A’ja Wilson’s numbers in 2025 were like none other.
Nobody in the history of the WNBA — or the NBA, for that matter — has put together a season like the one the 6-foot-4 center did for the Las Vegas Aces this year.
She won the WNBA MVP award for the regular reason. Won the scoring title. Helped her team take the league championship. Was the MVP of the title series.
All that has been done in the same season before on the NBA level, most recently when Oklahoma City Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander pulled off the feat this past season. Michael Jordan did all that four times for the Chicago Bulls, while Kareem Abdul-Jabbar for the Milwaukee Bucks and Shaquille O’Neal for the Los Angeles Lakers did it once apiece.
However, they never did it while also reigning as the NBA’s defensive player of the year. Wilson shared that award in the WNBA this season with Alanna Smith of the Minnesota Lynx. And that makes the Aces star’s 2025 resumé unprecedented at pro basketball’s highest levels.