NBA Awards: Most Improved Player, Year by Year

This is the complete list of NBA players that won the Most Improved Player Award, year by year.

Current Most Improved Player:

Lauri Markkanen
2022-23 Most Improved Player

NBA Awards: Most Improved Player

Every year since the 1985-86 season the Most Improved Player is selected by a national panel of pro basketball writers and broadcasters.

This list include former stars like Jalen Rose, Tracy McGrady, Jermaine O'Neal and Gilbert Arenas, and in more recent years the award went to players that rapidly became top stars in the league like Paul George, Jimmy Butler and Giannis Antetokounmpo.

Most Improved Player: by Year / by Team

NBA Champions = NBA Champion that same year

NBA Most Improved Player Year by Year

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Season
Player
Team
Points
Rebounds Assists
2022-23 Lauri Markkanen Utah Jazz 25.6 8.6 1.9
2021-22 Ja Morant Memphis Grizzlies 27.4 5.7 6.7
2020-21 Julius Randle New York Knicks 24.1 10.2 6.0
2019-20 Brandon Ingram New Orleans Pelicans 23.8 6.1 4.2
2018-19 Pascal Siakam
NBA Champions
Toronto Raptors 16.9 6.9 3.1
2017-18 Victor Oladipo Indiana Pacers 23.1 5.2 4.3
2016-17 Giannis Antetokounmpo Milwaukee Bucks 22.9 8.8 5.4
2015-16 C.J. McCollum Portland Trail Blazers 20.8 3.2 4.3
2014-15 Jimmy Butler Chicago Bulls 20.0 5.8 3.3
2013-14 Goran Dragic Phoenix Suns 20.3 3.2 5.9
2012-13 Paul George Indiana Pacers 17.4 7.6 4.1
2011-12 Ryan Anderson Orlando Magic 16.1 7.7 0.9
2010-11 Kevin Love Minnesota Timberwolves 20.2 15.2 2.5
2009-10 Aaron Brooks Houston Rockets 19.6 2.6 5.3
2008-09 Danny Granger Indiana Pacers 25.8 5.1 2.7
Season
Player
Team
Points
Rebounds Assists
2007-08 Hedo Turkoglu Orlando Magic 19.5 5.7 5.0
2006-07 Monta Ellis Golden State Warriors 16.5 3.2 4.1
2005-06 Boris Diaw Phoenix Suns 13.3 6.9 6.2
2004-05 Bobby Simmons Los Angeles Clippers 16.4 5.9 2.7
2003-04 Zach Randolph Portland Trail Blazers 20.1 10.5 2.0
2002-03 Gilbert Arenas Golden State Warriors 18.3 4.7 6.3
2001-02 Jermaine O'Neal Indiana Pacers 19.0 10.5 1.6
2000-01 Tracy McGrady Orlando Magic 26.8 7.5 4.6
1999-00 Jalen Rose Indiana Pacers 18.2 4.8 4.0
1998-99 Darrell Armstrong Orlando Magic 13.8 3.6 6.7
1997-98 Alan Henderson Atlanta Hawks 14.3 6.4 1.1
1996-97 Isaac Austin Miami Heat 9.7 5.8 1.2
1995-96 Gheorghe Muresan Washington Bullets 14.5 9.6 0.7
1994-95 Dana Barros Philadelphia 76ers 20.6 3.3 7.5
1993-94 Don MacLean Washington Bullets 18.2 6.2 2.1
1992-93 Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf Denver Nuggets 19.2 2.8 4.2
1991-92 Pervis Ellison Washington Bullets 20.0 11.2 2.9
Season
Player
Team
Points
Rebounds Assists
1990-91 Scott Skiles Orlando Magic 17.2 3.4 8.4
1989-90 Rony Seikaly Miami Heat 16.6 10.4 1.1
1988-89 Kevin Johnson Phoenix Suns 20.4 4.2 12.2
1987-88 Kevin Duckworth Portland Trail Blazers 15.8 7.4 0.8
1986-87 Dale Ellis Seattle Supersonics 24.9 5.5 2.9
1985-86 Alvin Robertson San Antonio Spurs 17.0 6.3 5.5