Super Bowl Most Valuable Player Award facts for kids

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Quick facts for kids Super Bowl MVP Award
The Pete Rozelle Trophy
Given for	Most valuable player of the Super Bowl
Presented by	SPORT (1967–1989) National Football League (1990–present)
History
First award	1967
Most wins	Tom Brady (5 awards)
Most recent	Patrick Mahomes (2nd award)

The Super Bowl Most Valuable Player Award, or Super Bowl MVP, 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 cellular 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. 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 LVII held on February 12, 2023, is Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes.

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 won three and four other players—Bart Starr, Terry Bradshaw, Eli Manning, and Patrick Mahomes—have won the award twice. Starr and Bradshaw 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 32 times in 57 games (and 58 awards).

From Super Bowl I to Super Bowl XLIX the Super Bowl MVP won a new car from General Motors 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.

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Winners

Bart Starr was the MVP of Super Bowls I and II while quarterback for the Green Bay Packers

Joe Montana won three Super Bowl MVP awards as quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers

Jerry Rice, the MVP of Super Bowl XXIII, played wide receiver for the San Francisco 49ers

Desmond Howard, MVP of Super Bowl XXXI with the Green Bay Packers, is the only special teams player – a kick/punt returner – to win the award

Tom Brady, a quarterback, has the most MVP awards with five, winning in Super Bowls XXXVI, XXXVIII, XLIX, and LI while playing for the New England Patriots and Super Bowl LV playing for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Von Miller, MVP of Super Bowl 50 with the Denver Broncos, is the most recent defensive player – a linebacker – to win the award

Patrick Mahomes, a quarterback, won two MVP awards in Super Bowl LIV and Super Bowl LVII while playing for the Kansas City Chiefs

Key for the below tables
Symbol	Description
Year	Each year is linked to an article about that particular NFL season
Winner (#)	Denotes number of times the player has won the award
	Player still active in NFL
*	Player elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame
‡	Player is not yet eligible for Pro Football Hall of Fame
Team (#)	Denotes number of times the team has won the award
Position (#)	Denotes number of times the position has won the award

