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List of WNBL awards

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The Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) presents 7 annual awards and honours to recognise its teams, players, and coaches for their accomplishments. In addition, the team award of the WNBL Championship is awarded to the winner of each season's Grand Final.

Team trophies

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Award Created Description Most recent winner Notes
WNBL Championship 1981 Awarded to the winner of the WNBL Finals Series.
most titles: Canberra Capitals (9)
Southside Flyers

Individual awards

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Award Created Description Most recent winner(s) Notes
Most Valuable Player
(Suzy Batkovic Medal)
1982 Awarded to the best performing player of the WNBL season. Australia Stephanie Talbot (2020) [1]
Grand Final Most Valuable Player
(Rachael Sporn Medal)
1985 Awarded to the best performing player of the WNBL Grand Final Australia Leilani Mitchell (2020) [2]
Defensive Player of the Year
(Robyn Maher Medal)
1990 Awarded to the best defensive player of the WNBL season. Australia Stephanie Talbot (2020) [3]
Youth Player of the Year
(Betty Watson Medal)
1988 Awarded to the best performing player 23 years of age or under at the completion of the season. Australia Shyla Heal (2020)
Sixth Woman of the Year 2020 Awarded to the most incredible talent coming off the bench. Australia Zitina Aokuso (2020) [4]
Coach of the Year
1987 Awarded to the best coach of the WNBL season. Australia Shannon Seebohm (2020)
Leading Scorer Award
1981 Awarded to the player with the highest average points per game throughout the regular season. Australia Liz Cambage (2020) [5]
Leading Rebounder Award
2020 Awarded to the player with the highest average rebounds per game throughout the regular season. Australia Anneli Maley (2020)
Golden Hands Award
2020 Awarded to the player with the highest Golden Hands Rating across the regular season. Australia Leilani Mitchell (2020)

Honours

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Honour Created Description Notes
All-WNBL Team 1988 Awarded to the best five players in the league following every WNBL season. The WNBL All Star Five award is determined by poll of the head coach, assistant coach and team captain of each WNBL team, voters are not permitted to vote for members of their own team.
most selections: Australia Rachael Sporn (8)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Women's National Basketball League. SUZY BATKOVIC MVP TO BE AWARDED FROM 2019/20 SEASON. Retrieved 2019-02-19.
  2. ^ Rachael Sporn Medal the new award for WNBL grand final Most Valuable Player.
  3. ^ Women's National Basketball League. Defensive Player of the Year Archived 2011-07-14 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2015-02-22.
  4. ^ Women's National Basketball League. WNBL NAMES END OF SEASON AWARDS AND WNBL ALL-STAR FIRST & SECOND TEAMS. Retrieved 2020-03-04.
  5. ^ Women's National Basketball League. 2020 MEDIA GUIDE.
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