List of WNBA champions

Year	Winner	Result	Runner-up	Finals MVP
1997	Houston Comets	1–0	New York Liberty	Cynthia Cooper
1998	Houston Comets	2–1	Phoenix Mercury	Cynthia Cooper
1999	Houston Comets	2–1	New York Liberty	Cynthia Cooper
2000	Houston Comets	2–0	New York Liberty	Cynthia Cooper
2001	Los Angeles Sparks	2–0	Charlotte Sting	Lisa Leslie
2002	Los Angeles Sparks	2–0	New York Liberty	Lisa Leslie
2003	Detroit Shock	2–1	Los Angeles Sparks	Ruth Riley
2004	Seattle Storm	2–1	Connecticut Sun	Betty Lennox
2005	Sacramento Monarchs	3–1	Connecticut Sun	Yolanda Griffith
2006	Detroit Shock	3–2	Sacramento Monarchs	Deanna Nolan
2007	Phoenix Mercury	3–2	Detroit Shock	Cappie Pondexter
2008	Detroit Shock	3–0	San Antonio Silver Stars	Katie Smith
2009	Phoenix Mercury	3–2	Indiana Fever	Diana Taurasi
2010	Seattle Storm	3–0	Atlanta Dream	Lauren Jackson
2011	Minnesota Lynx	3–0	Atlanta Dream	Seimone Augustus
2012	Indiana Fever	3–1	Minnesota Lynx	Tamika Catchings
2013	Minnesota Lynx	3–0	Atlanta Dream	Maya Moore
2014	Phoenix Mercury	3–0	Chicago Sky	Diana Taurasi
2015	Minnesota Lynx	3–2	Indiana Fever	Sylvia Fowles
2016	Los Angeles Sparks	3–2	Minnesota Lynx	Candace Parker
2017	Minnesota Lynx	3–2	Los Angeles Sparks	Sylvia Fowles
2018	Seattle Storm	3–0	Washington Mystics	Breanna Stewart
2019	Washington Mystics	3–2	Connecticut Sun	Emma Meesseman
2020	Seattle Storm	3–0	Las Vegas Aces	Breanna Stewart
2021	Chicago Sky	3–1	Phoenix Mercury	Kahleah Copper
2022	Las Vegas Aces	3–1	Connecticut Sun	Chelsea Gray
2023	Las Vegas Aces	3–1	New York Liberty	A'ja Wilson
2024	New York Liberty	3–2	Minnesota Lynx	Jonquel Jones
2025	Las Vegas Aces	4–0	Phoenix Mercury	A'ja Wilson