WNBA
2009 Season
Champions: Phoenix Mercury (3-2)
The 2009 WNBA season featured 13 teams across 242 recorded games. Phoenix Mercury posted the league's best record at 23-11. Phoenix Mercury won the championship, defeating Indiana Fever 3-2 in the Finals. Diana Taurasi was named Finals MVP; Diana Taurasi took the regular-season MVP award.
Final Standings
WNBA
- Phoenix Mercury 🏆 23-11 0.676
- Los Angeles Sparks 18-16 0.529
- Detroit Shock 18-16 0.529
- Washington Mystics 16-18 0.471
- San Antonio Silver Stars 15-19 0.441
- New York Liberty 13-21 0.382
- Sacramento Monarchs 12-22 0.353
Eastern Conference
- Indiana Fever 22-12 0.647
- Atlanta Dream 18-16 0.529
- Connecticut Sun 16-18 0.471
- Chicago Sky 16-18 0.471
Western Conference
- Seattle Storm 20-14 0.588
- Minnesota Lynx 14-20 0.412
Season Leaders
Scoring
- 1 Diana Taurasi PHO 20.4 PPG
- 2 Becky Hammon SAS 19.5 PPG
- 3 Lauren Jackson SEA 19.2 PPG
- 4 Cappie Pondexter PHO 19.1 PPG
- 5 Sophia Young-Malcolm SAS 18.2 PPG
Rebounding
- 1 Candace Parker LOS 9.8 RPG
- 2 Erika de Souza ATL 9.1 RPG
- 3 Crystal Langhorne WAS 7.9 RPG
- 4 Candice Dupree CHI 7.9 RPG
- 5 Sancho Lyttle ATL 7.5 RPG
Assists
- 1 Sue Bird SEA 5.8 APG
- 2 Ticha Penicheiro SAC 5.2 APG
- 3 Becky Hammon SAS 5.0 APG
- 4 Cappie Pondexter PHO 5.0 APG
- 5 Temeka Johnson PHO 4.6 APG
Steals
- 1 Tamika Catchings IND 2.9 SPG
- 2 Nicky Anosike MIN 2.7 SPG
- 3 Alana Beard WAS 2.3 SPG
- 4 Angel McCoughtry ATL 2.2 SPG
- 5 Jia Perkins CHI 2.1 SPG
Blocks
- 1 Candace Parker LOS 2.1 BPG
- 2 Lauren Jackson SEA 1.7 BPG
- 3 Tangela Smith PHO 1.7 BPG
- 4 Sandrine Gruda CON 1.6 BPG
- 5 Tammy Sutton-Brown IND 1.5 BPG
Awards
- Finals MVP Diana Taurasi
- MVP Diana Taurasi
- Defensive Player of the Year Tamika Catchings