The WNBA's MVP race is heating up with less than a week remaining in the regular season — here are the 7 favorites

From left: DeWanna Bonner, Courtney Vandersloot, Candace Parker, A'ja Wilson, Breanna Stewart, Arike Ogunbowale, and Diana Taurasi.AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, AP Photo/John Bazemore, AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack, AP Photo/John Locher, Brad Mills-USA TODAY Sports, AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, WNBA

• With less than a week remaining in the regular WNBA season, the race for MVP has narrowed to a handful of candidates.
• Here's the short list of WNBA stars who may earn this year's award.

With less than a week remaining in the WNBA's regular season, a tight race for the league's 2020 MVP award is heating up.

Young stars like Arike Ogunbowale and A'ja Wilson have made a strong bid for the award, while league legends like Diana Taurasi and Candace Parker have been packing the stat sheet as they seek to add another piece of hardware to their collections.

Meanwhile, Breanna Stewart, the 2018 league MVP, has made a sensational case to win even though she missed the 2019 WNBA season after rupturing her Achilles tendon while playing abroad. Although the injury is often considered a kiss of death for pro athletes, Stewart returned to the Seattle Storm in peak form this season.

Also in the running are Chicago Sky point guard Courtney Vandersloot — who has broken multiple WNBA assist records this season — and newly minted Connecticut Sun star DeWanna Bonner.

Here are the seven MVP frontrunners' stats, and why each has a solid chance to earn the league's highest individual honor: