KBL Most Improved Player Award

The Korean Basketball League Most Improved Player Award (MIP) (Korean: 기량발전상) is an annual Korean Basketball League (KBL) award given since 1997 to the player who was deemed to have made the most improvement compared to the previous season.

Winners
^ Denotes player who is still active in the KBL
Team (X) Denotes the number of times a player from this team had won at that time

1997 to 2010–11
Season Player Position Team
1997[nb 1] Noh Ki-seok Forward Samsung Electronics
1997–98 Park Jae-hoen Center Gyeongnam LG Sakers
1998–99 Bong Ha-min Guard Busan Kia Enterprise
1999–00 Park Hoon-geun Forward Changwon LG Sakers (2)
2000–01 Jo Woo-hyun Forward Changwon LG Sakers (3)
2001–02 Cho Dong-hyun Guard Incheon SK Bigs
2002–03 Hwang Ji-won Guard Yeosu Korea Tender Purmi
2003–04 Pyo Myung-il Guard Jeonju KCC Egis
2004–05 Lee Byeong-seok Forward Ulsan Mobis Phoebus (2)
2005–06 Song Yeong-jin Forward Busan KTF Magic Wings (2)
2006–07 Kim Tae-hyeop Guard Wonju Dongbu Promy
2007–08 Lee Han-gwon Forward Incheon Electroland Black Slammer (2)
2008–09 Park Goo-young Guard Ulsan Mobis Phoebus (3)
2009–10 Park Jong-cheon Forward Ulsan Mobis Phoebus (4)
2010–11 Kim Dong-uk^ Forward Seoul Samsung Thunders (2)

2014–15 to present

The award was scrapped after the 2010–11 season and revived for the 2014–15 season.[1]

Season Player Position Team
2014–15 Lee Jae-do^ Guard Busan KT Sonicboom (3)
2015–16 Heo Ung^ Guard Wonju DB Promy (2)
2016–17 Song Kyo-chang^ Forward Jeonju KCC Egis (2)
2017–18 Kim Tae-hong Forward Wonju DB Promy (3)
2017–18 Yang Hong-seok^ Forward Busan KT Sonicboom (4)
2019–20[nb 2] Kim Nak-hyeon^ Guard Incheon Electroland Elephants (3)
2020–21 Jung Chang-yeong^ Guard Jeonju KCC Egis (3)
2021–22 Jung Seong-woo^ Guard Suwon KT Sonicboom (5)

Notes
  1. Prior to the founding of the professional Korean Basketball League, the predecessor National Basketball Festival (농구대잔치) ended its final season in January 1997. The first season of the KBL began play in February 1997 to facilitate the transition. Since the 1997–98 season, the KBL season runs from October until April.
  2. The league was canceled in the middle of the fifth round of the regular season, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The playoffs were also canceled as a result.[2]

References
  1. "2020-2021 현대모비스 프로농구 시상식 결과 안내" (in Korean). Korean Basketball League. April 7, 2021.
  2. "프로농구, 출범 23년 만에 첫 시즌 조기 종료…SK·DB 공동 1위(종합)". Yonhap News Agency (in Korean). March 24, 2020.
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