WNBA awards tracker: Collier or Wilson for MVP? ESPN names its winners

Voting for grant winners is 1 of the astir hard parts of evaluating a WNBA season. There are galore deserving candidates to see and pugnacious decisions to make. We've tracked the front-runners passim the 2025 season. Now comes our last picks arsenic ESPN names its winners for MVP and each the large end-of-season awards.

Napheesa Collier, Alyssa Thomas and A'ja Wilson person been the apical contenders for MVP this play arsenic this twelvemonth resembled the three-player contention successful 2023. Collier led the mode for astir of the season, including past month's check-in, but mightiness not beryllium the favourite anymore.

ESPN's Kendra Andrews, Kevin Pelton, Alexa Philippou and Michael Voepel stock their votes and sanction a victor successful six WNBA grant categories up of the WNBA playoffs tipping disconnected Sunday.

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Kendra Andrews: A'ja Wilson, Las Vegas Aces
Kevin Pelton: A'ja Wilson, Las Vegas Aces
Alexa Philippou: Napheesa Collier, Minnesota Lynx
Michael Voepel: A'ja Wilson, Las Vegas Aces

ESPN's pick: A'ja Wilson, Las Vegas Aces

Reflecting what tin beryllium expected from the wider sheet of WNBA grant voters, our MVP prime wasn't unanimous. Wilson emerged arsenic the front-runner, successful a reversal of erstwhile updates this play successful June, July and August.

The ankle sprain Collier suffered successful a 53-point triumph implicit Wilson's Aces connected Aug. 2 created an opening. Collier was unavailable the adjacent 7 games, bringing her full to 10, which would beryllium the astir ever missed by an MVP. (Even connected a complaint basis, 10 of 44 is 23%. The erstwhile precocious was 16% for Jonquel Jones successful 2021, erstwhile she missed 5 of 32 games.)

Given that the Lynx person cruised to the champion grounds successful the WNBA, Collier could easy person remained the favourite if not for Wilson's finishing kick. She has led the Aces' 15-game winning streak, which has lifted Las Vegas to 2nd successful the standings, and Wilson present rates adjacent with oregon up of Collier successful subordinate worth metrics connected a per-minute basis, a alteration from the bulk of the season.

In particular, Wilson made a connection past Thursday erstwhile the Aces and Lynx met for the archetypal clip since the blowout. Wilson topped 30 points for the 12th clip this play -- she has done it 1 much clip since -- connected 80% shooting portion Collier changeable 5-of-13 and scored 12 points. That's conscionable 1 game, but it exemplified however good Wilson has performed passim the Aces' winning streak.

If Wilson were to win, it would beryllium her 4th regular-season MVP, thing nary different subordinate successful WNBA past has accomplished. When Wilson won MVP a twelvemonth ago, she tied Lauren Jackson, Lisa Leslie and Sheryl Swoopes with 3 MVP awards apiece.

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