WNBA Peak Performers

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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.

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Peak Performers

YearEastern Conference
Shooting Champion		TeamWestern Conference
Shooting Champion		TeamRef.
1997 Andrea Congreaves Charlotte Sting Haixia Zheng Los Angeles Sparks
YearField goal percentageTeamFree throw percentageTeamRef.
1998 Isabelle Fijalkowski Cleveland Rockers Sandy Brondello Detroit Shock
1999 Murriel Page Washington Mystics Eva Nemcova Cleveland Rockers
2000 Murriel Page (2) Washington Mystics Jennifer Azzi Utah Starzz
2001 Latasha Byears Los Angeles Sparks Elena Baranova Miami Sol [1]
YearScoringTeamReboundingTeamRef.
2002 Chamique Holdsclaw Washington Mystics Chamique Holdsclaw Washington Mystics
2003 Lauren Jackson Seattle Storm Chamique Holdsclaw (2) Washington Mystics
2004 Lauren Jackson (2) Seattle Storm Lisa Leslie Los Angeles Sparks
2005 Sheryl Swoopes Houston Comets Cheryl Ford Detroit Shock
2006 Diana Taurasi Phoenix Mercury Cheryl Ford (2) Detroit Shock
YearScoringTeamReboundingTeamAssistsTeamRef.
2007 Lauren Jackson (3) Seattle Storm Lauren Jackson Seattle Storm Becky Hammon San Antonio Silver Stars [2]
2008 Diana Taurasi (2) Phoenix Mercury Candace Parker Los Angeles Sparks Lindsay Whalen Connecticut Sun
2009 Diana Taurasi (3) Phoenix Mercury Candace Parker (2) Los Angeles Sparks Sue Bird Seattle Storm [3]
2010 Diana Taurasi (4) Phoenix Mercury Tina Charles Connecticut Sun Ticha Penicheiro Los Angeles Sparks [4]
2011 Diana Taurasi (5) Phoenix Mercury Tina Charles (2) Connecticut Sun Lindsay Whalen (2) Minnesota Lynx
2012 Angel McCoughtry Atlanta Dream Tina Charles (3) Connecticut Sun Lindsay Whalen (3) Minnesota Lynx [5]
2013 Angel McCoughtry (2) Atlanta Dream Sylvia Fowles Chicago Sky Danielle Robinson San Antonio Silver Stars
2014 Maya Moore Minnesota Lynx Courtney Paris Tulsa Shock Diana Taurasi Phoenix Mercury [6]
2015 Elena Delle Donne Chicago Sky Courtney Paris (2) Tulsa Shock Courtney Vandersloot Chicago Sky [7]
2016 Tina Charles New York Liberty Tina Charles (4) New York Liberty Sue Bird (2) Seattle Storm [8]
2017 Brittney Griner Phoenix Mercury Jonquel Jones Connecticut Sun Courtney Vandersloot (2) Chicago Sky [9]
2018 Liz Cambage Dallas Wings Sylvia Fowles (2) Minnesota Lynx Courtney Vandersloot (3) Chicago Sky [10]
2019 Brittney Griner (2) Phoenix Mercury Jonquel Jones (2) Connecticut Sun Courtney Vandersloot (4) Chicago Sky [11]
2020 Arike Ogunbowale Dallas Wings Candace Parker (3) Los Angeles Sparks Courtney Vandersloot (5) Chicago Sky [12]
2021 Tina Charles (2) Washington Mystics Jonquel Jones (3) Connecticut Sun Courtney Vandersloot (6) Chicago Sky [13]
2022 Breanna Stewart Seattle Storm Sylvia Fowles (3) Minnesota Lynx Natasha Cloud Washington Mystics [14]

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  2. ↑ "Lauren Jackson, Becky Hammon Capture 2007 WNBA Peak Performer Honors". wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved July 14, 2022.
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  14. ↑ @WNBA (August 15, 2022). "THE BEST OF THE BEST 👏 Congratulations to @breannastewart, @SylviaFowles, and @T_Cloud4 for being named the 2022 WNBA Peak Performers 🙌 #MoreThan" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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