Atlanta Dream forward Naz Hillmon has been named the 2025 WNBA Sixth Player of the Year, the league announced Saturday.
Hillmon, 25, becomes the first player in franchise history to win the award.
After averaging 5.4 points and 4.8 rebounds in 2024, she elevated her production to 8.6 points, 6.2 rebounds, and 2.4 assists per game in 2025 in 44 games this season, while transforming her perimeter game with 53 made three-pointers — after hitting just one across her first three WNBA seasons.
She came off the bench in 27 games and flourished in her role, emerging as the WNBA’s most productive reserve. Among players who came off the bench in at least 20 games, Hillmon ranked first in plus-minus (+5.7), second in rebounds (4.9 per game), and fifth in points (8.0 per game), while shooting 49.4 percent from the field and 35.2 percent from three-point range.
Hillmon delivered several career-defining performances, including a career-high 21 points with five three-pointers — capped by a game-winner at Dallas on July 30 — along with a career-best 15 rebounds against Las Vegas and multiple double-doubles that fueled Atlanta’s franchise-record 30-win season.
The Sixth Player award comes just one week after Hillmon was named the 2025 Associated Press Sixth Player of the Year.
Atlanta’s season came to an end on Thursday when they fell to the Fever in Game 3 of their first-round series.
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