Sep 13, 2024; Indianapolis, Indiana, USA; Las Vegas Aces heart A’ja Wilson (22) indicators a poster Friday, Sept. 13, 2024, throughout a recreation between the Indiana Fever and the Las Vegas Aces on Friday, Sept. 13, 2024, at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. The Aces defeated the Fever, 78-74. Necessary Credit score: Grace Smith/USA TODAY Community through Imagn Pictures Las Vegas Aces heart A’ja Wilson on Sunday turned the second participant in WNBA historical past to be named unanimously because the league’s MVP.
Wilson, who additionally was awarded the MVP trophy in 2020 and 2022, obtained all 67 first-place votes, good for 670 factors, from a media panel. She joined Cynthia Cooper because the lone gamers to be named the unanimous MVP, with the latter conducting the feat with the Houston Comets in the course of the WNBA’s inaugural season of 1997.
Minnesota Lynx ahead Napheesa Collier (467 factors) completed second within the voting, adopted by New York Liberty star Breanna Stewart (295 factors), Indiana Fever rookie Caitlin Clark (130) and Connecticut Solar standout Alyssa Thomas (83).
Gamers have been awarded 10 factors for a first-place vote, seven for second, 5 for third, three for fourth and one for fifth.
Wilson joins Naismith Corridor of Fame members Sheryl Swoopes (2000, 2002, 2005), Lisa Leslie (2001, 2004, 2006) and Lauren Jackson (2003, 2007, 2010) because the lone gamers to win the award on three events.
Wilson, 28, led the WNBA in scoring (26.9) and blocks (2.6) to associate with career-high season averages in rebounds (11.9) and steals (1.8). She was the primary participant in league historical past to report a 1,000-point season.
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