{"id":213370,"date":"2025-10-14T22:36:18","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T22:36:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/213370\/"},"modified":"2025-10-14T22:36:18","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T22:36:18","slug":"the-las-vegas-aces-2025-finals-accolades","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/213370\/","title":{"rendered":"The Las Vegas Aces’ 2025 Finals Accolades"},"content":{"rendered":"

Led by a record-shattering performance from 2025 WNBA League and Finals MVP A\u2019ja Wilson, the Las Vegas Aces swept the Phoenix Mercury (4-0) in the inaugural best-of-seven Finals series in the 2025 WNBA Finals Presented by YouTube TV. The Aces concluded an unprecedented season with a historic Finals run, capturing their third WNBA championship in four years\u00a0<\/p>\n

Check out some of the records and accolades the Aces collected through their 2025 Finals campaign.<\/p>\n

Game 2<\/p>\n

Jackie Young tallied the most-ever points in an individual quarter of a WNBA Finals game (21 PTS in Q3)<\/p>\n

Previously: Angel McCoughtry \u2013 19 PTS in 3Q of 2011 Finals Game 1<\/p>\n

A\u2019ja Wilson & Jackie Young (60) combined for the second-most points by duo in Finals history<\/p>\n

1. Jewell Loyd (28) & Breanna Stewart (37) Game 1 of 2020 Finals (65 combined)
\n2. A\u2019ja Wilson (28) & Jackie Young (32)<\/p>\n

\"A'ja<\/p>\n

Game 3<\/p>\n

A\u2019ja Wilson (50) passed Napheesa Collier (48) for the most combined steals and blocks in a single playoff run<\/p>\n

1. A\u2019ja Wilson \u2013 55 BLK & STL (12 games in 2025)
\n2. Napheesa Collier \u2013 48 BLK & STL (12 games in 2024)
\n3. Tamika Catchings \u2013 47 BLK & STL (10 games in 2009)<\/p>\n

A\u2019ja Wilson set the WNBA record for most total points in a single playoff run<\/p>\n

Top 5 all-time playoff scoring totals:<\/p>\n

A\u2019ja Wilson: 287 PTS (11 games, 2025)
\nNapheesa Collier: 285 PTS (12 games, 2024)
\nDiana Taurasi: 245 PTS (11 games, 2009)
\nBrittney Griner: 240 PTS (11 games, 2021)
\nMaya Moore: 234 PTS (10 games, 2015)<\/p>\n

A\u2019ja Wilson\u2019s game-winning shot was just the fourth game-winning basket in the final second of the 4th quarter (since 2006) or second half (before 2006) of a Finals game, joining:<\/p>\n

Alana Beard: Game 1 of 2016 WNBA Finals (0:00 4Q, LAS 78 MIN 76)
\nMaya Moore: Game 3 of 2015 WNBA Finals (0:00 4Q, MIN 80 IND 77)
\nSabrina Ionescu: Game 3 of 2024 WNBA Finals (0:01 4Q, NYL 80 MIN 77)<\/p>\n

\"A'ja<\/p>\n

Game 4<\/p>\n

The Las Vegas Aces finished 145-52 across regular season and playoffs dating back to the beginning of the 2022 season, the best in the league over that span:<\/p>\n

Las Vegas Aces: 145-52 (.736)
\nNew York Liberty: 123-64 (.658)
\nMinnesota Lynx: 108-73 (.597)<\/p>\n

The Las Vegas Aces (2022, 2023, 2025) are the second franchise to win three championships in a 4-season span, joining the Houston Comets (1997-2000).<\/p>\n

They are the 7th WNBA team to have at least 3 WNBA Finals Championships to their name, joining:<\/p>\n

Minnesota Lynx (4)
\nHouston Comets (4)
\nSeattle Storm (4)
\nLos Angeles Sparks (3)
\nPhoenix Mercury (3)
\nDetroit Shock (3)<\/p>\n

