NBA G League Most Improved Player Award

The NBA G League Most Improved Player is an annual NBA G League (previously known D-League or Development League) award given since the 2009–10 season. The award honors the player who demonstrated the most significant improvement over the course of the regular season.[1] The league's head coaches determine the award by voting and it is usually presented to the honoree during the playoffs.[2]

NBA G League awards and honors
Championship
Individual awards
Honors

No player has been named the Most Improved Player more than once. By position, guards have dominated the award, having won in all but two years since its inception. Mildon Ambres was the inaugural winner while playing for the Idaho Stampede.[3]

Winners
SeasonPlayerPositionNationalityTeam
2009–10 Mildon Ambres Guard  United States Idaho Stampede
2010–11 Dar Tucker Guard  United States New Mexico Thunderbirds
2011–12 Kenny Hayes Guard  United States Maine Red Claws
2012–13 Cameron Jones Guard  United States Santa Cruz Warriors
2013–14 Frank Gaines Guard  United States Maine Red Claws
2014–15 Joe Jackson Guard  United States Bakersfield Jam
2015–16 Axel Toupane Guard  France Raptors 905
2016–17 Devondrick Walker Guard  United States Delaware 87ers
2017–18 DeQuan Jones Forward  United States Fort Wayne Mad Ants
2018–19 Michael Frazier[4] Guard  United States Rio Grande Valley Vipers
2019–20 Gabe Vincent Guard  United States Sioux Falls Skyforce
2020–21 Anthony Lamb[5] Forward  United States Rio Grande Valley Vipers
2021–22 Craig Randall II[6] Guard  United States Long Island Nets
2022-23 Lester Quinones Guard  United States/

 Dominican Republic

 Santa Cruz Warriors

See also

References
  1. "New Mexico's Dar Tucker Named Most Improved Player". NBA.com. April 15, 2011. Archived from the original on May 24, 2011. Retrieved April 15, 2011.
  2. "Joe Jackson Named 2015 NBA Development League Most Improved Player". NBA.com. April 16, 2015. Retrieved April 16, 2015.
  3. "Idaho's Mildon Ambres Named NBA D-League Most Improved Player". NBA.com. April 15, 2010. Archived from the original on October 30, 2015. Retrieved April 16, 2016.
  4. "Rio Grande Valley's Michael Frazier Named 2018-19 NBA G League Most Improved Player". G League. March 27, 2019.
  5. "RRio Grande Valley Vipers' Anthony Lamb Named 2020-21 NBA G League Most Improved Player". OurSports Central. March 18, 2021.
  6. "CRAIG RANDALL II NAMED 2021-22 KIA NBA G LEAGUE MOST IMPROVED PLAYER". NBA.com. April 11, 2022. Retrieved April 11, 2022.
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