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

	NAME	MVP	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	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
2	Cynthia Cooper C. Cooper	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
3	Sheryl Swoopes S. Swoopes	1	2000	WNBA Finals	HOU	2	38.8	21.5	7.0	1.5	1.5	0.0	7.5	15.0	50.0	1.5	3.0	50.0	5.0	6.5	76.9	60.2	2.0	5.0	1.5	78	43	14	3	3	0	3	3	+8
4	Lisa Leslie L. Leslie	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
5	Diana Taurasi D. Taurasi	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
6	Lauren Jackson L. Jackson	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
7	Nneka Ogwumike N. Ogwumike	1	2016	WNBA Finals	LAS	5	32.1	15.4	10.0	1.8	2.0	0.6	6.4	9.8	65.3	0.4	0.8	50.0	2.2	3.2	68.8	68.7	3.2	6.8	2.0	160	77	50	9	10	3	10	21	+22
8	Sylvia Fowles S. Fowles	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	Breanna Stewart B. Stewart	1	2018	WNBA Finals	SEA	3	36.5	25.7	6.0	3.7	1.7	0.0	8.3	16.3	51.0	2.0	3.7	54.5	7.0	9.0	77.8	63.2	0.3	5.7	2.7	110	77	18	11	5	0	8	6	+35
10	Elena Delle Donne E. Delle Donne	1	2019	WNBA Finals	WAS	5	26.7	13.4	6.2	1.6	0.6	1.4	5.2	9.0	57.8	1.0	2.2	45.5	2.0	2.4	83.3	66.6	0.8	5.4	0.6	133	67	31	8	3	7	3	7	+8
11	A'ja Wilson A. Wilson	1	2020	WNBA Finals	LVA	3	34.2	19.0	6.3	2.0	1.3	1.0	7.0	17.3	40.4	0.0	0.0		5.0	5.3	93.8	48.3	1.7	4.7	0.7	103	57	19	6	4	3	2	7	-56
12	A'ja Wilson A. Wilson	1	2022	WNBA Finals	LVA	4	37.7	20.0	9.8	1.0	1.5	2.5	7.0	12.8	54.9	0.0	1.3	0.0	6.0	8.3	72.7	61.1	1.3	8.5	0.8	151	80	39	4	6	10	3	7	+14
13	Breanna Stewart B. Stewart	1	2023	WNBA Finals	NYL	4	36.4	16.3	12.0	3.5	1.0	0.5	6.3	17.3	36.2	0.8	4.3	17.6	3.0	4.3	70.6	42.5	1.5	10.5	2.8	145	65	48	14	4	2	11	8	-27
14	A'ja Wilson A. Wilson	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

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28.3

Ogunbowale

27.5

Wilson

27.0

Stewart

Playoffs RPG Leaders

15.0

Iriafen

10.2

Jones

9.5

Stokes

Playoffs APG Leaders

9.7

Clark

8.8

Canada

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Young

Playoffs SPG Leaders

2.2

Howard

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Canada

2.0

Gray

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Jones

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Stewart

2.2

Reese

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Clark

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Ionescu

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Laksa

Playoffs TS% Leaders

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Jocytė

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VanSlooten

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WNBA 2026 Rankings

Playoffs ORtg Rankings

114.8

114.5

113.0

111.5

109.0

106.9

Playoffs DRtg Rankings

102.9

105.0

107.2

108.0

115.1

116.4

Playoffs NetRtg Rankings

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WNBA Fantasy 2026

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Williams

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Wilson

255.5

Stewart

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Williams

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Bibby

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Koné

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Ogunbowale

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Stewart

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Gray

38.2

Howard

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WNBA 2026 Standings

	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Lynx - x	33	11	.750
2	Valkyries - x	32	12	.727	1.0
3	Aces - x	31	13	.705	2.0
4	Dream - x	30	14	.682	3.0
5	Mystics - x	28	16	.636	5.0
6	Fever - x	28	16	.636	5.0
7	Wings - x	27	17	.614	6.0
8	Liberty - x	26	18	.591	7.0
9	Fire - e	17	27	.386	16.0
10	Sparks - e	16	28	.364	17.0
11	Sky - e	16	28	.364	17.0
12	Mercury - e	16	28	.364	17.0
13	Tempo - e	11	33	.250	22.0
14	Sun - e	11	33	.250	22.0
15	Storm - e	8	36	.182	25.0