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Best WNBA Player ESPY Award

Annual athletic award

Annual athletic award

FieldValue
nameBest WNBA Player ESPY Award
awarded_forThe best player in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) in the preceding year
sponsorESPN (ESPY Awards)
dateAnnually
countryUnited States
year1998

The Best WNBA Player ESPY Award is an award given at the ESPY Awards show. It has been presented annually since 1998 to the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) player who has been voted the best in the preceding year before the ceremony. Beginning in 2003, the winner has been chosen by online voting, before that, determination of the winners was made by an panel of experts.

The inaugural winner was Cynthia Cooper, who would go on to win three consecutive awards. Candace Parker has won the award a record four times, while Lauren Jackson, Lisa Leslie and Diana Taurasi have won the award three times. Only Cooper and Taurasi had their three wins in consecutive years. All winners other than Jackson, who is Australian, have been American. Winners have played all five of the standard Basketball positions, the most honored position is power forward, players playing power forward have won eight awards. The award wasn't awarded in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

List of winners

Player was a member of the winning team in the WNBA Finals Player was a member of the losing team in the WNBA Finals † WNBA Finals MVP

YearPlayerNationalityPosition playedTeam representedRef†(2)†(3)††(2)†(2)(2)(3)(3)†(2)(3)(2)(2)(3)†(3)(2)(4)(2)Caitlin Clark
1998Point guardHouston Cometsurl=http://espnmediazone.com/us/press-releases/2010/06/all_tme_espy_winners/title=All-Time ESPY Winnersdate=June 24, 2010work=ESPN.comaccess-date=23 January 2018}}
1999Point guardHouston Comets
2000Point guardHouston Comets
2001Small forwardHouston Comets
2002CenterLos Angeles Sparks
2003CenterLos Angeles Sparks
2004Power forwardSeattle Storm
2005Power forwardSeattle Storm
2006Small forwardHouston Comets
2007CenterLos Angeles Sparks
2008Power forwardSeattle Storm
2009Power forwardLos Angeles Sparksurl=http://archive.knoxnews.com/sports/vols/other/candace-parker-wins-espy-for-best-wnba-player-ep-357960529-355652761.htmltitle=Candace Parker wins ESPY for Best WNBA Playerdate=July 18, 2013work=Knoxville News Sentinelaccess-date=23 January 2018}}
2010Shooting guardPhoenix Mercury
2011Shooting guardPhoenix Mercury
2012Shooting guardPhoenix Mercury
2013Power forwardLos Angeles Sparks
2014Small forwardMinnesota Lynx†
2015Point guardTulsa Shock
2016Small forwardMinnesota Lynx
2017Power forwardLos Angeles Sparks
2018Small forwardMinnesota Lynx
2019Power forwardSeattle Storm
2020Not awarded due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021Power forwardSeattle Storm
2022Power forwardChicago Sky
2023Power forwardLas Vegas Aces
2024Power forwardLas Vegas Aces
2025Point guardIndiana Fever

References

References

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  2. (April 22, 2004). "ESPN Wants You to Vote … for ESPYs". Multichannel.
  3. (February 3, 1999). "Committee is newly found". [[ESPN.com]].
  4. (June 24, 2010). "All-Time ESPY Winners". [[ESPN.com]].
  5. (July 18, 2013). "Candace Parker wins ESPY for Best WNBA Player". [[Knoxville News Sentinel]].
  6. (July 15, 2010). "Taurasi wins ESPY as best WNBA player". [[FoxSports.com]].
  7. (July 14, 2011). "2011 ESPY Awards -- Winners revealed in Los Angeles". [[ESPN.com]].
  8. (July 12, 2012). "2012 ESPY Awards Winners: Results, Recap and Top Moments". [[Bleacher Report]].
  9. McDonald, Soraya Nadia. (July 17, 2014). "The top 10 moments from the 2014 ESPY awards". [[The Washington Post]].
  10. (July 15, 2015). "ESPY Awards: The Complete Winners List". [[The Hollywood Reporter]].
  11. (July 15, 2016). "Maya Moore Wins ESPY Award For Best WNBA Player". [[Minnesota Lynx]].
  12. (July 12, 2017). "ESPY Awards 2017: Complete Winners List". [[The Hollywood Reporter]].
  13. "2018 ESPY Awards: Winners list".
  14. (July 10, 2019). "2019 ESPYS award winners".
  15. (July 10, 2021). "2021 ESPYS award winners".
  16. (July 20, 2022). "2022 ESPYS: Full list of award winners".
  17. (July 13, 2023). "2023 ESPYS: Full list of award winners".
  18. (July 11, 2024). "2024 ESPYS: Here is the list of winners".
  19. (July 16, 2025). "Full list of every ESPYS 2025 Award winner". [[ESPN]].
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