The Women's National Basketball Association's Sixth Player of the Year Award is an annual Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) award given since the 2007 WNBA season to the league's most valuable player for her team coming off the bench as a substitute—or sixth woman. A panel of sportswriters and broadcasters throughout the United States votes on the recipient. Each panel member casts a vote for first, second and third place selections. Each first-place vote is worth five points; each second-place vote is worth three points; and each third-place vote is worth one point. The player with the highest point total, regardless of the number of first-place votes, wins the award. To be eligible for the award, a player must come off the bench in more games than she starts.
The award was titled "Sixth Woman of the Year" through the 2020 season,[1] with the word "Woman" replaced by "Player" in 2021.[2]
DeWanna Bonner has won the award the most times, with 3 selections.
^ abcDenotes a player who is a United States citizen but is naturalized and represents a different country internationally.
^At the time, Jones had citizenship only in The Bahamas. In 2019, she acquired citizenship in Bosnia and Herzegovina and has since played for that country's national team.
^ ab"Las Vegas' Dearica Hamby Named 2020 WNBA Sixth Woman of the Year" (Press release). WNBA. September 20, 2020. Retrieved September 20, 2020.
^ ab"Kelsey Plum Named 2021 Kia WNBA Sixth Player of the Year" (Press release). WNBA. September 30, 2021. Retrieved September 30, 2021.
^"Connecticut's Brionna Jones Named 2022 Kia WNBA Sixth Player of the Year" (Press release). WNBA. September 1, 2022. Retrieved September 1, 2022.
^"Las Vegas Aces' Alysha Clark Named 2023 Kia WNBA Sixth Player of the Year" (Press release). WNBA. September 18, 2023. Retrieved September 18, 2023.
External linksedit
"WNBA Sixth Woman of the Year Award". WNBA.com. WNBA. Retrieved 2009-01-19.
"Tulsa Shock's Riquna Williams Named 2013 WNBA Sixth Woman of the Year". WNBA.com. WNBA.
"Sky's Allie Quigley Named 2015 WNBA Sixth Woman of the Year Presented By Samsung". wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved 17 Sep 2015.
January 01, 1970
wnba, sixth, player, year, award, women, national, basketball, association, sixth, player, year, award, annual, women, national, basketball, association, wnba, award, given, since, 2007, wnba, season, league, most, valuable, player, team, coming, bench, substi. The Women s National Basketball Association s Sixth Player of the Year Award is an annual Women s National Basketball Association WNBA award given since the 2007 WNBA season to the league s most valuable player for her team coming off the bench as a substitute or sixth woman A panel of sportswriters and broadcasters throughout the United States votes on the recipient Each panel member casts a vote for first second and third place selections Each first place vote is worth five points each second place vote is worth three points and each third place vote is worth one point The player with the highest point total regardless of the number of first place votes wins the award To be eligible for the award a player must come off the bench in more games than she starts The award was titled Sixth Woman of the Year through the 2020 season 1 with the word Woman replaced by Player in 2021 2 DeWanna Bonner has won the award the most times with 3 selections Contents 1 Winners 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksWinners editDenotes player who is still active in the WNBA Inducted into the Women s Basketball Hall of Fame Inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Denotes player whose team won championship that year Player X Denotes the number of times the player has won Team X Denotes the number of times a player from this team has won Season Player Position Nationality Team 2007 Plenette Pierson Forward nbsp United States Detroit Shock 2008 Candice Wiggins Guard nbsp United States Minnesota Lynx 2009 DeWanna Bonner Forward nbsp United States Phoenix Mercury 2010 DeWanna Bonner 2 Forward nbsp United States Phoenix Mercury 2 2011 DeWanna Bonner 3 Forward nbsp United States Phoenix Mercury 3 2012 Renee Montgomery Guard nbsp United States Connecticut Sun 2013 Riquna Williams Guard nbsp United States Tulsa Shock 2 2014 Allie Quigley Guard nbsp Hungary a Chicago Sky 2015 Allie Quigley 2 Guard nbsp Hungary a Chicago Sky 2 2016 Jantel Lavender Forward Center nbsp United States Los Angeles Sparks 2017 Sugar Rodgers Guard nbsp United States New York Liberty 2018 Jonquel Jones Forward nbsp Bahamas b Connecticut Sun 2 2019 Dearica Hamby Forward nbsp United States Las Vegas Aces 2020 Dearica Hamby 2 1 Forward nbsp United States Las Vegas Aces 2 2021 Kelsey Plum 2 Guard nbsp United States Las Vegas Aces 3 2022 Brionna Jones 3 Forward nbsp United States Connecticut Sun 3 2023 Alysha Clark 4 Forward nbsp Israel a Las Vegas Aces 4 Notes a b c Denotes a player who is a United States citizen but is naturalized and represents a different country internationally At the time Jones had citizenship only in The Bahamas In 2019 she acquired citizenship in Bosnia and Herzegovina and has since played for that country s national team See also editList of sports awards honoring womenReferences edit a b Las Vegas Dearica Hamby Named 2020 WNBA Sixth Woman of the Year Press release WNBA September 20 2020 Retrieved September 20 2020 a b Kelsey Plum Named 2021 Kia WNBA Sixth Player of the Year Press release WNBA September 30 2021 Retrieved September 30 2021 Connecticut s Brionna Jones Named 2022 Kia WNBA Sixth Player of the Year Press release WNBA September 1 2022 Retrieved September 1 2022 Las Vegas Aces Alysha Clark Named 2023 Kia WNBA Sixth Player of the Year Press release WNBA September 18 2023 Retrieved September 18 2023 External links edit WNBA Sixth Woman of the Year Award WNBA com WNBA Retrieved 2009 01 19 Tulsa Shock s Riquna Williams Named 2013 WNBA Sixth Woman of the Year WNBA com WNBA Sky s Allie Quigley Named 2015 WNBA Sixth Woman of the Year Presented By Samsung wnba com WNBA Retrieved 17 Sep 2015 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title WNBA Sixth Player of the Year Award amp oldid 1223413213, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
