WNBA Most Improved Player Award

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.

No player has won the award more than once. In 2004, there was a tie; both Kelly Miller and Wendy Palmer received the award. Nicole Powell is the only woman to win the award and a title in the same year.

Winners

Year Player Nationality Team 2000 Tari Phillips  United States New York Liberty 2001 Janeth Arcain  Brazil Houston Comets 2002 Coco Miller  United States Washington Mystics 2003 Michelle Snow  United States Houston Comets 2004 Kelly Miller  United States Charlotte Sting Wendy Palmer  United States Connecticut Sun 2005 Nicole Powell  United States Sacramento Monarchs 2006 Erin Buescher  United States Sacramento Monarchs 2007 Janel McCarville  United States New York Liberty 2008 Ebony Hoffman  United States Indiana Fever 2009 Crystal Langhorne  United States Washington Mystics 2010 Leilani Mitchell  United States /  Australia New York Liberty 2011 Kia Vaughn  United States New York Liberty 2012 Kristi Toliver  United States Los Angeles Sparks 2013 Shavonte Zellous  United States Indiana Fever 2014 Skylar Diggins  United States Tulsa Shock 2015 Kelsey Bone  United States Connecticut Sun 2016 Elizabeth Williams  United States Atlanta Dream 2017 Jonquel Jones  Bahamas Connecticut Sun 2018 Natasha Howard  United States Seattle Storm

References

• "WNBA Most Improved Player Award". Retrieved January 19, 2009.