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WNBA Sixth Player of the Year
Award in Basketball
Award in Basketball
The Women's National Basketball Association's Sixth Player of the Year Award is an annual Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) award given since the 2007 WNBA season to the league's most valuable player for her team coming off the bench as a substitute—or sixth woman. A panel of sportswriters and broadcasters throughout the United States votes on the recipient. The player with the highest number of votes wins the award. To be eligible for the award, a player must come off the bench in more games than she starts.
The award was titled "Sixth Woman of the Year" through the 2020 season, with the word "Woman" replaced by "Player" in 2021.
DeWanna Bonner has won the award the most times, with 3 selections.
Winners
| Team (X) | Denotes the number of times a player from this team has won |
|---|
| Season | Player | Position | Nationality | Team | Ref. | DeWanna Bonner | DeWanna Bonner (2) | DeWanna Bonner (3) | Jonquel Jones | Dearica Hamby | Dearica Hamby (2) | Kelsey Plum | Brionna Jones | Alysha Clark | Tiffany Hayes | Naz Hillmon |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Plenette Pierson | Forward | Detroit Shock | |||||||||||||
| 2008 | Candice Wiggins | Guard | Minnesota Lynx | |||||||||||||
| 2009 | Forward | Phoenix Mercury | ||||||||||||||
| 2010 | Phoenix Mercury (2) | |||||||||||||||
| 2011 | Phoenix Mercury (3) | |||||||||||||||
| 2012 | Renee Montgomery | Guard | Connecticut Sun | |||||||||||||
| 2013 | Riquna Williams | Tulsa Shock (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2014 | Allie Quigley | Chicago Sky | ||||||||||||||
| 2015 | Allie Quigley (2) | Chicago Sky (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016 | Jantel Lavender | Forward / Center | Los Angeles Sparks | |||||||||||||
| 2017 | Sugar Rodgers | Guard | New York Liberty | |||||||||||||
| 2018 | Forward | Connecticut Sun (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Las Vegas Aces | |||||||||||||||
| 2020 | Las Vegas Aces (2) | |||||||||||||||
| 2021 | Guard | Las Vegas Aces (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022 | Forward | Connecticut Sun (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023 | Las Vegas Aces (4) | |||||||||||||||
| 2024 | Guard | Las Vegas Aces (5) | ||||||||||||||
| Forward | Atlanta Dream |
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References
References
- (September 20, 2020). "Las Vegas’ Dearica Hamby Named 2020 WNBA Sixth Woman of the Year". WNBA.
- (September 30, 2021). "Kelsey Plum Named 2021 Kia WNBA Sixth Player of the Year". WNBA.
- (September 1, 2022). "Connecticut's Brionna Jones Named 2022 Kia WNBA Sixth Player of the Year". WNBA.
- (September 18, 2023). "Las Vegas Aces’ Alysha Clark Named 2023 Kia WNBA Sixth Player of the Year". WNBA.
- (October 4, 2024). "Tiffany Hayes latest from Aces to win Sixth Person of the Year". Associated Press.
- Hall, Meghan L.. (September 20, 2025). "Atlanta Dream forward Naz Hillmon named WNBA Sixth Player of the Year after breakout season". [[USA Today]].
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