The Women's National Basketball Association All-Star Game Most Valuable Player (MVP) is an annual Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) award given to the player voted best of the annual All-Star Game. The all-star game began during the 1999 WNBA season, the third year of the WNBA. There was no game held in 2004, 2008, 2010, 2012, or 2016.
Lisa Leslie and Maya Moore have won the most awards, with 3 selections each.
Winners Denotes player who is still active in the WNBA Denotes player whose team won the championship that year °Inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame Inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame*Denotes player named as the regular season MVP that year†Denotes player selected as All-Star during rookie season Player Denotes the number of times the player has wonTeam Denotes the number of times a player from team/franchise has won Year Player Position Nationality Team 1999 ° Center Los Angeles Sparks 2000 ° Forward Houston Comets 2001 ° * (2) Center Los Angeles Sparks (2) 2002 ° (3) Los Angeles Sparks (3) 2003 Guard Los Angeles Sparks (4) 2004The Game at Radio City 2005 ° * Guard / Forward Houston Comets (2) 2006 Connecticut Sun 2007 Forward Detroit Shock 2008No game held due to the 2008 Summer Olympics 2009 ° Forward Seattle Storm 2010 Stars at the Sun 2011 ° (2) Forward Seattle Storm (2) 2012No game held due to the 2012 Summer Olympics 2013 ° * Center Los Angeles Sparks (5) 2014 † Guard Atlanta Dream 2015 ° Forward Minnesota Lynx 2016No game held due to the 2016 Summer Olympics 2017 ° (2) Forward Minnesota Lynx (2) 2018 ° (3) Minnesota Lynx (3) 2019 Erica Wheeler Guard Indiana Fever 2020No game held due to the COVID-19 pandemic 2021 Guard Dallas Wings (2) 2022 Las Vegas Aces 2023 Seattle Storm (3) 2024 Dallas Wings 2025 Forward Minnesota Lynx
Notes In 2004, The Game at Radio City (held in place of a traditional All-Star Game) was a contest between the USA team scheduled to compete at the 2004 Summer Olympics and a single WNBA team. This is not considered an All-Star game. Yolanda Griffith of Team USA won the MVP award. The 2008 WNBA All-Star Game was canceled due to the 2008 Summer Olympics. In 2010, the Stars at the Sun game (held in place of a traditional All-Star Game) was a contest between the USA team scheduled to compete at the upcoming 2010 FIBA World Championship for Women and a single WNBA team. This is not considered an All-Star Game. Sylvia Fowles of Team USA won the MVP award. The 2012 WNBA All-Star Game was canceled due to the 2012 Summer Olympics. The 2016 WNBA All-Star Game was canceled due to the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Multi-time winners AwardsPlayerTeam(s)Years3Lisa LeslieLos Angeles Sparks1999, 2002, 2003Maya MooreMinnesota Lynx2015, 2017, 20182Swin CashSeattle Storm2009, 2011Arike OgunbowaleDallas Wings2021, 2024
See also List of sports awards honoring women WNBA All-Star Game WNBA Three-Point Contest WNBA Most Valuable Player Award NBA All-Star Game Most Valuable Player Award
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