Someday, we will look back on the 2025 WNBA season as the year when A’ja Wilson changed the terms of the GOAT debate, and someday should start immediately. Wilson is the best player ever to play women’s basketball. If you want to make the case for somebody else, go ahead. But the burden of proof is yours.
Wilson is 29. She has won three WNBA titles and two Finals MVPs. She also has won four WNBA MVPs, more than anybody else, and she should probably have at least five. Five players have won the MVP award and the Defensive Player of the Year award in the same season. Wilson is the only one to do it twice, and the only one to do it in the last 18 years.