The Las Vegas Aces finished the season 25-3 over their last 28 games, becoming just the 4th WNBA champion to do so and the first since 2014, joining some of the greatest teams in league history:<\/p>\n

1998 Houston Comets
\n2001 Los Angeles Sparks
\n2014 Phoenix Mercury
\n2025 Las Vegas Aces<\/p>\n

Becky Hammon (2022, 2023, 2025) becomes the fourth coach in league history to have three or more WNBA Championships, joining:<\/p>\n

Van Chancellor: 4x (1997-2000)
\nCheryl Reeve: 4x (2011, 2013, 2015, 2017)
\nBill Laimbeer: 3x (2003, 2006, 2008)
\nAmong the six coaches with at least 10 Finals games coached, Becky Hammon has the highest win %:<\/p>\n

Becky Hammon: 10-2 (.833)
\nBrian Agler: 8-5 (.615)
\nCheryl Reeve: 17-13 (.567)
\nBill Laimbeer: 10-9 (.526)
\nSandy Brondello: 8-8 (.500)
\nMike Thibault: 5-10 (.333)<\/p>\n

Jewell Loyd becomes a champion for the third time (2018, 2020, 2025) and is the only player in WNBA history to record a 10-0 record in Finals games.<\/p>\n

Top 5 by winning % (min. 10 GP):<\/p>\n

Jewell Loyd: 10-0 (1.000)
\nSue Bird: 11-1 (.917)
\nAlysha Clark: 9-1 (.900)
\nMonica Wright: 7-3 (.700)
\nPenny Taylor: 9-4 (.682)<\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

A\u2019ja Wilson (114 PTS) tallied the most points in a single Finals series across WNBA history, passing Cappie Pondexter\u2019s record set in 2007.<\/p>\n

A\u2019ja Wilson \u2013 114 across four games in 2025
\nCappie Pondexter \u2013 110 PTS across five games in 2007 w\/ PHX<\/p>\n

A\u2019ja Wilson (120) recorded the most rebounds in a single postseason across WNBA history, passing Jonquel Jones:<\/p>\n

A\u2019ja Wilson: 120 in 2025
\nJonquel Jones: 116 in 2023
\nAlyssa Thomas: 114 in 2022<\/p>\n

A\u2019ja Wilson (28.5 PPG, 11.8 RPG, 4.0 APG, 2.0 BPG, 1 SPG) becomes the only player in WNBA Finals history to average 25+ points and 10+ rebounds across a WNBA Finals series.
\nA\u2019ja Wilson becomes the sixth player to win multiple WNBA Finals MVPs, joining:<\/p>\n

Cynthia Cooper \u2013 4x (1997, 1998, 1999, 2000)
\nLisa Leslie \u2013 2x (2001, 2002)
\nDiana Taurasi \u2013 2x (2009, 2014)
\nSylvia Fowles \u2013 2x (2015, 2017)
\nBreanna Stewart \u2013 2x (2018, 2020)
\n\u00a0She joins Stewart as the only player to do so before turning 30.<\/p>\n

A\u2019ja Wilson is the first player in WNBA history to win Defensive Player of the Year, MVP, and Finals MVP in the same season
\nA\u2019ja Wilson tallied her third MVP and third WNBA Championship since 2022, joining Bill Russell as the only players across NBA \/ WNBA history to total 3 of each across a 4-season span. Russell did this 3x in his career:<\/p>\n

1959-60\u20131962-63
\n1960-61\u20131963-64
\n1961-62\u20131964-65<\/p>\n

\"A'ja<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Led by a record-shattering performance from 2025 WNBA League and Finals MVP A\u2019ja Wilson, the Las Vegas Aces…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":213371,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[629],"tags":[49,48,82,630],"class_list":{"0":"post-213370","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wnba","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-wnba"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213370","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=213370"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213370\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/213371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=213370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=213370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=213370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}