The WNBA Playoffs Are Heating Up: A Look Back at the League’s Champions
As the 2024 WNBA playoffs reach their climax, fans are eagerly anticipating which team will emerge victorious and claim the championship title. While we wait, let’s take a trip down memory lane and revisit the league’s past winners.
From 2023 to 1997, these teams have proven themselves to be the best of the best:
* 2023: The Las Vegas Aces took home the top prize, defeating the New York Liberty 3-1, with A’ja Wilson earning Finals MVP honors.
* 2022: The Las Vegas Aces repeated as champions, besting the Connecticut Sun 3-1, with Chelsea Gray being named Finals MVP.
* 2021: The Chicago Sky soared to victory, defeating the Phoenix Mercury 3-1, with Kahleah Copper earning Finals MVP recognition.
* 2020: The Seattle Storm dominated, sweeping the Las Vegas Aces 3-0, with Breanna Stewart taking home Finals MVP accolades.
* 2019: The Washington Mystics triumphed, edging out the Connecticut Sun 3-2, with Emma Meesseman being named Finals MVP.
* 2018: The Seattle Storm repeated as champions, sweeping the Washington Mystics 3-0, with Breanna Stewart once again earning Finals MVP honors.
* 2017: The Minnesota Lynx emerged victorious, defeating the Los Angeles Sparks 3-2, with Sylvia Fowles taking home Finals MVP recognition.
* 2016: The Los Angeles Sparks claimed the title, besting the Minnesota Lynx 3-2, with Candace Parker earning Finals MVP accolades.
* 2015: The Minnesota Lynx reclaimed the championship, defeating the Indiana Fever 3-2, with Sylvia Fowles once again being named Finals MVP.
* 2014: The Phoenix Mercury took home the title, sweeping the Chicago Sky 3-0, with Diana Taurasi earning Finals MVP honors.
* 2013: The Minnesota Lynx dominated, sweeping the Atlanta Dream 3-0, with Maya Moore taking home Finals MVP recognition.
* 2012: The Indiana Fever emerged victorious, defeating the Minnesota Lynx 3-1, with Tamika Catchings earning Finals MVP accolades.
* 2011: The Minnesota Lynx claimed the championship, sweeping the Atlanta Dream 3-0, with Seimone Augustus being named Finals MVP.
* 2010: The Seattle Storm took home the title, sweeping the Atlanta Dream 3-0, with Lauren Jackson earning Finals MVP honors.
* 2009: The Phoenix Mercury repeated as champions, defeating the Indiana Fever 3-2, with Diana Taurasi once again being named Finals MVP.
* 2008: The Detroit Shock emerged victorious, sweeping the San Antonio Silver Stars 3-0, with Katie Smith taking home Finals MVP recognition.
* 2007: The Phoenix Mercury claimed the championship, defeating the Detroit Shock 3-2, with Cappie Poindexter earning Finals MVP accolades.
* 2006: The Detroit Shock took home the title, defeating the Sacramento Monarchs 3-2, with Deanna Nolan being named Finals MVP.
* 2005: The Sacramento Monarchs emerged victorious, defeating the Connecticut Sun 3-1, with Yolanda Griffith earning Finals MVP recognition.
* 2004: The Seattle Storm claimed the championship, defeating the Connecticut Sun 2-1, with Betty Lennox taking home Finals MVP honors.
* 2003: The Detroit Shock took home the title, defeating the Los Angeles Sparks 2-1, with Ruth Riley earning Finals MVP accolades.
* 2002: The Los Angeles Sparks repeated as champions, sweeping the New York Liberty 2-0, with Lisa Leslie being named Finals MVP.
* 2001: The Los Angeles Sparks claimed the championship, sweeping the Charlotte Sting 2-0, with Lisa Leslie once again earning Finals MVP recognition.
* 2000: The Houston Comets took home the title, sweeping the New York Liberty 2-0, with Cynthia Cooper being named Finals MVP.
* 1999: The Houston Comets repeated as champions, defeating the New York Liberty 2-1, with Cynthia Cooper once again earning Finals MVP accolades.
* 1998: The Houston Comets claimed the championship, defeating the Phoenix Mercury 2-1, with Cynthia Cooper taking home Finals MVP honors.
* 1997: The Houston Comets emerged victorious, defeating the New York Liberty 1-0, with Cynthia Cooper being named Finals MVP.
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