WNBA Most Improved Player

The Women's National Basketball Association's Most Improved Player Award is an annual Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) award given since the 2000 WNBA season, to the most improved player of the regular season. The winner is selected by a panel of sportswriters throughout the United States, 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.

In 2019, Leilani Mitchell became the first player in history to win the award twice, after winning the award in 2010. In 2004, there was a tie -- both Kelly Miller and Wendy Palmer received the award. Nicole Powell, Natasha Howard, and Jackie Young are the only players to win the Most Improved award and a WNBA title in the same year.

Winners

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|Denotes player who is still active in the WNBA

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|Inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame

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|Inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame

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|Denotes player whose team won championship that year

Player (X)

|Denotes the number of times the player has won

Team (X)

|Denotes the number of times a player from this team has won

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scope="col" width="5%"\| Season !scope="col"\| Player !scope="col" width="3%"\| {{nowrap\|Yrs}}{{efn\|Played in league (including season in which award was given to player)}} !scope="col" width="10%"\| Position !scope="col"\| Nationality !scope="col"\| Team !scope="col" width="12%"\| First-Place Votes !scope="col" width="1%" class="unsortable" \| Ref.
2000 \| Tari Phillips \| 2 \| Forward / Center \| {{USA}} \| New York Liberty \| 19 out of 62 \| {{cite web\|title=2000 WNBA Season Awards \|url=https://www.wnba.com/awards2000 \|website=WNBA \|access-date=September 26, 2024}}
2001 \| style="background-color:#FFE6BD"\| Janeth Arcain \| 5 \| rowspan=2\| Guard \| {{BRA}} \| Houston Comets \| 25 out of 60 \| {{cite web\|title=Houston's Arcain is 2001 Most Improved Player \|url=https://www.wnba.com/archive/wnba/news/improved01_arcain.html \|website=WNBA \|date=August 18, 2001 \|access-date=September 26, 2024}}
2002 \| Coco Miller \| rowspan=2\| 2 \| rowspan=9 \| {{USA}} \| Washington Mystics \| 14 out of 60 \| {{cite web\|title=2002 WNBA Season Awards \|url=https://www.wnba.com/awards2002 \|website=WNBA \|access-date=September 26, 2024}}
2003 \| Michelle Snow \| Forward / Center \| Houston Comets (2) \| 22 out of 53 \| {{cite web\|title=2003 WNBA Season Awards \|url=https://www.wnba.com/awards2003 \|website=WNBA \|access-date=September 26, 2024}}
rowspan=2\|2004 \| Kelly Miller \| 4 \| Guard \| Indiana Fever \| rowspan=2\| 9 out of 48 (tie) \| rowspan=2\| {{cite web\|title=Connecticut's Wendy Palmer and Indiana's Kelly Miller Named Co-Recipients of 2004 WNBA Most Improved Player Award \|url=https://www.wnba.com/archive/wnba/news/mostimproved_2004.html \|website=WNBA \|date=September 27, 2004 \|access-date=September 26, 2024}}
Wendy Palmer \| 8 \| rowspan=3\| Forward \| Connecticut Sun
