Park Ji-soo, the special center of the "20th episode", broke the record of MVP in the round... Lee Da Yeon's "My first MIP in my life."

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It is the overwhelming power of a special center. Park Ji-soo (28, KB Stars) rewrote the history of women's professional basketball round MVP. He became the MVP of the 20th round of his career.

WKBL announced the results of the MIP vote with the MVP of the fifth round of the BNK Financial Group's 2025-2026 women's professional basketball flex through a press release on the 23rd.

In the fifth round of MVP voting, which was conducted by media reporters, Park Ji-soo was honored with overwhelming support of 69 out of 72 votes. There was a big gap with Kim Dan-bi (Woori Bank, 3 votes).

With this, Park Ji-soo set up a gold tower to be selected as the MVP of the 20th round of his career. This is a milestone that ranks first in the number of all-time round MVP awards since the implementation of the single league (2007-2008 season). Currently, he has further widened the gap with prominent legends such as No. 2 Kim Dan-bi (17 times), No. 3 Shin Jung-ja (12 times), No. 4 Park Hye-jin (9 times), and No. 5 Byun Yeon-ha (6 times) to solidify his position as the best player of all time.

Park Ji-soo averaged 29 minutes and 19 seconds in five games in the fifth round, scoring 17.8 points, 14.0 rebounds, and 3.0 assists 1.4 blocks. Notably, KB topped the rebound, block and contribution categories, playing a decisive role in helping KB achieve four wins and one loss (first place in the round) in the fifth round. The two-point shooting success rate was 56.7 percent, which was powerful under the basket.

The MIP, which is voted for by the WKBL referee and the game team, went to Lee Da-yeon (25, Woori Bank). Lee Da-yeon won 26 out of 36 votes, beating Lee Chae-eun (KB·8 votes), Kim Jong-un (BNK Sum·1 vote), and Ko Na-yeon (Shinhan Bank·1 vote) to enjoy the joy of selecting her first round MIP.

Lee Da-yeon, who was designated by Shinhan Bank as the third overall pick of the 2020-2021 rookie players, was reborn as the mainstay of the team, scoring 8.4 points, 6.0 rebounds, and 1.0 assists in an average of 34 minutes and 26 seconds in five games in the fifth round. In particular, in the match against KB on the 6th, he scored 17 points, the most in an individual game, making a strong impression. The success rate of two-point shots this round is close to 65.2%.

In the 5th round, KB Stars ranked first with 4 wins and 1 loss, followed by Yongin Samsung Life Insurance with 3 wins and 2 losses. The remaining four teams (Shinhan Bank, Woori Bank, Hana Bank, and BNK Sum) all had two wins and three losses and fought a fierce ranking battle.

Park Ji-soo, who was selected as the MVP of the fifth round, will receive 2 million won in prize money, and Lee Da-yeon, MIP, will receive 1 million won in prize money.

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