2025 WNBA MVP

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Congrats, A'ja!! 4X League MVP. Huge moment in the history of the WNBA. There have been many greats in the past who did not reach this milestone and A'ja has surpassed some of those greats likes of Lauren Jackson, Lisa Leslie, Sherly Swoopes, EDD, Maya Moore, and Cynthia Cooper. Well done, A'ja!!

It is interesting the first 3 players you listed each won 3 MVP's, so 9 in total.

Between them, they won 8 consecutive years between 2000-2007, Jackson won her last in 2010. In 4 of those 8 years, the runner-up was one of the other two in that group, so they were competing against each other.

2000 WON Swoopes 28 RUP Leslie 27
2001 WON Leslie 28 DNP Swoopes 29 Rookie Jackson 19
2002 WON Swoopes 30 RUP Leslie 29
2003 WON Jackson 21 3RD Leslie 30 6TH Swoopes 31
2004 WON Leslie 31 RUP Jackson 22
2005 WON Swoopes 33 RUP Jackson 23
2006 WON Leslie 33 4TH Jackson 24 9TH Swoopes 34
2007 WON Jackson 25 DNP Leslie 34

Followed by players like: Taurasi 2009, Catchings 2011, Parker 2008 & 2013, Moore 2014 & EDD 2015.

A'ja Wilson has proven she is better than her contemporaries (Stewart RUP x 2 , Collier RUP x 2). Leslie and Swoopes didn't start winning MVP's until they were 28, Wilson is 27 now.

2018 WON Stewart 23 7TH ROY Wilson 21
2019 WON EDD 29 8th Wilson 22 DNP Stewart 24 ROY Collier 22
2020 WON Wilson 23 RUP Stewart 25 5TH Collier 23
2021 WON Jones 27 3RD Stewart 26 6TH Wilson 24
2022 WON Wilson 25 RUP Stewart 27 DNP Collier 25
2023 WON Stewart 28 3RD Wilson 4TH Collier 26
2024 WON Wilson 26 RUP Collier 27 3RD Stewart 29
2025 WON Wilson 27 RUP Collier 28