NBA Most Improved Player

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Template:Short description Template:Sidebar or footer Script error: No such module "Infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". The NBA's Most Improved Player (MIP) is an annual National Basketball Association (NBA) award given to the player who has shown the most progress during the regular season compared to previous seasons. The winner is selected by a panel of sportswriters throughout the United States and Canada, each of whom casts a vote for first, second and third place selections. Each first-place vote is worth five points; each second-place vote is worth three points, and each third-place vote is worth one point. The player with the highest point total, regardless of the number of first-place votes, wins the award.[1] The criteria for selecting the most improved player was initially open-ended, but the NBA clarified in later years that it was intended for an up-and-coming player who improved dramatically and not a player who made a comeback, distinguishing it from the defunct NBA Comeback Player of the Year Award.[2][3] Since the 2022–23 NBA season, winners receive the George Mikan Trophy, named after the five-time NBA champion.

As part of efforts to reduce load management for star players in the league, effective with the 2023–24 season, when a new collective bargaining agreement (CBA) between the league and its players' union took effect, players must appear in at least 65 games to be eligible for most major regular-season awards, including Most Improved Player. To receive credit for a game for purposes of award eligibility, a player must have been credited with at least 20 minutes played. However, two "near misses", in which the player appeared for 15 to 19 minutes, can be included in the 65-game count. Protections also exist for players who suffer season-ending injuries, who are eligible with 62 credited games, and those affected by what the CBA calls "bad faith circumstances".[4][5]

Since its inception, the award has been given to 37 players. No player has ever won the award twice. Boris Diaw, Kevin Love, Pascal Siakam, and Giannis Antetokounmpo are the only award winners to win an NBA Championship, Siakam is the only winner to win a championship in the same season as the award, and Antetokounmpo is the only winner to win NBA Finals MVP. Rony Seikaly,<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[a] Gheorghe Mureșan, Boris Diaw, Hedo Türkoğlu, Goran Dragić, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Pascal Siakam, Lauri Markkanen, and Dyson Daniels are the only award winners born outside the United States.

Alvin Robertson, Dana Barros, Tracy McGrady, Jermaine O'Neal, Danny Granger, Kevin Love, Paul George, Jimmy Butler, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Victor Oladipo, Brandon Ingram, Julius Randle, Ja Morant, Lauri Markkanen, and Tyrese Maxey have won the award and been selected as an NBA All-Star in the same season; Dale Ellis, Kevin Duckworth, Kevin Johnson, Gilbert Arenas, Zach Randolph, Goran Dragic, and Pascal Siakam were the other winners who were selected in a later season to play in the All-Star Game. Only McGrady, O'Neal, George, Dragić, Antetokounmpo, Oladipo, Randle and Morant won the award and were named to the All-NBA Team in the same season. Pascal Siakam made the All-NBA Second Team the year after he won the award. The Indiana Pacers and Orlando Magic have each seen five players win the award, the most in the NBA. Giannis Antetokounmpo is the first recipient of the award to later become an NBA MVP. Tracy McGrady is the only recipient to win a scoring title as well as being the first recipient of the award to be named to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

Winners

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Tracy McGrady won the award in the 2000–01 NBA season.
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Monta Ellis won in 2006–07.
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Kevin Love won in 2010–11.
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Giannis Antetokounmpo won in 2016–17.
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Team (#) Denotes the number of times a player from this team has won
Season Player Position Nationality Team
1985–86 Script error: No such module "Sort". Guard Script error: No such module "flag". San Antonio Spurs
1986–87 Script error: No such module "Sort". Guard/forward Template:Flagu Seattle SuperSonics
1987–88 Script error: No such module "Sort". Center Template:Flagu Portland Trail Blazers
1988–89 Script error: No such module "Sort". Guard Template:Flagu Phoenix Suns
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1990–91 Script error: No such module "Sort". Guard Template:Flagu Orlando Magic
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1992–93 Script error: No such module "Sort". Guard Template:Flagu Denver Nuggets
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1998–99 Script error: No such module "Sort". Guard Template:Flagu Orlando Magic (2)
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2011–12 Script error: No such module "Sort". Forward Template:Flagu Orlando Magic (5)
2012–13 Script error: No such module "Sort".^ Forward Template:Flagu Indiana Pacers (4)
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Teams

Awards Teams Years
5 Indiana Pacers 2000, 2002, 2009, 2013, 2018
Orlando Magic 1991, 1999, 2001, 2008, 2012
3 Washington Wizards / Washington Bullets 1992, 1994, 1996
Phoenix Suns 1989, 2006, 2014
Portland Trail Blazers 1988, 2004, 2016
2 Miami Heat 1990, 1997
Golden State Warriors 2003, 2007
Philadelphia 76ers 1995, 2024
Atlanta Hawks 1998, 2025
1 San Antonio Spurs 1986
Oklahoma City Thunder / Seattle SuperSonics 1987
Denver Nuggets 1993
Los Angeles Clippers 2005
Houston Rockets 2010
Minnesota Timberwolves 2011
Chicago Bulls 2015
Milwaukee Bucks 2017
Toronto Raptors 2019
New Orleans Pelicans 2020
New York Knicks 2021
Memphis Grizzlies 2022
Utah Jazz 2023
0 Brooklyn Nets None
Los Angeles Lakers
Boston Celtics
Dallas Mavericks
Charlotte Hornets
Cleveland Cavaliers
Detroit Pistons
Sacramento Kings

See also

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Notes

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  1. ↑ Rony Seikaly was born in Lebanon and has dual citizenship in that country and the United States.[6][7] He represented the United States at the 1986 FIBA World Championship.[8]

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References

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