Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) champions, winners of the annual playoff basketball tournament that is held after every Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) season. Each WNBA playoff field consists of the 8 teams in the 12-team league with the best regular-season records, regardless of conference affiliation. Those teams are seeded one through eight and are matched up in best-of-three first-round series. Each of the two subsequent playoff rounds is best-of-five, and the winner of the WNBA finals captures that season’s championship. Below is a list of WNBA finals results.
| year | winner | runner-up | results |
|---|---|---|---|
| *Best-of-three final series until 2005; thereafter best-of-five series. | |||
| 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 |