Super Bowl Most Valuable Players
Year	Super Bowl	Winner	Team	Position	College
1967	I	Starr, Bart 1Bart Starr^*	Green Bay Packers	Quarterback	Alabama
1968	II	Starr, Bart 2Bart Starr (2)^*	Green Bay Packers (2)	Quarterback (2)	Alabama
1969	III	Namath, JoeJoe Namath^*	New York Jets	Quarterback (3)	Alabama
1970	IV	Dawson, LenLen Dawson^*	Kansas City Chiefs	Quarterback (4)	Purdue
1971	V	Howley, ChuckChuck Howley^*	Dallas Cowboys	Linebacker	West Virginia
1972	VI	Staubach, RogerRoger Staubach^*	Dallas Cowboys (2)	Quarterback (5)	Navy
1973	VII	Scott, JakeJake Scott	Miami Dolphins	Safety	Georgia
1974	VIII	Csonka, LarryLarry Csonka^*	Miami Dolphins (2)	Running back	Syracuse
1975	IX	Harris, FrancoFranco Harris^*	Pittsburgh Steelers	Running back (2)	Penn State
1976	X	Swann, LynnLynn Swann^*	Pittsburgh Steelers (2)	Wide receiver	USC
1977	XI	Biletnikoff, FredFred Biletnikoff^*	Oakland Raiders	Wide receiver (2)	Florida State
1978	XII	Martin, HarveyHarvey Martin	Dallas Cowboys (3, 4)	Defensive end	Texas A&M Commerce
1978	XII	White, RandyRandy White^*	Dallas Cowboys (3, 4)	Defensive tackle	Maryland
1979	XIII	Bradshaw, Terry 1Terry Bradshaw^*	Pittsburgh Steelers (3)	Quarterback (6)	Louisiana Tech
1980	XIV	Bradshaw, Terry 2Terry Bradshaw (2)^*	Pittsburgh Steelers (4)	Quarterback (7)	Louisiana Tech
1981	XV	Plunkett, JimJim Plunkett	Oakland Raiders (2)	Quarterback (8)	Stanford
1982	XVI	Montana, Joe 1Joe Montana^*	San Francisco 49ers	Quarterback (9)	Notre Dame
1983	XVII	Riggins, JohnJohn Riggins^*	Washington Redskins	Running back (3)	Kansas
1984	XVIII	Allen, MarcusMarcus Allen^*	Los Angeles Raiders (3)	Running back (4)	USC
1985	XIX	Montana, Joe 2Joe Montana (2)^*	San Francisco 49ers (2)	Quarterback (10)	Notre Dame
1986	XX	Dent, RichardRichard Dent^*	Chicago Bears	Defensive end (2)	Tennessee State
1987	XXI	Simms, PhilPhil Simms	New York Giants	Quarterback (11)	Morehead State
1988	XXII	Williams, DougDoug Williams	Washington Redskins (2)	Quarterback (12)	Grambling State
1989	XXIII	Rice, JerryJerry Rice^*	San Francisco 49ers (3)	Wide receiver (3)	Mississippi Valley State
1990	XXIV	Montana, Joe 3Joe Montana (3)^*	San Francisco 49ers (4)	Quarterback (13)	Notre Dame
1991	XXV	Anderson, OttisOttis Anderson	New York Giants (2)	Running back (5)	Miami
1992	XXVI	Rypien, MarkMark Rypien	Washington Redskins (3)	Quarterback (14)	Washington State
1993	XXVII	Aikman, TroyTroy Aikman^*	Dallas Cowboys (5)	Quarterback (15)	UCLA
1994	XXVIII	Smith, EmmittEmmitt Smith^*	Dallas Cowboys (6)	Running back (6)	Florida
1995	XXIX	Young, SteveSteve Young^*	San Francisco 49ers (5)	Quarterback (16)	BYU
1996	XXX	Brown, LarryLarry Brown	Dallas Cowboys (7)	Cornerback	TCU
1997	XXXI	Howard, DesmondDesmond Howard	Green Bay Packers (3)	Kick returner/ punt returner	Michigan
1998	XXXII	Davis, TerrellTerrell Davis^*	Denver Broncos	Running back (7)	Georgia
1999	XXXIII	Elway, JohnJohn Elway^*	Denver Broncos (2)	Quarterback (17)	Stanford
2000	XXXIV	Warner, KurtKurt Warner^*	St. Louis Rams	Quarterback (18)	Northern Iowa
2001	XXXV	Lewis, RayRay Lewis^*	Baltimore Ravens	Linebacker (2)	Miami
2002	XXXVI	Brady, Tom 1Tom Brady^‡	New England Patriots	Quarterback (19)	Michigan
2003	XXXVII	Jackson, DexterDexter Jackson	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Safety (2)	Florida State
2004	XXXVIII	Brady, Tom 2Tom Brady (2)^‡	New England Patriots (2)	Quarterback (20)	Michigan
2005	XXXIX	Branch, DeionDeion Branch	New England Patriots (3)	Wide receiver (4)	Louisville
2006	XL	Ward, HinesHines Ward	Pittsburgh Steelers (5)	Wide receiver (5)	Georgia
2007	XLI	Manning, PeytonPeyton Manning^*	Indianapolis Colts	Quarterback (21)	Tennessee
2008	XLII	Manning, Eli 1Eli Manning^‡	New York Giants (3)	Quarterback (22)	Ole Miss
2009	XLIII	Holmes, SantonioSantonio Holmes	Pittsburgh Steelers (6)	Wide receiver (6)	Ohio State
2010	XLIV	Brees, DrewDrew Brees ^‡	New Orleans Saints	Quarterback (23)	Purdue
2011	XLV	Rodgers, AaronAaron Rodgers	Green Bay Packers (4)	Quarterback (24)	California
2012	XLVI	Manning, Eli 2Eli Manning (2)^‡	New York Giants (4)	Quarterback (25)	Ole Miss
2013	XLVII	Flacco, JoeJoe Flacco	Baltimore Ravens (2)	Quarterback (26)	Delaware
2014	XLVIII	Smith, MalcolmMalcolm Smith^‡	Seattle Seahawks	Linebacker (3)	USC
2015	XLIX	Brady, Tom 3Tom Brady (3)^‡	New England Patriots (4)	Quarterback (27)	Michigan
2016	50	Miller, VonVon Miller	Denver Broncos (3)	Linebacker (4)	Texas A&M
2017	LI	Brady, Tom 4Tom Brady (4)^‡	New England Patriots (5)	Quarterback (28)	Michigan
2018	LII	Foles, NickNick Foles^‡	Philadelphia Eagles	Quarterback (29)	Arizona
2019	LIII	Edelman, JulianJulian Edelman^‡	New England Patriots (6)	Wide receiver (7)	Kent State
2020	LIV	Mahomes, PatrickPatrick Mahomes	Kansas City Chiefs (2)	Quarterback (30)	Texas Tech
2021	LV	Brady, TomTom Brady (5) ^‡	Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2)	Quarterback (31)	Michigan
2022	LVI	Kupp, CooperCooper Kupp	Los Angeles Rams (2)	Wide receiver (8)	Eastern Washington
2023	LVII	Mahomes, PatrickPatrick Mahomes (2)	Kansas City Chiefs (3)	Quarterback (32)	Texas Tech

