PFWA NFL Most Valuable Player Award

The Pro Football Writers of America (PFWA) first gave a National Football League Most Valuable Player Award in 1966 to Bart Starr. After an eight-season hiatus, the award returned in 1975. As with other PFWA awards, any member of the organisation is eligible to vote.^[1]

Season	Player	Team	Position	Ref
1966	Bart Starr	Green Bay Packers	Quarterback	[2]
1967–1974	Not awarded
1975	Fran Tarkenton	Minnesota Vikings	Quarterback
1976	Bert Jones	Baltimore Colts	Quarterback
1977	Walter Payton	Chicago Bears	Running back
1978	Earl Campbell	Houston Oilers	Running back
1979	Earl Campbell (2)	Houston Oilers	Running back
1980	Brian Sipe	Cleveland Browns	Quarterback
1981	Ken Anderson	Cincinnati Bengals	Quarterback
1982	Dan Fouts	San Diego Chargers	Quarterback
1983	Joe Theismann	Washington Redskins	Quarterback
1984	Dan Marino	Miami Dolphins	Quarterback
1985	Marcus Allen	Los Angeles Raiders	Running back
1986	Lawrence Taylor	New York Giants	Linebacker
1987	Jerry Rice	San Francisco 49ers	Wide receiver
1988	Boomer Esiason	Cincinnati Bengals	Quarterback	[3]
1989	Joe Montana	San Francisco 49ers	Quarterback	[2]
1990	Randall Cunningham	Philadelphia Eagles	Quarterback
1991	Thurman Thomas	Buffalo Bills	Running back
1992	Steve Young	San Francisco 49ers	Quarterback
1993	Emmitt Smith	Dallas Cowboys	Running back
1994	Steve Young (2)	San Francisco 49ers	Quarterback	[4]
1995	Brett Favre	Green Bay Packers	Quarterback	[2]
1996	Brett Favre (2)	Green Bay Packers	Quarterback
1997	Barry Sanders	Detroit Lions	Running back
1998	Terrell Davis	Denver Broncos	Running back
1999	Kurt Warner	St. Louis Rams	Quarterback
2000	Marshall Faulk	St. Louis Rams	Running back
2001	Marshall Faulk (2)	St. Louis Rams	Quarterback
2002	Rich Gannon	Oakland Raiders	Quarterback
2003	Jamal Lewis	Baltimore Ravens	Running back
2004	Peyton Manning	Indianapolis Colts	Quarterback
2005	Shaun Alexander	Seattle Seahawks	Running back
2006	LaDainian Tomlinson	San Diego Chargers	Running back
2007	Tom Brady	New England Patriots	Quarterback
2008	Peyton Manning (2)	Indianapolis Colts	Quarterback
2009	Peyton Manning (3)	Indianapolis Colts	Quarterback
2010	Tom Brady (2)	New England Patriots	Quarterback
2011	Aaron Rodgers	Green Bay Packers	Quarterback
2012	Adrian Peterson	Minnesota Vikings	Running back
2013	Peyton Manning (4)	Denver Broncos	Quarterback	[5]
2014	Aaron Rodgers (2)	Green Bay Packers	Quarterback	[6]
2015	Cam Newton	Carolina Panthers	Quarterback	[7]
2016	Matt Ryan	Atlanta Falcons	Quarterback	[8]
2017	Tom Brady (3)	New England Patriots	Quarterback	[9]
2018	Patrick Mahomes	Kansas City Chiefs	Quarterback	[2]
2019	Lamar Jackson	Baltimore Ravens	Quarterback
2020	Aaron Rodgers (3)	Green Bay Packers	Quarterback	[10]
2021	Aaron Rodgers (4)	Green Bay Packers	Quarterback	[11]
2022	Patrick Mahomes (2)	Kansas City Chiefs	Quarterback
2023	Lamar Jackson (2)	Baltimore Ravens	Quarterback

References

1. "About the PFWA". PFWA.
2. "Pro Football Writers of America History (1964-2020)" (PDF). Pro Football Writers of America. September 1, 2020. p. 5. Retrieved January 31, 2021.
3. "Esiason named MVP by Writers Association". The Evening News. Associated Press. January 11, 1989. p. 2B. Retrieved September 24, 2016.
4. "Writers Choose 49ers Young As MVP". Sun-Sentinel. January 25, 1995. Archived from the original on February 16, 2017. Retrieved February 16, 2017.
5. Adams, Justin (January 15, 2014). Denver Broncos Peyton Manning named Pro Football Writers of America's MVP, Offensive Player of Year. TheDenverChannel.com. Archived February 3, 2014, at the Wayback MachineRetrieved September 24, 2016.
6. Mike Spofford (2015-01-14). "Green Bay Packers – Official Blog | Aaron Rodgers wins first league MVP award of 2014". Blog.packers.com. Archived from the original on January 27, 2016. Retrieved January 27, 2016.
7. "Pro Football writers name Cam Newton their NFL MVP". Washington Post. 20 January 2016.
8. Cunningham, Michael (January 18, 2017). "Pro Football Writers vote Falcons' Matt Ryan MVP". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Archived from the original on January 19, 2017. Retrieved January 18, 2017.
9. "Brady 2017 NFL MVP; Gurley OPOY; Campbell DPOY - PFWA". profootballwriters.org. 17 January 2018. Archived from the original on 18 January 2018. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
10. Werner, Barry (January 20, 2021). "Aaron Rodgers earns PFWA NFL MVP honors". USA Today. Retrieved January 31, 2021.
11. "Most Valuable Player". Pro Football Writers of America. Retrieved 2024-03-01.