Super Bowl Most Valuable Player Award facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Super Bowl MVP Award |
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The Pete Rozelle Trophy
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| Given for | Most valuable player of the Super Bowl |
| Presented by | SPORT (1967–1989) National Football League (1990–present) |
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| First award | 1967 |
| Most wins | Tom Brady (5 awards) |
| Most recent | Patrick Mahomes (2nd award) |
The Super Bowl Most Valuable Player Award, also known as the Super Bowl MVP, is given out every year. It honors the best player in the Super Bowl, which is the championship game of the National Football League (NFL).
A group of 16 football writers and broadcasters helps choose the winner. Since Super Bowl XXXV in 2001, fans can also vote online or using their phones. The votes from the media group count for 80% of the total, while fan votes make up the other 20%. Media voters pick their choice near the end of the game, but they can change their mind. They choose one player from each team, but their final vote counts for a player on the winning team.
The Super Bowl MVP award has been given out since the very first Super Bowl in 1967. From 1967 to 1989, SPORT magazine presented the award. Bart Starr was the first player to win it, and he won it twice in a row!
Since 1990, the NFL has given out the award. At Super Bowl XXV, they started giving the winner a special trophy called the Pete Rozelle Trophy. This trophy is named after Pete Rozelle, who used to be in charge of the NFL. Ottis Anderson was the first player to receive this trophy. The most recent Super Bowl MVP is Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes, who won it at Super Bowl LVII on February 12, 2023.
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Tom Brady has won the Super Bowl MVP award more than anyone else, with five awards. He won four times with the New England Patriots and once with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Joe Montana won the award three times.
Four other players have won the award twice: Bart Starr, Terry Bradshaw, Eli Manning, and Patrick Mahomes. Starr and Bradshaw are the only players who won the award in two Super Bowls back-to-back.
Usually, the MVP comes from the winning team. But in 1971, Dallas Cowboys linebacker Chuck Howley won the award even though his team lost Super Bowl V to the Baltimore Colts. This is the only time that has happened!
In Super Bowl XII, two players were named co-MVPs: Harvey Martin and Randy White. This is the only time two players have shared the award. The Dallas Cowboys have had seven players win Super Bowl MVP awards, which is more than any other NFL team. Most of the time, a quarterback wins the award. Quarterbacks have won it 32 times out of 57 games.
From Super Bowl I to Super Bowl XLIX, the Super Bowl MVP used to win a new car from General Motors. However, since Hyundai became the official car partner of the NFL in 2015, no new cars have been given to the MVP since Super Bowl 50.
Super Bowl MVP Winners
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| Symbol | Description |
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| Year | Each year is linked to an article about that particular NFL season |
| Winner (#) | Denotes number of times the player has won the award |
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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 |
| Year | Super Bowl | Winner | Team | Position | College | Ref. |
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| 1967 | I | Bart Starr* | Green Bay Packers | Quarterback | Alabama | |
| 1968 | II | Bart Starr (2)* | Green Bay Packers (2) | Quarterback (2) | Alabama | |
| 1969 | III | Joe Namath* | New York Jets | Quarterback (3) | Alabama | |
| 1970 | IV | Len Dawson* | Kansas City Chiefs | Quarterback (4) | Purdue | |
| 1971 | V | Chuck Howley* | Dallas Cowboys | Linebacker | West Virginia | |
| 1972 | VI | Roger Staubach* | Dallas Cowboys (2) | Quarterback (5) | Navy | |
| 1973 | VII | Jake Scott | Miami Dolphins | Safety | Georgia | |
| 1974 | VIII | Larry Csonka* | Miami Dolphins (2) | Running back | Syracuse | |
| 1975 | IX | Franco Harris* | Pittsburgh Steelers | Running back (2) | Penn State | |
