Will A’ja Wilson be the WNBA’s MVP and Scoring Queen?
Will A’ja Wilson be the WNBA’s MVP and Scoring Queen?
The WNBA is the top-level women’s professional basketball league in the USA and is generally considered to be the most popular professional women’s basketball competition in the world. It was founded by the NBA Board of Governors in 1996 and it started with just eight teams. The current total stands at 13 and will expand to 16 in 2026. Only four of the original teams remain in the WNBA to this day. Six of the teams are affiliated with NBA sides including Tempo, who are set to join the league in 2026. The regular season begins in May with each team playing 44 regular season games (from 2025 onwards).
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What is the MVP award?
The MVP is awarded to the outstanding player in the competition and has been handed out every year since the inaugural season in 1997. The recipient is selected by a panel of sportswriters and broadcasters from the USA with a points-based system implemented for each of the nominated players.
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WNBA Scoring Queen: 2025 Season Points Leader Odds & Insights
| # | Bet Options | Chance to Win | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|
| Implied Projected Winner Aja Wilson | 55.56% | ||
| Implied Projected Winner Caitlin Clark | 13.37% | ||
| Implied Projected Winner Napheesa Collier | 7.14% |
From 2008, fans were permitted to vote for their top choice online. This accounted for 25% of the vote.
Other individual awards include Rookie of the Year, Coach of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year.
Previous Winners
Cynthia Cooper was the first winner of the MVP, securing back-to-back MVP awards. Each of the first seven winners were also inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
There have been four players who have won the award on multiple occasions including A’ja Wilson, Lauren Jackson, Lisa Leslie and Sheryl Swoopes.
Two players have won the award for different franchises – Breanna Stewart and Elena Delle Donne. Candace Parker is the only player to have won the Rookie of the Year award and the MVP in the same season.
Jonquel Jones is the only player born outside of the US and Australia to have picked up the award.
Who is A’ja Wilson?
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A’ja Wilson is a professional basketball player who currently plays for the Las Vegas Aces in the WNBA. She was the outstanding player in college basketball and was drafted first overall in the 2018 WNBA Draft. She has won the MVP award on three separate occasions, first picking up the award in 202o, the same year, she secured an Olympic gold medal. In 2022, she helped to guide the Aces to their first title and became the Aces’ all-time leading scorer in 2024.
She won a second Olympic medal in 2024 and also became the first WNBA player to score 1,000 points points in a season. She has been part of the WNBA All-Star game on six occasions. In 2024, she averaged 26.9 points per game, more than any of the previous seasons.
She was named TIME’s Woman of the Year for 2025 and is also a published author, with her first book ‘Dear Black Girls’Â becoming a New York Times Best Seller.
2025 MVP Contenders
A’ja Wilson is hoping to secure back-to-back MVP awards and was superb throughout 2024, averaging 26.9 points, 11.9 rebounds and 2.6 blocks per game. Wilson is still the focal point of the Aces’ attack despite the addition of Jewell Loyd in the off-season. It’ll be interesting to see how the pair combine and work together. She has dominated the WNBA over the last five seasons and looks set to continue firing for the Aces throughout 2025.
Caitlin Clark is Wilson’s biggest rival in the MVP market. She was the Rookie of the Year for 2024 and finished fourth in the MVP voting for last season. Clark averaged 19.2 points, 5.7 rebounds and 8.4 assists per game and her upward trend is only likely to continue. The squad looks set up for Clark to excel once again. Paige Bueckers is another contender for the MVP award and she is likely to help the Wings make a push for the play-offs this time around.
