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The '''Women's National Basketball League Grand Final Most Valuable Player''' ('''MVP''') is an annual [[Women's National Basketball League]] (WNBL) award given to the best player of the Grand Final. Since 2014, the award has been known as the '''Rachael Sporn Medal''', named after Adelaide's most recognised and successful WNBL player, [[Rachael Sporn]], also a twice winner of the award.<ref>Nagy, Boti (March 5, 2014). [http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/basketball/rachael-sporn-medal-the-new-award-for-wnbl-grand-final-most-valuable-player/story-fnii09gt-1226846469552 ''Rachael Sporn Medal the new award for WNBL grand final Most Valuable Player'']. The Adelaide Advertiser. Retrieved 2015-01-31.</ref> [[Lauren Jackson]] has won the award four times, while [[Kelsey Griffin]] has won the award three times.

== Winners ==
{| class="wikitable floatright"
|-
| style="background-color:#FFFF99; border:1px solid #aaaaaa; width:6em"| 
|Denotes player inducted into the [[Australian Basketball Hall of Fame]]
|-
| style="background-color:#CFECEC; border:1px solid #aaaaaa; width:6em"| 
|Denotes player who is still active 
|-
|Player <small>(X)</small>
|Denotes the number of times the player had been named MVP at that time
|-
|Team <small>(X)</small>
|Denotes the number of times a player from this team had won at that time
|}

