The Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award is an annual Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) award given since the league's inaugural season, to the player who most "exemplifies the ideals of sportsmanship on the court—ethical behavior, fair play and integrity." This is the same criterion used by the analogous NBA Sportsmanship Award, given by the NBA since its 1995–96 season.
Every year, each of the WNBA teams nominates one of its players to compete for this award. From these nominees, a panel of sportswriters and broadcasters vote for first and second place winners of this award. First place selections receive two votes, while second place selections receive one. The player with the highest point total, regardless of the number of first-place votes, wins the award.
Since the 2000 WNBA season, the award is named for the late Kim Perrot, who helped guide the Houston Comets to their first two WNBA championships before she died in August, 1999, after suffering from cancer for seven months.
Nneka Ogwumike, Sue Bird and Tamika Catchings have won the award the most times, with 3 selections.
Winners
edit| Denotes player who is still active in the WNBA | |
| Inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame | |
| Inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame | |
| Player (X) | Denotes the number of times the player has won |
| Team (X) | Denotes the number of times a player from this team has won |
See also
editReferences
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- ^ "Dream's Delisha Milton-Jones Wins 2015 Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award". wnba.com/. October 1, 2015. Retrieved 1 Oct 2015.
- ^ "Los Angeles' Nneka Ogwumike Wins 2019 Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award" (Press release). NBA Media Ventures. September 15, 2019. Retrieved September 15, 2019.
- ^ "Los Angeles' Nneka Ogwumike Wins 2020 Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award". wnba.com. WNBA. September 29, 2020. Retrieved September 29, 2020.
- ^ "Los Angeles Sparks' Nneka Ogwumike 2021 Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award". wnba.com. WNBA. October 3, 2021. Retrieved October 4, 2021.
- ^ "Minnesota Lynx' Sylvia Fowles Wins 2022 Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award". wnba.com. WNBA. August 19, 2022. Retrieved August 19, 2022.
- ^ "Elizabeth Williams Receives 2023 Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award" (Press release). WNBA. October 24, 2023. Retrieved October 24, 2023.
- "Swin Cash: Kim Perrot Award Presentation". WNBA.com. Sep 20, 2013. Archived from the original on 2013-09-21. Retrieved 20 Sep 2013.
- "Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award". Retrieved January 19, 2009.