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2025 WNBA Awards Outlooks
A long WNBA season is just about to tip off. But it’s not too early to imagine who might collect end-of-season hardware. Here are Swish Appeal’s outlooks for the league’s major awards.
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May 14
2025 WNBA awards outlook: Sixth Player of the Year
Even though it might take a few weeks for teams to establish rotations, these players are likely reserves who could emerge as Sixth Player of the Year candidates.
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May 14
2025 WNBA awards outlook: MVP
M’VP Four? MVPhee? 22 in Year 2? The Las Vegas Aces’ A’ja Wilson, the Minnesota Lynx’s Napheesa Collier and the Indiana Fever’s Caitlin Clark are at the forefront of the 2025 WNBA MVP conversation.
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May 14
2025 WNBA awards outlook: Defensive Player of the Year
Over the last three seasons, A’ja Wilson and Napheesa Collier have dominated the Defensive Player of the Year award. Can anyone else challenge them as the best defender in the WNBA?
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May 13
2025 WNBA awards outlook: Most Improved Player
The WNBA’s Most Improved Player award is a difficult one to predict, but there are a handful of players who are poised to have breakout seasons in 2025 and could be frontrunners.
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May 13
2025 WNBA awards outlook: Rookie of the Year
The Dallas Wings’ Paige Bueckers enters the 2025 WNBA season as the favorite for the Rookie of the Year Award.
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May 12
2025 WNBA awards outlook: Coach of the Year
Stephanie White headlines the frontrunners for the 2025 WNBA Coach of the Year. But some of the leagues most dominant coaches can never be counted out.