Congratulations to the Las Vegas Aces’ A’ja Wilson, the 2025 WNBA Most Valuable Player and the first four-time MVP in league history.
The now back-to-back MVP who also claimed the award in 2020 and 2022, Wilson earned 51 of 72 first-place votes and 21 second-place votes. The Minnesota Lynx’s Napheesa Collier finished in second place, ahead of the Phoenix Mercury’s Alyssa Thomas in third, the Atlanta Dream’s Allisha Gray in fourth and the Indiana Fever’s Kelsey Mitchell in fifth.
Like any great coach, Aces head coach Becky Hammon is quick to shower praise on her superstar. Hammon never misses an opportunity to expound upon the four-time MVP’s excellence, exhibiting no patience for inadequate appreciation of Wilson’s greatness, telling the Las Vegas Review-Journal:
This is not: Everyone gets an award. I’m sorry that you all were born at the same time as this player. Because she’s not just generational. She’s beyond generations. She’s going to be the greatest ever. This should be her fifth MVP. And it’s nobody’s business whether it’s her 13th or her first. Give it to who deserves it. Period.
It’s hard to dispute Hammon’s assertions, as Wilson keeps hurdling the high standards she already has established.
This season, her counting stats may have slightly dipped compared to the prolific production of her 2024 season. And yet, she still lead the league in points (23.4) and (2.3) blocks per game, while finishing second in rebounds (10.2) and tied for fourth in steals (1.6). Along the way, she notched a WNBA single-season record 13 games with 30 or more points, propelled by career-best 42.4 percent shooting from behind the arc and a league-high 284 made free throws. Advanced statistics also reveal that Wilson increased her impact on winning in 2025, with her 11.7 net rating exceeding her 2024 mark.
Wilson’s value, likewise, goes beyond her quantifiable on-court production, encompassing the off-the-court, behind-the-scenes leadership she pours into her teammates. As the Aces stumbled through the first half of the season, it would have been understandable if Wilson issued a “fit in or fit out” dictate, demanding more of her teammates or insisting upon drastic in-season changes. Instead, her belief in the Aces’ ability to overcome their adversity was unwavering, with their second-half turnaround—achieved via an incredible 16-game regular-season winning streak—serving as a testament to her trust and loyalty.
It may not have been an easy season for Wilson, but, by the end of it, she had made it look easy, displaying immaculate “poise through the noise.”
But a record-setting M’VP honor, to go along with her third Defensive Player of the Year award, are only the prerequisites to the ultimate pay off for her poise: a third WNBA title.
Wilson’s achievement will be commemorated with a specially-designed trophy from Tiffany & Co., in addition to a prize of $15,450.
