Current WNBA Champion
Las Vegas Aces
2025 WNBA Champions
Las Vegas defeated the Phoenix Mercury 4-0 in the 2025 WNBA Finals.
WNBA Finals MVP: A'ja Wilson
The Las Vegas Aces captured their third championship in four seasons
in 2025, adding another title to victories in 2022 and 2023.
The Houston Comets won the first four championships in WNBA history,
capturing every league title from 1997 through 2000. Minnesota and
Seattle later matched Houston with four championships apiece.
All-Time WNBA Champions
| Year |
Champion |
Runner-Up |
Series |
WNBA Finals MVP |
| 2025 |
Las Vegas Aces |
Phoenix Mercury |
4-0 |
A'ja Wilson |
| 2024 |
New York Liberty |
Minnesota Lynx |
3-2 |
Jonquel Jones |
| 2023 |
Las Vegas Aces |
New York Liberty |
3-1 |
A'ja Wilson |
| 2022 |
Las Vegas Aces |
Connecticut Sun |
3-1 |
Chelsea Gray |
| 2021 |
Chicago Sky |
Phoenix Mercury |
3-1 |
Kahleah Copper |
| 2020 |
Seattle Storm |
Las Vegas Aces |
3-0 |
Breanna Stewart |
| 2019 |
Washington Mystics |
Connecticut Sun |
3-2 |
Emma Meesseman |
| 2018 |
Seattle Storm |
Washington Mystics |
3-0 |
Breanna Stewart |
| 2017 |
Minnesota Lynx |
Los Angeles Sparks |
3-2 |
Sylvia Fowles |
| 2016 |
Los Angeles Sparks |
Minnesota Lynx |
3-2 |
Candace Parker |
| 2015 |
Minnesota Lynx |
Indiana Fever |
3-2 |
Sylvia Fowles |
| 2014 |
Phoenix Mercury |
Chicago Sky |
3-0 |
Diana Taurasi |
| 2013 |
Minnesota Lynx |
Atlanta Dream |
3-0 |
Maya Moore |
| 2012 |
Indiana Fever |
Minnesota Lynx |
3-1 |
Tamika Catchings |
| 2011 |
Minnesota Lynx |
Atlanta Dream |
3-0 |
Seimone Augustus |
| 2010 |
Seattle Storm |
Atlanta Dream |
3-0 |
Lauren Jackson |
| 2009 |
Phoenix Mercury |
Indiana Fever |
3-2 |
Diana Taurasi |
| 2008 |
Detroit Shock |
San Antonio Silver Stars |
3-0 |
Katie Smith |
| 2007 |
Phoenix Mercury |
Detroit Shock |
3-2 |
Cappie Pondexter |
| 2006 |
Detroit Shock |
Sacramento Monarchs |
3-2 |
Deanna Nolan |
| 2005 |
Sacramento Monarchs |
Connecticut Sun |
3-1 |
Yolanda Griffith |
| 2004 |
Seattle Storm |
Connecticut Sun |
2-1 |
Betty Lennox |
| 2003 |
Detroit Shock |
Los Angeles Sparks |
2-1 |
Ruth Riley |
| 2002 |
Los Angeles Sparks |
New York Liberty |
2-0 |
Lisa Leslie |
| 2001 |
Los Angeles Sparks |
Charlotte Sting |
2-0 |
Lisa Leslie |
| 2000 |
Houston Comets |
New York Liberty |
2-0 |
Cynthia Cooper |
| 1999 |
Houston Comets |
New York Liberty |
2-1 |
Cynthia Cooper |
| 1998 |
Houston Comets |
Phoenix Mercury |
2-1 |
Cynthia Cooper |
| 1997 |
Houston Comets |
New York Liberty |
1-0 |
Cynthia Cooper |
WNBA Championships by Franchise
| Franchise |
Championships |
Championship Years |
| Houston Comets |
4 |
1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 |
| Minnesota Lynx |
4 |
2011, 2013, 2015, 2017 |
| Seattle Storm |
4 |
2004, 2010, 2018, 2020 |
| Detroit Shock |
3 |
2003, 2006, 2008 |
| Las Vegas Aces |
3 |
2022, 2023, 2025 |
| Los Angeles Sparks |
3 |
2001, 2002, 2016 |
| Phoenix Mercury |
3 |
2007, 2009, 2014 |
| Chicago Sky |
1 |
2021 |
| Indiana Fever |
1 |
2012 |
| New York Liberty |
1 |
2024 |
| Sacramento Monarchs |
1 |
2005 |
| Washington Mystics |
1 |
2019 |
WNBA Championship Notes
Houston Comets: Won the first four championships
in league history from 1997 through 2000. Cynthia Cooper was Finals
MVP in all four championship seasons.
Minnesota Lynx: Won four championships during a
seven-season span from 2011 through 2017.
Seattle Storm: Won championships in 2004, 2010,
2018 and 2020.
Las Vegas Aces: Won three championships in four
seasons, capturing the title in 2022, 2023 and 2025.
New York Liberty: Won the franchise's first WNBA
championship in 2024 after appearing in the Finals five previous
times.
The WNBA Finals format has changed several times. The inaugural
1997 championship was decided by one game. The Finals later became
best-of-three, then best-of-five beginning in 2005, and expanded to
best-of-seven in 2025.
