Big East Conference Men's Basketball Most Improved Player
# Big East Conference Men's Basketball Most Improved Player

The Big East Conference Men's Basketball Most Improved Player award is given to the men's basketball player in the Big East Conference voted as the most improved by the conference coaches. It was first awarded at the end of the 1996–97 season.

## Key

| † | Co-Most Improved Players |
| - | - |
| Player (X) | Denotes the number of times the player has been awarded the Big East Most Improved Player award at that point |

## Winners

| Season | Player | School | Position | Class |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1996–97 | Cheikh Yaya Dia | Georgetown | C | Senior |
| 1997–98 | Etan Thomas | Syracuse | F/C | Sophomore |
| 1998–99 | Johnny Hemsley | Miami | G/F | Junior |
| $1999–00^†$ | Ricardo Greer | Pittsburgh | F | Junior |
| Shaheen Holloway | Seton Hall | PG | Senior |
| $2000–01^†$ | Preston Shumpert | Syracuse | F | Junior |
| Calvin Bowman | West Virginia | C | Senior |
| 2001–02 | Brandin Knight | Pittsburgh | PG | Junior |
| 2002–03 | Hakim Warrick | Syracuse | F | Sophomore |
| 2003–04 | Carl Krauser | Pittsburgh | PG | Sophomore |
| $2004–05^†$ | Jared Dudley | Boston College | F | Sophomore |
| Marcus Williams | UConn | PG | Sophomore |
| 2005–06 | Aaron Gray | Pittsburgh | C | Junior |
| 2006–07 | Herbert Hill | Providence | F/C | Senior |
| 2007–08 | Sam Young | Pittsburgh | SF | Junior |
| 2008–09 | Dante Cunningham | Villanova | F | Senior |
| 2009–10 | Ashton Gibbs | Pittsburgh | PG | Sophomore |
| 2010–11 | Dwight Hardy | St. John's | SG | Senior |
| 2011–12 | Jack Cooley | Notre Dame | C | Junior |
| $2012–13^†$ | Michael Carter-Williams | Syracuse | PG | Sophomore |
| Kadeem Batts | Providence | PF | Junior |
| $2013–14^†$ | Daniel Ochefu | Villanova | F/C | Sophomore |
| Darrun Hilliard | Villanova | G | Junior |
| 2014–15 | Sir'Dominic Pointer | St. John's | SG | Senior |
| 2015–16 | Ben Bentil | Providence | F | Sophomore |
| 2016–17 | Kyron Cartwright | Providence | PG | Junior |
| 2017–18 | Myles Powell | Seton Hall | G | Sophomore |
| 2018–19 | Paul Reed | DePaul | PF | Sophomore |
| 2019–20 | Romaro Gill | Seton Hall | C | Senior |
| $2020–21^†$ | Julian Champagnie | St. John's | G/F | Sophomore |
| Zach Freemantle | Xavier | F | Sophomore |
| 2021–22 | Justin Lewis | Marquette | F | Sophomore |
| 2022–23 | Joel Soriano | St. John's | C | Senior |
