Cynthia Cooper won the MVP award in her rookie season in 1997.

Interpreted as:

mvp in a regular season by a player wnba

	NAME	MVP	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Cynthia Cooper C. Cooper	1	1997	HOU	28	35.0	22.2	3.9	4.7	2.1	0.2	6.8	14.6	46.8	2.4	5.7	41.9	6.1	7.1	86.4	62.7	1.2	2.8	3.9	981	621	110	131	58	6	110	69	+161
2	Cynthia Cooper C. Cooper	1	1998	HOU	30	35.0	22.7	3.7	4.4	1.6	0.4	6.8	15.2	44.6	2.1	5.3	40.0	7.0	8.2	85.4	60.4	0.8	2.8	3.2	1,051	680	110	131	48	11	95	65	+345
3	Yolanda Griffith Y. Griffith	1	1999	SAC	29	33.7	18.8	11.3	1.6	2.5	1.9	6.9	12.8	54.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	5.0	8.1	61.7	57.6	4.9	6.5	2.3	978	545	329	45	73	54	66	91	+194
4	Sheryl Swoopes S. Swoopes	1	2000	HOU	31	35.2	20.7	6.3	3.8	2.8	1.1	7.9	15.6	50.6	1.1	2.9	37.4	3.8	4.7	82.1	58.7	1.3	5.0	2.6	1,091	643	195	119	87	33	82	67	+399
5	Lisa Leslie L. Leslie	1	2001	LAS	31	33.4	19.5	9.6	2.4	1.1	2.3	7.1	15.1	47.3	0.7	1.9	36.7	4.6	6.2	73.6	54.9	2.8	6.8	3.2	1,035	606	298	73	34	71	98	132	+309
6	Sheryl Swoopes S. Swoopes	1	2002	HOU	32	36.1	18.5	4.9	3.3	2.8	0.7	6.9	15.9	43.4	0.7	2.5	28.8	4.0	4.8	82.5	51.3	0.9	4.0	2.7	1,154	592	158	107	88	23	87	50	+188
7	Lauren Jackson L. Jackson	1	2003	SEA	33	33.6	21.2	9.3	1.9	1.2	1.9	7.7	15.9	48.3	1.2	3.7	31.7	4.6	5.5	82.5	57.5	2.5	6.8	2.1	1,110	698	307	62	38	64	69	106	+120
8	Lisa Leslie L. Leslie	1	2004	LAS	34	33.8	17.6	9.9	2.6	1.5	2.9	6.6	13.3	49.4	0.2	0.6	27.3	4.3	6.0	71.2	55.2	1.8	8.1	3.2	1,148	598	336	88	50	98	110	130	+123
9	Sheryl Swoopes S. Swoopes	1	2005	HOU	33	37.2	18.6	3.6	4.3	2.0	0.8	6.6	14.7	44.7	0.8	2.3	36.0	4.6	5.5	85.0	54.3	0.8	2.8	2.2	1,226	614	119	141	66	26	72	54	+60
10	Lisa Leslie L. Leslie	1	2006	LAS	34	31.1	20.0	9.5	3.2	1.5	1.7	7.6	14.8	51.1	0.2	0.6	40.0	4.6	7.1	65.0	55.7	2.4	7.1	3.7	1,056	680	323	108	51	57	126	115	+164
11	Lauren Jackson L. Jackson	1	2007	SEA	31	32.9	23.8	9.7	1.3	1.0	2.0	8.3	16.0	51.9	1.6	3.9	40.2	5.6	6.4	88.3	63.3	2.6	7.1	1.8	1,020	739	300	40	31	63	56	93	+244
12	Candace Parker C. Parker	1	2008	LAS	33	33.6	18.5	9.5	3.4	1.3	2.3	7.0	13.4	52.3	0.3	0.8	42.3	4.2	5.7	73.3	58.2	2.5	6.9	2.8	1,109	610	313	113	42	75	93	91	+115
