The Korean Basketball League Most Improved Player Award (MIP) (Korean: 기량발전상) is an annual Korean Basketball League (KBL) award given since 1997 to the player who was deemed to have made the most improvement compared to the previous season.
Winners ^Denotes player who is still active in the KBLTeam (X)Denotes the number of times a player from this team had won at that time
1997 to 2010–11 Season Player Position Team 1997 Noh Ki-seok Forward Samsung Electronics 1997–98 Park Jae-hoen Center Gyeongnam LG Sakers 1998–99 Bong Ha-min Guard Busan Kia Enterprise 1999–00 Park Hoon-geun Forward Changwon LG Sakers (2) 2000–01 Jo Woo-hyun Forward Changwon LG Sakers (3) 2001–02 Cho Dong-hyun Guard Incheon SK Bigs 2002–03 Hwang Ji-won Guard Yeosu Korea Tender Purmi 2003–04 Pyo Myung-il Guard Jeonju KCC Egis 2004–05 Lee Byeong-seok Forward Ulsan Mobis Phoebus (2) 2005–06 Song Yeong-jin Forward Busan KTF Magic Wings (2) 2006–07 Kim Tae-hyeop Guard Wonju Dongbu Promy 2007–08 Lee Han-gwon Forward Incheon Electroland Black Slammer (2) 2008–09 Park Goo-young Guard Ulsan Mobis Phoebus (3) 2009–10 Park Jong-cheon Forward Ulsan Mobis Phoebus (4) 2010–11 Kim Dong-uk^ Forward Seoul Samsung Thunders (2)
2014–15 to present The award was scrapped after the 2010–11 season and revived for the 2014–15 season. Season Player Position Team 2014–15 Lee Jae-do^ Guard Busan KT Sonicboom (3) 2015–16 Heo Ung^ Guard Wonju DB Promy (2) 2016–17 Song Kyo-chang^ Forward Jeonju KCC Egis (2) 2017–18 Kim Tae-hong Forward Wonju DB Promy (3) 2017–18 Yang Hong-seok^ Forward Busan KT Sonicboom (4) 2019–20 Kim Nak-hyeon^ Guard Incheon Electroland Elephants (3) 2020–21 Jung Chang-yeong^ Guard Jeonju KCC Egis (3) 2021–22 Jung Seong-woo^ Guard Suwon KT Sonicboom (5) 2022–23 Ha Yun-gi^ Center Suwon KT Sonicboom (6) 2023–24 Lee Jung-hyun^ Guard Goyang Sono Skygunners 2024–25 Yang Jun-suk^ Guard Changwon LG Sakers (4) 2025–26 Seo Myeong-jin^ Guard Ulsan Hyundai Mobis Phoebus (5)
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External links Records: Past records / 주요기록: 역대수상현황 on the Korean Basketball League official website