Women's National Basketball Association awards and honors |
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Commissioner's Cup Champions |
Individual awards |
Honors |
The Women's National Basketball Association Peak Performer awards are given each year to players who lead the WNBA in scoring, rebounding, and assists. The award has been given since the league's inaugural season, but the honor has varied since then.
‡ | Denotes new WNBA record at conclusion of that season |
Denotes player who won MVP that year |
In 1997, the Peak Performer awards were given to the "shooting champions" from each conference.
Year | Shooting Champion | ||||
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Eastern Conference | Team | Western Conference | Team | Ref. | |
1997 | Andrea Congreaves | Charlotte Sting | Haixia Zheng | Los Angeles Sparks | [1] |
From 1998 to 2001, the Peak Performer awards were given to players who had the best field goal and free throw percentages in the league.
Year | Field goal percentage | Team | Statistic | Free throw percentage | Team | Statistic | Ref. |
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1998 | Isabelle Fijalkowski | Cleveland Rockers | 54.7% | Sandy Brondello | Detroit Shock | 92.3% | [2] |
1999 | Murriel Page | Washington Mystics | 57.4% | Eva Nemcova | Cleveland Rockers | 98.4% | [3] |
2000 | Murriel Page (2) | Washington Mystics | 59.0% | Jennifer Azzi | Utah Starzz | 93.0% | [4] |
2001 | Latasha Byears | Los Angeles Sparks | 60.2% | Elena Baranova | Miami Sol | 93.0% | [5] |
In 2002, the WNBA changed the Peak Performer awards, to be given to the players who led the league in scoring and rebounding per game during the regular season.
In 2005, a Peak Performer award was added, to be given to the player who led the league in assists per game during the regular season.