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 three selections.
Golden State Valkyries forward Janelle Salaün is the reigning award winner, becoming the first player since its creation to win unanimously after receiving all 74 votes from the media panel.
Winners Denotes player who is still active in the WNBA Inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame Inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Denotes player whose team won championship that yearPlayer (X)Denotes the number of times the player has wonTeam (X)Denotes the number of times a player from this team has won
Season Player Position Nationality Team Ref. 2007 Plenette Pierson Forward Detroit Shock 2008 Candice Wiggins Guard Minnesota Lynx 2009 DeWanna BonnerForward Phoenix Mercury 2010 DeWanna Bonner (2) Phoenix Mercury (2) 2011 DeWanna Bonner (3) Phoenix Mercury (3) 2012 Renee MontgomeryGuard 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 Jonquel Jones Forward Connecticut Sun (2) 2019 Dearica Hamby Las Vegas Aces 2020 Dearica Hamby Las Vegas Aces (2) 2021 Kelsey Plum Guard Las Vegas Aces (3) 2022 Brionna Jones Forward Connecticut Sun (3) 2023 Alysha Clark Las Vegas Aces (4) 2024 Tiffany HayesGuard Las Vegas Aces (5) Naz Hillmon Forward Atlanta Dream Janelle Salaün Forward Golden State Valkyries Notes
Multi-time winners AwardsPlayerTeamYears3DeWanna BonnerPhoenix Mercury2009, 2010, 20112Dearica HambyLas Vegas Aces2019, 2020Allie QuigleyChicago Sky2014, 2015 See also
List of sports awards honoring women
References
External links