WNBA Sixth Player of the Year
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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,{{cite press release|url=https://www.wnba.com/news/las-vegas-dearica-hamby-named-2020-wnba-sixth-woman-of-the-year/ |title=Las Vegas’ Dearica Hamby Named 2020 WNBA Sixth Woman of the Year |publisher=WNBA |date=September 20, 2020 |access-date=September 20, 2020}} with the word "Woman" replaced by "Player" in 2021.{{cite press release|url=https://www.wnba.com/news/kelsey-plum-named-2021-kia-wnba-sixth-woman-of-the-year/ |title=Kelsey Plum Named 2021 Kia WNBA Sixth Player of the Year |publisher=WNBA |date=September 30, 2021 |access-date=September 30, 2021}}
DeWanna Bonner has won the award the most times, with 3 selections.
Winners
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|Denotes player who is still active in the WNBA |
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|Inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame |
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|Inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame |
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|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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| scope="col" width="10%" | Season
!scope="col"| Player !scope="col" width="10%" | Position !scope="col" width="15%" | Nationality !scope="col"| Team !scope="col" width="1%" class="unsortable" | Ref. |
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| 2007
| Forward | rowspan=7| {{USA}} | |
| 2008
| Guard | |
| style="background-color:#FFCC00;| 2009
!scope="row" style="background-color:#CFECEC"| DeWanna Bonner | rowspan=3 |Forward | |
| 2010
!scope="row" style="background-color:#CFECEC"| DeWanna Bonner (2) | Phoenix Mercury (2) | |
| 2011
!scope="row" style="background-color:#CFECEC"| DeWanna Bonner (3) | Phoenix Mercury (3) | |
| 2012
| rowspan=4 |Guard | |
| 2013
| Tulsa Shock (2) | |
| 2014
| rowspan=2| {{HUN}}{{efn|name=NatNonUS|Denotes a player who is a United States citizen but is naturalized and represents a different country internationally.}} | |
| 2015
| Allie Quigley (2) | Chicago Sky (2) | |
| style="background-color:#FFCC00;| 2016
| rowspan=2| {{USA}} | |
| 2017
| Guard | |
| 2018
!scope="row" style="background-color:#CFECEC"| Jonquel Jones | rowspan=3| Forward | {{BAH}}{{efn|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.}} | Connecticut Sun (2) | |
| 2019
!scope="row" style="background-color:#CFECEC"| Dearica Hamby | rowspan=4| {{USA}} | |
| 2020
!scope="row" style="background-color:#CFECEC"| Dearica Hamby {{small|(2)}} | Las Vegas Aces (2) |
| 2021
!scope="row" style="background-color:#CFECEC"| Kelsey Plum | Guard | Las Vegas Aces (3) |
| 2022
!scope="row" style="background-color:#CFECEC"| Brionna Jones | rowspan=2| Forward | Connecticut Sun (3) |
| style="background-color:#FFCC00;| 2023
!scope="row" style="background-color:#CFECEC"| Alysha Clark | {{ISR}}{{efn|name=NatNonUS}} | Las Vegas Aces (4) |
| 2024
!scope="row" style="background-color:#CFECEC"| Tiffany Hayes | {{AZE}}{{efn|name=NatNonUS}} |Las Vegas Aces (5) | {{cite news|title=Tiffany Hayes latest from Aces to win Sixth Person of the Year|url=https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/41608805/tiffany-hayes-latest-aces-win-sixth-person-year |work=ESPN |publisher=Associated Press |date=October 4, 2024 |access-date=October 4, 2024}} |
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See also
References
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External links
- {{cite web| title = WNBA Sixth Woman of the Year Award | url = http://www.wnba.com/history/sixth_woman.html | date = | accessdate = 2009-01-19 |publisher=WNBA|work=WNBA.com}}
- {{cite web|title=Tulsa Shock's Riquna Williams Named 2013 WNBA Sixth Woman of the Year|url=http://www.wnba.com/playoffs/2013/sixthwoman_riquna_williams_092413.html|work=WNBA.com|publisher=WNBA}}
- {{cite web|title=Sky's Allie Quigley Named 2015 WNBA Sixth Woman of the Year Presented By Samsung|url=http://www.WNBA.com/news/allie-quigley-chicago-sky-named-2015-wnba-sixth-woman-of-the-year/|accessdate=17 Sep 2015|work=wnba.com|publisher=WNBA}}
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