WNBA Finals Most Valuable Player

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The Women's National Basketball Association Finals Most Valuable Player (MVP) is an annual Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) award given since the league's inaugural season.

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During the first four years of the league, the Houston Comets' Cynthia Cooper won the award four consecutive times. The Los Angeles Sparks' Lisa Leslie won back-to-back in the subsequent two seasons. No other players have won the award in consecutive seasons, but Diana Taurasi, Sylvia Fowles, and Breanna Stewart have won the award twice. While some teams have won multiple championship since the dynasty years of the Comets and the Sparks, the match-up usually resulted in different MVPs. For example, in the Detroit Shock's three wins over six years, three different players won the award. As of 2024, there have been three non-American Finals MVPs – Lauren Jackson of Australia (2010), Emma Meesseman of Belgium (2019), and Jonquel Jones, a Bahamian who has represented Bosnia and Herzegovina internationally (2024).

Winners

Denotes 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
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
Jonquel Jones hoisting her 2024 WNBA Finals MVP trophy at her team's championship parade Jonquel Jones, holding the MVP Trophy at the 2024 NY Liberty Ticker Tape Parade (cropped).jpg
Jonquel Jones hoisting her 2024 WNBA Finals MVP trophy at her team's championship parade
SeasonPlayerPositionNationalityTeam
1997 Cynthia Cooper Guard Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Houston Comets
1998 Cynthia Cooper (2) Guard Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Houston Comets (2)
1999 Cynthia Cooper (3) Guard Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Houston Comets (3)
2000 Cynthia Cooper (4) Guard Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Houston Comets (4)
2001 Lisa Leslie Center Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Los Angeles Sparks
2002 Lisa Leslie (2) Center Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Los Angeles Sparks (2)
2003 Ruth Riley Forward / Center Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Detroit Shock
2004 Betty Lennox Guard Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Seattle Storm
2005 Yolanda Griffith Center Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Sacramento Monarchs
2006 Deanna Nolan Guard Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Detroit Shock
2007 Cappie Pondexter Guard Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Phoenix Mercury
2008 Katie Smith Guard Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Detroit Shock
2009 Diana Taurasi Guard Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Phoenix Mercury (2)
2010 Lauren Jackson Forward / Center Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Seattle Storm (2)
2011 Seimone Augustus Guard / Forward Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Minnesota Lynx
2012 Tamika Catchings Forward Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Indiana Fever
2013 Maya Moore Forward Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Minnesota Lynx (2)
2014 Diana Taurasi (2) Guard Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Phoenix Mercury (3)
2015 Sylvia Fowles Center Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Minnesota Lynx (3)
2016 Candace Parker Forward Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Los Angeles Sparks (3)
2017 Sylvia Fowles (2) Center Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Minnesota Lynx (4)
2018 Breanna Stewart Forward / Center Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Seattle Storm (3)
2019 Emma Meesseman Center Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Washington Mystics
2020 Breanna Stewart (2) Forward / Center Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Seattle Storm (4)
2021 Kahleah Copper Guard / Forward Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Chicago Sky
2022 Chelsea Gray Guard Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Las Vegas Aces
2023 A'ja Wilson Forward / Center Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Las Vegas Aces (2)
2024 Jonquel Jones Forward / Center Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina
New York Liberty
2025 A'ja Wilson (2) Forward / Center Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Las Vegas Aces (3)

Multi-time winners

PlayerTeam(s)No.Years
Cynthia Cooper Houston Comets 41997, 1998, 1999, 2000
Lisa Leslie Los Angeles Sparks 22001, 2002
Diana Taurasi Phoenix Mercury 2009, 2014
Sylvia Fowles Minnesota Lynx 2015, 2017
Breanna Stewart Seattle Storm 2018, 2020
A'ja Wilson Las Vegas Aces 2023, 2025

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