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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.

Lisa Leslie and Maya Moore have won the most awards, with 3 selections each.

Winners

	Denotes player who is still active in the WNBA
	Denotes player whose team won the championship that year
°	Inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame
	Inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
*	Denotes player named as the regular season MVP that year
†	Denotes player selected as All-Star during rookie season
Player (x)	Denotes the number of times the player has won
Team (x)	Denotes the number of times a player from team/franchise has won

Year	Player	Position	Nationality	Team	Ref.
1999	Lisa Leslie °	Center	United States	Los Angeles Sparks	^[1]
2000	Tina Thompson °	Forward		Houston Comets	^[2]
2001	Lisa Leslie ° * (2)	Center		Los Angeles Sparks (2)	^[3]
2002	Lisa Leslie ° (3)	Center		Los Angeles Sparks (3)	^[4]
2003	Nikki Teasley	Guard		Los Angeles Sparks (4)	^[5]
2004	The Game at Radio City
2005	Sheryl Swoopes ° *	Guard / Forward	United States	Houston Comets (2)	^[6]
2006	Katie Douglas	Guard / Forward		Connecticut Sun	^[7]
2007	Cheryl Ford	Forward		Detroit Shock	^[8]
2008	No game held due to the 2008 Summer Olympics^[9]
2009	Swin Cash °	Forward	United States	Seattle Storm	^[10]
2010	Stars at the Sun
2011	Swin Cash ° (2)	Forward	United States	Seattle Storm (2)	^[11]
2012	No game held due to the 2012 Summer Olympics^[9]
2013	Candace Parker *	Center	United States	Los Angeles Sparks (5)	^[12]
2014	Shoni Schimmel †	Guard		Atlanta Dream	^[13]
2015	Maya Moore °	Forward		Minnesota Lynx	^[14]
2016	No game held due to the 2016 Summer Olympics^[9]
2017	Maya Moore ° (2)	Forward	United States	Minnesota Lynx (2)	^[15]
2018	Maya Moore ° (3)	Forward		Minnesota Lynx (3)	^[16]
2019	Erica Wheeler	Guard		Indiana Fever	^[17]
2020	No game held due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021	Arike Ogunbowale	Guard	United States	Dallas Wings (2)	^[18]
2022	Kelsey Plum			Las Vegas Aces	^[19]
2023	Jewell Loyd			Seattle Storm (3)	^[20]
2024	Arike Ogunbowale (2)			Dallas Wings (3)	^[21]

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.

References

^ Brewer, Jerry (July 15, 1999). "W.N.B.A. All-Stars Connect, Especially With Their Fans". The New York Times. Retrieved July 22, 2024.
^ "West Shines In WNBA All-Star". CBS News. Associated Press. July 18, 2000. Retrieved July 22, 2024.
^ "Leslie Fuels West All-Stars". Los Angeles Times. July 17, 2001. Retrieved July 22, 2024.
^ Jenkins, Sally (July 15, 2002). "WNBA Is Getting Better All the Time". The Washington Post. Retrieved July 22, 2024.
^ Zimmerman, Kurtis (July 26, 2019). "An unlikely MVP: The path to Nikki Teasley's 2003 All Star moment". High Post Hoops. Retrieved July 22, 2024.
^ "Sheryl Swoopes Named 2005 WNBA MVP". WNBA. September 15, 2005. Retrieved July 22, 2024. Swoopes, the 2005 WNBA All-Star MVP...
^ "Connecticut's Douglas Named All-Star MVP". WNBA. July 12, 2007. Retrieved July 22, 2024.
^ "Ford earns MVP in East victory". The Oakland Press. July 16, 2007. Retrieved July 22, 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c "WNBA All-Star Game History". WNBA.
^ Allard, Marc (July 26, 2009). "WNBA All-Star Game: West outduels East in showcase". The Norwich Bulletin. Retrieved July 22, 2024.
^ Allard, Marc (July 23, 2011). "Storm forward Swin Cash wins her 2nd WNBA All-Star Game MVP award". The Seattle Times. Associated Press. Retrieved July 22, 2024.
^ "Candace Parker scores record 23 in West's All-Star win". USA Today. Associated Press. July 27, 2013. Retrieved July 22, 2024.
^ Killian, Tyler (July 19, 2014). "Shoni Schimmel scores WNBA All-Star record 29 to lift East by West in OT". USA Today. Retrieved July 22, 2024.
^ "Maya Moore scores 30 to lead West to WNBA All-Star Game victory". The Arizona Republic. July 25, 2015. Retrieved July 22, 2024.
^ Booth, Tim (July 22, 2017). "Lynx's Maya Moore grabs MVP in WNBA All-Star Game victory". Pioneer Press. The Associated Press. Retrieved July 22, 2024.
^ "Led by Maya Moore, Team Parker tops Team Delle Donne to win WNBA All-Star Game". ESPN. The Associated Press. July 28, 2018. Retrieved July 22, 2024.
^ Young, Ryan (July 27, 2019). "WNBA: Erica Wheeler leads Team Wilson at WNBA All-Star Game". Yahoo Sports.
^ Rapp, Timothy (July 14, 2021). "Arike Ogunbowale Wins MVP as WNBA Beats Team USA in 2021 All-Star Game". Bleacher Report.
^ "2022 WNBA All-Star Game: Team Wilson beats Team Stewart; Kelsey Plum wins All-Star MVP". CBS Sports. July 10, 2022.
^ Philippou, Alexa (July 16, 2023). "Jewell Loyd sets WNBA All-Star Game scoring record, wins MVP". ESPN.
^ Feinberg, Doug (July 20, 2024). "Arike Ogunbowale and Caitlin Clark lead WNBA All-Stars to 117-109 win over U.S. Olympic team". Associated Press.

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