WNBA All-Star Game Most Valuable Player Award

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The Women's National Basketball Association All-Star Game Most Valuable Player (MVP) is an annual Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) award given to the player voted best of the annual All-Star Game. The all-star game began during the 1999 WNBA season, the third year of the WNBA. There was no game held in 2004, 2008, 2010, 2012, or 2016.

Lisa Leslie and Maya Moore have won the most awards, with 3 selections each.

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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
Year Player Position Nationality Team
1999 Lisa Leslie Center  United States Los Angeles Sparks
2000 Tina Thompson Forward  United States Houston Comets
2001 Lisa Leslie (2) Center  United States Los Angeles Sparks (2)
2002 Lisa Leslie (3) Center  United States Los Angeles Sparks (3)
2003 Nikki Teasley Guard  United States Los Angeles Sparks (4)
2004 The Game at Radio City
2005 Sheryl Swoopes Guard / forward  United States Houston Comets (2)
2006 Katie Douglas Guard / forward  United States Connecticut Sun
2007 Cheryl Ford Forward  United States Detroit Shock
2008 No game held due to the 2008 Summer Olympics
2009 Swin Cash Forward  United States Seattle Storm
2010 Stars at the Sun
2011 Swin Cash (2) Forward  United States Seattle Storm (2)
2012 No game held due to the 2012 Summer Olympics
2013 Candace Parker Center  United States Los Angeles Sparks (5)
2014 Shoni Schimmel Guard  United States Atlanta Dream
2015 Maya Moore Forward  United States Minnesota Lynx
2016 No game held due to the 2016 Summer Olympics
2017 Maya Moore (2) Forward  United States Minnesota Lynx (2)
2018 Maya Moore (3) Forward  United States Minnesota Lynx (3)
2019 Erica Wheeler Guard  United States Indiana Fever
2020 No game held due to the 2020 Summer Olympics, later postponed by the COVID-19 pandemic
2021 Arike Ogunbowale Guard  United States Dallas Wings (2)
2022 Kelsey Plum Guard  United States Las Vegas Aces
2023 Jewell Loyd Guard  United States Seattle Storm (3)

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