title: DBL Most Improved Player
text: # DBL Most Improved Player
  
  Dutch Basketball League awards, honours, and leaders :
  
  Individual awards :
  
  Most Valuable Player
  
  Coach of the Year
  
  Defensive Player of the Year
  
  MVP Under 23
  
  Sixth Man of the Year
  
  Playoffs MVP
  
  Statistical Player of the Year
  
  Most Improved Player
  
  Rookie of the Year
  
  Kees Akerboom Trophy :
  
  Honors :
  
  All-DBL Team
  
  All-Rookie Team
  
  All-Defense Team :
  
  Statistical leaders :
  
  Scoring
  
  Assists
  
  Blocks
  
  Rebounding
  
  Steals :
  
  vte :
  
  The Dutch Basketball League Most Improved Player is an award that is yearly given to the most improved player in the DBL, the highest professional basketball league in the Netherlands. The award is handed out after the regular season. The award is handed out by the FEB (Federatie Eredivisie Basketbal).
  
  ## Winners
  
  Key :
  
  | Player (X) | Name of the player and number of times they had won the award at that point (if more than one) |
  | - | - |
  | Nationality | Nationality as registered by FIBA, player may hold more nationalities |
  | † | Indicates multiple award winners in the same season |
  | ‡ | Denotes the club were DBL champions in the same season |
  | Season | Player | Position | Nationality | Team |
  | 2010–11 | Worthy de Jong | Guard | Netherlands | ZZ $Leiden^‡$ |
  | 2011–12 | Leon Williams | Guard | Netherlands | Rotterdam Basketbal College |
  | 2012–13 | Jeroen van der List | Forward/center | Netherlands | Den Helder Kings |
  | 2013–14 | Jeroen van der List (2) | Forward/center | Netherlands | Den Helder Kings |
  | 2014–15 | Yannick Franke | Guard | Netherlands | Challenge Sports Rotterdam |
  | 2015–16 | Grant Gibbs | Guard | United States | Landstede |
  | 2016–17 | Maarten Bouwknecht | Guard | Netherlands | New Heroes Den Bosch |
  | 2017–18 | Sam van Dijk | Guard | Netherlands | BAL |
  | 2018–19 | Rienk Mast | Forward/center | Netherlands | Donar |
  | 2020–21 | Stan van den Elzen | Guard | Netherlands | Den Helder Suns |
  
  ## Awards won by nationality
  
  | Country | Total |
  | - | - |
  | Netherlands | 9 |
  | United States | 1 |
  
  ## Awards won by club
  
  | Country | Total |
  | - | - |
  | Den Helder Kings / Den Helder Suns | 3 |
  | Rotterdam | 2 |
  | ZZ Leiden | 1 |
  | Den Bosch | 1 |
  | Landstede Zwolle | 1 |
  | BAL | 1 |
  | Donar | 1 |
  