Of the WNBA’s annual regular-season awards, the Most Improved Player award is the wild card. The term “improvement” can be interpreted differently by each individual award voter, and there’s rarely one player who stands head and shoulders above the rest; year-by-year player improvement isn’t always blindingly obvious, and there are external factors to be considered as well, such as changes to that player’s role or surrounding roster.
That ambiguity is also what makes the Most Improved Player award fun to talk about; you could ask ten different people and get ten different answers as to which WNBA player deserves to win. With that in mind, let’s take a look at a few players who have taken a noticeable jump in 2024.
DiJonai Carrington (Connecticut Sun)
If Most Improved was voted on today, Carrington perhaps would be the most popular choice for the award. Drafted by the Sun in 2021, she’s gradually improved in every season since then, though her breakout in 2024 definitely has been the most noticeable. In Carrington’s first season as a full-time starter, she’s…
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