A’ja Wilson, the WNBA’s first four-time MVP, has signed a three-year, $5 million supermax contract to stay with the Las Vegas Aces, sources advised ESPN.
The deal, which is the biggest in WNBA historical past thus far and totally assured for Wilson, was negotiated by agent Jade-Li English of Klutch Sports Group.
The Aces introduced the transfer however didn’t disclose phrases of the deal.
Wilson will earn $1.4 million for the upcoming season underneath the following WNBA collective bargaining settlement, and the wage will improve over the following two years based mostly on her receiving 20% of the workforce’s wage cap, which shall be aided by the league’s new income share mannequin.
“A’ja is truly one of one, who has led this franchise to where it is today,” Aces president and GM Nikki Fargas mentioned in a press release. “Not only has she catapulted into the history books and surpassed almost every record in existence, but she does so with the utmost confidence, authenticity and grace. We look forward to continuing to see her thrive in an Aces uniform.”
Indiana Fever guard Kelsey Mitchell is at the moment the one different participant on a brilliant max contract, although Mitchell’s deal is for one season.
The three-time WNBA champion advised media attending final week’s USA Basketball nationwide workforce coaching camp that she was “not looking” to go away the one workforce she’s performed for over the course of her eight-year WNBA profession.
“I love Vegas. I’m not leaving Vegas,” Wilson mentioned Friday. “I’m looking to win another one. I’m looking to defend a championship that we have in Las Vegas. I’m looking to get better as a leader, as a player. Everything else just kind of falls in line.”
With the re-signing of Wilson, the Aces formally return 90% of their scoring energy (75.5 of 83.6 ppg) from 2025’s championship workforce.
Last season, Wilson turned the primary WNBA or NBA participant to win the scoring title, MVP, Defensive Player of the Year and Finals MVP all in the identical season. She averaged 23.4 factors, 10.2 rebounds, 3.1 assists, 2.3 blocks, and 1.6 steals whereas taking pictures 50.5% from the sphere in 2025.
Wilson, who was drafted No. 1 total by Las Vegas in 2018, helped lead the Aces to their first title in franchise historical past in 2022, earlier than repeating the feat in 2023 on her option to Finals MVP honors. She’s additionally a seven-time WNBA All-Star, a five-time WNBA First Teamer and a four-time member of the All-Defensive First Team.
She starred for Dawn Staley at South Carolina in faculty, capturing the ladies’s NCAA title in 2017, and is a two-time Olympic gold medalist, having received gold with Team USA on the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 and the Paris Games in 2024.