By team

Emmitt Smith won the Super Bowl XXVIII MVP award while playing for the Dallas Cowboys as their running back

Super Bowl MVPs by team
Team	Total	Super Bowl(s)
Dallas Cowboys	7	V, VI, XII, XXVII, XXVIII, XXX
Pittsburgh Steelers	6	IX, X, XIII, XIV, XL, XLIII
New England Patriots	6	XXXVI, XXXVIII, XXXIX, XLIX, LI, LIII
San Francisco 49ers	5	XVI, XIX, XXIII, XXIV, XXIX
Green Bay Packers	4	I, II, XXXI, XLV
New York Giants	4	XXI, XXV, XLII, XLVI
Los Angeles/Oakland Raiders	3	XI, XV, XVIII
Washington Redskins	3	XVII, XXII, XXVI
Denver Broncos	3	XXXII, XXXIII, 50
Kansas City Chiefs	3	IV, LIV, LVII
Miami Dolphins	2	VII, VIII
Baltimore Ravens	2	XXXV, XLVII
Tampa Bay Buccaneers	2	XXXVII, LV
St. Louis/Los Angeles Rams	2	XXXIV, LVI
New York Jets	1	III
Chicago Bears	1	XX
Indianapolis Colts	1	XLI
New Orleans Saints	1	XLIV
Seattle Seahawks	1	XLVIII
Philadelphia Eagles	1	LII

By position

1983 Steelers Police - 04 Terry Bradshaw (crop)

Terry Bradshaw was the MVP of Super Bowls XIII and XIV while quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers

Super Bowl MVPs by position
Position	Total
Quarterback	32
Wide receiver	8
Running back	7
Linebacker	4
Defensive end	2
Safety	2
Cornerback	1
Defensive tackle	1
Kick returner/punt returner	1

Multiple winners

Quarterback Eli Manning was the MVP of Super Bowls XLII and XLVI while playing for the New York Giants

Player	Position	Team	Wins	Super Bowls
Brady, TomTom Brady^‡	Quarterback	New England Patriots (4) / Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1)	5	XXXVI, XXXVIII, XLIX, LI, LV
Montana, JoeJoe Montana^*	Quarterback	San Francisco 49ers	3	XVI, XIX, XXIV
Starr, BartBart Starr^*	Quarterback	Green Bay Packers	2	I, II
Bradshaw, TerryTerry Bradshaw^*	Quarterback	Pittsburgh Steelers	2	XIII, XIV
Manning, EliEli Manning^‡	Quarterback	New York Giants	2	XLII, XLVI
Mahomes, PatrickPatrick Mahomes	Quarterback	Kansas City Chiefs	2	LIV, LVII