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" summary="Season (sortable), Player (sortable), Position (sortable), Nationality (sortable) and Team (sortable)"
|-
!scope="col"| Season
!scope="col"| Player
!scope="col"| Position
!scope="col"| Nationality
!scope="col"| Team
|-
| style="text-align: center"| [[1985 WNBL season|1985]]
!scope="row" style="background-color:#FFFF99"| [[Karin McRobert|Karin Maar]]
|
| {{AUS}}
| Coburg Cougars
|-
| style="text-align: center"| [[1986 WNBL season|1986]]
!scope="row" style="background-color:#FFFF99"| [[Shelley Sandie|Shelley Gorman]]
|
| {{AUS}}
| Nunawading Spectres
|-
| style="text-align: center"| [[1987 WNBL season|1987]]
| [[Tracey Browning]] 
|
| {{AUS}}
| Nunawading Spectres <small>(2)</small>
|-
| style="text-align: center"| [[1988 WNBL season|1988]]
!scope="row" style="background-color:#FFFF99"| [[Shelley Sandie|Shelley Gorman]] <small>(2)</small>
|
| {{AUS}}
| Nunawading Spectres <small>(3)</small>
|-
| style="text-align: center"| [[1989 WNBL season|1989]]
| [[Samantha Thornton]]
|
| {{AUS}}
| Nunawading Spectres <small>(4)</small>
|-
| style="text-align: center"| [[1990 WNBL season|1990]]
| [[Donna Brown (basketball)|Donna Brown]]
|
| {{AUS}}
| North Adelaide Rockets
|-
| style="text-align: center"| [[1991 WNBL season|1991]]
!scope="row" style="background-color:#FFFF99"| [[Robyn Maher]] 
|
| {{AUS}}
| [[Hobart Islanders]]
|-
| style="text-align: center"| [[1992 WNBL season|1992]]
| [[Tanya Fisher]]
| 
| {{AUS}}
| [[Perth Lynx|Perth Breakers]] 
|-
| style="text-align: center"| [[1993 WNBL season|1993]]
| [[Annie La Fleur|Annie Burgess]]
| [[Guard (basketball)|Guard]]
| {{AUS}}
| [[Sydney Uni Flames|Sydney Flames]] 
|-
| style="text-align: center"| [[1994 WNBL season|1994]]
!scope="row" style="background-color:#FFFF99"| [[Rachael Sporn]]
| [[Forward (basketball)|Forward]]
| {{AUS}}
| [[Adelaide Lightning]]
|-
| style="text-align: center"| [[1995 WNBL season|1995]]
!scope="row" style="background-color:#FFFF99"| [[Rachael Sporn]] <small>(2)</small>
| [[Forward (basketball)|Forward]]
| {{AUS}}
| [[Adelaide Lightning]] <small>(2)</small>
|-
| style="text-align: center"| [[1996 WNBL season|1996]]
| [[Michelle Brogan|Michelle Griffiths]]
| [[Forward (basketball)|Forward]]
| {{AUS}}
| [[Adelaide Lightning]] <small>(3)</small>
|-
| style="text-align: center"| [[1997 WNBL season|1997]]
!scope="row" style="background-color:#FFFF99"| [[Trisha Fallon]] 
| [[Guard (basketball)|Guard]]/[[Forward (basketball)|forward]]
| {{AUS}}
| [[Sydney Uni Flames|Sydney Flames]]  <small>(2)</small>
|-
| style="text-align: center"| [[1998 WNBL season|1998]]
| [[Jo Hill]]
| [[Forward (basketball)|Forward]]
| {{AUS}}
| [[Adelaide Lightning]] <small>(4)</small>
|-
| style="text-align: center"| [[1998–99 WNBL season|1999]]
| [[Kristen Veal]]
| [[Guard (basketball)|Guard]]
| {{AUS}}
| [[Australian Institute of Sport (WNBL team)|Australian Institute of Sport]]
|-
| style="text-align: center"| [[1999–2000 WNBL season|2000]]
| [[Kristen Veal]] <small>(2)</small>
| [[Guard (basketball)|Guard]]
| {{AUS}}
| [[Canberra Capitals]] 
|-
| style="text-align: center"| [[2000–01 WNBL season|2001]] 
| [[Annie La Fleur|Annie Burgess]] <small>(2)</small>
| [[Guard (basketball)|Guard]]
| {{AUS}}
| [[Sydney Uni Flames|Sydney Panthers]] <small>(3)</small>
|-
| style="text-align: center"| [[2001–02 WNBL season|2002]] 
!scope="row" style="background-color:#FFFF99"| [[Lauren Jackson]] 
| [[Forward (basketball)|Forward]]/[[Center (basketball)|center]]
| {{AUS}}
| [[Canberra Capitals]] <small>(2)</small>
|-
| style="text-align: center"| [[2002–03 WNBL season|2003]] 
!scope="row" style="background-color:#FFFF99"| [[Lauren Jackson]] <small>(2)</small>
| [[Forward (basketball)|Forward]]/[[Center (basketball)|center]]
| {{AUS}}
| [[Canberra Capitals]] <small>(3)</small>
|-
| style="text-align: center"| [[2003–04 WNBL season|2004]] 
| [[Emily McInerny]] 
| [[Forward (basketball)|Forward]]
| {{AUS}}
| [[Dandenong Rangers]]
|-
| style="text-align: center"| [[2004–05 WNBL season|2005]] 
| [[Jacinta Kennedy|Jacinta Hamilton]] 
| [[Forward (basketball)|Forward]]/[[Center (basketball)|center]]
| {{AUS}}
| [[Dandenong Rangers]] <small>(2)</small>
|-
| style="text-align: center"| [[2005–06 WNBL season|2006]] 
!scope="row" style="background-color:#FFFF99"| [[Lauren Jackson]] <small>(3)</small>
| [[Forward (basketball)|Forward]]/[[Center (basketball)|center]]
| {{AUS}}
| [[Canberra Capitals]] <small>(4)</small>
|-
| style="text-align: center"| [[2006–07 WNBL season|2007]] 
| [[Tracey Beatty]] 
| [[Center (basketball)|Center]]
| {{AUS}}
| [[Canberra Capitals]] <small>(5)</small>
|-
| style="text-align: center"| [[2007–08 WNBL season|2008]] 
| [[Renae Camino]] 
| [[Guard (basketball)|Guard]]
| {{AUS}}
| [[Adelaide Lightning]] <small>(5)</small>
|-
| style="text-align: center"| [[2008–09 WNBL season|2009]] 
| [[Natalie Hurst]] 
| [[Guard (basketball)|Guard]]
| {{AUS}}
| [[Canberra Capitals]] <small>(6)</small>
|-
| style="text-align: center"| [[2009–10 WNBL season|2010]] 
!scope="row" style="background-color:#FFFF99"| [[Lauren Jackson]] <small>(4)</small>
| [[Forward (basketball)|Forward]]/[[Center (basketball)|center]]
| {{AUS}}
| [[Canberra Capitals]] <small>(7)</small>
|-
| style="text-align: center"| [[2010–11 WNBL season|2011]] 
| [[Sharin Milner]] 
| [[Guard (basketball)|Guard]]
| {{AUS}}
| [[Melbourne Boomers|Bulleen Boomers]] 
|-
| style="text-align: center"| [[2011–12 WNBL season|2012]] 
| [[Kathleen MacLeod]] 
| [[Guard (basketball)|Guard]]
| {{AUS}}
| [[Dandenong Rangers]] <small>(3)</small>
|-
| style="text-align: center"| [[2012–13 WNBL season|2013]] 
!scope="row" style="background-color:#CFECEC"| [[Kelsey Griffin]] 
| [[Forward (basketball)|Forward]]
| {{USA}}
| [[Bendigo Spirit]]
|- 
| style="text-align: center"| [[2014 WNBL Finals|2014]] 
!scope="row" style="background-color:#CFECEC"| [[Kelsey Griffin]] <small>(2)</small>
| [[Forward (basketball)|Forward]]
| {{USA}}
| [[Bendigo Spirit]] <small>(2)</small>
|-
| style="text-align: center"| [[2015 WNBL Finals|2015]]
!scope="row" style="background-color:#CFECEC"| [[Mia Murray|Mia Newley]]
| [[Guard (basketball)|Guard]]
| {{AUS}}
| [[Townsville Fire]]
|-
| style="text-align: center"| [[2016 WNBL Finals|2016]]
!scope="row" style="background-color:#CFECEC"| [[Micaela Cocks]] 
| [[Guard (basketball)|Guard]]
| {{NZL}}
| [[Townsville Fire]] <small>(2)</small>
|-
| style="text-align: center"| [[2017 WNBL Finals|2017]]
!scope="row" style="background-color:#CFECEC"| [[Leilani Mitchell]] 
| [[Guard (basketball)|Guard]]
| {{AUS}}
| [[Sydney Uni Flames]] <small>(4)</small>
|-
| style="text-align: center"| [[2018 WNBL Finals|2018]]
| [[Suzy Batkovic]] 
| [[Center (basketball)|Center]]
| {{AUS}}
| [[Townsville Fire]] <small>(3)</small>
|-
| style="text-align: center"| [[2019 WNBL Finals|2019]]
!scope="row" style="background-color:#CFECEC"| [[Kelsey Griffin]] <small>(3)</small>
| [[Forward (basketball)|Forward]]
| {{AUS}}
| [[Canberra Capitals]] <small>(8)</small>
|-
| style="text-align: center"| [[2019–20 WNBL Finals|2019–20]]
!scope="row" style="background-color:#CFECEC"| [[Olivia Époupa]]
| [[Guard (basketball)|Guard]]
| {{FRA}}
| [[Canberra Capitals]] <small>(9)</small>
|-
| style="text-align: center"| [[2020 WNBL Finals|2020]]
!scope="row" style="background-color:#CFECEC"| [[Leilani Mitchell]] <small>(2)</small>
| [[Guard (basketball)|Guard]]
| {{AUS}}
| [[Southside Flyers]] <small>(4)</small>
|-
| style="text-align: center"| [[2022 WNBL Finals|2022]]
!scope="row" style="background-color:#CFECEC"| [[Lindsay Allen]]
| [[Guard (basketball)|Guard]]
| {{USA}}
| [[Melbourne Boomers]] <small>(2)</small>
|-
| style="text-align: center"| [[2023 WNBL Finals|2023]]
!scope="row" style="background-color:#CFECEC"| [[Tianna Hawkins]]
| [[Forward (basketball)|Forward]]
| {{USA}}
| [[Townsville Fire]] <small>(4)</small>
|-
| style="text-align: center"| [[2024 WNBL Finals|2024]]
!scope="row" style="background-color:#CFECEC"| [[Mercedes Russell]]
| [[Center (basketball)|Center]]
| {{USA}}
| [[Southside Flyers]] <small>(5)</small>
|}

