WNBA Peak Performers

The Women's National Basketball Association Peak Performer Awards are given each year to players who lead the WNBA in scoring, rebounding, and assists. The award has been given since the league's inaugural season, but the honor has varied since then.

Women's National Basketball Association awards and honors
Championship
Individual awards
Honors

Peak Performers
Year Eastern Conference
Shooting Champion		 Team Western Conference
Shooting Champion		 Team Ref.
1997 Andrea Congreaves Charlotte Sting Haixia Zheng Los Angeles Sparks
Year Field goal percentage Team Free throw percentage Team Ref.
1998 Isabelle Fijalkowski Cleveland Rockers Sandy Brondello Detroit Shock
1999 Murriel Page Washington Mystics Eva Nemcova Cleveland Rockers
2000 Murriel Page (2) Washington Mystics Jennifer Azzi Utah Starzz
2001 Latasha Byears Los Angeles Sparks Elena Baranova Miami Sol [1]
Year Scoring Team Rebounding Team Ref.
2002 Chamique Holdsclaw Washington Mystics Chamique Holdsclaw Washington Mystics
2003 Lauren Jackson Seattle Storm Chamique Holdsclaw (2) Washington Mystics
2004 Lauren Jackson (2) Seattle Storm Lisa Leslie Los Angeles Sparks
2005 Sheryl Swoopes Houston Comets Cheryl Ford Detroit Shock
2006 Diana Taurasi Phoenix Mercury Cheryl Ford (2) Detroit Shock
Year Scoring Team Rebounding Team Assists Team Ref.
2007 Lauren Jackson (3) Seattle Storm Lauren Jackson Seattle Storm Becky Hammon San Antonio Silver Stars [2]
2008 Diana Taurasi (2) Phoenix Mercury Candace Parker Los Angeles Sparks Lindsay Whalen Connecticut Sun
2009 Diana Taurasi (3) Phoenix Mercury Candace Parker (2) Los Angeles Sparks Sue Bird Seattle Storm [3]
2010 Diana Taurasi (4) Phoenix Mercury Tina Charles Connecticut Sun Ticha Penicheiro Los Angeles Sparks [4]
2011 Diana Taurasi (5) Phoenix Mercury Tina Charles (2) Connecticut Sun Lindsay Whalen (2) Minnesota Lynx
2012 Angel McCoughtry Atlanta Dream Tina Charles (3) Connecticut Sun Lindsay Whalen (3) Minnesota Lynx [5]
2013 Angel McCoughtry (2) Atlanta Dream Sylvia Fowles Chicago Sky Danielle Robinson San Antonio Silver Stars
2014 Maya Moore Minnesota Lynx Courtney Paris Tulsa Shock Diana Taurasi Phoenix Mercury [6]
2015 Elena Delle Donne Chicago Sky Courtney Paris (2) Tulsa Shock Courtney Vandersloot Chicago Sky [7]
2016 Tina Charles New York Liberty Tina Charles (4) New York Liberty Sue Bird (2) Seattle Storm [8]
2017 Brittney Griner Phoenix Mercury Jonquel Jones Connecticut Sun Courtney Vandersloot (2) Chicago Sky [9]
2018 Liz Cambage Dallas Wings Sylvia Fowles (2) Minnesota Lynx Courtney Vandersloot (3) Chicago Sky [10]
2019 Brittney Griner (2) Phoenix Mercury Jonquel Jones (2) Connecticut Sun Courtney Vandersloot (4) Chicago Sky [11]
2020 Arike Ogunbowale Dallas Wings Candace Parker (3) Los Angeles Sparks Courtney Vandersloot (5) Chicago Sky [12]
2021 Tina Charles (2) Washington Mystics Jonquel Jones (3) Connecticut Sun Courtney Vandersloot (6) Chicago Sky [13]
2022 Breanna Stewart Seattle Storm Sylvia Fowles (3) Minnesota Lynx Natasha Cloud Washington Mystics [14]
2023 Jewell Loyd Seattle Storm Alyssa Thomas Connecticut Sun Courtney Vandersloot (7) New York Liberty [15]
  • In 1997, the Peak Performers Awards went to the "shooting champions" from each conference.
  • From 1998 until 2002, the Peak Performers Awards went to players who had the best field goal and free throw percentage.
  • In 2007, since Lauren Jackson was the league leader in scoring and rebounds, the WNBA awarded Becky Hammon for leading the league in assists.
  • In 2007, the WNBA added the league leader in assists per game to the Peak Performers award.

See also
  • "WNBA Peak Performers". (1997-2012)

References
  1. "Baranova, Byears win shooting champion honors". USA Today. August 23, 2001. Retrieved September 15, 2015.
  2. "Lauren Jackson, Becky Hammon Capture 2007 WNBA Peak Performer Honors". wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved July 14, 2022.
  3. "Diana Taurasi, Candace Parker And Sue Bird Capture 2009 Peak Performer Honors". oursportscentral.com. Our Sports Central. Retrieved July 14, 2022.
  4. "2010 WNBA Peak Performer Awards". hoopfeed.com. Hoopfeed. Retrieved July 14, 2022.
  5. "Angel McCoughtry, Tina Charles and Lindsay Whalen Capture 2012 WNBA Peak Performer Honors". wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved July 14, 2022.
  6. "Maya Moore Earns 2014 WNBA Peak Performer Honors". wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved July 14, 2022.
  7. "Sky's Delle Donne And Vandersloot, Shock's Paris Earn 2015 WNBA Peak Performer Honors". wnba.com. July 14, 2022.
  8. "Liberty's Charles, Seattle's Bird Earn 2016 WNBA Peak Performer Awards". wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved July 14, 2022.
  9. "Phoenix's Griner, Connecticut's Jones And Chicago's Vandersloot Earn 2017 WNBA Peak Performer Awards". wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved July 14, 2022.
  10. "Cambage, Fowles And Vandersloot Earn 2018 WNBA Peak Performer Awards". wnba.com. WNBA. August 20, 2018. Retrieved August 30, 2018.
  11. "Phoenix's Griner, Connecticut's Jones and Chicago's Vandersloot Earn 2019 WNBA Peak Performer Awards". wnba.com. WNBA. September 9, 2019. Retrieved September 9, 2019.
  12. "Dallas' Ogunbowale, Los Angeles' Parker And Chicago's Vandersloot Earn 2020 WNBA Peak Performer Awards". wnba.com. WNBA. September 14, 2020. Retrieved September 15, 2020.
  13. "2021 WNBA Peak Performers: Tina Charles, Jonquel Jones, and Courtney Vandersloot". wnba.com. WNBA. September 20, 2021. Retrieved September 22, 2021.
  14. @WNBA (August 15, 2022). "THE BEST OF THE BEST 👏 Congratulations to @breannastewart, @SylviaFowles, and @T_Cloud4 for being named the 2022 WNBA Peak Performers 🙌 #MoreThan" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  15. Sinatra, Alex (September 11, 2023). "WNBA scoring leader Jewell Loyd among 2023 Peak Performers". USA Today. Retrieved September 11, 2023.
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