On Sunday, the WNBA announced that Las Vegas Aces forward/center A’ja Wilson has earned a record fourth WNBA Most Valuable Player.
Wilson received 51 of 72 first-place votes and 21 second-place votes (657 points) from a national panel of sportswriters and broadcasters. Minnesota Lynx forward Napheesa Collier (534 points) finished in second place, followed by Phoenix Mercury forward Alyssa Thomas (391 points) in third place, Atlanta Dream guard Allisha Gray (180 points) in fourth place, and Indiana Fever guard Kelsey Mitchell (93 points) in fifth place.
Also, the 29-year-old Wilson, who won the award last season, becomes the second back-to-back league MVP in WNBA history.
In addition to MVP, Wilson also earned her third WNBA Defensive Player of the Year award, her seventh All-Star nod, a league-leading six WNBA Western Conference Player of the Week awards, Western Conference Player of the Month for August, Associated Press Player of the Year, AP Defensive Player of the Year and the WNBA Peak Performer award as the league’s leading scorer.
This season, Wilson averaged a league-best 23.4 points per game on 50.5% field goal shooting, 10.2 rebounds, 3.1 assists, 2.3 blocks, and 1.6 steals per game. She is the only player in the history of the league to average at least 20 points, 10 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 blocks, and 1 steal per game – a feat she first accomplished in her third MVP season.
The Aces finish the season 30-14, including a franchise-record 16-game winning streak to close out the season.
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