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:
Tyrese Maxey
2023-24 Most Improved Player NBA Awards: Most Improved PlayerEvery 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 Champion that same year
NBA Most Improved Player Year by Year
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Season |
Player |
Team |
Points |
Rebounds | Assists | |
2023-24 | Tyrese Maxey | Philadelphia 76ers | 25.9 | 3.7 | 6.2 | |
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 | 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 |
Season |
Player |
Team |
Points |
Rebounds | Assists | |
2008-09 | Danny Granger | Indiana Pacers | 25.8 | 5.1 | 2.7 | |
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 |
Season |
Player |
Team |
Points |
Rebounds | Assists | |
1991-92 | Pervis Ellison | Washington Bullets | 20.0 | 11.2 | 2.9 | |
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 |