youngest player to win a most improved player of the year nba

4 players are tied for the youngest Most Improved Players of the Year in a season. They were 21 years old. The first three are Dyson Daniels in 2024-25, Monta Ellis in 2006-07 and Gilbert Arenas in 2002-03.

	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	Dyson Daniels D. Daniels	21	1	2024-25	ATL	76	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
2	Monta Ellis M. Ellis	21	1	2006-07	GSW	77	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
3	Gilbert Arenas G. Arenas	21	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	1,497	386	514	124	17	290	260	-75
4	Tracy McGrady T. McGrady	21	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	2,065	580	352	116	118	198	160	+252
5	Ja Morant J. Morant	22	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	1,564	325	384	66	22	196	86	+189
6	Brandon Ingram B. Ingram	22	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	1,477	380	259	61	38	189	179	-44
7	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	22	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	1,832	700	434	131	151	234	246	+46
8	Paul George P. George	22	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	1,377	603	327	143	51	233	227	+365
9	Kevin Love K. Love	22	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	1,476	1,112	184	45	28	155	148	-272
10	Zach Randolph Z. Randolph	22	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	1,626	851	163	68	41	247	227	-58
11	Kevin Johnson K. Johnson	22	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	1,650	340	991	135	24	322	226
12	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
13	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
14	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
15	Jermaine O'Neal J. O'Neal	23	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	1,371	757	118	45	166	174	269	+99
16	Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf M. Abdul-Rauf	23	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	1,553	225	344	84	8	187	179
17	Kevin Duckworth K. Duckworth	23	1	1987-88	POR	78	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
18	Alvin Robertson A. Robertson	23	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	1,392	516	448	301	40	256	296
19	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
20	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
21	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
22	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
23	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
24	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
25	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