Cynthia Cooper is the oldest Finals MVP in a WNBA Finals. She was 36 years old in 2000.

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	NAME	Age	FMVP	SEASON	SERIES	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	36	1	2000	WNBA Finals	HOU	2	41.7	22.5	3.5	6.0	1.5	0.5	7.5	22.0	34.1	1.5	5.0	30.0	6.0	6.5	92.3	45.3	1.5	2.0	3.0	83	45	7	12	3	1	6	4	+16
2	Cynthia Cooper C. Cooper	35	1	1999	WNBA Finals	HOU	3	36.3	21.7	4.3	4.3	2.7	0.0	4.7	12.7	36.8	1.3	4.3	30.8	11.0	12.3	89.2	59.9	1.3	3.0	4.0	109	65	13	13	8	0	12	7	+26
3	Yolanda Griffith Y. Griffith	34	1	2005	WNBA Finals	SAC	4	30.8	18.5	9.8	1.3	1.3	0.5	7.0	14.3	49.1	0.0	0.0		4.5	6.8	66.7	53.7	4.3	5.5	1.8	123	74	39	5	5	2	7	11	+23
4	Cynthia Cooper C. Cooper	34	1	1998	WNBA Finals	HOU	3	41.0	26.3	2.7	4.3	1.7	1.0	9.0	20.7	43.5	1.3	4.7	28.6	7.0	9.0	77.8	53.5	0.7	2.0	3.7	123	79	8	13	5	3	11	6	+11
5	Katie Smith K. Smith	33	1	2008	WNBA Finals	DET	3	36.8	21.7	6.7	3.3	0.0	0.3	7.7	14.7	52.3	2.7	4.7	57.1	3.7	4.7	78.6	64.8	0.3	6.3	1.0	110	65	20	10	0	1	3	3	+37
6	Cynthia Cooper C. Cooper	33	1	1997	WNBA Finals	HOU	1	40.0	25.0	4.0	4.0	2.0	1.0	7.0	13.0	53.8	0.0	2.0	0.0	11.0	15.0	73.3	63.8	0.0	4.0	1.0	40	25	4	4	2	1	1	1	+14
7	Tamika Catchings T. Catchings	32	1	2012	WNBA Finals	IND	4	34.2	22.3	6.0	3.5	2.0	2.3	6.8	15.8	42.9	2.0	6.0	33.3	6.8	7.0	96.4	59.1	0.5	5.5	2.8	137	89	24	14	8	9	11	13	+24
8	Sylvia Fowles S. Fowles	31	1	2017	WNBA Finals	MIN	5	36.3	17.8	15.0	1.2	1.8	2.4	7.6	12.4	61.3	0.0	0.0		2.6	4.2	61.9	62.5	4.2	10.8	3.2	182	89	75	6	9	12	16	17	+10
9	Diana Taurasi D. Taurasi	31	1	2014	WNBA Finals	PHX	3	30.4	20.3	3.3	6.3	1.3	0.7	8.0	15.0	53.3	3.3	7.0	47.6	1.0	1.0	100.0	65.8	0.7	2.7	4.0	91	61	10	19	4	2	12	9	+57
10	Jonquel Jones J. Jones	30	1	2024	WNBA Finals	NYL	5	36.5	17.8	7.6	2.2	1.2	0.8	6.4	11.4	56.1	1.2	2.8	42.9	3.8	3.8	100.0	68.1	2.0	5.6	3.0	182	89	38	11	6	4	15	12	+19
11	Chelsea Gray C. Gray	29	1	2022	WNBA Finals	LVA	4	34.2	18.3	3.0	6.0	1.3	0.3	7.8	13.3	58.5	2.3	5.0	45.0	0.5	0.8	66.7	67.2	0.0	3.0	4.0	137	73	12	24	5	1	16	7	+16
12	Candace Parker C. Parker	29	1	2016	WNBA Finals	LAS	5	33.5	17.2	7.4	2.2	2.2	2.0	7.0	15.8	44.3	0.6	3.2	18.8	2.6	3.8	68.4	49.2	1.8	5.6	2.6	168	86	37	11	11	10	13	13	-20
