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DBL Most Improved Player

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The Dutch Basketball League Most Improved Player is an award that is yearly given to the most improved player in the DBL, the highest professional basketball league in the Netherlands. The award is handed out after the regular season. The award is handed out by the FEB (Federatie Eredivisie Basketbal).

Winners

File:Worthy de Jong 2016.png won the inaugural award in 2011.]]

File:DLSI Cup, Göttingen vs Ostende, 10 septembre 2016 - 011.jpg was named Most Improved Player in 2012.]]

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|+Key

!scope="row"|Player (X)

|Name of the player and number of times they had won the award at that point (if more than one)

scope="row"|Nationality

|Nationality as registered by FIBA, player may hold more nationalities

scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:#B0C4DE"|{{dagger}}

|Indicates multiple award winners in the same season

scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:#ffb"|{{double-dagger}}

|Denotes the club were DBL champions in the same season

class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" summary="Year (sortable), Player (sortable), Position (sortable), Nationality (sortable) and Team (sortable)"
scope="col"| Season

!scope="col"| Player

!scope="col"| Position

!scope="col"| Nationality

!scope="col"| Team

!scope="col" | Ref

2010–11

!scope="row" | {{sortname|Worthy de|Jong}}

| Guard

| {{flagu|Netherlands}}

bgcolor=#ffb|ZZ Leiden{{double-dagger}}align=center | {{cite web|url=http://j-dus.com/most-improved-player/ |title=Most Improved Player | Basketballhistorie |publisher=J-dus.com |date=2011-04-28 |accessdate=2014-04-01}}
2011–12

!scope="row" | {{sortname|Leon|Williams|dab=basketball, born 1992}}

| Guard

| {{flagu|Netherlands}}

Rotterdam Basketbal Collegealign=center | {{cite web|author=Naam (verplicht) |url=http://rotterdambasketbalcollege.wordpress.com/2012/04/27/leon-williams-most-improved-player-2012/ |title=Leon Williams = Most Improved Player 2012 | Challenge Sports Rotterdam |publisher=Rotterdambasketbalcollege.wordpress.com |date=2012-04-27 |accessdate=2014-04-01}}
2012–13

!scope="row" | {{sortname|Jeroen van der |List}}

| Forward/center

| {{flagu|Netherlands}}

Den Helder Kingsalign=center |{{cite web|url=http://www.denhelderkings.nl/?p=&a=mod_news-view-item&id=354 |title=Den Helder Kings - Jeroen van der List uitgeroepen tot |publisher=Denhelderkings.nl |date=2013-04-16 |accessdate=2014-04-01}}
2013–14

!scope="row" | {{sortname|Jeroen van der |List}} (2)

| Forward/center

| {{flagu|Netherlands}}

Den Helder Kingsalign=center | {{Cite news|url=http://ibasketball.nl/meeste-seizoenprijzen-naar-gasterra-flames/ |title=Meeste seizoensprijzen naar GasTerra Flames |work=iBasketball |language=Dutch |date=2014-04-22 |accessdate=2014-04-22 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140422233305/http://ibasketball.nl/meeste-seizoenprijzen-naar-gasterra-flames/ |archivedate=2014-04-22 }}
2014–15

!scope="row" | {{sortname|Yannick |Franke}}

| Guard

| {{flagu|Netherlands}}

Challenge Sports Rotterdamalign=center |
2015–16

!scope="row" | {{sortname|Grant |Gibbs|dab=basketball}}

| Guard

| {{flagu|United States}}

Landstedealign=center |
2016–17

!scope="row" | {{sortname|Maarten|Bouwknecht}}

| Guard

| {{flagu|Netherlands}}

New Heroes Den Boschalign=center |
2017–18

!scope="row" | {{sortname|Sam|van Dijk}}

| Guard

| {{flagu|Netherlands}}

BALalign=center |
2018–19

!scope="row" | {{sortname|Rienk|Mast}}

| Forward/center

| {{flagu|Netherlands}}

Donaralign=center |{{cite web|url=https://basketballleague.nl/nieuws/4843|title=Mast is de Most Improved Player|work=basketballleague.nl|accessdate=23 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190419124236/https://basketballleague.nl/nieuws/4843|archive-date=19 April 2019|url-status=dead}}
2020–21

!scope="row" | {{sortname|Stan|van den Elzen}}

| Guard

| {{flagu|Netherlands}}

Den Helder Sunsalign=center | {{cite news |title=Van den Elzen en Van Dam in de prijzen |url=https://www.dutchbasketballleague.nl/nieuws/van-den-elzen-en-van-dam-de-prijzen/ |access-date=19 April 2021 |work=Dutch Basketball League |date=19 April 2021 |language=nl}}

Awards won by nationality

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scope="col"|Country

!scope="col"|Total

scope="row"|{{flagcountry|NED}}

| style="text-align:center;"|{{nts|9}}

scope="row"|{{flagcountry|USA}}

| style="text-align:center;"|{{nts|1}}

Awards won by club

class="sortable wikitable plainrowheaders"
scope="col"|Country

!scope="col"|Total

scope="row"|Den Helder Kings / Den Helder Suns

| style="text-align:center;"|{{nts|3}}

scope="row"| Rotterdam

| style="text-align:center;"|{{nts|2}}

scope="row"| ZZ Leiden

| style="text-align:center;"|{{nts|1}}

scope="row"| Den Bosch

| style="text-align:center;"|{{nts|1}}

scope="row"| Landstede Zwolle

| style="text-align:center;"|{{nts|1}}

scope="row"| BAL

| style="text-align:center;"|{{nts|1}}

scope="row"| Donar

| style="text-align:center;"|{{nts|1}}

References

General

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  • {{cite web | url = http://j-dus.com/most-improved-player/ | title = Most Improved Player | work = J-dus.com | accessdate= April 18, 2014 | language =Dutch }}

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Specific

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Most Improved Player

Category:Most improved awards