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.

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

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