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Toronto Star
· collected 2026-10-08 · by Doug Feinberg The Associated Press
A'ja Wilson won her third consecutive and record fifth WNBA Most Valuable Player award on Thursday. Leading the league in scoring with 26.2 points per game while shooting nearly 53% from the field, Wilson also averaged 9.4 rebounds, a career-high 3.2 assists, and 1.9 blocks. She received 713 points total from sportswriters and broadcasters who voted for the award, with Olivia Miles coming second at 442 points.
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A'ja Wilson won her third consecutive and fifth overall WNBA Most Valuable Player (MVP) award on Thursday. The 30-year-old star led the league in scoring with 26.2 points per game, while also averaging 9.4 rebounds, 3.2 assists, and 1.9 blocks. Wilson's consistent performance helped her team, the Las Vegas Aces, reach the WNBA semifinals for the eighth consecutive season. However, as of Thursday, the Aces were trailing in their best-of-five series against Golden State with a 2-0 deficit. Among other MVP contenders, Minnesota’s Olivia Miles received six first-place votes and 40 second-place votes (totaling 442 points) while Indiana guards Kelsey Mitchell and Caitlin Clark followed closely behind.
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A’ja Wilson won the WNBA MVP on Thursday for a third straight year and record fifth time overall.
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Besides becoming the first player to three-peat, Wilson also won the award in 2020 and 2022.
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The 30-year-old Wilson once again led the league in scoring (26.2) while shooting nearly 53% from the field.
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She also averaged 9.4 rebounds, a career-best 3.2 assists and 1.9 blocks.
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Wilson has the defending champion Aces back in the WNBA semifinals for the eighth consecutive season although Las Vegas is down 2-0 in the best-of-five series against Golden State.
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Wilson received 65 first-place votes and nine second-place votes (total 713 points) from a national panel of sportswriters and broadcasters.
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Minnesota’s Olivia Miles received six first-place votes and 40 second-place votes (442 points), while Indiana guards Kelsey Mitchell and Caitlin Clark followed with 287 and 212 points, respectively.
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No WNBA player besides Wilson has more than three MVPs, with Sheryl Swoopes, Lisa Leslie and Lauren Jackson each having a trio of them.
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On the NBA side, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar had six and Michael Jordan and Bill Russell each had five.
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