The WTA Player of the Year is the most prestigious annual award given by the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA). It is voted on by members of the international tennis media to recognize the best-performing player of the season.
The record for the most WTA Player of the Year titles is held by Steffi Graf, who received the honor 8 times, closely followed by Martina Navratilova and Serena Williams, who each won it 7 times.
WTA Player of the Year All-Time Winners
Here are the list of players who won the WTA Player of the Year in the history of women’s tennis. The number withing the brackets denotes the number of times they won the titles.
| Year | Player | Nationality |
| 2025 | Aryna Sabalenka (2) | Belarus |
| 2024 | Aryna Sabalenka | Belarus |
| 2023 | Iga Świątek (2) | Poland |
| 2022 | Iga Świątek | Poland |
| 2021 | Ashleigh Barty (2) | Australia |
| 2020 | Sofia Kenin | United States |
| 2019 | Ashleigh Barty | Australia |
| 2018 | Simona Halep | Romania |
| 2017 | Garbiñe Muguruza | Spain |
| 2016 | Angelique Kerber | Germany |
| 2015 | Serena Williams (7) | United States |
| 2014 | Serena Williams (6) | United States |
| 2013 | Serena Williams (5) | United States |
| 2012 | Serena Williams (4) | United States |
| 2011 | Petra Kvitová | Czech Republic |
| 2010 | Kim Clijsters (2) | Belgium |
| 2009 | Serena Williams (3) | United States |
| 2008 | Serena Williams (2) | United States |
| 2007 | Justine Henin (2) | Belgium |
| 2006 | Amélie Mauresmo | France |
| 2005 | Kim Clijsters | Belgium |
| 2004 | Maria Sharapova | Russia |
| 2003 | Justine Henin | Belgium |
| 2002 | Serena Williams | United States |
| 2001 | Jennifer Capriati | United States |
| 2000 | Venus Williams | United States |
| 1999 | Lindsay Davenport (2) | United States |
| 1998 | Lindsay Davenport | United States |
| 1997 | Martina Hingis | Switzerland |
| 1996 | Steffi Graf (8) | Germany |
| 1995 | Steffi Graf (7) | Germany |
| 1994 | Steffi Graf (6) | Germany |
| 1993 | Steffi Graf (5) | Germany |
| 1992 | Monica Seles (2) | Yugoslavia |
| 1991 | Monica Seles | Yugoslavia |
| 1990 | Steffi Graf (4) | Germany |
| 1989 | Steffi Graf (3) | West Germany |
| 1988 | Steffi Graf (2) | West Germany |
| 1987 | Steffi Graf | West Germany |
| 1986 | Martina Navratilova (7) | United States |
| 1985 | Martina Navratilova (6) | United States |
| 1984 | Martina Navratilova (5) | United States |
| 1983 | Martina Navratilova (4) | United States |
| 1982 | Martina Navratilova (3) | United States |
| 1981 | Chris Evert | United States |
| 1980 | Tracy Austin | United States |
| 1979 | Martina Navratilova (2) | Czechoslovakia |
| 1978 | Martina Navratilova | Czechoslovakia |
| 1977 | Virginia Wade | United Kingdom |
