It’s official. And it’s unanimous.
Congratulations to the Las Vegas Aces’ A’ja Wilson, the 2024 Kia WNBA Most Valuable Player. She received all 67 first-place votes, joining the Houston Comets’ Cynthia Cooper (1997) as the league’s second unanimous MVP. Wilson also ascends alongside the Comets’ Sheryl Swoopes (2000, 2002, 2005), Los Angeles Sparks’ Lisa Leslie (2001, 2004, 2006) and Seattle Storm’s Lauren Jackson (2003, 2007, 2010) as a three-time MVP.
Wilson’s seventh WNBA season arguably (or inarguably) is the greatest in league history. She scored a WNBA-record 26.9 points per game as she became the first player in league history to score more than 1,000 points in a season, finishing with 1,021. Along the way, she had a record 15-straight games of at least 20 points and 10 rebounds. She also set the single-season mark for total rebounds, grabbing 451 while averaging a career-best 11.9 boards per game, including a league-record 9.8 defensive rebounds per game. With a career-high 2.58 blocks per game, she also became the first player in WNBA history to lead the league in points, rebounds and blocks in a single season.
All those statistical accomplishments helped Wilson earn four Western Conference Player of the Month honors and six Western…
