WNBA Sixth Player of the Year

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. The player with the highest number of 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,^[1] with the word "Woman" replaced by "Player" in 2021.^[2]

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

Season	Player	Position	Nationality	Team	Ref.
2007	Plenette Pierson	Forward	United States	Detroit Shock
2008	Candice Wiggins	Guard		Minnesota Lynx
2009	DeWanna Bonner	Forward		Phoenix Mercury
2010	DeWanna Bonner (2)			Phoenix Mercury (2)
2011	DeWanna Bonner (3)			Phoenix Mercury (3)
2012	Renee Montgomery	Guard		Connecticut Sun
2013	Riquna Williams			Tulsa Shock (2)
2014	Allie Quigley		Hungary[a]	Chicago Sky
2015	Allie Quigley (2)			Chicago Sky (2)
2016	Jantel Lavender	Forward / Center	United States	Los Angeles Sparks
2017	Sugar Rodgers	Guard		New York Liberty
2018	Jonquel Jones	Forward	Bahamas[b]	Connecticut Sun (2)
2019	Dearica Hamby		United States	Las Vegas Aces
2020	Dearica Hamby (2)			Las Vegas Aces (2)	[1]
2021	Kelsey Plum	Guard		Las Vegas Aces (3)	[2]
2022	Brionna Jones	Forward		Connecticut Sun (3)	[3]
2023	Alysha Clark		Israel[a]	Las Vegas Aces (4)	[4]
2024	Tiffany Hayes	Guard	Azerbaijan[a]	Las Vegas Aces (5)	[5]
2025	Naz Hillmon	Forward	United States	Atlanta Dream	[6]

Notes

1. Denotes a player who is a United States citizen but is naturalized and represents a different country internationally.
2. 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.

See also

• List of sports awards honoring women