delle Donne Guard Forward nbsp United States Chicago Sky 2016 Nneka Ogwumike Forward nbsp United States Los Angeles Sparks 6 2017 Sylvia Fowles Center nbsp United States Minnesota Lynx 2 2018 Breanna Stewart Forward nbsp United States Seattle Storm 4 2019 Elena Delle Donne 2 Guard Forward nbsp United States Washington Mystics 2020 A ja Wilson Forward nbsp United States Las Vegas Aces 2021 Jonquel Jones Forward center nbsp Bahamas nbsp Bosnia and Herzegovina Connecticut Sun 2 2022 A ja Wilson 2 Forward nbsp United States Las Vegas Aces 2 2023 Breanna Stewart 2 Forward nbsp United States New York LibertyMulti time winners editAwards Player Team s Years 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 A ja Wilson Las Vegas Aces 2020 2022 Breanna Stewart Seattle Storm New York Liberty 2018 2023Teams editAwards Teams Years 6 Los Angeles Sparks 2001 2004 2006 2008 2013 2016 5 Houston Comets 1997 1998 2000 2002 2005 4 Seattle Storm 2003 2007 2010 2018 2 Minnesota Lynx 2014 2017 Connecticut Sun 2012 2021 Las Vegas Aces 2020 2022 1 Sacramento Monarchs 1999 Phoenix Mercury 2009 Indiana Fever 2011 Chicago Sky 2015 Washington Mystics 2019 New York Liberty 2023 0 Dallas Wings None Atlanta DreamSee also editList of sports awards honoring womenReferences edit WNBA MVP Award Marc Mellon Sculpture Studio Retrieved January 18 2022 WNBA MVP Retrieved January 19 2009 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title WNBA Most Valuable Player Award amp oldid 1201052889, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