style="background-color:#FFCC00"\| 2005 \| Nicole Powell \| 2 \| Sacramento Monarchs \| 20 out of 49 \| {{cite web\|title=Sacramento's Nicole Powell Named 2005 WNBA Most Improved Player \|url=https://www.wnba.com/archive/wnba/features/awards05_mostimproved.html \|website=WNBA \|date=September 2, 2005 \|access-date=September 26, 2024}}
2006 \| Erin Buescher \| 5 \| Sacramento Monarchs (2) \| 28 out of 56 \| {{cite news \|title=Buescher wins most improved player award \|url=https://www.espn.com/wnba/news/story?id=2554906 \|work=ESPN \|date=August 19, 2006 \|access-date=September 26, 2024}}
2007 \| Janel McCarville \| 3 \| Center \| New York Liberty (2) \| 33 out of 51 \| {{cite web\|title=New York's Janel McCarville Named 2007 WNBA Most Improved Player \|url=https://www.wnba.com/archive/wnba/news/awards07_mostimproved.html \|website=WNBA \|date=August 24, 2007 \|access-date=September 26, 2024}}
2008 \| Ebony Hoffman \| 5 \| rowspan=2\| Forward \| Indiana Fever (2) \| 31 out of 44 \| {{cite news \|title=Hoffman easily wins WNBA's most improved award\|url=https://www.espn.com/wnba/news/story?id=3598242 \|work=ESPN \|publisher=Associated Press \|date=September 19, 2008 \|access-date=September 26, 2024}}
2009 \| Crystal Langhorne \| 2 \| Washington Mystics (2) \| 19 out of 40 \| {{cite news \|title=Langhorne receives most improved \|url=https://www.espn.com/wnba/news/story?id=4482737 \|work=ESPN \|date=September 17, 2009 \|access-date=September 26, 2024}}
2010 \| Leilani Mitchell \| rowspan=2\| 3 \| Guard \| {{AUS}}{{efn\|name=Mitchell\|Leilani Mitchell was born as a dual citizen of the United States and Australia. She represents Australia internationally.FIBA World Championship for Women. [https://web.archive.org/web/20140418234640/http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fe/14/wcw/news/p/nid/70964/article.html Joyce thrilled to get Mitchell on board].Retrieved 2014-04-18}} \| New York Liberty (3) \| 29 out of 39 \| {{cite web\|title=Leilani Mitchell Named 2010 WNBA Most Improved Player of the Year Presented By Kia Motors \|url=https://www.wnba.com/archive/wnba/liberty/news/mitchell_mostimproved2010.html \|website=WNBA \|date=August 26, 2010 \|access-date=September 26, 2024}}
2011 \| Kia Vaughn \| Center \| {{USA}}{{efn\|Kia Vaughn was born in the United States and is a naturalized citizen of the Czech Republic. She has represented the Czech Republic internationally since 2017.}} \| New York Liberty (4) \| 15 out of 40 \| {{cite news \|title=Kia Vaughn wins most improved award \|url=https://www.espn.com/new-york/story/_/id/6983488/new-york-liberty-kia-vaughn-receives-most-improved-award \|work=ESPN \|publisher=Associated Press \|date=September 17, 2011 \|access-date=September 26, 2024}}
2012 \| Kristi Toliver \| 4 \| rowspan=3\|Guard \| {{USA}}{{efn\|Kristi Toliver was born in the United States and is a naturalized citizen of Slovakia. She has represented Slovakia internationally since 2014.Washington Post. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/othersports/kristi-tolivers-career-speaks-volumes-about-life-as-a-womens-basketball-player/2014/08/01/87d354c6-197b-11e4-88f7-96ed767bb747_story.html].Retrieved 2019-11-24}} \| Los Angeles Sparks \| 24 out of 41 \| {{cite news\|title=Sparks' Toliver named WNBA Most Improved Player \|url=https://www.abc10.com/article/sports/wnba/sparks-toliver-named-wnba-most-improved-player/103-364767509 \|work=ABC 10 \|date=September 27, 2012 \|access-date=September 26, 2024}}
