Las Vegas forward A’ja Wilson named WNBA Player of the Year | NBA News
Las Vegas Aces forward A’ja Wilson has been named the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) Player of the Year after leading her team to the top seed the following season.
Wilson, who previously won the MVP title in 2020 and was named Defensive Player of the Year last month, ranks fifth in the WNBA in scoring as she averages 19.5 points per game and stands second in resilience with a career-high 9.4 points per game.
26-year-old Wilson, playing in his fifth WNBA season, received 31 of 56 first-place votes from a national panel of writers and broadcasters to finish ahead of Breanna Stewart’s forward Breanna Stewart. Seattle Storm (23 votes in first place).
The awards were announced the day after Wilson Aces beat Stewart’s Storm 3-1 in the best-of-match series to advance to the WNBA Finals.
Wilson, along with Lauren Jackson, Lisa Leslie and Sheryl Swoopes, three-time winners and two-time MVPs Cynthia Cooper, Elena Delle Donne and Candace Parker are the only players to have won the award more than once.