who was the oldest nba player to win most improved player

Darrell Armstrong is the oldest Most Improved Player of the Year in a season. He was 30 years old in 1998-99.

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Who was the oldest NBA player to win most improved player in a regular season?

	NAME	Age	MIP	SEASON	TM	GP	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	30	1	1998-99	ORL	50	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	Hedo Turkoglu H. Turkoglu	28	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	1,602	471	409	74	25	246	244	+456
3	Goran Dragic G. Dragic	27	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	1,542	245	447	104	22	213	206	+305
4	Jalen Rose J. Rose	27	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	1,457	387	320	84	49	188	234	+236
5	Isaac Austin I. Austin	27	1	1996-97	MIA	82	22.9	9.7	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
6	Dana Barros D. Barros	27	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	1,686	274	619	149	4	242	159
7	Julius Randle J. Randle	26	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	1,712	724	427	64	18	241	225	+153
8	Scott Skiles S. Skiles	26	1	1990-91	ORL	79	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
9	Dale Ellis D. Ellis	26	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	2,041	447	238	104	32	238	267
10	Lauri Markkanen L. Markkanen	25	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	1,691	570	123	42	38	127	137	+163
11	Victor Oladipo V. Oladipo	25	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	1,735	390	323	177	57	219	175	+336
12	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	25	1	2014-15	CHI	65	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
13	Aaron Brooks A. Brooks	25	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	1,604	215	434	69	14	232	199	-26
14	Danny Granger D. Granger	25	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	1,728	341	183	69	97	165	207	+69
15	Alan Henderson A. Henderson	25	1	1997-98	ATL	69	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
16	Pascal Siakam P. Siakam	24	1	2018-19	TOR	80	31.9	16.9	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
17	CJ McCollum	24	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	1,666	259	341	97	23	196	187	+154
18	Bobby Simmons B. Simmons	24	1	2004-05	LAC	75	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
19	Gheorghe Muresan G. Muresan	24	1	1995-96	WAS	76	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
20	Don MacLean D. MacLean	24	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	1,365	467	160	47	22	152	169
21	Pervis Ellison P. Ellison	24	1	1991-92	WAS	66	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
22	Rony Seikaly R. Seikaly	24	1	1989-90	MIA	74	32.6	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	2,409	1,228	766	78	78	124	236	258
23	Tyrese Maxey T. Maxey	23	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	1,816	258	433	69	33	116	151	+303
24	Ryan Anderson R. Anderson	23	1	2011-12	ORL	61	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
25	Boris Diaw B. Diaw	23	1	2005-06	PHX	81	35.5	13.3	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

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Sun 2/22	ORL	@	LAC	9:00 PM
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32.8

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31.8

Gilgeous-Alexander

29.6

Edwards

RPG Leaders

12.2

Jokić

11.9

Towns

11.4

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9.6

Cunningham

8.6

Dončić

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2.1

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2.0

Maxey

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2.7

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2.0

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2.0

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Williams

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FanDuel Points Leaders

2,546.9

Maxey

2,493.6

Gilgeous-Alexander

2,456.8

Johnson

DraftKings Points Leaders

2,603.3

Johnson

2,573.5

Maxey

2,530.8

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36.8

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33.4

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1	Pistons	39	13	.750
2	Knicks	34	19	.642	5.5
3	Celtics	34	19	.642	5.5
4	Cavaliers	33	21	.611	7.0
5	Raptors	32	22	.593	8.0
6	76ers	30	23	.566	9.5
7	Magic	28	24	.538	11.0
8	Heat	28	27	.509	12.5
9	Hawks	26	29	.473	14.5
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11	Bulls	24	30	.444	16.0
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13	Nets	15	37	.288	24.0
14	Wizards	14	38	.269	25.0
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1	Thunder	41	13	.759
2	Spurs	36	16	.692	4.0
3	Nuggets	34	20	.630	7.0
4	Rockets	32	19	.627	7.5
5	Lakers	32	20	.615	8.0
6	Timberwolves	33	22	.600	8.5
7	Suns	31	22	.585	9.5
8	Warriors	29	25	.537	12.0
9	Trail Blazers	26	28	.481	15.0
10	Clippers	25	27	.481	15.0
11	Grizzlies	20	32	.385	20.0
12	Mavericks	19	33	.365	21.0
13	Jazz	17	37	.315	24.0
14	Pelicans	15	40	.273	26.5
15	Kings	12	43	.218	29.5

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DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Tue 1/13	UTA	@	CHI	126-128
Tue 1/13	DEN	@	DAL	118-109
Tue 1/13	NYK	@	SAC	101-112
Tue 1/13	WAS	@	LAC	105-119
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Tue 2/10	LAC	@	HOU	8:00 PM
Tue 2/10	DAL	@	PHX	9:00 PM
Tue 2/10	SAS	@	LAL	10:30 PM
Wed 2/11	WAS	@	CLE	7:00 PM

Darrell Armstrong is the oldest Most Improved Player of the Year in a season. He was 30 years old in 1998-99.

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