2013 \| Shavonte Zellous \| 5 \| {{USA}}{{efn\|Shavonte Zellous was born in the United States and is a naturalized citizen of Croatia. She has represented Croatia internationally since 2015.Indianapolis Star. [https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/2015/05/20/shavonte-zellous-miss-time-fever-play-croatia/27675317/].Retrieved 2019-11-24}} \| Indiana Fever (3) \| 30 out of 39 \| {{cite web\|title=Shavonte Zellous Named 2013 WNBA Most Improved Player of the Year \|url=https://www.wnba.com/archive/wnba/fever/news/shavonte_zellous_mip_2013.html \|website=WNBA \|date=September 22, 2013\|access-date=September 26, 2024}}
2014 \| style="background-color:#CFECEC"\| Skylar Diggins-Smith \| 2 \| rowspan=2\|{{USA}} \| Tulsa Shock \| 29 out of 38 \| {{cite magazine \|title=Skylar Diggins Named 2014 WNBA Most Improved Player \|url=https://www.slamonline.com/archives/skylar-diggins-2014-wnba-improved-player/ \|magazine=Slan \|date=August 27, 2014 \|access-date=September 26, 2024}}
2015 \| Kelsey Bone \| 3 \| Center \| Connecticut Sun (2) \| 14 out of 39 \| {{cite web\|title=Kelsey Bone Named 2015 WNBA Most Improved Player Presented By Samsung \|url=https://sun.wnba.com/news/kelsey-bone-named-2015-wnba-improved-player-presented-samsung/ \|website=WNBA \|date=October 1, 2015 \|access-date=September 26, 2024}}
2016 \| style="background-color:#CFECEC"\| Elizabeth Williams \| rowspan=2\| 2 \| rowspan=2\| Forward / Center \| {{USA}}{{efn\|Elizabeth Williams was born in the United Kingdom and is a naturalized citizen of the United States. She has represented the United States internationally since 2009.USA Basketball. [https://web.archive.org/web/20150727011455/http://www.usab.com/history/u16-womens/first-fiba-americas-u16-championship-for-women-2009.aspx].Retrieved 2019-11-24}} \| Atlanta Dream \| 14 out of 39 \| {{cite news \|title=Elizabeth Williams named WNBA Most Improved Player \|url=https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/17600263/elizabeth-williams-atlanta-dream-named-2016-wnba-most-improved-player \|work=ESPN \|date=September 21, 2016 \|access-date=September 26, 2024}}
2017 \| style="background-color:#CFECEC"\| Jonquel Jones \| {{BAH}}{{efn\|Jonquel Jones was born in the Bahamas and is a naturalized citizen of Bosnia and Herzegovina. She has represented Bosnia and Herzegovina internationally since 2019.Nassau Guardian. [https://thenassauguardian.com/2019/02/04/jonquel-jones-to-compete-for-bosnia/].Retrieved 2019-11-24}} \| Connecticut Sun (3) \| 32 out of 40 \| {{cite web \|title=Connecticut's Jonquel Jones Named 2017 WNBA Most Improved Player \|url=https://www.wnba.com/news/connecticuts-jonquel-jones-named-2017-wnba-improved-player/amp \|website=WNBA \|date=September 10, 2017 \|access-date=September 25, 2024}}
