The WNBA playoffs are still going, but the individual award races have wrapped up. While the headlining names are no surprise, a couple of less-heralded players were also honored.

Caitlin Clark and A'ja Wilson were both among the honorees, via NBA insider Shams Charania.

“Indiana Fever’s Caitlin Clark has won the WNBA Rookie of the Year award and Minnesota Lynx star Napheesa Collier has been awarded the Defensive Player of the Year, sources confirm,” Charania reported. “Las Vegas’ A’ja Wilson received MVP and Connecticut’s DiJonai Carrington won Most Improved Player.”

After a legendary career at Iowa, Clark continued her momentum into the pros. The sharpshooter set the WNBA single-season record with 337 assists, as well as the scoring record for both guards and rookies with 769 points. She also broke the league's turnover record and became the fastest player in history to make 100 three-pointers (34 games).

Meanwhile, Wilson became the first player to score 1,000 points in a single season. This is the Aces center's third MVP win, and second unanimous one. Unlike Clark's Fever, though, Las Vegas is still alive, with a semi-final series against the New York Liberty beginning on Sunday.

Wilson also broke the league's single-season points per game and rebounding records (26.9 and 451, respectively) as well as several other milestones, via the WNBA's social media.

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While Clark and Wilson raised the ceiling, Collier and Carrington were both stellar as well. Collier has led her Lynx squad to a semifinal date with Carrington and the Sun, due in large part to her dominance on both ends of the floor. The 28-year-old averaged 20.4 points with 9.7 rebounds, 3.4 assists, 1.9 steals, and 1.4 blocks per game in the regular season, along with 38 and 40-point showings in Game 1 and 2 of the first-round series against the Phoenix Mercury. Minnesota won both games, sweeping Phoenix.

Meanwhile, this has been Carrington's first season as a full-time starter, and she celebrated to the tune of 12.7 points per game with five rebounds, 1.6 assists, and 1.6 steals. The Baylor alum either doubled or nearly doubled most of her numbers from the previous two campaigns.