# WNBA Finals Most Valuable Player 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 Finals Most Valuable Player (MVP) is an annual Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) award given since the league's inaugural season.
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 |
| Season | Player | Position | Nationality | Team |
| 1997 | Cynthia Cooper | Guard | United States | Houston Comets |
| 1998 | Cynthia Cooper (2) | Guard | United States | Houston Comets (2) |
| 1999 | Cynthia Cooper (3) | Guard | United States | Houston Comets (3) |
| 2000 | Cynthia Cooper (4) | Guard | United States | Houston Comets (4) |
| 2001 | Lisa Leslie | Center | United States | Los Angeles Sparks |
| 2002 | Lisa Leslie (2) | Center | United States | Los Angeles Sparks (2) |
| 2003 | Ruth Riley | Forward / Center | United States | Detroit Shock |
| 2004 | Betty Lennox | Guard | United States | Seattle Storm |
| 2005 | Yolanda Griffith | Center | United States | Sacramento Monarchs |
| 2006 | Deanna Nolan | Guard | United States | Detroit Shock |
| 2007 | Cappie Pondexter | Guard | United States | Phoenix Mercury |
| 2008 | Katie Smith | Guard | United States | Detroit Shock |
| 2009 | Diana Taurasi | Guard | United States | Phoenix Mercury (2) |
| 2010 | Lauren Jackson | Forward / Center | Australia | Seattle Storm (2) |
| 2011 | Seimone Augustus | Guard / Forward | United States | Minnesota Lynx |
| 2012 | Tamika Catchings | Forward | United States | Indiana Fever |
| 2013 | Maya Moore | Forward | United States | Minnesota Lynx (2) |
| 2014 | Diana Taurasi (2) | Guard | United States | Phoenix Mercury (3) |
| 2015 | Sylvia Fowles | Center | United States | Minnesota Lynx (3) |
| 2016 | Candace Parker | Forward | United States | Los Angeles Sparks (3) |
| 2017 | Sylvia Fowles (2) | Center | United States | Minnesota Lynx (4) |
| 2018 | Breanna Stewart | Forward / Center | United States | Seattle Storm (3) |
| 2019 | Emma Meesseman | Center | Belgium | Washington Mystics |
| 2020 | Breanna Stewart (2) | Forward / Center | United States | Seattle Storm (4) |
| 2021 | Kahleah Copper | Guard / Forward | United States | Chicago Sky |
| 2022 | Chelsea Gray | Guard | United States | Las Vegas Aces |
| 2023 | A'ja Wilson | Forward / Center | United States | Las Vegas Aces (2) |
| 2024 | Jonquel Jones | Forward / Center | Bahamas Bosnia and Herzegovina | New York Liberty |

## Multi-time winners

| Player | Team(s) | No. | Years |
| Cynthia Cooper | Houston Comets | 4 | 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 |
| Lisa Leslie | Los Angeles Sparks | 2 | 2001, 2002 |
| Diana Taurasi | Phoenix Mercury | 2 | 2009, 2014 |
| Sylvia Fowles | Minnesota Lynx | 2 | 2015, 2017 |
| Breanna Stewart | Seattle Storm | 2 | 2018, 2020 |