WNBA Sixth Player of the Year Award
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, with the word "Woman" replaced by "Player" in 2021.
DeWanna Bonner has won the award the most times, with 3 selections.
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 |
- Notes
- Denotes a player who is a United States citizen but is naturalized and represents a different country internationally.
- 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.