# WNBA Peak Performers

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 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.

## Legend

| ‡ | Denotes new WNBA record at conclusion of that season |
| | Denotes player who won MVP that year |

## 1997

In 1997, the Peak Performers Awards went to the "shooting champions" from each conference.
| Year | Eastern Conference Shooting Champion | Team | Western Conference Shooting Champion | Team | Ref. |
| 1997 | Andrea Congreaves | Charlotte Sting | Haixia Zheng | Los Angeles Sparks | |

## 1998–2001

From 1998 to 2001, the Peak Performers Awards went 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 |
| 1998 | Isabelle Fijalkowski | Cleveland Rockers | 54.7% | Sandy Brondello | Detroit Shock | 92.3% |
| 1999 | Murriel Page | Washington Mystics | 57.4% | Eva Nemcova | Cleveland Rockers | 98.4% |
| 2000 | Murriel Page (2) | Washington Mystics | 59.0% | Jennifer Azzi | Utah Starzz | 93.0% |
| 2001 | Latasha Byears | Los Angeles Sparks | 60.2% | Elena Baranova | Miami Sol | 93.0% |

## 2002–present

| Year | Points | Team | Stat. | Rebounding | Team | Stat. | Assists | Team | Stat. |
| 2002 | Chamique Holdsclaw | Washington Mystics | 19.9 ppg | Chamique Holdsclaw | Washington Mystics | 11.6 rpg ‡ | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2003 | Lauren Jackson | Seattle Storm | 21.2 ppg | Chamique Holdsclaw (2) | Washington Mystics | 10.9 rpg | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2004 | Lauren Jackson (2) | Seattle Storm | 20.5 ppg | Lisa Leslie | Los Angeles Sparks | 9.9 rpg | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2005 | Sheryl Swoopes | Houston Comets | 18.6 ppg | Cheryl Ford | Detroit Shock | 9.8 rpg | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2006 | Diana Taurasi | Phoenix Mercury | 25.3 ppg ‡ | Cheryl Ford (2) | Detroit Shock | 11.3 rpg | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2007 | Lauren Jackson (3) | Seattle Storm | 23.8 ppg | Lauren Jackson | Seattle Storm | 9.7 rpg | Becky Hammon | San Antonio Silver Stars | 5.0 apg |
| 2008 | Diana Taurasi (2) | Phoenix Mercury | 24.1 ppg | Candace Parker | Los Angeles Sparks | 9.5 rpg | Lindsay Whalen | Connecticut Sun | 5.4 apg |
| 2009 | Diana Taurasi (3) | Phoenix Mercury | 20.4 ppg | Candace Parker (2) | Los Angeles Sparks | 9.8 rpg | Sue Bird | Seattle Storm | 5.8 apg |
| 2010 | Diana Taurasi (4) | Phoenix Mercury | 22.6 ppg | Tina Charles | Connecticut Sun | 11.7 rpg ‡ | Ticha Penicheiro | Los Angeles Sparks | 6.9 apg |
| 2011 | Diana Taurasi (5) | Phoenix Mercury | 21.6 ppg | Tina Charles (2) | Connecticut Sun | 11.0 rpg | Lindsay Whalen (2) | Minnesota Lynx | 5.9 apg |
| 2012 | Angel McCoughtry | Atlanta Dream | 21.4 ppg | Tina Charles (3) | Connecticut Sun | 10.5 rpg | Lindsay Whalen (3) | Minnesota Lynx | 5.4 apg |
| 2013 | Angel McCoughtry (2) | Atlanta Dream | 21.5 ppg | Sylvia Fowles | Chicago Sky | 11.5 rpg | Danielle Robinson | San Antonio Silver Stars | 6.7 apg |
| 2014 | Maya Moore | Minnesota Lynx | 23.9 ppg | Courtney Paris | Tulsa Shock | 10.2 rpg | Diana Taurasi | Phoenix Mercury | 5.7 apg |
| 2015 | Elena Delle Donne | Chicago Sky | 23.4 ppg | Courtney Paris (2) | Tulsa Shock | 9.3 rpg | Courtney Vandersloot | Chicago Sky | 5.8 apg |
| 2016 | Tina Charles | New York Liberty | 21.5 ppg | Tina Charles (4) | New York Liberty | 9.9 rpg | Sue Bird (2) | Seattle Storm | 5.8 apg |
| 2017 | Brittney Griner | Phoenix Mercury | 21.9 ppg | Jonquel Jones | Connecticut Sun | 11.9 rpg ‡ | Courtney Vandersloot (2) | Chicago Sky | 8.1 apg ‡ |
| 2018 | Liz Cambage | Dallas Wings | 23.0 ppg | Sylvia Fowles (2) | Minnesota Lynx | 11.9 rpg ‡ | Courtney Vandersloot (3) | Chicago Sky | 8.6 apg ‡ |
| 2019 | Brittney Griner (2) | Phoenix Mercury | 20.7 ppg | Jonquel Jones (2) | Connecticut Sun | 9.7 rpg | Courtney Vandersloot (4) | Chicago Sky | 9.1 apg ‡ |
| 2020 | Arike Ogunbowale | Dallas Wings | 22.8 ppg | Candace Parker (3) | Los Angeles Sparks | 9.7 rpg | Courtney Vandersloot (5) | Chicago Sky | 10.0 apg ‡ |
| 2021 | Tina Charles (2) | Washington Mystics | 23.4 ppg | Jonquel Jones (3) | Connecticut Sun | 11.2 rpg | Courtney Vandersloot (6) | Chicago Sky | 8.6 apg |
| 2022 | Breanna Stewart | Seattle Storm | 21.8 ppg | Sylvia Fowles (3) | Minnesota Lynx | 9.8 rpg | Natasha Cloud | Washington Mystics | 7.0 apg |
| 2023 | Jewell Loyd | Seattle Storm | 24.7 ppg | Alyssa Thomas | Connecticut Sun | 9.9 rpg | Courtney Vandersloot (7) | New York Liberty | 8.1 apg |
| 2024 | A'ja Wilson | Las Vegas Aces | 26.9 ppg ‡ | Angel Reese | Chicago Sky | 13.1 rpg ‡ | Caitlin Clark | Indiana Fever | 8.4 apg |
* ↑ In 2007, the WNBA added a Peak Performer award to be given to the league leader in assists per game in the regular season.