WNBA Most Valuable Player

The Women's National Basketball Association Most Valuable Player (MVP) is an annual Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) award given since the league's inaugural season in 1997. MVP voting takes place immediately after the regular season. The award recipient is decided by a panel of sportswriters and broadcasters throughout the United States. Panel members were asked to select their top five choices for the award, with 10 points being awarded for a first place vote, seven for second, five for third, three for fourth, and one for fifth.

In 2008, both media members and fans contributed to MVP voting. Fans were able to vote online for their top five MVP picks. Online fan vote selections accounted for 25% of the total vote, while the media panel's selections accounted for the other 75%.

A'ja Wilson has won the award the most times, with four; Sheryl Swoopes, Lisa Leslie, and Lauren Jackson have each won three times. Two players have won the award with different franchises—Elena Delle Donne in 2015 with the Chicago Sky and in 2019 with the Washington Mystics, and Breanna Stewart in 2018 with the Seattle Storm and in 2023 with the New York Liberty. Cynthia Cooper and Candace Parker have also won the award twice.

Candace Parker became the only WNBA player to win Rookie of the Year and MVP in the same season in 2008.

Jackson, born and trained in Australia, is the only award winner trained outside the U.S.

The sculptor of the WNBA MVP Award is Marc Mellon, who is also the sculptor of the NBA MVP trophy.