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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| Player (X) | Name of the player and number of times they had won the award at that point (if more than one) |
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Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.
| Season | Player | Position | Nationality | Team | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newcomer of the Year (2002–03 to 2009–10) | |||||
| 2002–03 | Steffen Hamann | PG |  Germany
|
Brose Baskets | |
| 2003–04 | Demond Greene | SG | Germany
|
Bayer Giants Leverkusen | |
| 2004–05 | Anton Gavel | SG | Germany
|
Gießen 46ers | |
| 2005–06 | Andrew Wisniewski | PG |  United States
|
Telekom Baskets Bonn | |
| 2006–07 | Je'Kel Foster | SG | United States
|
EnBW Ludwigsburg | |
| 2007–08 | Bobby Brown | PG | United States
|
ALBA Berlin | |
| 2008–09 | Rocky Trice | SG | United States
|
BG Göttingen | |
| 2009–10 | Taylor Rochestie | SG |  Montenegro
|
BG Göttingen | |
| Most Improved Player (2010–11 to 2014–15) | |||||
| 2010–11 | Philip Zwiener | SF | Germany
|
TBB Trier | [1] |
| 2011–12 | Maik Zirbes | C | Germany
|
TBB Trier | [2] |
| 2012–13 | Dennis Schröder | PG | Germany
|
New Yorker Phantoms Braunschweig | [3] |
| 2013–14 | Danilo Barthel | PF | Germany
|
Fraport Skyliners | [4] |
| 2014–15 | Johannes Voigtmann | C | Germany
|
Fraport Skyliners | [5] |
Awards won by nationality
edit| Country | Total |
|---|---|
| Germany
|
8 |
 United States
|
4 |
| Montenegro
|
1 |
Awards won by club
edit| Country | Total |
|---|---|
| TBB Trier | 2 |
| Fraport Skyliners | 2 |
| BG Göttingen | 2 |
| New Yorker Phantoms Braunschweig | 1 |
| Telekom Baskets Bonn | 1 |
| ALBA Berlin | 1 |
| EnBW Ludwigsburg | 1 |
| Gießen 46ers | 1 |
| Brose Baskets | 1 |
| Bayer Giants Leverkusen | 1 |
References
editGeneral
- "German Beko BBL Most Improved Player". Realgm.com. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
Specific
- ^ "Basketball: Philip Zwiener zum "Most Improved Player" der Liga gewählt". 5vier.de (in German). 2011-04-12. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
- ^ "Bryant MVP, Leibenath 'coach van het jaar' in Bundesliga". Basketballbreak.nl. 2012-04-16. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Danilo Barthel named Beko BBL Most Improved Player of the Year". Sportando.com. 2014-04-23. Retrieved 2014-04-26.
- ^ "Beko BBL - Awards: MVP / Coach". www.beko-bbl.de. Archived from the original on 2015-04-29.
External links
edit- German League official website Archived 2009-09-25 at the Wayback Machine (in German)