The Associated Press announced today that Las Vegas Aces veteran leaders A’ja Wilson and Jackie Young earned 2026 Associated Press WNBA honors. Wilson collected her third consecutive AP WNBA Player of the Year award after receiving 15 of the 17 first place votes and also listed on the AP All-WNBA first team, while Young was voted to the AP All-WNBA second team for the third time over the past four years.
Over the course of the season, Wilson and Young helped lead the Aces to a 31-13 record and the No. 3 seed heading into the playoffs, which tipoff today. The 2018 AP Rookie of the Year, Wilson has listed on the AP first or second team each year since 2020, when she earned her first AP WNBA Player of the Year award; Young, the 2022 AP Most Improved Player, previously listed on the AP All-WNBA second team in 2023 and 2025.
Wilson averaged 26.2 points per game to lead the league in scoring for the third straight year. She added 9.4 rebounds, a league-high 1.9 blocks, 3.2 assists and 1.4 steals, while connecting on 52.7% of her field goal attempts. Wilson recorded league-highs of 13 30-point games and 19 20-point double-doubles. Additionally, she ranked first for player efficiency rating (32.4), while listing second for offensive win shares (6.3) and fourth for defensive win shares (3.1)
Young, who averaged a career-high 18.9 points per game, ranked third among league leaders from the charity stripe (.928) and dished out a fourth-best 6.8 assists a game, both of which also list as career-highs. She produced seven double-doubles and one triple-double, scored in double figures all but six contests, including 23 games with at least 20 points and two with at least 30.
The Las Vegas Aces begin playoff action in Game 1 of the WNBA quarterfinals today at 1 p.m. at Michelob ULTRA Arena against the No. 6 Indiana Fever. The game will air on ABC. Tickets are on sale for today’s game, as well as Game 3 (if necessary) here. The full 2026 playoffs schedule can be found here.
Source: Las Vegas Aces PR
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