WNBA Finals Most Valuable Player
Finals MVP
| Per Game | Shooting | Advanced | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Player | Tm | G | MP | PTS | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | FG% | 3P% | FT% | WS | WS/48 |
| 2020 | Breanna Stewart | SEA | 20 | 30.4 | 19.7 | 8.3 | 3.6 | 1.7 | 1.3 | .451 | .368 | .894 | 3.9 | .305 |
| 2019 | Emma Meesseman | WAS | 23 | 23.6 | 13.1 | 4.2 | 3.2 | 0.9 | 0.7 | .552 | .422 | .905 | 4.0 | .351 |
| 2018 | Breanna Stewart | SEA | 34 | 31.6 | 21.8 | 8.4 | 2.5 | 1.4 | 1.4 | .529 | .415 | .820 | 7.7 | .346 |
| 2017 | Sylvia Fowles | MIN | 34 | 30.8 | 18.9 | 10.4 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 2.0 | .655 | .768 | 9.2 | .420 | |
| 2016 | Candace Parker | LAS | 34 | 30.8 | 15.3 | 7.4 | 4.9 | 1.4 | 1.0 | .442 | .382 | .707 | 4.0 | .185 |
| 2015 | Sylvia Fowles | MIN | 18 | 28.9 | 15.3 | 8.3 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.6 | .510 | .734 | 2.9 | .270 | |
| 2014 | Diana Taurasi | PHO | 33 | 30.8 | 16.2 | 3.8 | 5.6 | 0.7 | 0.3 | .454 | .365 | .874 | 5.6 | .266 |
| 2013 | Maya Moore | MIN | 34 | 31.4 | 18.5 | 6.2 | 3.0 | 1.7 | 1.0 | .509 | .453 | .882 | 8.5 | .381 |
| 2012 | Tamika Catchings | IND | 34 | 30.5 | 17.4 | 7.6 | 3.1 | 2.1 | 0.9 | .432 | .379 | .864 | 7.8 | .361 |
| 2011 | Seimone Augustus | MIN | 34 | 29.3 | 16.2 | 3.5 | 2.2 | 0.9 | 0.4 | .504 | .417 | .865 | 5.4 | .258 |
| 2010 | Lauren Jackson | SEA | 32 | 31.0 | 20.5 | 8.3 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 1.2 | .462 | .346 | .910 | 8.3 | .400 |
| 2009 | Diana Taurasi | PHO | 31 | 31.5 | 20.4 | 5.7 | 3.5 | 1.2 | 1.4 | .461 | .407 | .894 | 5.4 | .267 |
| 2008 | Katie Smith | DET | 34 | 33.9 | 14.7 | 2.8 | 4.0 | 0.9 | 0.1 | .383 | .360 | .887 | 4.3 | .181 |
| 2007 | Cappie Pondexter | PHO | 31 | 31.2 | 17.2 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 0.9 | 0.3 | .431 | .333 | .815 | 2.6 | .132 |
| 2006 | Deanna Nolan | DET | 34 | 32.1 | 13.8 | 4.5 | 3.6 | 1.4 | 0.3 | .405 | .345 | .850 | 4.3 | .187 |
| 2005 | Yolanda Griffith | SAC | 34 | 28.3 | 13.8 | 6.6 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 0.9 | .485 | .707 | 6.4 | .321 | |
| 2004 | Betty Lennox | SEA | 32 | 28.8 | 11.2 | 5.0 | 2.5 | 1.1 | 0.1 | .421 | .265 | .853 | 2.5 | .131 |
| 2003 | Ruth Riley | DET | 34 | 29.3 | 9.6 | 5.9 | 1.9 | 0.7 | 1.7 | .498 | .764 | 3.8 | .182 | |
| 2002 | Lisa Leslie | LAS | 31 | 34.2 | 16.9 | 10.4 | 2.7 | 1.5 | 2.9 | .466 | .324 | .727 | 5.9 | .269 |
| 2001 | Lisa Leslie | LAS | 31 | 33.3 | 19.5 | 9.6 | 2.4 | 1.1 | 2.3 | .473 | .367 | .736 | 7.0 | .327 |
| 2000 | Cynthia Cooper | HOU | 31 | 35.0 | 17.7 | 2.7 | 5.0 | 1.3 | 0.2 | .459 | .355 | .875 | 7.0 | .311 |
| 1999 | Cynthia Cooper | HOU | 31 | 35.5 | 22.1 | 2.8 | 5.2 | 1.4 | 0.4 | .463 | .335 | .891 | 9.2 | .402 |
| 1998 | Cynthia Cooper | HOU | 30 | 35.0 | 22.7 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 1.6 | 0.4 | .446 | .400 | .854 | 10.0 | .458 |
| 1997 | Cynthia Cooper | HOU | 28 | 35.1 | 22.2 | 4.0 | 4.7 | 2.1 | 0.2 | .470 | .414 | .864 | 9.4 | .462 |

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