Darrell Armstrong has the fewest games by a Most Improved Player of the Year in a season, with 50 games in 1998-99.

Interpreted as:

lowest games played for mip in a regular season by a player

	NAME	GP	MIP	SEASON	TM	MPG	PPG	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	Darrell Armstrong D. Armstrong	50	1	1998-99	ORL	30.0	13.8	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
2	Ja Morant J. Morant	57	1	2021-22	MEM	33.1	27.4	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
3	Ryan Anderson R. Anderson	61	1	2011-12	ORL	32.2	16.1	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
4	Brandon Ingram B. Ingram	62	1	2019-20	NOP	33.9	23.8	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
5	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	65	1	2014-15	CHI	38.7	20.0	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
6	Lauri Markkanen L. Markkanen	66	1	2022-23	UTA	34.4	25.6	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
7	Pervis Ellison P. Ellison	66	1	1991-92	WAS	38.0	20.0	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
8	Danny Granger D. Granger	67	1	2008-09	IND	36.2	25.8	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
9	Alan Henderson A. Henderson	69	1	1997-98	ATL	29.0	14.3	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
10	Tyrese Maxey T. Maxey	70	1	2023-24	PHI	37.5	25.9	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
11	Julius Randle J. Randle	71	1	2020-21	NYK	37.6	24.1	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
12	Jermaine O'Neal J. O'Neal	72	1	2001-02	IND	37.6	19.0	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
13	Kevin Love K. Love	73	1	2010-11	MIN	35.8	20.2	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
14	Rony Seikaly R. Seikaly	74	1	1989-90	MIA	32.5	16.6	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	2,408	1,228	766	78	78	124	236	258
15	Victor Oladipo V. Oladipo	75	1	2017-18	IND	34.0	23.1	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
16	Bobby Simmons B. Simmons	75	1	2004-05	LAC	37.3	16.4	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
17	Don MacLean D. MacLean	75	1	1993-94	WAS	33.2	18.2	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
18	Dyson Daniels D. Daniels	76	1	2024-25	ATL	33.8	14.1	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
19	Goran Dragic G. Dragic	76	1	2013-14	PHX	35.1	20.3	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
20	Gheorghe Muresan G. Muresan	76	1	1995-96	WAS	29.5	14.5	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
21	Monta Ellis M. Ellis	77	1	2006-07	GSW	34.3	16.5	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
22	Tracy McGrady T. McGrady	77	1	2000-01	ORL	40.1	26.8	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
23	Kevin Duckworth K. Duckworth	78	1	1987-88	POR	28.5	15.8	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
24	Paul George P. George	79	1	2012-13	IND	37.6	17.4	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
25	Scott Skiles S. Skiles	79	1	1990-91	ORL	34.4	17.2	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