WNBA
WNBA Champions
See a complete list of WNBA Champions. The 2024 WNBA Champions are the Las New York Liberty. This was their first WNBA Championship title. Jonquel Jones of the Liberty was the WNBA Finals MVP.
Fast Facts:
- The WNBA Finals is the championship series of the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA). It is held in late September / early October and played under a best-of-five playoff format.
- The Seattle Storm, Houston Comets and the Minnesota Lynx have each won four WNBA Championship titles.
WNBA Champions:
Year | Team | Result | Opponent | MVP |
2024 | New York Liberty | 3–2 | Minnesota Lynx | Jonquel Jones |
2023 | Las Vegas Aces | 3–1 | New York Liberty | A’ja Wilson |
2022 | Las Vegas Aces | 3–1 | Connecticut Sun | Chelsea Gray |
2021 | Chicago Sky | 3–1 | Phoenix Mercury | Kahleah Copper |
2020 | Seattle Storm | 3–0 | Las Vegas Aces | Breanna Stewart |
2019 | Washington Mystics | 3–2 | Connecticut Sun | Emma Meesseman |
2018 | Seattle Storm | 3–0 | Washington Mystics | Breanna Stewart |
2017 | Minnesota Lynx | 3–2 | Los Angeles Sparks | Sylvia Fowles |
2016 | Los Angeles Sparks | 3–2 | Minnesota Lynx | Candace Parker |
2015 | Minnesota Lynx | 3–2 | Indiana Fever | Sylvia Fowles |
2014 | Phoenix Mercury | 3–0 | Chicago Sky | Diana Taurasi |
2013 | Minnesota Lynx | 3–0 | Atlanta Dream | Maya Moore |
2012 | Indiana Fever | 3–1 | Minnesota Lynx | Tamika Catchings |
2011 | Minnesota Lynx | 3–0 | Atlanta Dream | Seimone Augustus |
2010 | Seattle Storm | 3–0 | Atlanta Dream | Lauren Jackson |
2009 | Phoenix Mercury | 3–2 | Indiana Fever | Diana Taurasi |
2008 | Detroit Shock | 3–0 | San Antonio Silver Stars | Katie Smith |
2007 | Phoenix Mercury | 3–2 | Detroit Shock | Cappie Pondexter |
2006 | Detroit Shock | 3–2 | Sacramento Monarchs | Deanna Nolan |
2005 | Sacramento Monarchs | 3–1 | Connecticut Sun | Yolanda Griffith |
2004 | Seattle Storm | 2–1 | Connecticut Sun | Betty Lennox |
2003 | Detroit Shock | 2–1 | Los Angeles Sparks | Ruth Riley |
2002 | Los Angeles Sparks | 2–0 | New York Liberty | Lisa Leslie |
2001 | Los Angeles Sparks | 2–0 | Charlotte Sting | Lisa Leslie |
2000 | Houston Comets | 2–0 | New York Liberty | Cynthia Cooper |
1999 | Houston Comets | 2–1 | New York Liberty | Cynthia Cooper |
1998 | Houston Comets | 2–1 | Phoenix Mercury | Cynthia Cooper |
1997 | Houston Comets | 65–51 | New York Liberty | Cynthia Cooper |