WNBA Sportsmanship Award Winners
Sportsmanship Award
| Per Game | Shooting | Advanced | |||||||||||||
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| Year | Player | Voting | Tm | G | MP | PTS | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | FG% | 3P% | FT% | WS | WS/48 |
| 2023 | Elizabeth Williams | CHI | 40 | 29.7 | 9.8 | 5.8 | 2.5 | 1.3 | 1.5 | .514 | .630 | 3.7 | .150 | ||
| 2022 | Sylvia Fowles | (V) | MIN | 30 | 27.7 | 14.4 | 9.8 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 1.2 | .622 | .660 | 3.7 | .215 | |
| 2021 | Nneka Ogwumike | (V) | LAS | 18 | 31.7 | 14.5 | 6.5 | 2.7 | 1.4 | 0.3 | .532 | .367 | .800 | 2.2 | .183 |
| 2020 | Nneka Ogwumike | (V) | LAS | 18 | 26.4 | 13.3 | 4.8 | 1.7 | 1.1 | 0.2 | .569 | .500 | .837 | 2.3 | .231 |
| 2019 | Nneka Ogwumike | (V) | LAS | 32 | 27.9 | 16.1 | 8.8 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 0.5 | .510 | .338 | .828 | 5.5 | .298 |
| 2018 | Sue Bird | (V) | SEA | 31 | 26.6 | 10.1 | 1.7 | 7.1 | 1.1 | 0.1 | .466 | .448 | .828 | 3.9 | .230 |
| 2017 | Sue Bird | (V) | SEA | 30 | 30.0 | 10.6 | 2.0 | 6.6 | 1.2 | 0.1 | .427 | .393 | .774 | 2.4 | .126 |
| 2016 | Tamika Catchings | (V) | IND | 34 | 24.8 | 12.7 | 4.8 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 0.3 | .433 | .350 | .862 | 4.0 | .229 |
| 2015 | DeLisha Milton-Jones | (V) | ATL | 18 | 8.9 | 2.1 | 1.8 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.1 | .340 | .100 | .556 | -0.2 | -0.058 |
| 2014 | Becky Hammon | (V) | SAS | 32 | 24.5 | 8.3 | 1.4 | 4.2 | 0.4 | 0.1 | .417 | .398 | 1.000 | 1.6 | .097 |
| 2013 | Swin Cash (T) | (V) | CHI | 34 | 28.3 | 9.3 | 5.6 | 2.2 | 0.9 | 0.6 | .415 | .270 | .853 | 2.7 | .135 |
| 2013 | Tamika Catchings (T) | (V) | IND | 30 | 31.4 | 17.7 | 7.1 | 2.4 | 2.8 | 1.0 | .396 | .321 | .861 | 6.2 | .315 |
| 2012 | Kara Lawson | (V) | CON | 34 | 31.4 | 15.1 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 0.8 | 0.1 | .493 | .430 | .935 | 6.4 | .290 |
| 2011 | Sue Bird (T) | (V) | SEA | 34 | 33.0 | 14.7 | 2.9 | 4.9 | 1.4 | 0.2 | .449 | .428 | .875 | 5.3 | .227 |
| 2011 | Ruth Riley (T) | (V) | SAS | 34 | 19.0 | 5.6 | 3.8 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 0.9 | .485 | .571 | .769 | 1.8 | .137 |
| 2010 | Tamika Catchings | (V) | IND | 34 | 31.4 | 18.2 | 7.1 | 4.0 | 2.3 | 0.9 | .484 | .448 | .849 | 7.9 | .355 |
| 2009 | Kara Lawson | (V) | SAC | 25 | 24.2 | 8.8 | 2.1 | 2.5 | 0.6 | 0.0 | .380 | .336 | .939 | 1.3 | .104 |
| 2008 | Vickie Johnson | (V) | SAS | 32 | 27.9 | 6.7 | 5.3 | 3.6 | 0.8 | 0.2 | .439 | .282 | .778 | 2.8 | .150 |
| 2007 | Tully Bevilaqua | (V) | IND | 34 | 26.5 | 5.3 | 2.2 | 2.7 | 1.6 | 0.1 | .440 | .371 | .682 | 2.8 | .149 |
| 2006 | Dawn Staley | (V) | HOU | 34 | 30.1 | 7.4 | 2.2 | 3.9 | 1.0 | 0.1 | .420 | .427 | .806 | 2.6 | .122 |
| 2005 | Taj McWilliams-Franklin | CON | 34 | 31.9 | 13.9 | 7.3 | 1.9 | 1.1 | 0.7 | .495 | .222 | .787 | 6.3 | .278 | |
| 2004 | Teresa Edwards | (V) | MIN | 34 | 20.5 | 5.7 | 2.6 | 2.3 | 1.4 | 0.2 | .370 | .294 | .700 | 0.1 | .005 |
| 2003 | Edna Campbell | (V) | SAC | 34 | 21.3 | 7.9 | 2.1 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.1 | .402 | .414 | .758 | 1.9 | .127 |
| 2002 | Jennifer Gillom | (V) | PHO | 31 | 28.2 | 15.3 | 3.7 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.7 | .415 | .387 | .802 | 2.6 | .145 |
| 2001 | Sue Wicks | (V) | NYL | 30 | 20.1 | 5.2 | 4.6 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.0 | .469 | .000 | .673 | 2.0 | .159 |
| 2000 | Suzie McConnell Serio | (V) | CLE | 32 | 22.0 | 5.4 | 1.6 | 3.7 | 0.5 | 0.0 | .414 | .392 | .760 | 1.3 | .091 |
| 1999 | Dawn Staley | (V) | CHA | 32 | 33.3 | 11.5 | 2.3 | 5.5 | 1.2 | 0.1 | .415 | .317 | .934 | 3.0 | .134 |
| 1998 | Suzie McConnell Serio | (V) | CLE | 28 | 31.5 | 8.6 | 2.2 | 6.4 | 1.8 | 0.2 | .455 | .408 | .729 | 2.1 | .112 |
| 1997 | Haixia Zheng | LAS | 28 | 19.9 | 9.3 | 4.4 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.7 | .618 | .661 | 2.7 | .234 | ||
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