Congratulations are in order for Connecticut Sun’s, Brionna Jones, as she takes home this year’s Kia WNBA Sixth Player of the Year award! She has earned the honor as the league’s top reserve for the first time after receiving 53 of 56 votes – from a national panel of sportswriters and broadcasters. The remaining three votes went to Chicago Sky’s Azurá Stevens and Washington Mystics’ Myisha Hines-Allen.
In her sixth year, Jones has played all 36 of Connecticut’s regular-season games, coming off the bench in 20 games and starting the remaining seven. Overall, she averaged 13.8 points, 5.1 rebounds, and 1.22 steals in 25.1 minutes per game. Jones also ranked 20th in the WNBA for scoring, fourth in field goal percentage (56.9%), and second in offensive rebounds (2.6 per game).
Jones recorded season highs of 21 points twice, nine rebounds three times, four assists twice and four steals once. On June 5, she finished with 21 points, eight rebounds, three assists, and two steals as a reserve in a 93-86 win over the Seattle Storm.
Jones was named a WNBA All-Star for the second consecutive season. She helped Connecticut post a 25-11 record and earn the No. 3 seed in the 2022 WNBA Playoffs presented by Google.
This is the second year in a row that Jones has won an annual performance award. Last season, she was selected as the 2021 Kia WNBA Most Improved Player.
Below are the voting results for the 2022 Kia WNBA Sixth Player of the Year Award and the list of recipients since the award’s inception in 2007.
