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NBL Most Improved Player Award

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The National Basketball League Most Improved Player is an annual National Basketball League (NBL) award given since the 1988 NBL season to an up-and-coming player who has made a dramatic improvement from the previous season. As of the 2023–24 season, the head coach, assistant coach and captain of each team vote for the Most Improved Player.[1] Voters are not allowed to vote for players from their own team.[2][3]

Winners

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Year Player Nationality Team
1988 Darren Lucas  Australia Eastside Melbourne Spectres
1989 Mark Bradtke  Australia Adelaide 36ers
1990 Shane Heal  Australia Geelong Supercats
1991 Andrew Parkinson  Australia Southern Melbourne Saints
1992 Andrew Svaldenis  Australia Hobart Tassie Devils
1993 Scott Ninnis  Australia Adelaide 36ers
1994 Chris Blakemore  Australia Adelaide 36ers
1995 Tonny Jensen  Australia Newcastle Falcons
1996 Chris Anstey  Australia South East Melbourne Magic
1997 Ben Pepper  Australia Newcastle Falcons
1998 Ben Melmeth  Australia Newcastle Falcons
1998–99 C. J. Bruton  Australia Wollongong Hawks
1999–2000 Andrew Goodwin  Australia Townsville Crocodiles
2000–01 James Harvey  Australia Perth Wildcats
2001–02 Wade Helliwell  Australia Brisbane Bullets
2002–03 Matt Burston  Australia Perth Wildcats
2003–04 Geordie Cullen  Australia Hunter Pirates
2004–05 Peter Crawford  Australia Perth Wildcats
2005–06 Gary Boodnikoff  Australia Cairns Taipans
2006–07 Liam Rush  Australia West Sydney Razorbacks
2007–08 Cameron Tragardh  Australia Wollongong Hawks
2008–09 Matthew Knight  Australia Sydney Spirit
2009–10 Anthony Petrie  Australia Gold Coast Blaze
2010–11 Oscar Forman  Australia Wollongong Hawks
2011–12 Daniel Johnson  Australia Adelaide 36ers
2012–13 Ben Madgen  Australia Sydney Kings
2013–14 Nate Tomlinson  Australia Melbourne Tigers
2014–15 Todd Blanchfield  Australia Townsville Crocodiles
2015–16 Clint Steindl  Australia Townsville Crocodiles
2016–17 Nathan Sobey  Australia Adelaide 36ers
2017–18 Shea Ili  New Zealand New Zealand Breakers
2018–19 Reuben Te Rangi  New Zealand Brisbane Bullets
2019–20 Will Magnay  Australia Brisbane Bullets
2020–21 Sam Froling  Australia Illawarra Hawks
2021–22 Keanu Pinder  Australia Cairns Taipans
2022–23 Keanu Pinder (2)  Australia Cairns Taipans
2023–24 Sean Macdonald  Australia Tasmania JackJumpers

References

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  1. ^ "NBL24 MVP finalists revealed". NBL.com.au. 19 February 2024. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
  2. ^ "STEINDL TAKES OUT MOST IMPROVED HONOUR". NBL.com.au. 17 February 2016. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
  3. ^ "MOST IMPROVED PLAYER: NATHAN SOBEY". NBL.com.au. 13 February 2017. Retrieved 13 February 2017.