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WNBA Basketball Executive of the Year Award

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Curt Miller, shown here accepting the 2017 WNBA Coach of the Year Award, was also the league's first Executive of the Year, winning that award in the same season.

The WNBA Basketball Executive of the Year Award is an annual Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) award first presented after the league's 2017 regular season. The winner is selected at the end of the regular season by a panel consisting of one executive from each of the WNBA's 12 teams, each of whom casts a vote for first, second and third place. Panel members are not allowed to vote for themselves. Each first-place vote is worth five points; each second-place vote is worth three points; and each third-place vote is worth one point. The person with the highest point total, regardless of the number of first-place votes, wins the award.

Dan Padover has won the award the most times, with 2 selections.

Winners

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Year Executive Team
2017 Curt Miller[1] Connecticut Sun
2018 Chris Sienko[2] Atlanta Dream
2019 Cheryl Reeve[3] Minnesota Lynx
2020 Dan Padover[4] Las Vegas Aces
2021 Dan Padover (2)[5] Las Vegas Aces (2)
2022 James Wade[6] Chicago Sky
2023 Jonathan Kolb[7] New York Liberty

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Connecticut's Curt Miller Named Inaugural WNBA Basketball Executive Of The Year" (Press release). WNBA. September 10, 2017. Retrieved September 5, 2018.
  2. ^ "Atlanta's Chris Sienko Named 2018 WNBA Basketball Executive Of The Year" (Press release). WNBA. August 28, 2018. Retrieved September 5, 2018.
  3. ^ "Minnesota's Cheryl Reeve Named 2019 WNBA Basketball Executive of the Year". wnba.com. WNBA. September 18, 2019. Retrieved September 18, 2019.
  4. ^ "Las Vegas' Dan Padover Named 2020 WNBA Basketball Executive of the Year" (Press release). WNBA. September 20, 2020. Retrieved September 20, 2020.
  5. ^ "Las Vegas Aces General Manager of Basketball Operations Dan Padover Named the 2021 WNBA Basketball Executive of the Year" (Press release). WNBA. September 30, 2021. Retrieved October 3, 2021.
  6. ^ "Chicago Sky's James Wade Named 2022 WNBA Basketball Executive Of The Year" (Press release). WNBA. August 22, 2022. Retrieved August 23, 2022.
  7. ^ "New York Liberty's Jonathan Kolb Named 2023 WNBA Basketball Executive of the Year" (Press release). WNBA. September 14, 2023. Retrieved September 14, 2023.