Ryan Anderson of the Orlando Magic is the winner of the 2011-12 Kia NBA Most Improved Player Award.

Anderson received 260 of a possible 605 points, including 33 first-place votes, from a panel of 121 sportswriters and broadcasters throughout the United States and Canada. Ersan Ilyasova of the Milwaukee Bucks (159 points, 21 first-place votes) and Nikola Pekovic of the Minnesota Timberwolves (104 points, 10 first-place votes) finished second and third, respectively. 

Greg Monroe, Andrew Bynum and Jeremy Lin finished fourth, fifth and sixth respectively.