A'ja Wilson reacts after edging out Caitlin Clark and other WNBA MVP race rivals for major honor

A'ja Wilson continues to establish herself as one of the most dominant players in women's basketball.

The Las Vegas Aces superstar signed a lucrative multi-year deal with Nike on Tuesday, topping the ones that Caitlin Clark, JuJu Watkins and Sabrina Ionescu had.

She also beat her opponents for another honor, recently being named Sports Illustrated's WNBA Player of the Year.

Wilson reacted to it with a story on Instagram.

Vi A'Ja Wilson's IG (image credit: instagram/aja22wilson)

When discussing the distinction, SI's Emma Baccellieri pointed out that it wasn't just about setting scoring marks but also how Wilson got better at every aspect of her game.

"There is no easy comparison for her performance," Baccellieri wrote on Wednesday. "No WNBA player has ever scored like Wilson did in 2024. Yet it feels inadequate to suggest her biggest accomplishment this year was breaking the scoring record.

"What made Wilson’s season impressive was not what she did, but how she did it: No one had ever been so efficient while doing so much to impact the game around her. The scoring record may ultimately be the headline of her season. But consider what she did in every other area of the statsheet."

Baccellieri also discussed her defensive prowess and how she keeps getting better despite already being one of the most accomplished defensive players in the league.

"While she was scoring more than she ever had before, she also rebounded more, blocked more, stole more and recorded more assists while committing fewer turnovers," Baccelieri wrote. "Wilson began shooting more from midrange and from three without sacrificing her presence in the paint.

"This is someone who already had been honored multiple times as MVP and Defensive Player of the Year—and she got better at everything without compromising anything. The cumulative effect did not feel like sharpening her game so much as expanding its possibilities," she added.

Lou Williams says A'ja Wilson is still the face of the WNBA ahead of Caitlin Clark

With Caitlin Clark's meteoric rise, there will always be comparisons, and some believe A'ja Wilson is no longer the face of the league.

However, that doesn't include former NBA star Lou Williams, who recently claimed that despite all the attention going Clark's way, Wilson continues to sit on a tier of her own.

“I still think that (the title of face of women’s basketball) still belongs to A’ja Wilson," Williams said on Dec. 12, via the 'Run it Back' podcast. "A’ja has done a tremendous job of being a champion, being an MVP, doing all of these things. And now her visibility has gone up. You’re starting to see her in commercials. (So) I still feel like it’s A’ja Wilson”

Wilson is arguably at her peak while Clark has just started her professional career. While it's expected that the comparisons will continue, it will be good for the growth of the WNBA and women's basketball.