Tracy McGrady has scored the most points by a Most Improved Player of the Year in a season, with 2,065 points in 2000-01.

Interpreted as:

most points from a most improved player in a regular season by a player

	NAME	PTS	MIP	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Tracy McGrady T. McGrady	2,065	1	2000-01	ORL	77	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	580	352	116	118	198	160	+252
2	Dale Ellis D. Ellis	2,041	1	1986-87	SEA	82	37.5	24.9	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	447	238	104	32	238	267
3	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	1,832	1	2016-17	MIL	80	35.6	22.9	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	700	434	131	151	234	246	+46
4	Tyrese Maxey T. Maxey	1,816	1	2023-24	PHI	70	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	258	433	69	33	116	151	+303
5	Victor Oladipo V. Oladipo	1,735	1	2017-18	IND	75	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	390	323	177	57	219	175	+336
6	Danny Granger D. Granger	1,728	1	2008-09	IND	67	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	341	183	69	97	165	207	+69
7	Julius Randle J. Randle	1,712	1	2020-21	NYK	71	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	724	427	64	18	241	225	+153
8	Lauri Markkanen L. Markkanen	1,691	1	2022-23	UTA	66	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	570	123	42	38	127	137	+163
9	Dana Barros D. Barros	1,686	1	1994-95	PHI	82	40.5	20.6	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	274	619	149	4	242	159
10	CJ McCollum	1,666	1	2015-16	POR	80	34.8	20.8	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	259	341	97	23	196	187	+154
11	Kevin Johnson K. Johnson	1,650	1	1988-89	PHX	81	39.2	20.4	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	340	991	135	24	322	226
12	Zach Randolph Z. Randolph	1,626	1	2003-04	POR	81	37.9	20.1	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	851	163	68	41	247	227	-58
13	Aaron Brooks A. Brooks	1,604	1	2009-10	HOU	82	35.6	19.6	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	215	434	69	14	232	199	-26
14	Hedo Turkoglu H. Turkoglu	1,602	1	2007-08	ORL	82	36.9	19.5	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	471	409	74	25	246	244	+456
15	Ja Morant J. Morant	1,564	1	2021-22	MEM	57	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	325	384	66	22	196	86	+189
16	Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf M. Abdul-Rauf	1,553	1	1992-93	DEN	81	33.5	19.2	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	225	344	84	8	187	179
17	Goran Dragic G. Dragic	1,542	1	2013-14	PHX	76	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	245	447	104	22	213	206	+305
18	Gilbert Arenas G. Arenas	1,497	1	2002-03	GSW	82	35.0	18.3	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	386	514	124	17	290	260	-75
19	Brandon Ingram B. Ingram	1,477	1	2019-20	NOP	62	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	380	259	61	38	189	179	-44
20	Kevin Love K. Love	1,476	1	2010-11	MIN	73	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	1,112	184	45	28	155	148	-272
21	Jalen Rose J. Rose	1,457	1	1999-00	IND	80	37.2	18.2	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	387	320	84	49	188	234	+236
22	Alvin Robertson A. Robertson	1,392	1	1985-86	SAS	82	35.1	17.0	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	516	448	301	40	256	296
23	Paul George P. George	1,377	1	2012-13	IND	79	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	603	327	143	51	233	227	+365
24	Jermaine O'Neal J. O'Neal	1,371	1	2001-02	IND	72	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	757	118	45	166	174	269	+99
25	Don MacLean D. MacLean	1,365	1	1993-94	WAS	75	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	467	160	47	22	152	169