All-Time NFL Most Valuable Player Award Winners
Green Bay Packer’s Aaron Rodgers was named as the winner of 2014 NFL most valuable player award beating other five competitors. This is the second NFL Most Valuable Player award for Green Bay Packer’s quarterback, the first being won in 2011. The NFL most valuable player award is reserved for the most precious player for his team in National Football League. The term Most Valuable Player was used by Association Press in 1961 which lead to the confusion that whether pre-1960 winners are MVPs or player of the year (POY)? However an article by Pro Football Weekly cleared the ambiguity stating that at that time both terms were interchangeable. Till date Peyton Manning holds the record of most NFL most valuable player award winning it five times. All other NFL players who proved their worth for their teams and were rewarded with NFL most valuable player award are enlisted hereunder
NFL Most Valuable Player Award Winners
Year | Winner | Team |
2014 | Aaron Rodgers | Green Bay Packers |
2013 | Peyton Manning | Denver Broncos |
2012 | Adrian Peterson | Minnesota Vikings |
2011 | Aaron Rodgers | Green Bay Packers |
2010 | Tom Brady | New England Patriots |
2009 | Peyton Manning | Indianapolis Colts |
2008 | Peyton Manning | Indianapolis Colts |
2007 | Tom Brady | NewEngland Patriots |
2006 | LaDainian Tomlinson | San Diego Chargers |
2005 | Shaun Alexander | Seattle Seahawks |
2004 | Peyton Manning | Indianapolis Colts |
2003 | Peyton Manning | Indianapolis Colts |
2003 | Steve McNair | Tennessee Titans |
2002 | Rich Gannon | Oakland Raiders |
2001 | Kurt Warner | St. Louis Rams |
2000 | Marshall Faulk | St. Louis Rams |
1999 | Kurt Warner | St. Louis Rams |
1998 | Terrell Davis | Denver Broncos |
1997 | Brett Favre | Green Bay Packers |
1997 | Barry Sanders | Detroit Lions |
1996 | Brett Favre | Green Bay Packers |
1995 | Brett Favre | Green Bay Packers |
1994 | Steve Young | San Francisco 49ers |
1993 | Emmitt Smith | Dallas Cowboys |
1992 | Steve Young | San Francisco 49ers |
1991 | Thurman Thomas | Buffalo Bills |
1990 | Joe Montana | San Francisco 49ers |
1989 | Joe Montana | San Francisco 49ers |
1988 | Boomer Esiason | Cincinnati Bengals |
1987 | John Elway | Denver Broncos |
1986 | Lawrence Taylor | New York Giants |
1985 | Marcus Allen | Los Angeles Raiders |
1984 | Dan Marino | Miami Dolphins |
1983 | Joe Theismann | Washington Redskins |
1982 | Mark Moseley | Washington Redskins |
1981 | Ken Anderson | Cincinnati Bengals |
1980 | Brian Sipe | Cleveland Browns |
1979 | Earl Campbell | Houston Oilers |
1978 | Terry Bradshaw | Pittsburgh Steelers |
1977 | Walter Payton | Chicago Bears |
1976 | Bert Jones | Baltimore Colts |
1975 | Fran Tarkenton | Minnesota Vikings |
1974 | Ken Stabler | Oakland Raiders |
1973 | O.J. Simpson | Buffalo Bills |
1972 | Larry Brown | Washington Redskins |
1971 | Alan Page | Minnesota Vikings |
1970 | John Brodie | San Francisco 49ers |
1969 | Roman Gabriel | Los Angeles Rams |
1968 | Earl Morrall | Baltimore Colts |
1967 | Johnny Unitas | Baltimore Colts |
1966 | Bart Starr | Green Bay Packers |
1965 | Jim Brown | Cleveland Browns |
1964 | Johnny Unitas | Baltimore Colts |
1963 | Y.A. Tittle | New York Giants |
1962 | Jim Taylor | Green Bay Packers |
1961 | Paul Hornung | Green Bay Packers |
1960 | Norm Van Brocklin | Philadelphia Eagles |
1959 | Johnny Unitas | Baltimore Colts |
1958 | Jim Brown | Cleveland Browns |
1957 | Jim Brown | Cleveland Browns |