{"id":220720,"date":"2025-10-13T04:53:13","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T04:53:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/220720\/"},"modified":"2025-10-13T04:53:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T04:53:13","slug":"aja-wilson-paige-bueckers-napheesa-collier-headline-2025-all-wnba-teams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/220720\/","title":{"rendered":"A’ja Wilson, Paige Bueckers, Napheesa Collier Headline 2025 All-WNBA Teams"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fresh off winning a record-setting fourth MVP, Las Vegas Aces center A’ja Wilson earned the sixth All-WNBA nod of her career.<\/p>\n

The other MVP finalists rounded out the first team: Minnesota Lynx forward Napheesa Collier, Phoenix Mercury forward Alyssa Thomas, Indiana Fever guard Kelsey Mitchell and Atlanta Dream guard Allisha Gray.<\/p>\n

Dallas Wings guard and 2025 WNBA Rookie of the Year Paige Bueckers headlined the Second Team.<\/p>\n

2025 All-WNBA Second Team<\/p>\n

Wilson pulled off the MVP\/Defensive Player of the Year double for the second time as she shared the latter with Lynx forward Alanna Smith. She closed the regular season on a heater as she averaged 26.1 points, 12 rebounds and 2.3 blocks during a 16-game winning streak for the Aces.<\/p>\n

That incredible run vaulted Wilson to the top of the MVP ballot by what proved to be<\/a> a sizable margin.<\/p>\n

Collier had to settle for a second straight runner-up finish and her fourth All-WNBA nod.<\/p>\n

The 29-year-old was once again a two-way force, averaging 22.9 points, 7.3 rebounds, 1.6 steals and 1.5 blocks. She also shot 40.3 percent from beyond the arc on a career-high 124 attempts.<\/p>\n

Thomas likewise continued to be an elite playmaker and disruptor. Few players have been as consistent in recent years as thhe six-time All-Star, who has had five straight top-five finishes in the MVP balloting.<\/p>\n

In her first season with the Mercury, she averaged the second-most assists (9.2) in a season while scoring 15.4 points and grabbing 8.8 boards per game. More broadly, her arrival in Phoenix had the intended effect as the Mercury improved from 19-21 to 27-17.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fresh off winning a record-setting fourth MVP, Las Vegas Aces center A’ja Wilson earned the sixth All-WNBA nod…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":220721,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[99,434],"class_list":{"0":"post-220720","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wnba","8":"tag-sports","9":"tag-wnba"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220720","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=220720"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220720\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/220721"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=220720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=220720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=220720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}