The accolades keep coming for A’ja Wilson.

The Aces center capped off a historic 2025 by being named Time magazine’s athlete of the year, the publication announced Tuesday.

Wilson was unavailable for comment.

Wilson won her fourth league MVP this season, and second consecutive, by averaging a league-high 23.4 points and grabbing 10.2 rebounds.

Named the WNBA Defensive Player of the Year for a third time this year, Wilson led the league in blocks for the fourth consecutive season.

The 29-year-old anchored the Aces to a franchise-record 16-game winning streak to close the regular season and pushed them to the No. 2 seed in the playoffs.

After playing winner-take-all series’ in the first round against Seattle and semifinals against Indiana, Wilson and the Aces swept the Phoenix Mercury

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