The WNBA MVP is, once again, A’ja Wilson’s to lose. She leads the league in points per game with 25.7 while flirting with a 50-40-90 season. She’s shooting 52.4% from the field, 40.9% from deep, and 82.6% from the free-throw line. Wilson is also tied with Emily Engstler for the lead in blocks per game with two. As if that wasn’t enough yet, she also ranks third in rebounds per game, trailing only Angel Reese and Jessica Shepard, with 9.4, and the Aces officially leapfrogged the Lynx to get into first place.
Wilson already made history as the only player with four WNBA MVPs last year. A fifth one would cement her place at the top of the Goat rankings.
Wilson rolled her ankle in a 107-99 win against the Sky—she came back in the game and finished with 30 points, 15 rebounds, 1 assist, 4 steals, and 3 blocks to remind everyone why she is the favorite to win MVP. It was her third 30-point double-double of the season. Still, she missed two games, including a high-profile clash with the Liberty for the Commissioner’s Cup, and Breanna Stewart has used her absence to remind everyone that she is also still an MVP candidate in her 10th season—and, right now, Wilson’s biggest threat.
Stewart finished the Commissioner’s Cup Final with 25 points, 11 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals, and 2 blocks and was named MVP of the game. She followed that up with 36 points, 7 rebounds, and 2 blocks against the then-first-placed Lynx. Stewart is one of only four players to crack the 400-point mark so far this season. Wilson, Kahleah Copper, and Kelsey Mitchell are the others. She also ranks sixth in total rebounds and total blocks and fifth in minutes played.
If Stewart can stay healthy and the Liberty keep the momentum from these last two wins alive, she has a real shot at stealing the MVP award from Wilson.
Stewart and Wilson have been competing for MVP awards for years
Breanna Stewart is already a two-time MVP. She won the award in 2018 and 2023. If not for Wilson and her sustained excellence, Stewart would probably have at least one more MVP to her name.
Stewart finished second behind Wilson in MVP voting in 2019 and then again in 2022, although that one was a much closer race. In 2019, Wilson cleaned up 458 of 470 possible points and 43 first-place votes compared to Stewart’s three. In 2022, Wilson received 31 first-place votes and Stewart 23.
Stewart then edged out Wilson and Alyssa Thomas in 2023 with just seven points more than Thomas and 13 ahead of Wilson. In 2024, Napheesa Collier entered the MVP race and finished second behind Wilson, but Stewart was still in third place. 2025 was the first time in a while that Stewart, who struggles with injuries, didn’t have much real traction in the MVP race.
Wilson and Stewart have been competing as two of the best players in the W for years now, and this season is proof that despite the youth movement and new star power coming into the league, they are still the players to catch. Olivia Miles, Paige Bueckers, and Caitlin Clark are among the top MVP candidates this season, but Wilson and Stewart are still ahead of them.
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