style="background-color:#FFCC00"\| 2018 \| style="background-color:#CFECEC"\| Natasha Howard \| 5 \| Forward \| {{USA}} \| Seattle Storm \| 29 out of 39 \| {{cite press release \|title=Storm’s Natasha Howard named 2018 WNBA Most Improved Player \|url=https://pr.nba.com/storms-natasha-howard-named-2018-wnba-most-improved-player/ \|website=NBA Communications \|date=August 26, 2018 \|access-date=September 25, 2024}}
2019 \| Leilani Mitchell (2) \| 11 \| Guard \| {{AUS}}{{efn\|name=Mitchell}} \| Phoenix Mercury \| 27 out of 43 \| {{cite web\|url=https://www.wnba.com/news/leilani-mitchell-named-2019-wnba-most-improved-player/\|title=Leilani Mitchell Named 2019 WNBA Most Improved Player\|website=wnba.com\|publisher=WNBA\|access-date=September 18, 2019\|date=September 18, 2019}}
2020 \| style="background-color:#CFECEC"\| Betnijah Laney \| rowspan=2\| 5 \| Forward / Guard \| rowspan=3\| {{USA}} \| Atlanta Dream (2) \| 25 out of 47 \| {{cite news \|first=Michael \|last=Voepel \|author-link=Michael Voepel \|title=Dream's Betnijah Laney named WNBA's Most Improved Player \|url=https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/29962080/dream-betnijah-laney-named-wnba-most-improved-player \|work=ESPN \|date=September 24, 2020 \|access-date=September 25, 2024}}
2021 \| style="background-color:#CFECEC"\| Brionna Jones \| Forward \| Connecticut Sun (4) \| 38 out of 49 \| {{cite web\|url=https://www.wnba.com/news/connecticut-sun-brionna-jones-named-2021-kia-most-improved-player/\|title=Connecticut Sun Brionna Jones Named 2021 KIA Most Improved Player\|website=wnba.com\|publisher=WNBA\|date=September 28, 2021\|access-date=September 28, 2021}}
style="background-color:#FFCC00"\| 2022 \| style="background-color:#CFECEC"\| Jackie Young \| rowspan=3 \| 4 \| Guard \| Las Vegas Aces \| 32 out of 56 \|{{cite press release\|url=https://aces.wnba.com/news/jackie-young-named-2022-kia-wnba-most-improved-player/\|title=Jackie Young Named 2022 KIA WNBA Most Improved Player\|location=New York, NY\|website=wnba.com\|publisher=WNBA\|date=August 29, 2022\|access-date=August 29, 2022}}
2023 \| style="background-color:#CFECEC"\| Satou Sabally \| Forward \| {{DEU}}{{efn\|Satou Sabally was born in the United States to Gambian and German parents, and is a citizen by birth of all three countries. She represents Germany internationally.{{cite web \|url=https://www.si.com/wnba/2020/08/27/satou-sabally-dallas-wings-oregon-rookie-year \|title=Satou Sabally Is a Unicorn \|first=Erica \|last=Ayala \|work=Sports Illustrated \|date=August 27, 2020 \|access-date=August 27, 2020}}}} \| Dallas Wings \| 37 out of 60 \|{{cite press release \|url=https://www.wnba.com/news/2023-kia-wnba-mip-poy \|title=Dallas Wings' Satou Sabally Named 2023 KIA WNBA Most Improved Player \|publisher=WNBA \|date=September 21, 2023 \|access-date=September 21, 2023}}
2024 \| style="background-color:#CFECEC"\| DiJonai Carrington \| Guard \| {{USA}} \| Connecticut Sun (5) \| 28 out of 67 \| {{cite news\|title=Sun guard DiJonai Carrington wins WNBA Most Improved Player award \|url=https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/41438382/sun-guard-dijonai-carrington-wins-wnba-most-improved-player-award\|work=ESPN \|publisher=Associated Press \|date=September 25, 2024 \|access-date=September 25, 2024}}

