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