Basketball Bundesliga Most Improved Player

The Basketball Bundesliga Most Improved Player was an award that was handed out yearly to the player who made the most progress in the regular season of the Basketball Bundesliga. The first time the award was handed out was in 2003, the first winner was Philip Zwiener. Since the 2015–16 season, the award is not handed out any more.

Winners

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Taylor Rochestie was the German League's Most Improved Player, in 2010
Dennis Schröder was the German League's Most Improved Player, in 2013
Key
Player (X)Name of the player and number of times they had won the award at that point (if more than one)

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

SeasonPlayerPositionNationalityTeamRef(s)
Newcomer of the Year (2002–03 to 2009–10)
2002–03Steffen HamannPG  GermanyBrose Baskets
2003–04Demond GreeneSG  GermanyBayer Giants Leverkusen
2004–05Anton GavelSG  GermanyGießen 46ers
2005–06Andrew WisniewskiPG  United StatesTelekom Baskets Bonn
2006–07Je'Kel FosterSG  United StatesEnBW Ludwigsburg
2007–08Bobby BrownPG  United StatesALBA Berlin
2008–09Rocky TriceSG  United StatesBG Göttingen
2009–10Taylor RochestieSG MontenegroBG Göttingen
Most Improved Player (2010–11 to 2014–15)
2010–11Philip ZwienerSF  GermanyTBB Trier[1]
2011–12Maik ZirbesC  GermanyTBB Trier[2]
2012–13Dennis SchröderPG  GermanyNew Yorker Phantoms Braunschweig[3]
2013–14Danilo BarthelPF  GermanyFraport Skyliners[4]
2014–15Johannes VoigtmannC  GermanyFraport Skyliners[5]

Awards won by nationality

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CountryTotal
 Germany8
 United States4
 Montenegro1

Awards won by club

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CountryTotal
TBB Trier2
Fraport Skyliners2
BG Göttingen2
New Yorker Phantoms Braunschweig1
Telekom Baskets Bonn1
ALBA Berlin1
EnBW Ludwigsburg1
Gießen 46ers1
Brose Baskets1
Bayer Giants Leverkusen1

References

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General

  • "German Beko BBL Most Improved Player". Realgm.com. Retrieved 2014-04-18.

Specific

  1. ^ "Basketball: Philip Zwiener zum "Most Improved Player" der Liga gewählt". 5vier.de (in German). 2011-04-12. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
  2. ^ "Bryant MVP, Leibenath 'coach van het jaar' in Bundesliga". Basketballbreak.nl. 2012-04-16. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
  3. ^ "Doppelte Ehrung für Braunschweiger Talent Schröder | Basketball - Mitteldeutsche Zeitung" (in German). Mz-web.de. Archived from the original on 2014-04-19. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
  4. ^ "Danilo Barthel named Beko BBL Most Improved Player of the Year". Sportando.com. 2014-04-23. Retrieved 2014-04-26.
  5. ^ "Beko BBL - Awards: MVP / Coach". www.beko-bbl.de. Archived from the original on 2015-04-29.
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