WNBA 2024 awards tracker: MVP, Rookie of Year favorites, more - ESPN

The first week of July marks roughly the midpoint of the 40-game WNBA regular season. Plenty of basketball awaits, but there's enough data to debate which players are vying for the 2024 WNBA awards.

MVP looks like it's A'ja Wilson's to lose. The Minnesota Lynx's Cheryl Reeve might be a front-runner for WNBA Coach of the Year after catapulting a team most people weren't talking about in the offseason into a title contender and Commissioner's Cup champion. The Connecticut Sun's DiJonai Carrington has a strong case for Most Improved Player as a dynamic scoring guard and one of the league's best perimeter defenders.

Other awards might be more up for grabs. Defensive Player of the Year is always one of the toughest decisions for voters. The eligible candidates for Sixth Player of the Year will depend on how teams work out their starting lineups. Rookie of the Year seems to be a tight, two-player race between the Indiana Fever's Caitlin Clark and the Chicago Sky's Angel Reese. And the award will likely be influenced by whether they can lift their respective teams to postseason berths.

We will continue to update the WNBA awards tracker through the end of the season. This is how the races stand now.

Front-runner: A'ja Wilson, Las Vegas Aces

Wilson isn't just having an exceptional season. She's on track to produce one of the best seasons in WNBA history. The two-time MVP is on pace to become the second player to average more than 25 points per game in a season (Diana Taurasi averaged a league-record 25.3 in 2006; Wilson is averaging 27.0 in 2024 on 51.7% shooting), and is the third player to average 20-plus points and 10-plus rebounds. The analytics back up the raw numbers: ESPN's Win Probability Added says Wilson on average