Every WNBA MVP (including A’ja Wilson and Breanna Stewart) since 1996

The WNBA has been breaking ankles since 1996, and the best shakers and bakers call themselves MVPs.

As the league has grown, so has the amount of talent and the level of competition. In 2023, the battle for MVP was so historically tight that only 13 votes separated first and third place. A slim margin like that isn’t created unless other previous greats like Lisa Leslie, Sheryl Swoopes and Lauren Jackson pave the way for current ballers like A’ja Wilson and Breanna Stewart to shatter the record books.

Here is every WNBA MVP since the league was born in 1996, and we’ll add to this as the years go on:

1

Cynthia Cooper-Dyke - Houston Comets (1997)

2

Cynthia Cooper-Dyke - Houston Comets (1998)

3

Yolanda Griffith - Sacramento Monarchs (1999)

4

Sheryl Swoopes - Houston Comets

5

Lisa Leslie - Los Angeles Sparks (2001)

6

Sheryl Swoopes - Houston Comets (2002)

7

Lauren Jackson - Seattle Storm (2003)

8

Lisa Leslie - Los Angeles Sparks (2004)

9

Sheryl Swoopes - Houston Comets (2005)

10

Lisa Leslie - Los Angeles Sparks (2006)

11

Lauren Jackson - Seattle Storm (2007)

12

Candace Parker - Los Angeles Sparks (2008)

13

Diana Taurasi - Phoenix Mercury (2009)

14

Lauren Jackson - Seattle Storm (2010)

15

Tamika Catchings - Indiana Fever (2011)

16

Tina Charles - Connecticut Sun (2012)

17

Candace Parker - Los Angeles Sparks (2013)

18

Maya Moore - Minnesota Lynx (2014)

19

Elena Delle Donne - Chicago Sky (2015)

20

Nneka Ogwumike - Los Angeles Sparks (2016)

21

Sylvia Fowles - Minnesota Lynx (2017)

22

Breanna Stewart - Seattle Storm (2018)

23

Elena Delle Donne - Washington Mystics (2019)

24

A'ja Wilson - Las Vegas Aces (2020)

25

Jonquel Jones - Connecticut Suns (2021)

26

A'ja Wilson - Las Vegas Aces (2022)

27

Breanna Stewart - New York Liberty (2023)