The Most Improved Player in 2008-09

after 41 games of the 2008-08 season

minimum 500 minutes played in 2008-09 and 1,000 minutes played 2007-08

Ranked in terms of Change in Wins

Change in Wins = Wins Produced in 08-09 with WP48 08-09 minus Wins Produced in 08-09 with WP48 in 07-08

WP48 = Wins Produced per 48 minutes

Data taken from Basketball-Reference.com

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Rank	Player	Team	Minutes	Wins Produced 08-09	WP48 08-09	WP48 07-08	Change in Wins
1	Dwyane Wade	Miami	1,572	9.1	0.278	0.136	4.6
2	Gerald Wallace	Charlotte	1,395	6.6	0.228	0.089	4.0
3	Luke Ridnour	Milwaukee	1,172	4.0	0.165	0.006	3.9
4	Mike Bibby	Atlanta	1,441	6.6	0.219	0.096	3.7
5	Kevin Durant	Oklahoma	1,556	4.1	0.125	0.012	3.7
6	Jeff Green	Oklahoma	1,496	0.7	0.022	-0.082	3.2
7	Rajon Rondo	Boston	1,324	9.2	0.332	0.219	3.1
8	Andrea Bargnani	Toronto	1,170	-0.6	-0.023	-0.146	3.0
9	Chris Paul	New Orleans	1550	15.9	0.493	0.406	2.8
10	Chris Duhon	New York	1,614	5.7	0.168	0.088	2.7
11	Delonte West	Cleveland	1,231	4.7	0.185	0.086	2.5
12	Paul Millsap	Utah	1,101	5.4	0.234	0.126	2.5
13	LeBron James	Cleveland	1,533	12.7	0.398	0.321	2.5
14	Bobby Simmons	New Jersey	1,007	2.0	0.093	-0.022	2.4
15	Andrew Bogut	Milwaukee	1,091	5.8	0.257	0.157	2.3
16	Sasha Pavlovic	Cleveland	581	0.9	0.072	-0.114	2.2
17	Shaquille O'Neal	Phoenix	1,037	5.3	0.246	0.153	2.0
18	Mehmet Okur	Utah	1,145	4.3	0.180	0.097	2.0
19	Rodney Stuckey	Detroit	1,194	3.6	0.147	0.069	1.9
20	Joel Przybilla	Portland	914	6.4	0.338	0.239	1.9
21	Marcus Camby	LA Clippers	1,225	11.1	0.437	0.365	1.8
22	Marvin Williams	Atlanta	1,285	2.9	0.108	0.043	1.8
23	Devin Harris	New Jersey	1,246	5.1	0.197	0.133	1.7
24	Emeka Okafor	Charlotte	1,427	7.9	0.264	0.208	1.7
25	Andre Iguodala	Philadelphia	1,578	7.3	0.222	0.172	1.6