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{{Short description|Award in Basketball}}
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The '''Women's National Basketball Association's Sixth Player of the Year Award''' is an annual [[Women's National Basketball Association]] (WNBA) award given since the [[2007 WNBA season]] to the league's most valuable player for her team coming off the bench as a substitute—or [[sixth man|sixth woman]]. A panel of sportswriters and broadcasters throughout the United States votes on the recipient. Each panel member casts a vote for first, second and third place selections. Each first-place vote is worth five points; each second-place vote is worth three points; and each third-place vote is worth one point. The player with the highest point total, regardless of the number of first-place votes, wins the award. To be eligible for the award, a player must come off the bench in more games than she starts.

The award was titled "Sixth Woman of the Year" through the 2020 season,<ref name=2K20>{{cite press release|url=https://www.wnba.com/news/las-vegas-dearica-hamby-named-2020-wnba-sixth-woman-of-the-year/ |title=Las Vegas’ Dearica Hamby Named 2020 WNBA Sixth Woman of the Year |publisher=WNBA |date=September 20, 2020 |access-date=September 20, 2020}}</ref> with the word "Woman" replaced by "Player" in 2021.<ref name=2K21>{{cite press release|url=https://www.wnba.com/news/kelsey-plum-named-2021-kia-wnba-sixth-woman-of-the-year/ |title=Kelsey Plum Named 2021 Kia WNBA Sixth Player of the Year |publisher=WNBA |date=September 30, 2021 |access-date=September 30, 2021}}</ref>

[[DeWanna Bonner]] has won the award the most times, with 3 selections. 

