We’re back with part two of the Dink Awards winners. Today we’re focusing on the most improved player categories, as well as the player with the most influential voice, and event of the year. If you didn’t get chance to see the first set of results, check those out below.
Dink Award Winners – Part One 👇
Dink Awards 2023 Winners: Player of the Year
Records were made! Over 6,000 of you voted in this year’s official fans’s choice awards for the top players, people, and moments from the year. Today we’re announcing the first six categories and releasing the rest over the course of the week — so make sure to check back! via
Part One of the Dink Awards
Men’s Most Improved Player

This was an absolutely stacked category (and it shows in the results). Christian Alshon takes the win with a decisive lead but we had our first tie of the Dink awards between Garnett and Staksrud.
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Here are the full results:
- Christian Alshon (31.3 percent)
- Connor Garnett (21 percent)
- Federico Staksrud (21 percent)
- Hayden Patriquin (18.9 percent)
- Pablo Tellez (7.8 percent)
Women’s Most Improved Player

A stand-out of 2023, Rachel Rohrabacher quickly rose to the top with her incredible performance…