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Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award
Women's National Basketball Association award
Women's National Basketball Association award
The Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award is an annual Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) award given since the league's inaugural season, to the player who most "exemplifies the ideals of sportsmanship on the court—ethical behavior, fair play and integrity." This is the same criterion used by the analogous NBA Sportsmanship Award, given by the NBA since its 1995–96 season.
Every year, each of the WNBA teams nominates one of its players to compete for this award. From these nominees, a panel of sportswriters and broadcasters vote for first and second place winners of this award. First place selections receive two votes, while second place selections receive one. The player with the highest point total, regardless of the number of first-place votes, wins the award.
Since the 2000 WNBA season, the award is named for the late Kim Perrot, who helped guide the Houston Comets to their first two WNBA championships before she died in August, 1999, after suffering from cancer for seven months.
Nneka Ogwumike has won the award the most times, with 4 selections.
Winners
| Team (X) | Denotes the number of times a player from this team has won |
|---|
| Season | Player | Position | Nationality | Team | Suzie McConnell Serio | Dawn Staley | Suzie McConnell Serio (2) | Sue Wicks | Jennifer Gillom | Teresa Edwards | Dawn Staley (2) | Tamika Catchings | Sue Bird | Swin Cash | Tamika Catchings (2) | Becky Hammon | Tamika Catchings (3) | Sue Bird (2) | Sue Bird (3) | Nneka Ogwumike | Nneka Ogwumike (2) | Nneka Ogwumike (3) | Sylvia Fowles | Elizabeth Williams | Dearica Hamby | Nneka Ogwumike (4) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Zheng Haixia | Center | Los Angeles Sparks | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1998 | Guard | Cleveland Rockers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1999 | Guard | Charlotte Sting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2000 | Guard | Cleveland Rockers (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2001 | Forward | New York Liberty | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2002 | Forward / Center | Phoenix Mercury | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2003 | Edna Campbell | Guard | Sacramento Monarchs | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2004 | Guard | Minnesota Lynx | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005 | Taj McWilliams-Franklin | Forward / Center | Connecticut Sun | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006 | Guard | Houston Comets | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007 | Tully Bevilaqua | Guard | Indiana Fever | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008 | Vickie Johnson | Guard / Forward | San Antonio Silver Stars | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009 | Kara Lawson | Guard | Sacramento Monarchs (2) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010 | Forward | Indiana Fever (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011 | Guard | Seattle Storm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ruth Riley | Center | San Antonio Silver Stars (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012 | Kara Lawson (2) | Guard | Connecticut Sun (2) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013 | Forward | Chicago Sky | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Forward | Indiana Fever (3) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | Guard | San Antonio Stars (3) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015 | DeLisha Milton-Jones | Forward | Atlanta Dream | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016 | Forward | Indiana Fever (4) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | Guard | Seattle Storm (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | Guard | Seattle Storm (3) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Forward | Los Angeles Sparks (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020 | Forward | Los Angeles Sparks (3) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021 | Forward | Los Angeles Sparks (4) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022 | Center | Minnesota Lynx (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | Center | Chicago Sky (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024 | Forward | Los Angeles Sparks (5) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2025 | Forward | Seattle Storm (4) |
;Notes
- Denotes a player who is a United States citizen but is naturalized and represents a different country internationally.
References
References
- "Fever's Tamika Catchings Wins 2016 Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award - WNBA.com - Official Site of the WNBA".
- (September 15, 2019). "Los Angeles’ Nneka Ogwumike Wins 2019 Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award". NBA Media Ventures.
- (September 29, 2020). "Los Angeles’ Nneka Ogwumike Wins 2020 Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award". WNBA.
- (October 3, 2021). "Los Angeles Sparks’ Nneka Ogwumike 2021 Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award". WNBA.
- (August 19, 2022). "Minnesota Lynx’ Sylvia Fowles Wins 2022 Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award". WNBA.
- (October 24, 2023). "Elizabeth Williams Receives 2023 Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award". WNBA.
- (September 22, 2025). "Seattle Storm's Nneka Ogwumike Wins 2025 Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award". WNBA.
- (October 1, 2015). "Dream’s Delisha Milton-Jones Wins 2015 Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award".
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