WNBA All-Star Game Most Valuable Player Award

The Women's National Basketball Association All-Star Game Most Valuable Player (MVP) is an annual Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) award given to the player voted best of the annual All-Star Game. The all-star game began during the 1999 WNBA season, the third year of the WNBA. There was no game held in 2004, 2008, 2010, 2012, or 2016.

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

Year	Player	Position	Nationality	Team
1999	Lisa Leslie	Center	United States	Los Angeles Sparks
2000	Tina Thompson	Forward	United States	Houston Comets
2001	Lisa Leslie (2)	Center	United States	Los Angeles Sparks (2)
2002	Lisa Leslie (3)	Center	United States	Los Angeles Sparks (3)
2003	Nikki Teasley	Guard	United States	Los Angeles Sparks (4)
2004	The Game at Radio City
2005	Sheryl Swoopes	Guard / forward	United States	Houston Comets (2)
2006	Katie Douglas	Guard / forward	United States	Connecticut Sun
2007	Cheryl Ford	Forward	United States	Detroit Shock
2008	No game held due to the 2008 Summer Olympics
2009	Swin Cash	Forward	United States	Seattle Storm
2010	Stars at the Sun
2011	Swin Cash (2)	Forward	United States	Seattle Storm (2)
2012	No game held due to the 2012 Summer Olympics
2013	Candace Parker	Center	United States	Los Angeles Sparks (5)
2014	Shoni Schimmel	Guard	United States	Atlanta Dream
2015	Maya Moore	Forward	United States	Minnesota Lynx
2016	No game held due to the 2016 Summer Olympics
2017	Maya Moore (2)	Forward	United States	Minnesota Lynx (2)
2018	Maya Moore (3)	Forward	United States	Minnesota Lynx (3)
2019	Erica Wheeler	Guard	United States	Indiana Fever
2020	No game held due to the 2020 Summer Olympics, later postponed by the COVID-19 pandemic
2021	Arike Ogunbowale	Guard	United States	Dallas Wings (2)
2022	Kelsey Plum	Guard	United States	Las Vegas Aces
2023	Jewell Loyd	Guard	United States	Seattle Storm Notes In 2004, The Game at Radio City (held in place of a traditional All-Star Game) was a contest between the USA team scheduled to compete at the 2004 Summer Olympics and a single WNBA team. This is not considered an All-Star game. Yolanda Griffith of Team USA won the MVP award. The 2008 WNBA All-Star Game was canceled due to the 2008 Summer Olympics. In 2010, the Stars at the Sun game (held in place of a traditional All-Star Game) was a contest between the USA team scheduled to compete at the upcoming 2010 FIBA World Championship for Women and a single WNBA team. This is not considered an All-Star Game. Sylvia Fowles of Team USA won the MVP award. The 2012 WNBA All-Star Game was canceled due to the 2012 Summer Olympics. The 2016 WNBA All-Star Game was canceled due to the 2016 Summer Olympics. See also List of sports awards honoring women WNBA All-Star Game WNBA Three-Point Contest WNBA Most Valuable Player Award NBA All-Star Game Most Valuable Player Award References