Which teams have won WNBA Championship over the years? Complete list of winners.
A’ja Wilson led Las Vegas Aces have finished the 2025 WNBA season on a high with a dominant 4-0 win over Phoenix Mercury in the 2025 WNBA Finals. This is the third time in 4 years that the Aces have won the WNBA Championship, a feat that ties them with the Los Angeles Sparks for 2nd most WNBA championships (3).
Ever since its inauguration in 1997, the WNBA has crowned 29 champions through the 2025 season. In the early seasons of the league, Houston Comets dominated by winning four straight seasons from 1997 to 2000. Later, the Los Angeles Sparks took over and won two back-to-back titles. Over the years, the championship format evolved from one single game matchup to the newly adopted best-of-seven series.
In the inaugural season, a single championship game decided the champion, while the number went up to three in 1998 when two teams were added. The league adopted the best-of-five format in 2005, and it was in 2025 when the league went for a best-of-seven series in the finals. Apart from it, a homecourt system of 2-2-1-1-1, similar to the NBA Finals was also adopted in the 2025 season. In addition to it, the WNBA Finals weren’t always known with this name. Earlier, from 1997 to 2001, the finale series went by the name, WNBA Championship.
However, later it was changed to WNBA Finals, as similar to its NBA counterpart. Talking about the champions, so far, the Houston Comets, the Minnesota Lynx, and the Seattle Storm hold the distinction for the most WNBA championships with four titles each. On the other hand, the New York Liberty hold the record for losing the most championships with five. Minnesota Lynx have the most appearances in the championships with seven (including 2024).
But, which teams have won the WNBA Finals so far. Here, let’s get into the complete list of WNBA winners over the years.
| YEAR | WINNER | RUNNER-UP | RESULTS |
| 1997 | Houston Comets | New York Liberty | 1–0 |
| 1998 | Houston Comets | Phoenix Mercury | 2–1 |
| 1999 | Houston Comets | New York Liberty | 2–1 |
| 2000 | Houston Comets | New York Liberty | 2–0 |
| 2001 | Los Angeles Sparks | Charlotte Sting | 2–0 |
| 2002 | Los Angeles Sparks | New York Liberty | 2–0 |
| 2003 | Detroit Shock | Los Angeles Sparks | 2–1 |
| 2004 | Seattle Storm | Connecticut Sun | 2–1 |
| 2005 | Sacramento Monarchs | Connecticut Sun | 3–1 |
| 2006 | Detroit Shock | Sacramento Monarchs | 3–2 |
| 2007 | Phoenix Mercury | Detroit Shock | 3–2 |
| 2008 | Detroit Shock | San Antonio Silver Stars | 3–0 |
| 2009 | Phoenix Mercury | Indiana Fever | 3–2 |
| 2010 | Seattle Storm | Atlanta Dream | 3–0 |
| 2011 | Minnesota Lynx | Atlanta Dream | 3–0 |
| 2012 | Indiana Fever | Minnesota Lynx | 3–1 |
| 2013 | Minnesota Lynx | Atlanta Dream | 3–0 |
| 2014 | Phoenix Mercury | Chicago Sky | 3–0 |
| 2015 | Minnesota Lynx | Indiana Fever | 3–2 |
| 2016 | Los Angeles Sparks | Minnesota Lynx | 3–2 |
| 2017 | Minnesota Lynx | Los Angeles Sparks | 3–2 |
| 2018 | Seattle Storm | Washington Mystics | 3–0 |
| 2019 | Washington Mystics | Connecticut Sun | 3–2 |
| 2020 | Seattle Storm | Las Vegas Aces | 3–0 |
| 2021 | Chicago Sky | Phoenix Mercury | 3–1 |
| 2022 | Las Vegas Aces | Connecticut Sun | 3–1 |
| 2023 | Las Vegas Aces | New York Liberty | 3–1 |
| 2024 | New York Liberty | Minnesota Lynx | 3–2 |
| 2025 | Las Vegas Aces | Phoenix Mercury | 4-0 |
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