13	Sylvia Fowles S. Fowles	29	1	2015	WNBA Finals	MIN	5	31.2	15.6	9.4	1.2	0.8	1.0	6.4	9.2	69.6	0.0	0.0		2.8	3.6	77.8	72.3	3.4	6.0	2.8	156	78	47	6	4	5	14	12	+8
14	Lisa Leslie L. Leslie	29	1	2002	WNBA Finals	LAS	2	40.0	16.0	8.0	1.5	0.5	2.0	6.0	12.0	50.0	0.5	1.0	50.0	3.5	5.0	70.0	56.3	1.0	7.0	1.5	80	32	16	3	1	4	3	8	+11
15	A'ja Wilson A. Wilson	28	1	2025	WNBA Finals	LVA	4	36.1	28.5	11.8	4.0	1.0	2.0	9.5	20.0	47.5	0.3	1.3	20.0	9.3	11.0	84.1	57.4	2.8	9.0	2.0	144	114	47	16	4	8	8	6	+25
16	Lauren Jackson L. Jackson	28	1	2010	WNBA Finals	SEA	3	36.4	22.3	8.0	1.0	2.0	1.3	6.3	13.0	48.7	1.7	5.0	33.3	8.0	10.3	77.4	63.6	2.0	6.0	2.3	109	67	24	3	6	4	7	8	+1
17	Lisa Leslie L. Leslie	28	1	2001	WNBA Finals	LAS	2	38.4	24.0	10.5	5.0	1.0	4.5	8.0	17.5	45.7	0.5	1.5	33.3	7.5	9.5	78.9	55.4	3.0	7.5	3.5	77	48	21	10	2	9	7	5	+38
18	Betty Lennox B. Lennox	27	1	2004	WNBA Finals	SEA	3	34.1	22.3	4.3	2.0	1.3	0.0	8.3	16.7	50.0	1.0	1.7	60.0	4.7	5.3	87.5	58.7	0.7	3.7	2.7	102	67	13	6	4	0	8	10	+18
19	A'ja Wilson A. Wilson	26	1	2023	WNBA Finals	LVA	4	34.9	21.3	12.5	1.5	1.3	1.3	8.0	16.0	50.0	0.3	0.5	50.0	5.0	6.0	83.3	57.0	2.5	10.0	1.3	139	85	50	6	5	5	5	6	+28
20	Kahleah Copper K. Copper	26	1	2021	WNBA Finals	CHI	4	32.6	17.0	5.5	1.3	1.3	0.0	6.3	12.5	50.0	1.0	2.8	36.4	3.5	4.0	87.5	59.6	2.0	3.5	2.0	130	68	22	5	5	0	8	12	+46
21	Seimone Augustus S. Augustus	26	1	2011	WNBA Finals	MIN	3	35.0	24.7	5.7	4.7	0.3	0.7	9.0	15.3	58.7	1.0	1.3	75.0	5.7	6.7	85.0	67.5	0.3	5.3	2.0	105	74	17	14	1	2	6	6	+15
22	Diana Taurasi D. Taurasi	26	1	2009	WNBA Finals	PHX	5	35.0	20.4	6.8	2.8	0.6	1.6	6.4	17.2	37.2	2.4	8.2	29.3	5.2	6.2	83.9	51.2	0.8	6.0	3.4	175	102	34	14	3	8	17	20	+6
23	Deanna Nolan D. Nolan	26	1	2006	WNBA Finals	DET	5	33.8	17.8	4.2	2.8	1.6	0.4	7.4	16.6	44.6	0.8	2.0	40.0	2.2	2.6	84.6	50.2	1.0	3.2	3.4	169	89	21	14	8	2	17	10	-15
24	Breanna Stewart B. Stewart	25	1	2020	WNBA Finals	SEA	3	32.3	28.3	7.7	2.3	1.0	1.7	10.7	17.0	62.7	4.3	6.7	65.0	2.7	3.3	80.0	76.7	0.0	7.7	1.0	97	85	23	7	3	5	3	5	+42
25	Emma Meesseman E. Meesseman	25	1	2019	WNBA Finals	WAS	5	26.8	17.8	4.6	1.8	1.0	1.0	7.2	12.6	57.1	1.4	2.8	50.0	2.0	2.6	76.9	64.8	1.0	3.6	1.2	134	89	23	9	5	5	6	12	+10

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Cynthia Cooper is the oldest Finals MVP in a WNBA Finals. She was 36 years old in 2000.

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