Paige bueckers Named 2025 WNBA Rookie of the Year
ARLINGTON, TX – Dallas Wings guard Paige bueckers has been named the 2025 WNBA Rookie of the Year, the league announced Monday. Bueckers becomes the second player in Wings franchise history to earn the honor, following Allisha Grey in 2017.
bueckers enjoyed a standout inaugural season, averaging 17.8 points,5.3 assists, and 4.1 rebounds per game. Her assist average ranks seventh all-time among WNBA rookies. despite a heartbreaking 81-80 loss on August 20 against the Los Angeles Sparks, Bueckers set a new rookie single-game scoring record with 44 points in that contest.
The award was presented to Bueckers as a surprise during an appearance on “The Jennifer Hudson Show.” She follows a recent lineage of impressive rookie of the Year recipients, including Caitlin clark (2024, Indiana Fever), Aliyah Boston (2023, Indiana Fever), and Rhyne Howard (2022, Atlanta Dream).
WNBA Rookie of the Year Recipients
* 2024: Caitlin Clark, Indiana Fever
* 2023: Aliyah Boston, Indiana Fever
* 2022: Rhyne Howard, Atlanta Dream
* 2021: Michaela Onyenwere, New York Liberty
* 2020: Crystal Dangerfield, Minnesota Lynx
* 2019: Napheesa Collier, Minnesota Lynx
* 2018: A’ja Wilson, Las Vegas Aces
* 2017: Allisha gray, Dallas Wings
* 2016: Breanna Stewart, Seattle Storm
* 2015: Jewell Loyd, Seattle Storm
* 2014: Chiney Ogwumike, Connecticut Sun
* 2013: Elena Delle Donne, Chicago sky
* 2012: Nneka Ogwumike, Los Angeles Sparks
* 2011: Maya Moore, Minnesota Lynx
* 2010: Tina Charles, Connecticut Sun
* 2009: Angel McCoughtry, Atlanta Dream
* 2008: Candace Parker, Los Angeles Sparks
* 2007: Armintie Price, Chicago Sky
* 2006: Seimone Augustus, Minnesota Lynx
* 2005: Temeka Johnson, Washington Mystics
* 2004: Diana Taurasi, Phoenix Mercury
* 2003: cheryl Floyd, Detroit Shock
* 2002: Tamika Catchings, Indiana Fever
* 2001: Jackie Stiles, portland Fire
* 2000: Betty Lennox, Minnesota Lynx
* 1999: Chamique Holdsclaw, Washington Mystics
* 1998: Tracy reid, Charlotte Sting