A'ja Wilson, Napheesa Collier, Alyssa Thomas Headline 2025 AP All-WNBA 1st-Team

A'ja Wilson, Napheesa Collier and Alyssa Thomas, the presumptive top three candidates for the MVP award, headline the Associated Press 2025 All-WNBA first team.

The AP announced its All-WNBA team on Friday, with Wilson, Collier and Thomas all being unanimous first-team selections.

2025 Associated Press All-WNBA First Team

• Center: A'ja Wilson, Las Vegas Aces
• Forward: Napheesa Collier, Minnesota Lynx
• Forward: Alyssa Thomas, Phoenix Mercury
• Guard: Allisha Gray, Atlanta Dream
• Guard: Kelsey Mitchell, Indiana Fever

This marks the second consecutive year that each of Wilson, Collier and Thomas has made the first team. Wilson has been a first-team selection by the AP in each of the past four seasons and five times in the previous six seasons.

The MVP race has shifted dramatically since the All-Star break. Collier seemed like a lock to win the award in the first half of the season. She averaged 23.2 points and 7.6 rebounds in her first 21 games and the Minnesota Lynx were 21-4 going into the break.

A sprained ankle kept Collier out of action for three weeks in August. Ironically, she was injured in the game when the Lynx handed Wilson and Aces a 111-58 loss. That 53-point defeat marks the most recent defeat for Las Vegas.

The Aces closed the regular season on a 16-game winning streak. Wilson scored 26.1 points, 12.0 rebounds and 2.3 blocks per game during that stretch. She averaged a double-double for the entire season for the second straight year.

Minnesota still earned the No. 1 seed entering the postseason with a 34-10 record, but Vegas' incredible closing stretch has it eyeing its third title in the past four seasons.

In her first season with the Phoenix Mercury after getting traded by the Connecticut Sun in February, Thomas led the league and set a career-high with 9.2 assists per game. No other player averaged more than 6.2 assists.

Thomas set a WNBA single-season record with eight triple-doubles. Her final one was also the fastest recorded in league history, needing just 21:52 of game time to do it.

Phoenix went from winning 19 games in 2024 to 27 in 2025. Its the highest single-season win total for the franchise since 2014 when the Mercury defeated the Chicago Sky in the WNBA Finals.

Allisha Gray led the Atlanta Dream to a franchise-record 30 wins. She also set career-highs in scoring average (18.4 points per game), assists (3.5) and rebounds (5.3).

Playing without Caitlin Clark for 31 games, including each of the last 22, the Indiana Fever still finished as the No. 6 seed thanks in large part to Kelsey Mitchell having the best season of her career.

Mitchell led the Fever with a franchise-record 20.2 points per game on 39.4 percent three-point shooting.