DBL Most Improved Player

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

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Worthy de Jong won the inaugural award in 2011.
 
Leon Williams was named Most Improved Player in 2012.
Key
Player (X) Name of the player and number of times they had won the award at that point (if more than one)
Nationality Nationality as registered by FIBA, player may hold more nationalities
Indicates multiple award winners in the same season
Denotes the club were DBL champions in the same season
Season Player Position Nationality Team Ref
2010–11 Worthy de Jong Guard   Netherlands ZZ Leiden [1]
2011–12 Leon Williams Guard   Netherlands Rotterdam Basketbal College [2]
2012–13 Jeroen van der List Forward/center   Netherlands Den Helder Kings [3]
2013–14 Jeroen van der List (2) Forward/center   Netherlands Den Helder Kings [4]
2014–15 Yannick Franke Guard   Netherlands Challenge Sports Rotterdam
2015–16 Grant Gibbs Guard   United States Landstede
2016–17 Maarten Bouwknecht Guard   Netherlands New Heroes Den Bosch
2017–18 Sam van Dijk Guard   Netherlands BAL
2018–19 Rienk Mast Forward/center   Netherlands Donar [5]
2020–21 Stan van den Elzen Guard   Netherlands Den Helder Suns [6]

Awards won by nationality

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Country Total
  Netherlands 9
  United States 1

Awards won by club

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Country Total
Den Helder Kings / Den Helder Suns 3
Rotterdam 2
ZZ Leiden 1
Den Bosch 1
Landstede Zwolle 1
BAL 1
Donar 1

References

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General

  • "Most Improved Player". J-dus.com (in Dutch). Retrieved April 18, 2014.

Specific

  1. ^ "Most Improved Player | Basketballhistorie". J-dus.com. 2011-04-28. Retrieved 2014-04-01.
  2. ^ Naam (verplicht) (2012-04-27). "Leon Williams = Most Improved Player 2012 | Challenge Sports Rotterdam". Rotterdambasketbalcollege.wordpress.com. Retrieved 2014-04-01.
  3. ^ "Den Helder Kings - Jeroen van der List uitgeroepen tot". Denhelderkings.nl. 2013-04-16. Retrieved 2014-04-01.
  4. ^ "Meeste seizoensprijzen naar GasTerra Flames". iBasketball (in Dutch). 2014-04-22. Archived from the original on 2014-04-22. Retrieved 2014-04-22.
  5. ^ "Mast is de Most Improved Player". basketballleague.nl. Archived from the original on 19 April 2019. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
  6. ^ "Van den Elzen en Van Dam in de prijzen". Dutch Basketball League (in Dutch). 19 April 2021. Retrieved 19 April 2021.