One day after Alana Smith was named the WNBA Co-Defensive Player of the Year, star forward Napheesa Collier has been named a finalist for the 2025 MVP award.

Collier is a finalist along with A'Ja Wilson (Las Vegas Aces), Alyssa Thomas (Phoenix Mercury), Kelsey Mitchell (Indiana Fever) and Allisha Gray (Atlanta Dream).

Wilson and Collier are the frontrunners, with Wilson seemingly favored to win the award for the fourth time in her career. Wilson could become the first four-time MVP in league history, having been named MVP in 2024, 2022 and 2020.

Wilson is currently one of four players in league history with three MVPs, joining Lisa Leslie, Lauren Jackson and Sheryl Swoopes.

The only players in Lynx history to win MVP are Maya Moore (2014) and Sylvia Fowles (2017).

Collier was the fron

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