Five MVPs. One A’ja: Wilson Makes WNBA History Again

A’ja Wilson keeps giving the record book a reason to change.

The Las Vegas Aces star has won the 2026 WNBA Most Valuable Player award, her fifth overall, according to ESPN’s reporting from sources. She becomes the first player in league history to reach five MVPs and the first to win the award in three consecutive seasons.

Five trophies. One name at the top.

A record that was already hers

Wilson entered this season with MVP awards from 2020, 2022, 2024 and 2025. Her fourth had already broken the WNBA record she previously shared with Sheryl Swoopes, Lisa Leslie and Lauren Jackson, each a three-time winner. The league’s 2025 announcement established that milestone.

Now the distance grows again. With the 2026 honor, Wilson has claimed five MVPs in seven seasons.

That timeline tells its own story. The standard keeps rising, and she keeps meeting it.

The season behind number five

The WNBA’s complete regular-season numbers show the production behind the award:

Wilson led the league in scoring and blocks. Her scoring average ranked second in WNBA history, behind her own 26.9-point season in 2024.

Those numbers capture how many ways she shapes a game: finishing possessions, extending them, protecting the basket and expanding where defenses have to meet her.

Still writing it

The achievement belongs to a remarkable career that is still unfolding. Wilson was already the WNBA’s only four-time MVP. A fifth adds another distinction that no one else in the league has reached.

The GOAT conversation will continue. This part of the record is hers alone.

Reported October 8, 2026. The award announcement is attributed to ESPN’s sources. Regular-season statistics and prior award history are sourced to the WNBA and NBA Communications. Cover photograph: Jeff Bottari/Getty Images, archival 2025 action photography.