==Multi-time winners==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Rank !!Player!!Team(s)!! Awards!!Years
|-
|1
|[[Lauren Jackson]]
|[[Canberra Capitals]]
|4
|[[2001–02 WNBL season|2002]], [[2002–03 WNBL season|2003]], [[2006 WNBL Finals|2006]], [[2010 WNBL Finals|2010]]
|-
|2
|[[Kelsey Griffin]]
|[[Bendigo Spirit]] <small>(2)</small> / [[Canberra Capitals]] <small>(1)</small>
|3
|[[2013 WNBL Finals|2013]], [[2014 WNBL Finals|2014]], [[2019 WNBL Finals|2019]]
|-
|rowspan=5|3
|[[Shelley Sandie|Shelley Gorman]]
|[[Nunawading Spectres]]
|rowspan=5|2
|[[1986 WNBL season|1986]], [[1988 WNBL season|1988]]
|-
|[[Rachael Sporn]]
|[[Adelaide Lightning]]
|[[1994 WNBL season|1994]], [[1995 WNBL season|1995]]
|-
|[[Kristen Veal]]
|[[Australian Institute of Sport]] <small>(1)</small> / [[Canberra Capitals]] <small>(1)</small>
|[[1998–99 WNBL season|1999]], [[1999–00 WNBL season|2000]]
|-
|[[Annie La Fleur|Annie Burgess]]
|[[Sydney Uni Flames|Sydney Flames / Panthers]]
|[[1993 WNBL season|1993]], [[2000–01 WNBL season|2001]]
|-
|[[Leilani Mitchell]]
|[[Sydney Uni Flames]] <small>(1)</small> / [[Southside Flyers]] <small>(1)</small>
|[[2017 WNBL Finals|2017]], [[2020 WNBL Finals|2020]]
|}

==See also==
{{Portal|Australia|Basketball}}
*[[NBL Grand Final Most Valuable Player Award]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==

{{WNBL Grand Final MVPs}}

[[Category:Women's National Basketball League awards]]