The Big 12 Conference Women's Basketball Player of the Year is a basketball award given to the Big 12 Conference's most outstanding player. The award was first given following the 1996–97 season, the first year of conference competition but three years after the conference's official formation. As with the corresponding men's award, it is selected by the league's head coaches, who are not allowed to vote for their own players.[1]
Three players, all from Baylor, have won a major end-of-season national award in the year that they won the Big 12 award. Griner won all three major national awards (Naismith Award, Wade Trophy, and Wooden Award) in both 2012 and 2013, and Odyssey Sims and Smith were Wade Trophy recipients, respectively in 2014 and 2021.
Denotes the number of times the player has been awarded the Big 12 Player of the Year award at that point
Winners
Baylor's Odyssey Sims (with ball) won the Wade Trophy along with the Big 12 award in 2014.Baylor's Brittney Griner, one of two three-time winners, was the consensus National Player of the Year when she won the award in both 2012 and 2013.
^The NCAA did not count the 2020–21 season, heavily impacted by COVID-19, against the eligibility of any basketball player. Joens chose to take advantage of this extra season of eligibility in 2022–23.
^Reflects the calendar year in which the school joined the Big 12.
^Reflects the calendar year in which the basketball season ends.
