​South Carolina women’s basketball great A’ja Wilson has won the WNBA MVP for a third straight season, making her the first in league history to do so.The 6-foot-4 center led the WNBA in scoring at 26.2 points per game this season, shooting 52.7% from the floor with 9.4 rebounds, 3.2 assists (career-best) and 1.9 blocks. Wilson also shot 40.4% from the 3-point line.Wilson already made history last season by becoming the first WNBA player to win MVP four times and now has added a fifth. In the NBA, only Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Michael Jordan, and Bill Russell have five or more MVP titles.Wilson is the most decorated and best player to play for coach Dawn Staley. She was at South Carolina from 2014-18, winning a national championship in 2017 which was the first of now three for Staley. She then became the program’s first No. 1 overall draft pick and has played for the Las Vegas Aces all nine years of her professional career.”And another one! ‘Got their A’jas again A!!’ 1 2 3 4 5…..HANDFUL!!” Staley wrote on X. She narrated a video for the MVP announcement, posted on social media by the Aces. And another one! “Got their A’jas again A!!” 1 2 3 4 5…..HANDFUL!! https://t.co/YoQVjuLtrj— dawnstaley (@dawnstaley) October 8, 2026The Aces are currently in a second round playoff series against the Golden State Valkyries, and trail 2-0 in a best-of-five series.In Game 1 of the first round against the Indiana Fever on Sept. 27, Wilson became the first player with 35 points, 15 rebounds while shooting 75% from the floor in any game in WNBA history, regular season or playoffs.Wilson is the only player in WNBA history to average 25-plus points per game and shoot 50% from the field and 40% from 3-point in a single season.South Carolina’s A’ja Wilson wins fifth WNBA MVP Award Wilson has now won MVP in 62.5% of her WNBA seasons, only missing the award four different times since 2018. The Aces are hunting for their second consecutive WNBA title which would also mark their fourth in five years, beginning in 2022. Wilson has been a All-Star every season she’s been in the WNBA and is a three time WNBA Defensive Player of the Year. Last year she became the first in league history to win a championship, MVP, Finals MVP and DPOY in the same season and she was the only player with 300 points scored in a single WNBA postseason.For the Gamecocks, she won SEC Player of the Year in three of her four college seasons and is still first in points (2,389) and blocks (363) in program history. She is the only player in league history to go undefeated in the SEC Tournament, winning four straight in addition to her three SEC regular-season championships. South Carolina retired her jersey in February 2025 and inducted her into the University of South Carolina Association of Lettermen’s Athletics Hall of Fame in October 2025. In May 2025, she launched her signature Nike clothing and shoe line. The most recent edition were the A’Two “Ride at DA’wn” which were a nod to Staley’