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WNBA Year-by-Year Leaders and Records for Player Efficiency Rating

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WNBA Leaders and Records for Player Efficiency Rating: Season · Career · Active · Progressive · Yearly · Top 10

* - Hall of Famer; Bold=active player

Table
Year	Player	PER
2026	A'ja Wilson	31.84
2025	A'ja Wilson	33.40
2024	A'ja Wilson	34.94
2023	A'ja Wilson	32.90
2022	Breanna Stewart	28.54
2021	Brittney Griner	28.41
2020	Angel McCoughtry	29.07
2019	Elena Delle Donne	31.76
2018	Liz Cambage	30.73
2017	Sylvia Fowles*	30.82
2016	Nneka Ogwumike	31.30
2015	Elena Delle Donne	32.76
2014	Maya Moore*	29.36
2013	Candace Parker	30.58
2012	Sylvia Fowles*	27.55
2011	Candace Parker	26.73
2010	Lauren Jackson*	27.92
2009	Lauren Jackson*	26.11
2008	Diana Taurasi	29.68
2007	Lauren Jackson*	35.04
2006	Lauren Jackson*	34.51
2005	Lauren Jackson*	26.67
2004	Yolanda Griffith*	28.80
2003	Lauren Jackson*	32.07
2002	Tamika Catchings*	30.88
2001	Yolanda Griffith*	28.45
2000	Sheryl Swoopes*	32.05
1999	Yolanda Griffith*	31.88
1998	Cynthia Cooper*	31.06
1997	Cynthia Cooper*	32.16

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