Elena Delle Donne is the WNBA's most valuable player the league announced Wednesday.
The Chicago Sky star averaged 23.4 points per game to lead the league and help Chicago secure the second seed in the Eastern Conference. She also grabbed 8.4 rebounds — more than double her total from the previous year. The 2013 rookie of the year, who shot 95 percent from the free throw line, had a career-best 45 points earlier this season.
Maya Moore of the Lynx finished a distant second as Delle Donne received all but one of the 39 first-place votes.
Points Player Team First-Place Votes 385 Elena Delle Donne Chicago Sky 38 246 Maya Moore Minnesota Lynx 1 181 Tina Charles New York Liberty 70 Brittney Griner Phoenix Mercury 57 Candace Parker Los Angeles Sparks 29 DeWanna Bonner Phoenix Mercury 13 Epiphanny Prince New York Liberty 10 Angel McCoughtry Atlanta Dream 7 Courtney Vandersloot Chicago Sky 1 Nneka Ogwumike Los Angeles Sparks
