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

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]

Awards won by nationality

Country	Total
Netherlands	8
United States	1

Awards won by club

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

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References

General

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

Specific

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

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[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.