13	Diana Taurasi D. Taurasi	1	2009	PHX	31	31.5	20.4	5.7	3.5	1.2	1.4	6.5	14.0	46.1	2.5	6.3	40.7	4.9	5.5	89.4	62.0	0.6	5.2	2.6	976	631	178	109	36	43	82	95	+139
14	Lauren Jackson L. Jackson	1	2010	SEA	32	31.0	20.5	8.3	1.2	0.9	1.2	6.9	14.9	46.2	1.7	4.9	34.6	5.1	5.6	91.0	59.2	2.8	5.5	1.4	993	656	264	38	30	38	46	91	+295
15	Tamika Catchings T. Catchings	1	2011	IND	33	31.5	15.5	7.1	3.5	2.0	0.9	5.1	11.6	43.8	1.0	2.8	34.8	4.3	4.9	88.3	56.1	1.9	5.2	2.2	1,040	511	233	115	67	30	73	69	+180
16	Tina Charles T. Charles	1	2012	CON	33	33.2	18.0	10.5	1.7	0.5	1.4	7.6	15.2	49.9	0.0	0.2	20.0	2.8	3.5	80.2	53.8	3.7	6.7	2.2	1,096	594	345	57	17	47	74	64	+138
17	Candace Parker C. Parker	1	2013	LAS	31	28.7	17.9	8.7	3.8	1.3	1.8	6.7	13.6	49.3	0.3	1.1	25.7	4.2	5.5	76.2	55.9	1.4	7.3	2.3	889	556	269	117	40	57	71	42	+196
18	Maya Moore M. Moore	1	2014	MIN	34	34.7	23.9	8.1	3.4	1.9	0.8	8.7	18.0	48.1	1.8	5.4	33.5	4.7	5.3	88.4	58.6	2.1	6.0	2.4	1,181	812	276	116	64	28	81	87	+230
19	Elena Delle Donne E. Delle Donne	1	2015	CHI	31	32.8	23.4	8.4	1.4	1.1	2.0	7.7	16.7	46.0	1.4	4.3	31.3	6.7	7.0	95.0	59.1	1.9	6.5	1.2	1,016	725	260	42	33	63	36	52	+211
20	Nneka Ogwumike N. Ogwumike	1	2016	LAS	33	31.6	19.7	9.1	3.1	1.3	1.2	7.4	11.1	66.5	0.5	0.8	61.5	4.4	5.1	86.9	73.7	2.3	6.7	2.1	1,043	650	299	101	42	39	70	113	+245
21	Sylvia Fowles S. Fowles	1	2017	MIN	34	30.8	18.9	10.4	1.5	1.3	2.0	7.5	11.4	65.5	0.0	0.0		4.0	5.2	76.8	69.1	3.6	6.8	2.4	1,048	644	354	52	44	67	83	93	+332
22	Breanna Stewart B. Stewart	1	2018	SEA	34	31.6	21.8	8.4	2.5	1.4	1.4	7.9	15.0	52.9	1.8	4.3	41.5	4.1	5.1	82.0	63.3	1.1	7.2	1.8	1,074	742	284	86	46	49	61	69	+275
23	Elena Delle Donne E. Delle Donne	1	2019	WAS	31	28.7	19.5	8.3	2.2	0.6	1.3	7.1	13.8	51.5	1.7	3.9	43.0	3.7	3.8	97.4	63.3	1.5	6.7	1.0	891	606	256	68	18	40	30	32	+371
24	A'ja Wilson A. Wilson	1	2020	LVA	22	31.7	20.5	8.5	2.0	1.2	2.0	7.5	15.7	48.0	0.0	0.0		5.4	6.9	78.1	54.6	1.5	7.0	1.6	697	450	188	45	27	44	35	49	+178
25	Jonquel Jones J. Jones	1	2021	CON	27	31.7	19.4	11.2	2.8	1.3	1.3	7.1	13.8	51.5	1.6	4.3	36.2	3.6	4.5	80.2	61.4	2.5	8.7	2.9	856	523	303	75	34	34	78	84	+335