highest ppg by a most improved player of the year winner nba

Ja Morant has scored the most points per game by a Most Improved Player of the Year in wins in a season, with 27.4 per game in 2021-22.

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highest ppg by a most improved player of the year winner by a player NBA

	NAME	PPG	MIP	W	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	Ja Morant J. Morant	27.4	1	36	2021-22	MEM	57	33.1	5.7	6.7	1.2	0.4	10.2	20.6	49.3	1.5	4.5	34.4	5.5	7.3	76.1	57.5	1.4	4.4	3.4	1,889	1,564	325	384	66	22	196	86	+189
2	Tracy McGrady T. McGrady	26.8	1	39	2000-01	ORL	77	40.1	7.5	4.6	1.5	1.5	10.2	22.4	45.7	0.8	2.2	35.5	5.6	7.6	73.3	52.1	2.5	5.0	2.6	3,087	2,065	580	352	116	118	198	160	+252
3	Tyrese Maxey T. Maxey	25.9	1	43	2023-24	PHI	70	37.5	3.7	6.2	1.0	0.5	9.1	20.3	45.0	3.0	8.1	37.3	4.7	5.4	86.8	57.3	0.5	3.2	1.7	2,626	1,816	258	433	69	33	116	151	+303
4	Danny Granger D. Granger	25.8	1	27	2008-09	IND	67	36.2	5.1	2.7	1.0	1.4	8.5	19.1	44.7	2.7	6.7	40.4	6.0	6.9	87.8	58.4	0.7	4.4	2.5	2,424	1,728	341	183	69	97	165	207	+69
5	Lauri Markkanen L. Markkanen	25.6	1	32	2022-23	UTA	66	34.4	8.6	1.9	0.6	0.6	8.7	17.3	49.9	3.0	7.7	39.1	5.3	6.0	87.5	64.0	2.0	6.7	1.9	2,272	1,691	570	123	42	38	127	137	+163
6	Dale Ellis D. Ellis	24.9	1	39	1986-87	SEA	82	37.5	5.5	2.9	1.3	0.4	9.6	18.5	51.6	1.0	2.9	35.8	4.7	6.0	78.7	58.8	2.3	3.2	2.9	3,073	2,041	447	238	104	32	238	267
7	Julius Randle J. Randle	24.1	1	40	2020-21	NYK	71	37.6	10.2	6.0	0.9	0.3	8.5	18.6	45.6	2.3	5.5	41.1	4.9	6.0	81.1	56.7	1.2	9.0	3.4	2,667	1,712	724	427	64	18	241	225	+153
8	Brandon Ingram B. Ingram	23.8	1	25	2019-20	NOP	62	33.9	6.1	4.2	1.0	0.6	8.2	17.7	46.3	2.4	6.2	39.1	5.0	5.9	85.1	58.7	0.8	5.3	3.0	2,103	1,477	380	259	61	38	189	179	-44
9	Victor Oladipo V. Oladipo	23.1	1	48	2017-18	IND	75	34.0	5.2	4.3	2.4	0.8	8.5	17.9	47.7	2.1	5.8	37.1	3.9	4.9	79.9	57.7	0.6	4.6	2.9	2,552	1,735	390	323	177	57	219	175	+336
10	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	22.9	1	42	2016-17	MIL	80	35.6	8.8	5.4	1.6	1.9	8.2	15.7	52.1	0.6	2.3	27.2	5.9	7.7	77.0	59.9	1.8	7.0	2.9	2,845	1,832	700	434	131	151	234	246	+46
11	CJ McCollum	20.8	1	44	2015-16	POR	80	34.8	3.2	4.3	1.2	0.3	8.0	17.9	44.8	2.5	5.9	41.7	2.3	2.8	82.7	54.4	0.6	2.7	2.5	2,780	1,666	259	341	97	23	196	187	+154
12	Dana Barros D. Barros	20.6	1	24	1994-95	PHI	82	40.5	3.3	7.5	1.8	0.0	7.0	14.2	49.0	2.4	5.2	46.4	4.2	4.7	89.9	63.2	0.3	3.0	3.0	3,318	1,686	274	619	149	4	242	159
13	Kevin Johnson K. Johnson	20.4	1	54	1988-89	PHX	81	39.2	4.2	12.2	1.7	0.3	7.0	13.9	50.5	0.0	0.3	9.1	6.3	7.1	88.2	59.7	0.6	3.6	4.0	3,179	1,650	340	991	135	24	322	226
14	Goran Dragic G. Dragic	20.3	1	45	2013-14	PHX	76	35.1	3.2	5.9	1.4	0.3	7.3	14.4	50.5	1.6	3.9	40.8	4.2	5.5	76.0	60.4	0.9	2.3	2.8	2,668	1,542	245	447	104	22	213	206	+305
15	Kevin Love K. Love	20.2	1	17	2010-11	MIN	73	35.8	15.2	2.5	0.6	0.4	6.6	14.1	47.0	1.2	2.9	41.7	5.8	6.8	85.0	59.3	4.5	10.7	2.1	2,611	1,476	1,112	184	45	28	155	148	-272
16	Zach Randolph Z. Randolph	20.1	1	41	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
17	Pervis Ellison P. Ellison	20.0	1	21	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
18	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	20.0	1	40	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
19	Aaron Brooks A. Brooks	19.6	1	42	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
20	Hedo Turkoglu H. Turkoglu	19.5	1	52	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
21	Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf M. Abdul-Rauf	19.2	1	36	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
22	Jermaine O'Neal J. O'Neal	19.0	1	40	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
23	Gilbert Arenas G. Arenas	18.3	1	38	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
24	Jalen Rose J. Rose	18.2	1	54	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
25	Don MacLean D. MacLean	18.2	1	23	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