Isaac Austin has averaged the fewest points per game by a Most Improved Player of the Year in a season, with 9.7 per game in 1996-97.

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fewest ppg to win mip in a regular season by a player

	NAME	PPG	MIP	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Isaac Austin I. Austin	9.7	1	1996-97	MIA	82	22.9	5.8	1.2	0.5	0.5	3.9	7.8	50.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.8	2.8	66.4	53.6	1.7	4.2	2.0	1,881	792	478	101	45	43	161	244	+116
2	Boris Diaw B. Diaw	13.3	1	2005-06	PHX	81	35.5	6.9	6.2	0.7	1.0	5.5	10.5	52.6	0.1	0.4	26.7	2.1	2.9	73.1	56.4	2.0	4.9	2.3	2,874	1,080	558	503	58	85	189	260	+490
3	Darrell Armstrong D. Armstrong	13.8	1	1998-99	ORL	50	30.0	3.6	6.7	2.2	0.1	4.6	10.4	44.1	1.4	3.8	36.5	3.2	3.6	90.4	57.5	1.1	2.5	3.2	1,502	690	180	335	108	4	158	90	+191
4	Dyson Daniels D. Daniels	14.1	1	2024-25	ATL	76	33.8	5.9	4.4	3.0	0.7	6.0	12.1	49.3	1.1	3.1	34.0	1.1	1.8	59.3	54.5	1.6	4.3	2.0	2,571	1,073	449	333	229	55	155	175	-65
5	Alan Henderson A. Henderson	14.3	1	1997-98	ATL	69	29.0	6.4	1.1	0.6	0.5	5.3	10.9	48.5	0.0	0.1	50.0	3.7	5.6	65.2	53.4	2.9	3.5	1.6	2,000	986	442	73	42	36	110	175	+92
6	Gheorghe Muresan G. Muresan	14.5	1	1995-96	WAS	76	29.5	9.6	0.7	0.7	2.3	6.1	10.5	58.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.3	3.7	61.9	60.0	3.3	6.3	1.9	2,242	1,104	728	56	52	172	143	297
7	Kevin Duckworth K. Duckworth	15.8	1	1987-88	POR	78	28.5	7.4	0.8	0.4	0.4	5.8	11.6	49.6	0.0	0.0		4.2	5.5	77.0	56.1	2.9	4.5	2.3	2,223	1,231	576	66	31	32	177	280
8	Ryan Anderson R. Anderson	16.1	1	2011-12	ORL	61	32.2	7.7	0.9	0.8	0.4	5.4	12.4	43.9	2.7	6.9	39.3	2.5	2.8	87.7	58.9	3.7	4.0	0.9	1,964	980	471	54	50	26	57	146	+277
9	Bobby Simmons B. Simmons	16.4	1	2004-05	LAC	75	37.3	5.9	2.7	1.4	0.2	6.3	13.6	46.6	0.7	1.5	43.5	3.1	3.6	84.6	54.0	1.7	4.2	1.8	2,799	1,229	446	205	106	16	135	227	+74
10	Monta Ellis M. Ellis	16.5	1	2006-07	GSW	77	34.3	3.2	4.1	1.7	0.3	6.2	13.1	47.5	0.5	1.9	27.3	3.5	4.6	76.3	54.5	0.8	2.4	2.9	2,638	1,272	243	319	132	21	221	210	+32
11	Rony Seikaly R. Seikaly	16.6	1	1989-90	MIA	74	32.6	10.4	1.1	1.1	1.7	6.6	13.1	50.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.5	5.8	59.4	53.0	3.4	6.9	3.2	2,409	1,228	766	78	78	124	236	258
12	Pascal Siakam P. Siakam	16.9	1	2018-19	TOR	80	31.9	6.9	3.1	0.9	0.7	6.5	11.8	54.9	1.0	2.7	36.9	3.0	3.8	78.5	62.8	1.6	5.3	1.9	2,548	1,354	549	248	73	52	154	241	+593
