A’ja Wilson’s name now stands alone in basketball history.
The Las Vegas Aces superstar has become the first player in WNBA — and NBA — history to win Most Valuable Player (MVP), Defensive Player of the Year
(DPOY), Finals MVP, and the league scoring title in the same season.
It’s a feat that not even the likes of Michael Jordan, LeBron James, or Lisa Leslie ever achieved — a once-unthinkable convergence of dominance at both ends of the floor.
A Season for the Ages
Wilson’s 2025 campaign was a masterclass in control, consistency, and sheer willpower. Over the course of the year, she led the league in scoring and anchored one of the toughest defenses in basketball, all while maintaining near-flawless efficiency.
In the Finals, Wilson was untouchable — averaging 28.5 points, 11.8 rebounds, and two blocks as she powered Las Vegas to another championship. Her all-around command of the game made her the clear choice for Finals MVP.
“You have your Mount Rushmore — she’s alone on Everest,” said Aces coach Becky Hammon, summing up the enormity of Wilson’s season. “There’s no one around.”
Redefining Greatness
At just 29 years old, Wilson already owns a résumé that reads like a career retrospective. She now has four league MVPs (the most in WNBA history), two Finals MVPs, three championships, and two DPOY awards.
Only five players in league history have ever won MVP and DPOY in the same season. Wilson is the only one to do it twice, and the first in nearly two decades to even attempt such a sweep.
Her dominance is both statistical and spiritual — the kind that reshapes how greatness is measured in women’s basketball.
Numbers That Stun
The stats tell a story of complete control. In the final 16 games of the regular season, Wilson averaged 26.1 points, 12 rebounds, 2.6 assists, 2.3 blocks, and 1.6 steals, while turning the ball over fewer than two times a game.
And then there’s her discipline: Wilson has played 267 regular-season games and fouled out just once. In 55 postseason games, she’s never even reached five fouls.
Wilson’s 2025 season may go down as the single greatest individual campaign in professional basketball history.
(with agency inputs)
