2025 WNBA MVP: Aces' A'ja Wilson becomes first player to win award four times after leading Vegas to playoffs
Wilson averaged 23.4 points, 10.2 rebounds, 3.1 assists, 1.6 steals and 2.3 blocks per game
Las Vegas Aces star A'ja Wilson has been named the 2025 WNBA MVP, the league announced Sunday. Wilson, who also took home the honor in 2020, 2022 and 2024, is the first player in league history to be named MVP four times. She was also named co-Defensive Player of the Year earlier this week.
Wilson ended up winning in a landslide, receiving 51 first-place votes from a panel of 72 voters and 657 voting points. Napheesa Collier (18) and Alyssa Thomas (three), who finished in second and third place, respectively, were the only other players to receive first-place votes.
Here are the full voting results. Voters had to submit their top-five choices and players received 10 points for a first-place vote, seven points for a second-place vote, five points for a third-place vote, three points for a fourth-place vote and one point for a fifth-place vote.
| Player | 1st place votes | 2nd place votes | 3rd place votes | 4th place votes | 5th place votes | Total points |
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A'ja Wilson | 51 | 21 | -- | -- | -- | 657 |
Napheesa Collier | 18 | 42 | 12 | -- | -- | 534 |
Alyssa Thomas | 3 | 9 | 59 | 1 | -- | 391 |
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Wilson averaged 23.4 points, 10.2 rebounds, 3.1 assists, 1.6 steals and 2.3 blocks per game while leading the Aces to the No. 2 seed in the playoffs with a 30-14 record. She won her second consecutive scoring title this season and also finished second in the league in rebounding, fourth in steals and first in blocks.
Just a few months ago, Wilson was a non-factor in the MVP discussion due to the Aces' disappointing start to the season. They were under .500 in late July and lost by 53 points to the Minnesota Lynx at home on Aug. 2 -- the second-biggest margin of defeat in league history.
Everything changed that day. First and foremost, Collier, who had been the clear MVP favorite to that point, sprained her ankle in the third quarter and would go on to miss more than three weeks down the stretch. Wilson and the Aces, meanwhile, used the embarrassing loss as a catalyst for the most impressive late-season turnaround the WNBA has ever seen.
Wilson took her game to another level and led the Aces on a 16-game winning streak to close the season. The second-longest winning streak in league history propelled the Aces from eighth place to second, and Wilson became the MVP favorite while Collier was stuck on the sidelines.
For her career, Wilson now has four MVPs, three Defensive Player of the Year awards, two championships, one Finals MVP, seven All-Star appearances, five All-WNBA honors (soon to be six), four All-Defensive honors (soon to be five) and the Rookie of the Year trophy. She has also has two scoring titles and has led the league in blocks five times. Wilson is just the second WNBA player to ever win consecutive MVP awards (Cynthia Cooper, 1997 and 1998).
At just 29 years old, Wilson can already make a case as the best player in WNBA history. Her coach, Becky Hammon, went a step further during an appearance on ESPN's NBA Today earlier this week.
"If she's the best ever to play in the WNBA, I could make a strong argument she is the best ever to walk this planet," Hammon said.
