The Super Bowl Most Valuable Player (MVP) award is presented annually to the most valuable player of the Super Bowl, the National Football League's (NFL) championship game. The winner is chosen by a panel of 16 football writers and broadcasters, and, since Super Bowl XXXV in 2001, fans voting electronically. The media panel's ballots count for 80 percent of the vote tally, while the viewers' ballots make up the other 20 percent. The game's viewing audience can vote on the Internet, or by using cell phones. Media voters are asked to vote with about five minutes remaining in the game, but are allowed to change their mind when the game ends. They can nominate one player from each team, with instructions to count their vote for the player on the winning team. Voters cannot select an entire unit.
The Super Bowl MVP has been awarded annually since the game's inception in 1967. Through 1989, the award was presented by Sport magazine.2009 ESPN Sports Almanac, p. 246. Bart Starr was the MVP of the first two Super Bowls. Since 1990, the award has been presented by the NFL. At Super Bowl XXV, the league first awarded the Pete Rozelle Trophy, named after former NFL commissioner Pete Rozelle, to the Super Bowl MVP. Ottis Anderson was the first to win the trophy. The most recent Super Bowl MVP, from Super Bowl LX, is Seattle Seahawks running back Kenneth Walker III.
Tom Brady is the only player to have won five Super Bowl MVP awards (four with the New England Patriots and one with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers); Joe Montana and Patrick Mahomes won three times and three other players—Bart Starr, Terry Bradshaw and Eli Manning—have won the award twice. Starr, Bradshaw, and Mahomes are the only ones to have won it in back-to-back years. The MVP has come from the winning team every year except 1971, when Dallas Cowboys linebacker Chuck Howley won the award, despite the Cowboys' loss in Super Bowl V to the Baltimore Colts. Harvey Martin and Randy White were named co-MVPs of Super Bowl XII, the only time co-MVPs have been chosen. Including the Super Bowl XII co-MVPs, seven Cowboys players have won Super Bowl MVP awards, the most of any NFL team. Quarterbacks have earned the honor 34 times in 59 games (and 60 awards).
From Super Bowl I to Super Bowl XLIX the Super Bowl MVP won a new car as a part of their MVP award. However, since Hyundai became the official vehicle partner of the NFL, from the 2015 NFL season onward no new car has been awarded to the Super Bowl MVP since Super Bowl 50.
Winners
+ Key for the below tables Symbol DescriptionYearEach year is linked to an article about that particular NFL seasonWinner Denotes number of times the player has won the awardPlayer still active in NFL*Player elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame‡Player is not yet eligible for Pro Football Hall of Fame§Player's team lost the Super BowlTeam Denotes number of times the team has won the awardPosition Denotes number of times the position has won the award + Super Bowl Most Valuable PlayersYearSuper BowlWinnerTeamPositionCollegeRef.1967Alabama1968 19691970Purdue1971West Virginia1972Navy1973Georgia1974Syracuse1975Penn State1976USC1977Florida State1978Texas A&M–CommerceMaryland1979Louisiana Tech1980 1981Stanford1982Notre Dame1983Kansas1984USC1985 Notre Dame1986Tennessee State1987Morehead State1988Grambling State1989Mississippi Valley State1990 Notre Dame1991Miami (FL)1992Washington State1993UCLA1994Florida1995BYU1996TCU1997Michigan1998Georgia1999Stanford2000Northern Iowa2001Miami (FL)2002Michigan2003Florida State2004 Michigan2005Louisville2006Georgia2007Tennessee2008Ole Miss2009Ohio State2010Purdue2011California2012 Ole Miss2013Delaware2014USC2015 Michigan2016Texas A&M2017 Michigan2018Arizona2019Kent State2020Texas Tech2021 Michigan2022 Eastern Washington 2023 Texas Tech 2024 2025 Oklahoma2026 Michigan State
By team
+ Super Bowl MVPs by teamTeamTotalSuper Bowl(s)Dallas Cowboys7Pittsburgh Steelers6New England Patriots6San Francisco 49ers5Green Bay Packers4New York Giants4Kansas City Chiefs4, LIV, LVII, LVIIILos Angeles/Oakland Raiders3Washington Redskins/Commanders3Denver Broncos3Miami Dolphins2Baltimore Ravens2Tampa Bay Buccaneers2St. Louis/Los Angeles Rams2Philadelphia Eagles2, Seattle Seahawks2, New York Jets1Chicago Bears1Indianapolis Colts1New Orleans Saints1
By position
+ Super Bowl MVPs by positionPositionTotalLast WonQuarterback342025Wide receiver82022Running back82026Linebacker42016Defensive end21986Safety22003Cornerback11996Defensive tackle11978Kick returner/punt returner11997
Multiple winners
PlayerPositionTeamWinsSuper BowlsQuarterbackNew England Patriots (4) /Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1)5QuarterbackSan Francisco 49ers3QuarterbackKansas City Chiefs3, LVIIIQuarterbackGreen Bay Packers2QuarterbackPittsburgh Steelers2QuarterbackNew York Giants2
See also List of Super Bowl starting quarterbacks List of Super Bowl champions List of Super Bowl head coaches List of Super Bowl officials List of NFL awards
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