WNBA Sixth Player of the Year Award

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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. Each panel member casts a vote for first, second and third place selections. Each first-place vote is worth five points; each second-place vote is worth three points; and each third-place vote is worth one point. The player with the highest point total, regardless of the number of first-place 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,[1] with the word "Woman" replaced by "Player" in 2021.[2]

DeWanna Bonner has won the award the most times, with 3 selections.

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 year
Player (X) Denotes the number of times the player has won
Team (X) Denotes the number of times a player from this team has won
Season Player Position Nationality Team Ref.
2007 Plenette Pierson Forward  United States Detroit Shock
2008 Candice Wiggins Guard Minnesota Lynx
2009 DeWanna Bonner Forward Phoenix Mercury
2010 DeWanna Bonner (2) Phoenix Mercury (2)
2011 DeWanna Bonner (3) Phoenix Mercury (3)
2012 Renee Montgomery Guard Connecticut Sun
2013 Riquna Williams Tulsa Shock (2)
2014 Allie Quigley  Hungary[a] Chicago Sky
2015 Allie Quigley (2) Chicago Sky (2)
2016 Jantel Lavender Forward / Center  United States Los Angeles Sparks
2017 Sugar Rodgers Guard New York Liberty
2018 Jonquel Jones Forward  Bahamas[b] Connecticut Sun (2)
2019 Dearica Hamby  United States Las Vegas Aces
2020 Dearica Hamby (2) Las Vegas Aces (2) [1]
2021 Kelsey Plum Guard Las Vegas Aces (3) [2]
2022 Brionna Jones Forward Connecticut Sun (3) [3]
2023 Alysha Clark  Israel[a] Las Vegas Aces (4) [4]
2024 Tiffany Hayes Guard  Azerbaijan[a] Las Vegas Aces (5) [5]
Notes
  1. ^ a b c Denotes a player who is a United States citizen but is naturalized and represents a different country internationally.
  2. ^ At the time, Jones had citizenship only in The Bahamas. In 2019, she acquired citizenship in Bosnia and Herzegovina and has since played for that country's national team.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Las Vegas' Dearica Hamby Named 2020 WNBA Sixth Woman of the Year" (Press release). WNBA. September 20, 2020. Retrieved September 20, 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Kelsey Plum Named 2021 Kia WNBA Sixth Player of the Year" (Press release). WNBA. September 30, 2021. Retrieved September 30, 2021.
  3. ^ "Connecticut's Brionna Jones Named 2022 Kia WNBA Sixth Player of the Year" (Press release). WNBA. September 1, 2022. Retrieved September 1, 2022.
  4. ^ "Las Vegas Aces' Alysha Clark Named 2023 Kia WNBA Sixth Player of the Year" (Press release). WNBA. September 18, 2023. Retrieved September 18, 2023.
  5. ^ "Tiffany Hayes latest from Aces to win Sixth Person of the Year". ESPN. Associated Press. October 4, 2024. Retrieved October 4, 2024.