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scope="col" width="5%"| Season

!scope="col"| Player

!scope="col" width="3%"| {{nowrap|Yrs}}{{efn|Played in league (including season in which award was given to player)}}

!scope="col" width="10%"| Position

!scope="col"| Nationality

!scope="col"| Team

!scope="col" width="12%"| First-Place Votes

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| 2

| {{USA}}

| 19 out of 62

| {{cite web|title=2000 WNBA Season Awards |url=https://www.wnba.com/awards2000 |website=WNBA |access-date=September 26, 2024}}

2001

| style="background-color:#FFE6BD"| Janeth Arcain

| 5

| rowspan=2| Guard

| {{BRA}}

| Houston Comets

| 25 out of 60

| {{cite web|title=Houston's Arcain is 2001 Most Improved Player |url=https://www.wnba.com/archive/wnba/news/improved01_arcain.html |website=WNBA |date=August 18, 2001 |access-date=September 26, 2024}}

2002

| Coco Miller

| rowspan=2| 2

| rowspan=9 | {{USA}}

| Washington Mystics

| 14 out of 60

| {{cite web|title=2002 WNBA Season Awards |url=https://www.wnba.com/awards2002 |website=WNBA |access-date=September 26, 2024}}

2003

| Michelle Snow

| Forward / Center

| Houston Comets (2)

| 22 out of 53

| {{cite web|title=2003 WNBA Season Awards |url=https://www.wnba.com/awards2003 |website=WNBA |access-date=September 26, 2024}}

rowspan=2|2004

| Kelly Miller

| 4

| Guard

| Indiana Fever

| rowspan=2| 9 out of 48 (tie)

| rowspan=2| {{cite web|title=Connecticut's Wendy Palmer and Indiana's Kelly Miller Named Co-Recipients of 2004 WNBA Most Improved Player Award |url=https://www.wnba.com/archive/wnba/news/mostimproved_2004.html |website=WNBA |date=September 27, 2004 |access-date=September 26, 2024}}

Wendy Palmer

| 8

| rowspan=3| Forward

| Connecticut Sun

style="background-color:#FFCC00"| 2005

| Nicole Powell

| 2

| Sacramento Monarchs

| 20 out of 49

| {{cite web|title=Sacramento's Nicole Powell Named 2005 WNBA Most Improved Player |url=https://www.wnba.com/archive/wnba/features/awards05_mostimproved.html |website=WNBA |date=September 2, 2005 |access-date=September 26, 2024}}

2006

| Erin Buescher

| 5

| Sacramento Monarchs (2)

| 28 out of 56

| {{cite news |title=Buescher wins most improved player award |url=https://www.espn.com/wnba/news/story?id=2554906 |work=ESPN |date=August 19, 2006 |access-date=September 26, 2024}}

2007

| Janel McCarville

| 3

| Center

| New York Liberty (2)

| 33 out of 51

| {{cite web|title=New York's Janel McCarville Named 2007 WNBA Most Improved Player |url=https://www.wnba.com/archive/wnba/news/awards07_mostimproved.html |website=WNBA |date=August 24, 2007 |access-date=September 26, 2024}}

2008

| Ebony Hoffman

| 5

| rowspan=2| Forward

| Indiana Fever (2)

| 31 out of 44

| {{cite news |title=Hoffman easily wins WNBA's most improved award|url=https://www.espn.com/wnba/news/story?id=3598242 |work=ESPN |publisher=Associated Press |date=September 19, 2008 |access-date=September 26, 2024}}

2009

| Crystal Langhorne

| 2

| Washington Mystics (2)

| 19 out of 40

| {{cite news |title=Langhorne receives most improved |url=https://www.espn.com/wnba/news/story?id=4482737 |work=ESPN |date=September 17, 2009 |access-date=September 26, 2024}}

2010

| Leilani Mitchell

| rowspan=2| 3

| Guard

| {{AUS}}{{efn|name=Mitchell|Leilani Mitchell was born as a dual citizen of the United States and Australia. She represents Australia internationally.FIBA World Championship for Women. [https://web.archive.org/web/20140418234640/http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fe/14/wcw/news/p/nid/70964/article.html Joyce thrilled to get Mitchell on board].Retrieved 2014-04-18}}

| New York Liberty (3)

| 29 out of 39

| {{cite web|title=Leilani Mitchell Named 2010 WNBA Most Improved Player of the Year Presented By Kia Motors |url=https://www.wnba.com/archive/wnba/liberty/news/mitchell_mostimproved2010.html |website=WNBA |date=August 26, 2010 |access-date=September 26, 2024}}

2011

| Kia Vaughn

| Center

| {{USA}}{{efn|Kia Vaughn was born in the United States and is a naturalized citizen of the Czech Republic. She has represented the Czech Republic internationally since 2017.}}

| New York Liberty (4)

| 15 out of 40

| {{cite news |title=Kia Vaughn wins most improved award |url=https://www.espn.com/new-york/story/_/id/6983488/new-york-liberty-kia-vaughn-receives-most-improved-award |work=ESPN |publisher=Associated Press |date=September 17, 2011 |access-date=September 26, 2024}}

