WNBA Peak Performers
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The Women's National Basketball Association Peak Performer Awards are given each year to players who lead the WNBA in scoring, rebounding, and assists. The award has been given since the league's inaugural season, but the honor has varied since then.
Peak Performers
[edit]Year | Eastern Conference Shooting Champion |
Team | Western Conference Shooting Champion |
Team | Ref. |
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1997 | Andrea Congreaves | Charlotte Sting | Haixia Zheng | Los Angeles Sparks |
Year | Field goal percentage | Team | Free throw percentage | Team | Ref. |
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1998 | Isabelle Fijalkowski | Cleveland Rockers | Sandy Brondello | Detroit Shock | |
1999 | Murriel Page | Washington Mystics | Eva Nemcova | Cleveland Rockers | |
2000 | Murriel Page (2) | Washington Mystics | Jennifer Azzi | Utah Starzz | |
2001 | Latasha Byears | Los Angeles Sparks | Elena Baranova | Miami Sol | [1] |
- In 1997, the Peak Performers Awards went to the "shooting champions" from each conference.
- From 1998 until 2002, the Peak Performers Awards went to players who had the best field goal and free throw percentage.
- In 2007, since Lauren Jackson was the league leader in scoring and rebounds, the WNBA awarded Becky Hammon for leading the league in assists.
- In 2007, the WNBA added the league leader in assists per game to the Peak Performers award.
See also
[edit]External links
[edit]- "WNBA Peak Performers". (1997-2012)
References
[edit]- ^ "Baranova, Byears win shooting champion honors". USA Today. August 23, 2001. Retrieved September 15, 2015.
- ^ "Lauren Jackson, Becky Hammon Capture 2007 WNBA Peak Performer Honors". wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved July 14, 2022.
- ^ "Diana Taurasi, Candace Parker And Sue Bird Capture 2009 Peak Performer Honors". oursportscentral.com. Our Sports Central. Retrieved July 14, 2022.
- ^ "2010 WNBA Peak Performer Awards". hoopfeed.com. Hoopfeed. Retrieved July 14, 2022.
- ^ "Angel McCoughtry, Tina Charles and Lindsay Whalen Capture 2012 WNBA Peak Performer Honors". wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved July 14, 2022.
- ^ "Maya Moore Earns 2014 WNBA Peak Performer Honors". wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved July 14, 2022.
- ^ "Sky's Delle Donne And Vandersloot, Shock's Paris Earn 2015 WNBA Peak Performer Honors". wnba.com. July 14, 2022.
- ^ "Liberty's Charles, Seattle's Bird Earn 2016 WNBA Peak Performer Awards". wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved July 14, 2022.
- ^ "Phoenix's Griner, Connecticut's Jones And Chicago's Vandersloot Earn 2017 WNBA Peak Performer Awards". wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved July 14, 2022.
- ^ "Cambage, Fowles And Vandersloot Earn 2018 WNBA Peak Performer Awards". wnba.com. WNBA. August 20, 2018. Retrieved August 30, 2018.
- ^ "Phoenix's Griner, Connecticut's Jones and Chicago's Vandersloot Earn 2019 WNBA Peak Performer Awards". wnba.com. WNBA. September 9, 2019. Retrieved September 9, 2019.
- ^ "Dallas' Ogunbowale, Los Angeles' Parker And Chicago's Vandersloot Earn 2020 WNBA Peak Performer Awards". wnba.com. WNBA. September 14, 2020. Retrieved September 15, 2020.
- ^ "2021 WNBA Peak Performers: Tina Charles, Jonquel Jones, and Courtney Vandersloot". wnba.com. WNBA. September 20, 2021. Retrieved September 22, 2021.
- ^ @WNBA (August 15, 2022). "THE BEST OF THE BEST 👏 Congratulations to @breannastewart, @SylviaFowles, and @T_Cloud4 for being named the 2022 WNBA Peak Performers 🙌 #MoreThan" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ Sinatra, Alex (September 11, 2023). "WNBA scoring leader Jewell Loyd among 2023 Peak Performers". USA Today. Retrieved September 11, 2023.