13	Alvin Robertson A. Robertson	17.0	1	1985-86	SAS	82	35.1	6.3	5.5	3.7	0.5	6.9	13.3	51.4	0.1	0.4	27.6	3.2	4.0	79.5	56.3	2.2	4.0	3.1	2,878	1,392	516	448	301	40	256	296
14	Scott Skiles S. Skiles	17.2	1	1990-91	ORL	79	34.4	3.4	8.4	1.1	0.1	5.8	13.2	44.5	1.2	2.9	40.8	4.3	4.8	90.2	56.3	0.7	2.7	3.2	2,714	1,357	270	660	89	4	252	192
15	Paul George P. George	17.4	1	2012-13	IND	79	37.6	7.6	4.1	1.8	0.6	6.2	14.9	41.9	2.2	5.9	36.2	2.8	3.5	80.7	53.1	1.1	6.5	2.9	2,972	1,377	603	327	143	51	233	227	+365
16	Don MacLean D. MacLean	18.2	1	1993-94	WAS	75	33.2	6.2	2.1	0.6	0.3	6.9	13.7	50.2	0.0	0.3	14.3	4.4	5.3	82.4	56.6	1.9	4.4	2.0	2,487	1,365	467	160	47	22	152	169
17	Jalen Rose J. Rose	18.2	1	1999-00	IND	80	37.2	4.8	4.0	1.1	0.6	7.0	15.0	47.1	1.0	2.5	39.3	3.2	3.8	82.7	54.7	0.5	4.3	2.4	2,978	1,457	387	320	84	49	188	234	+236
18	Gilbert Arenas G. Arenas	18.3	1	2002-03	GSW	82	35.0	4.7	6.3	1.5	0.2	6.2	14.4	43.1	1.3	3.8	34.8	4.5	5.7	79.1	54.0	1.2	3.5	3.5	2,866	1,497	386	514	124	17	290	260	-75
19	Jermaine O'Neal J. O'Neal	19.0	1	2001-02	IND	72	37.6	10.5	1.6	0.6	2.3	7.5	15.7	47.9	0.0	0.2	7.1	3.9	5.7	68.8	52.1	2.6	7.9	2.4	2,707	1,371	757	118	45	166	174	269	+99
20	Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf M. Abdul-Rauf	19.2	1	1992-93	DEN	81	33.5	2.8	4.2	1.0	0.1	7.8	17.4	45.0	0.9	2.4	35.5	2.7	2.9	93.5	51.5	0.6	2.1	2.3	2,710	1,553	225	344	84	8	187	179
21	Hedo Turkoglu H. Turkoglu	19.5	1	2007-08	ORL	82	36.9	5.7	5.0	0.9	0.3	6.8	14.9	45.6	2.0	5.1	40.0	4.0	4.8	82.9	57.6	1.0	4.7	3.0	3,026	1,602	471	409	74	25	246	244	+456
22	Aaron Brooks A. Brooks	19.6	1	2009-10	HOU	82	35.6	2.6	5.3	0.8	0.2	7.0	16.2	43.2	2.5	6.4	39.8	3.0	3.6	82.2	54.9	0.7	2.0	2.8	2,919	1,604	215	434	69	14	232	199	-26
23	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	20.0	1	2014-15	CHI	65	38.7	5.8	3.3	1.8	0.6	6.5	14.0	46.2	1.1	3.0	37.8	5.9	7.1	83.4	58.3	1.8	4.1	1.4	2,513	1,301	379	212	114	36	93	108	+238
24	Pervis Ellison P. Ellison	20.0	1	1991-92	WAS	66	38.0	11.2	2.9	0.9	2.7	8.3	15.4	53.9	0.0	0.0	33.3	3.4	4.7	72.8	57.4	3.3	7.9	3.0	2,511	1,322	740	190	62	177	196	222
25	Zach Randolph Z. Randolph	20.1	1	2003-04	POR	81	37.9	10.5	2.0	0.8	0.5	8.2	16.9	48.5	0.0	0.1	20.0	3.7	4.9	76.1	52.8	3.0	7.5	3.0	3,067	1,626	851	163	68	41	247	227	-58

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