WNBA Most Valuable Player Award

Women's National Basketball Association awards and honors
Championship
Individual awards

Honors

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. 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 three times.

Jackson, both born and trained in Australia, is the only award winner either born or 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

^ Denotes player who is still active in the WNBA
* Inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
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
1997 # Cooper, CynthiaCynthia Cooper * Guard  United States Houston Comets
1998 # Cooper, CynthiaCynthia Cooper * (2) Guard  United States Houston Comets (2)
1999 Griffith, YolandaYolanda Griffith dagger Center  United States Sacramento Monarchs
2000 # Swoopes, SherylSheryl Swoopes * Guard / Forward  United States Houston Comets (3)
2001 # Leslie, LisaLisa Leslie * Center  United States Los Angeles Sparks
2002 Swoopes, SherylSheryl Swoopes* (2) Guard / Forward  United States Houston Comets (4)
2003 Jackson, LaurenLauren Jackson Forward / Center  Australia Seattle Storm
2004 Leslie, LisaLisa Leslie * (2) Center  United States Los Angeles Sparks (2)
2005 Swoopes, SherylSheryl Swoopes* (3) Guard / Forward  United States Houston Comets (5)
2006 Leslie, LisaLisa Leslie * (3) Center  United States Los Angeles Sparks (3)
2007 Jackson, LaurenLauren Jackson (2) Forward / Center  Australia Seattle Storm (2)
2008 Parker, CandaceCandace Parker ^ Forward  United States Los Angeles Sparks (4)
2009 # Taurasi, DianaDiana Taurasi ^ Guard  United States Phoenix Mercury
2010 # Jackson, LaurenLauren Jackson (3) Forward / Center  Australia Seattle Storm (3)
2011 Catchings, TamikaTamika Catchings ^ Forward  United States Indiana Fever
2012 Charles, TinaTina Charles ^ Center  United States Connecticut Sun
2013 Parker, CandaceCandace Parker ^ (2) Forward  United States Los Angeles Sparks (5)
2014 Moore, MayaMaya Moore ^ Forward  United States Minnesota Lynx
2015 Delle Donne, ElenaElena Delle Donne ^ Guard / Forward  United States Chicago Sky

WNBA Most Valuable Player Award, presented annually.

References

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