A'ja Wilson

CTL-E-5913 · Person · other · 1996–present

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Combined Graph record U-07158 · provenance: build store (JSON graph), record CTL-E-5913.

A'ja Wilson, born A'ja Riyadh Wilson on 8 August 1996 in Hopkins, South Carolina, is an American center for the Las Vegas Aces and the most decorated player in WNBA history by MVP count. Raised in the Columbia area and a star at Heathwood Hall, she played at the University of South Carolina under Dawn Staley, leading the Gamecocks to their first NCAA championship in 2017 as the tournament's Most Outstanding Player and becoming the school's all-time leading scorer. Las Vegas drafted her first overall in 2018, and she won Rookie of the Year. She has won five WNBA Most Valuable Player awards — in 2020, 2022, 2024, 2025 and 2026 — the last making her the first player ever to win three straight, and no other player has won more than three. She led the Aces to championships in 2022, 2023 and 2025, winning Finals MVP in 2023 and 2025, and in 2026 averaged a league-leading 26.2 points with 9.4 rebounds and a league-leading 1.9 blocks across 41 games. With the United States she has won two Olympic gold medals and two World Cup gold medals.

The record

• Also known as: A'ja Riyadh Wilson

Notes

Staged 2026-10-16 under CTL-GOV-006 (Census Intake Wave 3 — 747 Program, Wave 9; 40-record packet). Gate A (2026-10-16): no A'ja Wilson entity in the live graph at 3,603 entities (exact / normalized / alias + token containment); ID CTL-E-5913 free. Supply: 747 Supply Ledger, Tier 3 — Famous Birthdays ABSENT census, readiness rank 1044 (Basketball Players list). The census supplied the NAME ONLY; no fact in this record is sourced to it (CTL-GOV-004). SCOPE GATE: PASS — Black American center — South Carolina-born face of the WNBA. Vital status: LIVING — dated 2026 evidence: named the 2026 WNBA MVP on 8 October 2026 after playing 41 games for Las Vegas that season (USA Today). STATISTICS (sourced, dated): Five MVP awards (2020, 2022, 2024, 2025, 2026), a league record and the first three-peat; 26.2 points, 9.4 rebounds and 1.9 blocks per game in 2026 (USA Today; Essence) — accessed 2026-10-16. MEDIA: photo HELD (WNBA, Aces and Team USA press photography of Wilson; a CTL-created graphic is the cleared alternative.); chart FILLED (charts/chart-ctl-e-5913-aja-wilson.svg); video HELD (the Shorts Link Map catalog was checked by name and variants — no matching-entity CTL Short exists for this subject); audio HELD (no CTL-owned or rights-cleared matching-entity audio). MEDIA LAYER (staged 2026-10-16; full per-asset PHOTO-001 records + embed specs in the packet's staged JSON, Drive packet folder): map = N/A (Person records carry no map slot under the media-layer rule; maps attach to places and institutions.) | visual_assets = HELD: | chart = FILLED (CTL-created SVG (black / deep red / gold) built only from this record's sourced facts) | video = HELD (No matching-entity CTL Short in the Shorts Link Map catalog (checked by name and variants), and no official/em) | audio = HELD (No CTL-owned or rights-cleared matching-entity audio at staging; the subject's own recordings/appearances are )

Sources

• USA Today, "Las Vegas Aces' A'ja Wilson earns fifth WNBA MVP, first to three-peat" (8 October 2026) — fifth MVP overall (2020, 2022, 2024, 2025, 2026), 65 of 74 votes; league-leading 26.2 points per game in 2026; Columbia, South Carolina native — https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/wnba/2026/10/08/aces-aja-wilson-historic-wnba-mvp-three-peat-fifth-overall/92096926007/ (primary source · build store)
• Wikipedia, "A'ja Wilson" — born 8 August 1996; South Carolina's 2017 NCAA title and Most Outstanding Player; first overall pick in 2018 by Las Vegas; championships in 2022, 2023 and 2025; two Olympic and two World Cup gold medals — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%27ja_Wilson (build store)
• Essence, "A'ja Wilson Makes WNBA History With Record Fifth MVP Award" (October 2026) — 26.2 points per game on 52.7 percent shooting with 9.4 rebounds and 1.9 blocks in 2026; first player to average at least 25 points while shooting 50 percent from the field and 40 percent from three — https://www.essence.com/entertainment/aja-wilson-wnba-history-fifth-mvp-award/ (build store)

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