==Winners==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
| style="background-color:#CFECEC; border:1px solid #aaaaaa; width:6em"| 
|Denotes player who is still active in the WNBA
|-
| style="background-color:#FFE6BD; border:1px solid #aaaaaa; width:6em"| 
|Inducted into the [[Women's Basketball Hall of Fame]]
|-
| style="background-color:#FFFF99; border:1px solid #aaaaaa; width:6em"| 
|Inducted into the [[Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame]]
|-
| style="background-color:#FFCC00; border:1px solid #aaaaaa; width:6em"| 
|Denotes player whose team won championship that year
|-
|Player (X)
|Denotes the number of times the player has won
|-
|Team (X)
|Denotes the number of times a player from this team has won
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!scope="col" width="10%" | Season
!scope="col"| Player
!scope="col" width="10%" | Position
!scope="col" width="15%" | Nationality
!scope="col"| Team
!scope="col" width="1%" class="unsortable" | Ref.
|-
| [[2007 WNBA season|2007]]
| [[Plenette Pierson]]
| [[Forward (basketball)|Forward]]
| rowspan=7| {{USA}}
| [[Detroit Shock]]
|
|-
| [[2008 WNBA season|2008]]
| [[Candice Wiggins]]
| [[Guard (basketball)|Guard]]
| [[Minnesota Lynx]]
|
|-
|style="background-color:#FFCC00;| [[2009 WNBA season|2009]]
!scope="row" style="background-color:#CFECEC"| [[DeWanna Bonner]]
| rowspan=3 |[[Forward (basketball)|Forward]]
| [[Phoenix Mercury]]
|
|-
| [[2010 WNBA season|2010]]
!scope="row" style="background-color:#CFECEC"| [[DeWanna Bonner]] <small>(2)</small>
| [[Phoenix Mercury]] <small>(2)</small>
|
|-
| [[2011 WNBA season|2011]]
!scope="row" style="background-color:#CFECEC"| [[DeWanna Bonner]] <small>(3)</small>
| [[Phoenix Mercury]] <small>(3)</small>
|
|-
| [[2012 WNBA season|2012]]
| [[Renee Montgomery]]
| rowspan=4 |[[Guard (basketball)|Guard]]
| [[Connecticut Sun]]
|
|-
| [[2013 WNBA season|2013]]
| [[Riquna Williams]]
| [[Tulsa Shock]] <small>(2)</small>
|
|-
| [[2014 WNBA season|2014]]
| [[Allie Quigley]]
| rowspan=2| {{HUN}}{{efn|name=NatNonUS|Denotes a player who is a United States citizen but is naturalized and represents a different country internationally.}}
| [[Chicago Sky]]
|
|-
| [[2015 WNBA season|2015]]
| [[Allie Quigley]] <small>(2)</small>
| [[Chicago Sky]] <small>(2)</small>
|
|-
| style="background-color:#FFCC00;| [[2016 WNBA season|2016]]
| [[Jantel Lavender]]
| [[Forward-center|Forward / Center]]
| rowspan=2| {{USA}} 
| [[Los Angeles Sparks]]
|
|-
| [[2017 WNBA season|2017]]
| [[Sugar Rodgers]]
| [[Guard (basketball)|Guard]]
| [[New York Liberty]]
|
|-
| [[2018 WNBA season|2018]]
!scope="row" style="background-color:#CFECEC"| [[Jonquel Jones]]
| rowspan=3| [[Forward (basketball)|Forward]]
| {{BAH}}{{efn|At the time, Jones had citizenship only in The Bahamas. In 2019, she acquired citizenship in [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]] and has since played for that country's national team.}}
| [[Connecticut Sun]] <small>(2)</small>
|
|-
| [[2019 WNBA season|2019]]
!scope="row" style="background-color:#CFECEC"| [[Dearica Hamby]]
| rowspan=4| {{USA}} 
| [[Las Vegas Aces]]
|
|-
| [[2020 WNBA season|2020]]
!scope="row" style="background-color:#CFECEC"| [[Dearica Hamby]] {{small|(2)}}
| [[Las Vegas Aces]] <small>(2)</small>
| <ref name=2K20/>
|-
| [[2021 WNBA season|2021]]
!scope="row" style="background-color:#CFECEC"| [[Kelsey Plum]]
| [[Guard (basketball)|Guard]]
| [[Las Vegas Aces]] <small>(3)</small>
| <ref name=2K21/>
|-
| [[2022 WNBA season|2022]]
!scope="row" style="background-color:#CFECEC"| [[Brionna Jones]]
| rowspan=2| [[Forward (basketball)|Forward]]
| [[Connecticut Sun]] <small>(3)</small>
|<ref>{{cite press release|url=https://www.wnba.com/news/connecticut-suns-brionna-jones-named-2022-kia-wnba-sixth-player-of-the-year/ |title=Connecticut's Brionna Jones Named 2022 Kia WNBA Sixth Player of the Year |publisher=WNBA |date=September 1, 2022 |access-date=September 1, 2022}}</ref>
|-
|style="background-color:#FFCC00;| [[2023 WNBA season|2023]]
!scope="row" style="background-color:#CFECEC"| [[Alysha Clark]]
| {{ISR}}{{efn|name=NatNonUS}}
| [[Las Vegas Aces]] <small>(4)</small>
|<ref>{{cite press release|url=https://www.wnba.com/news/2023-kia-wnba-sixth-poy |title=Las Vegas Aces’ Alysha Clark Named 2023 Kia WNBA Sixth Player of the Year |publisher=WNBA |date=September 18, 2023 |access-date=September 18, 2023}}</ref>
|-
| [[2024 WNBA season|2024]]
!scope="row" style="background-color:#CFECEC"| [[Tiffany Hayes]]
|[[Guard (basketball)|Guard]]
| {{AZE}}{{efn|name=NatNonUS}}
|[[2024 Las Vegas Aces season|Las Vegas Aces]] <small>(5)</small>
| <ref>{{cite news|title=Tiffany Hayes latest from Aces to win Sixth Person of the Year|url=https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/41608805/tiffany-hayes-latest-aces-win-sixth-person-year |work=[[ESPN]] |publisher=Associated Press |date=October 4, 2024 |access-date=October 4, 2024}}</ref>
|}

;Notes
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==See also==

* [[List of sports awards honoring women]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{cite web| title = WNBA Sixth Woman of the Year Award | url = http://www.wnba.com/history/sixth_woman.html | date = | accessdate = 2009-01-19 |publisher=WNBA|work=WNBA.com}}
* {{cite web|title=Tulsa Shock's Riquna Williams Named 2013 WNBA Sixth Woman of the Year|url=http://www.wnba.com/playoffs/2013/sixthwoman_riquna_williams_092413.html|work=WNBA.com|publisher=WNBA}}
* {{cite web|title=Sky's Allie Quigley Named 2015 WNBA Sixth Woman of the Year Presented By Samsung|url=http://www.WNBA.com/news/allie-quigley-chicago-sky-named-2015-wnba-sixth-woman-of-the-year/|accessdate=17 Sep 2015|work=wnba.com|publisher=WNBA}}

{{WNBA Sixth Player of the Year Award Winners}}
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[[Category:Awards established in 2007]]
[[Category:WNBA awards|Sixth]]