List of WNBA MVP award winners by year, History Since 1997

WNBA Most Valuable Player award winners list by year, history since 1997.

WNBA Most Valuable Player (MVP) is an annual Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) award given since the league's inaugural season -- 1997. MVP voting takes place immediately following the regular season.

Who has won the Most WNBA MVP awards.?

Sheryl Swoopes, Lisa Leslie and Lauren Jackson have won the most awards with three times. Elena Delle Donne is the only player to have won the award with two teams—in 2015 with the Chicago Sky and 2019 with the Washington Mystics.

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

WNBA Most Valuable Player winners List, history from 1997-2023

 New York Liberty forward Breanna Stewart has been named the 2023 Kia WNBA Most Valuable Player.

This is the second Kia WNBA Most Valuable Award for Stewart and the first in NY Liberty history.

She becomes the Eighth player in WNBA history to win the award multiple times,



Las Vegas Aces forward A’ja Wilson has been named the 2022 Kia WNBA Most Valuable Player,

2023 — Breanna Stewart, New York Liberty

2022 — A'ja Wilson , Las Vegas Aces

2021 — Jonquel Jones, Connecticut Sun

2020 — A’ja Wilson, Las Vegas Aces

2019 — Elena Delle Donne, Washington Mystics

2018 — Breanna Stewart, Seattle Storm

2017 — Sylvia Fowles, Minnesota Lynx

2016 — Nneka Ogwumike, Los Angeles Sparks

2015 — Elena Delle Donne, Chicago Sky

2014 — Maya Moore, Minnesota Lynx

2013 — Candace Parker, Los Angeles Sparks

2012 — Tina Charles, Connecticut Sun

2011 — Tamika Catchings, Indiana Fever

2010 — Lauren Jackson, Seattle Storm

2009 — Diana Taurasi, Phoenix Mercury

2008 — Candace Parker, Los Angeles Sparks

2007 — Lauren Jackson, Seattle Storm

2006 — Lisa Leslie, Los Angeles Sparks

2005 — Sheryl Swoopes, Houston Comets

2004 — Lisa Leslie, Los Angeles Sparks

2003 — Lauren Jackson, Seattle Storm

2002 — Sheryl Swoopes, Houston Comets

2001 — Lisa Leslie, Los Angeles Sparks

2000 — Sheryl Swoopes, Houston Comets

1999 — Yolanda Griffith, Sacramento Monarchs

1998 — Cynthia Cooper, Houston Comets

1997 — Cynthia Cooper, Houston Comets




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