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WNBA Sixth Player of the Year Award

WNBA Sixth Player of the Year Award

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The Women's National Basketball Association's Sixth Player of the Year Award is an annual Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) award given since the 2007 WNBA season to the league's most valuable player for her team coming off the bench as a substitute—or sixth woman. A panel of sportswriters and broadcasters throughout the United States votes on the recipient. Each panel member casts a vote for first, second and third place selections. Each first-place vote is worth five points; each second-place vote is worth three points; and each third-place vote is worth one point. The player with the highest point total, regardless of the number of first-place votes, wins the award. To be eligible for the award, a player must come off the bench in more games than she starts.

The award was titled "Sixth Woman of the Year" through the 2020 season,[1] with the word "Woman" replaced by "Player" in 2021.[2]

DeWanna Bonner has won the award the most times, with 3 selections.

Winners

Denotes player who is still active in the WNBA
Inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame
Inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
Denotes player whose team won championship that year
Player (X) Denotes the number of times the player has won
Team (X) Denotes the number of times a player from this team has won
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Notes
  1. Denotes a player who is a United States citizen but is naturalized and represents a different country internationally.
  2. At the time, Jones had citizenship only in The Bahamas. In 2019, she acquired citizenship in Bosnia and Herzegovina and has since played for that country's national team.

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Las Vegas' Dearica Hamby Named 2020 WNBA Sixth Woman of the Year" (Press release). WNBA. September 20, 2020. Retrieved September 20, 2020.
  2. [2]
    "Kelsey Plum Named 2021 Kia WNBA Sixth Player of the Year" (Press release). WNBA. September 30, 2021. Retrieved September 30, 2021.
  3. [3]
    "Connecticut's Brionna Jones Named 2022 Kia WNBA Sixth Player of the Year" (Press release). WNBA. September 1, 2022. Retrieved September 1, 2022.
  4. [4]
    "Las Vegas Aces' Alysha Clark Named 2023 Kia WNBA Sixth Player of the Year" (Press release). WNBA. September 18, 2023. Retrieved September 18, 2023.
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