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The Women's National Basketball Association Most Valuable Player (MVP) is an annual Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) award given since the league's inaugural season. MVP voting takes place immediately following the regular season. The award recipient is decided by a panel of sportswriters and broadcasters throughout the United States. Panel members were asked to select their top five choices for the award, with 10 points being awarded for a first place vote, seven for second, five for third, three for fourth and one for fifth.
In 2008, fans could also have a say in who won the award. Fans were able to vote online for their top five MVP picks. These selections accounted for 25% of the total vote, while the media panel's selections accounted for the other 75%.
Lisa Leslie and Sheryl Swoopes have won the award three times, while Cynthia Cooper and Lauren Jackson have each won twice.
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- Sheryl Swoopes won the award for a record third time in 2005 by the closest margin in league history. She had a total of 327 votes, while runner-up Lauren Jackson had 325 votes. She also became the second player in WNBA history to win both the All-Star Game MVP award and the regular season MVP award in the same season.
- Only once has a player from the Eastern Conference won the award, that being Cooper of the Houston Comets in 1997—the year before the Comets moved into the Western Conference.
- In 2008, Candace Parker became the first player in WNBA history to win the MVP award in her rookie season.
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