2012

| Kristi Toliver

| 4

| rowspan=3|Guard

| {{USA}}{{efn|Kristi Toliver was born in the United States and is a naturalized citizen of Slovakia. She has represented Slovakia internationally since 2014.Washington Post. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/othersports/kristi-tolivers-career-speaks-volumes-about-life-as-a-womens-basketball-player/2014/08/01/87d354c6-197b-11e4-88f7-96ed767bb747_story.html].Retrieved 2019-11-24}}

| Los Angeles Sparks

| 24 out of 41

| {{cite news|title=Sparks' Toliver named WNBA Most Improved Player |url=https://www.abc10.com/article/sports/wnba/sparks-toliver-named-wnba-most-improved-player/103-364767509 |work=ABC 10 |date=September 27, 2012 |access-date=September 26, 2024}}

2013

| Shavonte Zellous

| 5

| {{USA}}{{efn|Shavonte Zellous was born in the United States and is a naturalized citizen of Croatia. She has represented Croatia internationally since 2015.Indianapolis Star. [https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/2015/05/20/shavonte-zellous-miss-time-fever-play-croatia/27675317/].Retrieved 2019-11-24}}

| Indiana Fever (3)

| 30 out of 39

| {{cite web|title=Shavonte Zellous Named 2013 WNBA Most Improved Player of the Year |url=https://www.wnba.com/archive/wnba/fever/news/shavonte_zellous_mip_2013.html |website=WNBA |date=September 22, 2013|access-date=September 26, 2024}}

2014

| style="background-color:#CFECEC"| Skylar Diggins-Smith

| 2

| rowspan=2|{{USA}}

| Tulsa Shock

| 29 out of 38

| {{cite magazine |title=Skylar Diggins Named 2014 WNBA Most Improved Player |url=https://www.slamonline.com/archives/skylar-diggins-2014-wnba-improved-player/ |magazine=Slan |date=August 27, 2014 |access-date=September 26, 2024}}

2015

| Kelsey Bone

| 3

| Center

| Connecticut Sun (2)

| 14 out of 39

| {{cite web|title=Kelsey Bone Named 2015 WNBA Most Improved Player Presented By Samsung |url=https://sun.wnba.com/news/kelsey-bone-named-2015-wnba-improved-player-presented-samsung/ |website=WNBA |date=October 1, 2015 |access-date=September 26, 2024}}

2016

| style="background-color:#CFECEC"| Elizabeth Williams

| rowspan=2| 2

| rowspan=2| Forward / Center

| {{USA}}{{efn|Elizabeth Williams was born in the United Kingdom and is a naturalized citizen of the United States. She has represented the United States internationally since 2009.USA Basketball. [https://web.archive.org/web/20150727011455/http://www.usab.com/history/u16-womens/first-fiba-americas-u16-championship-for-women-2009.aspx].Retrieved 2019-11-24}}

| Atlanta Dream

| 14 out of 39

| {{cite news |title=Elizabeth Williams named WNBA Most Improved Player |url=https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/17600263/elizabeth-williams-atlanta-dream-named-2016-wnba-most-improved-player |work=ESPN |date=September 21, 2016 |access-date=September 26, 2024}}

2017

| style="background-color:#CFECEC"| Jonquel Jones

| {{BAH}}{{efn|Jonquel Jones was born in the Bahamas and is a naturalized citizen of Bosnia and Herzegovina. She has represented Bosnia and Herzegovina internationally since 2019.Nassau Guardian. [https://thenassauguardian.com/2019/02/04/jonquel-jones-to-compete-for-bosnia/].Retrieved 2019-11-24}}

| Connecticut Sun (3)

| 32 out of 40

| {{cite web |title=Connecticut's Jonquel Jones Named 2017 WNBA Most Improved Player |url=https://www.wnba.com/news/connecticuts-jonquel-jones-named-2017-wnba-improved-player/amp |website=WNBA |date=September 10, 2017 |access-date=September 25, 2024}}

style="background-color:#FFCC00"| 2018

| style="background-color:#CFECEC"| Natasha Howard

| 5

| Forward

| {{USA}}

| Seattle Storm

| 29 out of 39

| {{cite press release |title=Storm’s Natasha Howard named 2018 WNBA Most Improved Player |url=https://pr.nba.com/storms-natasha-howard-named-2018-wnba-most-improved-player/ |website=NBA Communications |date=August 26, 2018 |access-date=September 25, 2024}}

