KBL Most Improved Player Award explained

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	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	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)

External links

Records: Past records / 주요기록: 역대수상현황 on the Korean Basketball League official website

Notes and References

News: 2020-2021 현대모비스 프로농구 시상식 결과 안내. Korean Basketball League. April 7, 2021. ko.