WWE has released its own list of the Top Five women of 2025. All five women on the list were champions at some point in the year. They listed three names as honorable mentions including Maxxine Dupri, Raquel Rodriguez, and Jade Cargill. The list is made by veteran NFL writer and Pat McAfee Show contributor Mark Kaboly
According to WWE.com here’s their Top Five of 2025:
5. Naomi – Naomi was on a heater with everything finally falling into place as she easily put together the best stretch of her career before being forced to vacate her WWE Women’s World Championship after only 36 days because of her pregnancy. Before that, her complete 180 of being the vibrant and positive life of the party to leaning in on her continued frustration of missed or limited opportunities led to a compelling character switch. Naomi’s passionate promo on SmackDown in March, telling Bianca Belair that she attacked Cargill, might just have been the best mic work of his career, and we all are aware of what kind of matches she was able to deliver.
4. Tiffany Stratton – Stratton is one of those superstars that you could overlook how splendid of a 2025 year she had because we haven’t seen her since losing the WWE Women’s Title two months ago to Jade Cargill. Not me. She used the year to insert herself to a main eventer. Stratton transformed from a sidekick to a bona fide star who held the WWE Women’s Championship for 302 days and put the title on the line 10 times during her impressive reign – the first of her career. She defeated some of the top competition, like Nia Jax, Bayley, Charlotte Flair (at WrestleMania 41), Hall of Famer Trish Stratus, and Cargill on her way to the top of the roster.
3. Stephanie Vaquer – Vaquer is a classic case of a superstar in the making, finally getting the opportunity to shine against the best that the company has to offer. Vaquer didn’t officially join the Raw Brand until late May. From that point on, she was dominant even though she was pushed off the deep end and into the competitive women’s roster immediately. She has yet to lose a single match since joining the Raw roster full-time. She defeated SKY for the vacant Women’s Title at Wrestlepalooza and won the WWE Women’s Crown Jewel Championship in October by beating Tiffany Stratton. Vaquer has held the belt for the final 103 days of the year.
2. Becky Lynch – ‘The Man’ had better statistical years over her illustrious career (even though she won the Tag Team titles and then the Intercontinental Championship in which she held for 163 days), but you’d be hard-pressed to find one year that she was better at in terms of in-ring action, promos, gimmicks and leaning heavily into being a heel really for the first time. The most impressive part of 2025 for her? How she grabbed that heel role and has owned it since turning on buddy Lyra Valkyria at WrestleMania 41. Lynch has owned that unhinged persona ever since as she has increasingly got angrier and erratic toward anything and anybody, whether it is Maxxine Dupri, Naomi, management, fans, or even podcasters. Nobody has been safe from ‘The Man’s’ crosshairs since returning after being out for nearly a year.
1. IYO SKY – SKY did it all in 2025 and, in reality, was an easy choice for top female superstar of 2025. Seriously, what didn’t “The Genius of the Sky” do this calendar year? She lasted over an hour in the Royal Rumble; she became a Grand Slam champion with a win over Ripley in a March episode of Raw, defended her WWE Women’s title at WrestleMania 41 with a five-star match against Ripley and Bianca Belair, and pulled off her epic signature trash can dive at Survivor Series that was the reason why her team won. Sure, there was a stretch when she had other high-end matches near the end of the year, but failed to regain her title against other top performers of the year, Naomi and Stephanie Vaquer. Her promos hit hard, and her tag team run with Ripley was solid as well. It’s hard to imagine having a better year than what IYO SKY just had.