WNBA Finals 2025: Ranking the top 15 players - ESPN

The list is a little shorter. The stakes are a lot higher.

ESPN has ranked the top 25 players in the WNBA throughout this season. Now that we've reached the WNBA Finals, the list shrinks to the best 15 players on the court as the Las Vegas Aces and Phoenix Mercury meet in the league's first seven-game championship series to determine the 2025 champion. Game 1 is Friday (8:30 p.m. ET, ESPN) in Las Vegas.

Aces center A'ja Wilson, who won her record fourth regular-season MVP award last month, remains at the top, just as she was in our rankings heading into the playoffs. Wilson is going for her third league championship and second WNBA Finals MVP award.

Phoenix forward Alyssa Thomas, who also was an MVP candidate this season, is No. 2 on our list. She hopes to lead the Mercury to the franchise's fourth title, which would be her first.

Here are our top 15 players, WNBA Finals edition.

Center | 6-foot-4
Playoff stats: 26.0 PPG, 9.1 RPG, 2.8 BPG

Wilson has been on an amazing run since the Aces turned their season around, starting Aug. 3. As good as she was in the later part of the regular season, she has been just as sharp — or better — in the playoffs. Wilson has scored 25 or more points in five of the Aces' eight playoff games and has been a pillar on defense. She averaged 1.6 steals during the regular season, but that's up to 2.6 in the postseason. — Voepel

Forward | 6-foot-2
Playoff stats: 18.6 PPG, 8.4 RPG, 9.1 APG

The always aggressive Thomas has looked to attack the basket even more during the Mercury's postseason run and her scoring has increased by 3.2 PPG in the playoffs, all while her league-leading assists numbers have stayed the same. Nearly everything Phoenix does on offense runs through Thomas, a point guard and