Aces’ peerless A’ja Wilson wins record fourth WNBA MVP award | Las Vegas Aces

Las Vegas Ace A’ja Wilson is in a class alone, winning the WNBA MVP for a fourth time unprecedented.

She also won the prize last season as a unanimous choice, after also winning in 2020 and 2022. Sheryl Swoopes, Lisa Leslie and Lauren Jackson all won the prize three times. Wilson and the former Houston Comets star, Cynthia Cooper, were the only players to win the prize unanimously. Cooper was the only other woman to win the award in the years consecutive years, which did it in the first two seasons of the WNBA (1997-1998).

Wilson led the League again in a score (23.4 points per game) as well as blocked shots (2.3) this season, and helped the ACs win their last 16 regular season games, winning the seeded n ° 2 in the playoffs. For the second consecutive season, Wilson collected on average at least 20 points, 10 rebounds, two assists, two blocks and one flight per game. She is the only player in the WNBA to reach these averages in a season while playing at least 15 games.

The 29-year-old was also honored as a co-defensive co-defensive of the year of the League, as well as Alanna Smith from Minnesota, winning this award earlier this week for the third time in four seasons.

Minnesota Lynx Napheesa Collier striker (534 points) finished second for MVP for the second consecutive season. She received 18 votes from first place. Phoenix Mercury striker Alyssa Thomas finished third (291 points) and collected the other three votes. Atlanta’s dream guard Allisha Gray (180) and the Indiana Kelsey Mitchell (93 points) fever kept the five best votes.

The players received 10 points for a first place vote, seven points for a second place vote, five points for a third vote, three points for a fourth place vote and a point for a fifth place vote.

Wilson was honored as a player in the year earlier this month.