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2013 WNBA Most Improved Player candidates: Midseason statistics for the league's most improved

The full table of statistics for our midseason Most Improved Player award article posted on July 30.

Below are 14 players who made the largest leaps in VCR between the 2012 and 2013 WNBA season. The 15th player is someone who has made major strides from marginal backup to All-Star over the past 2.5 seasons who will probably be in the discussion in the minds of many.

For more on what these numbers means, see the following:

Player

Team

2012 VCR

2013 VCR

Diff

2012 MPG

2013 MPG

Diff

MEV%

MEV%

Diff

2012 TS%

2013 TS%

Diff

2012 USG%

2013 USG%

Diff

2012 Tov%

2013 Tov%

Diff

2012 PPR

2013 PPR

Diff

2012 Oreb%

2013 Oreb%

Diff

2012 FTP

2013 FTP

Diff

Leilani Mitchell

New York Liberty

0.86

1.43

0.57

26.7

20.1

-6.6

11.68

14.35

2.67

55.47

65.61

10.14

12.4

13.92

1.52

14.95

14.94

-0.01

1.72

1.19

-0.53

2.7

3.77

1.07

4.6

19.51

14.91

Kelsey Griffin

Connecticut Sun

0.69

1.17

0.48

12.1

23.8

11.7

3.62

13.76

10.14

41.68

47.76

6.08

16.54

16.46

-0.08

17.31

9.45

-7.86

-4.53

-1.14

3.39

8.83

8.66

-0.17

24.24

23.42

-0.82

Aneika Henry

Atlanta Dream

0.91

1.25

0.34

18

12.9

-5.1

8.09

8.04

-0.05

51.46

53.75

2.29

13.1

15.24

2.14

13.64

8.53

-5.11

-2.84

-0.48

2.36

10.39

13.23

2.84

23.3

25.42

2.12

Allison Hightower

Connecticut Sun

0.65

0.97

0.33

24.3

31.8

7.5

7.7

15.29

7.59

42.37

47.9

5.53

16.94

20.76

3.82

11.67

8.53

-3.14

1.08

0.52

-0.56

2.91

1.21

-1.7

12.5

9.85

-2.65

Shavonte Zellous

Indiana Fever

0.69

1.01

0.32

22.3

32.3

10

5.79

15.88

10.09

47.45

52.94

5.49

19.24

24.04

4.8

12.51

11.35

-1.16

-1.01

-3.46

-2.45

4.64

2.73

-1.91

26.36

28.37

2.01

Tamika Catchings

Indiana Fever

1.66

1.97

0.31

30.5

31

0.5

20.45

26.17

5.72

55.21

49.41

-5.8

26.34

28.75

2.41

8.42

8.1

-0.32

1.19

0.64

-0.55

7.12

6.21

-0.91

30.23

25

-5.23

Camille Little

Seattle Storm

1.07

1.38

0.31

27.9

30.3

2.4

14.87

20.48

5.61

56.25

60.96

4.71

22.01

20

-2.01

18.7

17.57

-1.13

-5.38

-5.04

0.34

7.39

8.2

0.81

38.88

38.88

Nicole Powell

Tulsa Shock

0.93

1.22

0.29

27.1

24.4

-2.7

12.48

13.54

1.06

53.94

55.82

1.88

11.71

15.66

3.95

12.98

1.34

-11.64

-1.84

0.53

2.37

5.29

5.99

0.7

6.07

10

3.93

Shenise Johnson

San Antonio Silver Stars

0.86

1.08

0.22

17.1

25.5

8.4

7.2

12.83

5.63

46.82

46.15

-0.67

18.88

22.87

3.99

12.84

10.81

-2.03

-1.09

-0.92

0.17

11.06

6.31

-4.75

18.7

9.78

-8.92

Tiffany Hayes

Atlanta Dream

0.9

1.11

0.21

23.1

23.8

0.7

10.13

8.9

-1.23

51.88

50.52

-1.36

18.35

21.78

3.43

11.11

9.63

-1.48

0.27

0.12

-0.15

3.48

3.74

0.26

39.81

44.68

4.87

Danielle Robinson

San Antonio Silver Stars

1.01

1.22

0.21

28.9

33.3

4.4

14.72

20.92

6.2

56.93

48.28

-8.65

16.03

19.25

3.22

10.92

13.71

2.79

4.4

4.55

0.15

2.25

2.8

0.55

15.92

15.18

-0.74

Jayne Appel

San Antonio Silver Stars

0.98

1.18

0.2

18.9

24.5

5.6

8.84

10.27

1.43

59.32

58.83

-0.49

9.91

10.33

0.42

22.18

21.53

-0.65

-2.08

-3.03

-0.95

11.59

11.21

-0.38

25.88

19.56

-6.32

Riquna Williams

Tulsa Shock

1.18

1.37

0.19

20.3

20.8

0.5

10.36

12.31

1.95

45.75

53.04

7.29

28.02

31.29

3.27

9.53

8.87

-0.66

-0.14

-2.45

-2.31

4.09

2.48

-1.61

22.25

26.9

4.65

Jantel Lavender

Los Angeles Sparks

0.92

1.1

0.18

14.4

13.9

-0.5

6.61

7.55

0.94

54.28

54.97

0.69

18.67

18.79

0.12

16.51

12.49

-4.02

-5.3

-3.46

1.84

12.2

11.82

-0.38

16.87

15.66

-1.21

Ivory Latta

Washington Mystics

1.12

1.14

0.02

28.3

31.9

3.6

14.34

18.21

3.87

55.01

54.2

-0.81

23.76

21.77

-1.99

11.64

9.78

-1.86

0.1

3.18

3.08

1.6

1.5

-0.1

16.7

28.03

11.33