# WNBA Sixth Player of the Year Award

Women's National Basketball Association awards and honors :
Championship :
WNBA Finals :
Commissioner's Cup Champions :
WNBA Commissioner's Cup :
Individual awards :
All-Star Game MVP
Rookie of the Year
Defensive Player of the Year
Coach of the Year
Finals MVP
Dawn Staley Leadership
Most Valuable Player
Most Improved Player
Peak Performers
Sixth Player of the Year
Kim Perrot Sportsmanship
Basketball Executive of the Year :
Honors :
All-WNBA Team
Top 15 Players
Top 25 Players
All-Rookie Team
WNBA All-Decade Team
Top 20 Players
All-Defensive Team :
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The Women's National Basketball Association's Sixth Player of the Year Award is an annual Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) award given since the 2007 WNBA season to the league's most valuable player for her team coming off the bench as a substitute—or sixth woman. A panel of sportswriters and broadcasters throughout the United States votes on the recipient. Each panel member casts a vote for first, second and third place selections. Each first-place vote is worth five points; each second-place vote is worth three points; and each third-place vote is worth one point. The player with the highest point total, regardless of the number of first-place votes, wins the award. To be eligible for the award, a player must come off the bench in more games than she starts.
The award was titled "Sixth Woman of the Year" through the 2020 season, with the word "Woman" replaced by "Player" in 2021.
DeWanna Bonner has won the award the most times, with 3 selections.

## 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 |
| | Denotes player whose team won championship that year |
| 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 |
| Season | Player | Position | Nationality | Team |
| 2007 | Plenette Pierson | Forward | United States | Detroit Shock |
| 2008 | Candice Wiggins | Guard | United States | Minnesota Lynx |
| 2009 | DeWanna Bonner | Forward | United States | Phoenix Mercury |
| 2010 | DeWanna Bonner (2) | Forward | United States | Phoenix Mercury (2) |
| 2011 | DeWanna Bonner (3) | Forward | United States | Phoenix Mercury (3) |
| 2012 | Renee Montgomery | Guard | United States | Connecticut Sun |
| 2013 | Riquna Williams | Guard | United States | Tulsa Shock (2) |
| 2014 | Allie Quigley | Guard | Hungary | Chicago Sky |
| 2015 | Allie Quigley (2) | Guard | Hungary | Chicago Sky (2) |
| 2016 | Jantel Lavender | Forward / Center | United States | Los Angeles Sparks |
| 2017 | Sugar Rodgers | Guard | United States | New York Liberty |
| 2018 | Jonquel Jones | Forward | Bahamas | Connecticut Sun (2) |
| 2019 | Dearica Hamby | Forward | United States | Las Vegas Aces |
| 2020 | Dearica Hamby (2) | Forward | United States | Las Vegas Aces (2) |
| 2021 | Kelsey Plum | Guard | United States | Las Vegas Aces (3) |
| 2022 | Brionna Jones | Forward | United States | Connecticut Sun (3) |
| 2023 | Alysha Clark | Forward | Israel | Las Vegas Aces (4) |
| 2024 | Tiffany Hayes | Guard | Azerbaijan | Las Vegas Aces (5) |

### Notes

* 1 2 3 Denotes a player who is a United States citizen but is naturalized and represents a different country internationally.
* ↑ At the time, Jones had citizenship only in The Bahamas. In 2019, she acquired citizenship in Bosnia and Herzegovina and has since played for that country's national team.