2019

| Leilani Mitchell (2)

| 11

| Guard

| {{AUS}}{{efn|name=Mitchell}}

| Phoenix Mercury

| 27 out of 43

| {{cite web|url=https://www.wnba.com/news/leilani-mitchell-named-2019-wnba-most-improved-player/|title=Leilani Mitchell Named 2019 WNBA Most Improved Player|website=wnba.com|publisher=WNBA|access-date=September 18, 2019|date=September 18, 2019}}

2020

| style="background-color:#CFECEC"| Betnijah Laney

| rowspan=2| 5

| Forward / Guard

| rowspan=3| {{USA}}

| Atlanta Dream (2)

| 25 out of 47

| {{cite news |first=Michael |last=Voepel |author-link=Michael Voepel |title=Dream's Betnijah Laney named WNBA's Most Improved Player |url=https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/29962080/dream-betnijah-laney-named-wnba-most-improved-player |work=ESPN |date=September 24, 2020 |access-date=September 25, 2024}}

2021

| style="background-color:#CFECEC"| Brionna Jones

| Forward

| Connecticut Sun (4)

| 38 out of 49

| {{cite web|url=https://www.wnba.com/news/connecticut-sun-brionna-jones-named-2021-kia-most-improved-player/|title=Connecticut Sun Brionna Jones Named 2021 KIA Most Improved Player|website=wnba.com|publisher=WNBA|date=September 28, 2021|access-date=September 28, 2021}}

style="background-color:#FFCC00"| 2022

| style="background-color:#CFECEC"| Jackie Young

| rowspan=3 | 4

| Guard

| Las Vegas Aces

| 32 out of 56

|{{cite press release|url=https://aces.wnba.com/news/jackie-young-named-2022-kia-wnba-most-improved-player/|title=Jackie Young Named 2022 KIA WNBA Most Improved Player|location=New York, NY|website=wnba.com|publisher=WNBA|date=August 29, 2022|access-date=August 29, 2022}}

2023

| style="background-color:#CFECEC"| Satou Sabally

| Forward

| {{DEU}}{{efn|Satou Sabally was born in the United States to Gambian and German parents, and is a citizen by birth of all three countries. She represents Germany internationally.{{cite web |url=https://www.si.com/wnba/2020/08/27/satou-sabally-dallas-wings-oregon-rookie-year |title=Satou Sabally Is a Unicorn |first=Erica |last=Ayala |work=Sports Illustrated |date=August 27, 2020 |access-date=August 27, 2020}}}}

| Dallas Wings

| 37 out of 60

|{{cite press release |url=https://www.wnba.com/news/2023-kia-wnba-mip-poy |title=Dallas Wings' Satou Sabally Named 2023 KIA WNBA Most Improved Player |publisher=WNBA |date=September 21, 2023 |access-date=September 21, 2023}}

2024

| style="background-color:#CFECEC"| DiJonai Carrington

| Guard

| {{USA}}

| Connecticut Sun (5)

| 28 out of 67

| {{cite news|title=Sun guard DiJonai Carrington wins WNBA Most Improved Player award |url=https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/41438382/sun-guard-dijonai-carrington-wins-wnba-most-improved-player-award|work=ESPN |publisher=Associated Press |date=September 25, 2024 |access-date=September 25, 2024}}

;Notes

References

{{cite web | url=http://www.wnba.com/history/most_improved.html | title=WNBA Most Improved Player Award| access-date=January 19, 2009 }}

Category:Awards established in 2000

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Category:Most improved awards

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See also

References