| 1976 | X | Lynn Swann* | Pittsburgh Steelers (2) | Wide receiver | USC | |
| 1977 | XI | Fred Biletnikoff* | Oakland Raiders | Wide receiver (2) | Florida State | |
| 1978 | XII | Harvey Martin | Dallas Cowboys (3, 4) | Defensive end | Texas A&M Commerce | |
| Randy White* | Defensive tackle | Maryland | ||||
| 1979 | XIII | Terry Bradshaw* | Pittsburgh Steelers (3) | Quarterback (6) | Louisiana Tech | |
| 1980 | XIV | Terry Bradshaw (2)* | Pittsburgh Steelers (4) | Quarterback (7) | Louisiana Tech | |
| 1981 | XV | Jim Plunkett | Oakland Raiders (2) | Quarterback (8) | Stanford | |
| 1982 | XVI | Joe Montana* | San Francisco 49ers | Quarterback (9) | Notre Dame | |
| 1983 | XVII | John Riggins* | Washington Redskins | Running back (3) | Kansas | |
| 1984 | XVIII | Marcus Allen* | Los Angeles Raiders (3) | Running back (4) | USC | |
| 1985 | XIX | Joe Montana (2)* | San Francisco 49ers (2) | Quarterback (10) | Notre Dame | |
| 1986 | XX | Richard Dent* | Chicago Bears | Defensive end (2) | Tennessee State | |
| 1987 | XXI | Phil Simms | New York Giants | Quarterback (11) | Morehead State | |
| 1988 | XXII | Doug Williams | Washington Redskins (2) | Quarterback (12) | Grambling State | |
| 1989 | XXIII | Jerry Rice* | San Francisco 49ers (3) | Wide receiver (3) | Mississippi Valley State | |
| 1990 | XXIV | Joe Montana (3)* | San Francisco 49ers (4) | Quarterback (13) | Notre Dame | |
| 1991 | XXV | Ottis Anderson | New York Giants (2) | Running back (5) | Miami | |
| 1992 | XXVI | Mark Rypien | Washington Redskins (3) | Quarterback (14) | Washington State | |
| 1993 | XXVII | Troy Aikman* | Dallas Cowboys (5) | Quarterback (15) | UCLA | |
| 1994 | XXVIII | Emmitt Smith* | Dallas Cowboys (6) | Running back (6) | Florida | |
| 1995 | XXIX | Steve Young* | San Francisco 49ers (5) | Quarterback (16) | BYU | |
| 1996 | XXX | Larry Brown | Dallas Cowboys (7) | Cornerback | TCU | |
| 1997 | XXXI | Desmond Howard | Green Bay Packers (3) | Kick returner/ punt returner |
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| 1998 | XXXII | Terrell Davis* | Denver Broncos | Running back (7) | Georgia | |
| 1999 | XXXIII | John Elway* | Denver Broncos (2) | Quarterback (17) | Stanford | |
| 2000 | XXXIV | Kurt Warner* | St. Louis Rams | Quarterback (18) | Northern Iowa | |
| 2001 | XXXV | Ray Lewis* | Baltimore Ravens | Linebacker (2) | Miami | |
| 2002 | XXXVI | Tom Brady‡ | New England Patriots | Quarterback (19) | Michigan | |
| 2003 | XXXVII | Dexter Jackson | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Safety (2) | Florida State | |
| 2004 | XXXVIII | Tom Brady (2)‡ | New England Patriots (2) | Quarterback (20) | Michigan | |
| 2005 | XXXIX | Deion Branch | New England Patriots (3) | Wide receiver (4) | Louisville | |
| 2006 | XL | Hines Ward | Pittsburgh Steelers (5) | Wide receiver (5) | Georgia | |
| 2007 | XLI | Peyton Manning* | Indianapolis Colts | Quarterback (21) | Tennessee | |
| 2008 | XLII | Eli Manning‡ | New York Giants (3) | Quarterback (22) | Ole Miss | |
| 2009 | XLIII | Santonio Holmes | Pittsburgh Steelers (6) | Wide receiver (6) | Ohio State | |
| 2010 | XLIV | Drew Brees ‡ | New Orleans Saints | Quarterback (23) | Purdue | |
| 2011 | XLV | Aaron Rodgers |
Green Bay Packers (4) | Quarterback (24) | California | |
| 2012 | XLVI | Eli Manning (2)‡ | New York Giants (4) | Quarterback (25) | Ole Miss | |
| 2013 | XLVII | Joe Flacco |
Baltimore Ravens (2) | Quarterback (26) | Delaware | |
| 2014 | XLVIII | Malcolm Smith‡ | Seattle Seahawks | Linebacker (3) | USC | |
| 2015 | XLIX | Tom Brady (3)‡ | New England Patriots (4) | Quarterback (27) | Michigan | |
| 2016 | 50 | Von Miller |
Denver Broncos (3) | Linebacker (4) | Texas A&M | |
| 2017 | LI | Tom Brady (4)‡ | New England Patriots (5) | Quarterback (28) | Michigan | |
| 2018 | LII | Nick Foles‡ | Philadelphia Eagles | Quarterback (29) | Arizona | |
| 2019 | LIII | Julian Edelman‡ | New England Patriots (6) | Wide receiver (7) | Kent State | |
| 2020 | LIV | Patrick Mahomes |
Kansas City Chiefs (2) | Quarterback (30) | Texas Tech | |
| 2021 | LV | Tom Brady (5) ‡ | Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2) | Quarterback (31) | Michigan | |
| 2022 | LVI | Cooper Kupp |
Los Angeles Rams (2) | Wide receiver (8) | Eastern Washington | |
| 2023 | LVII | Patrick Mahomes (2) |
Kansas City Chiefs (3) | Quarterback (32) | Texas Tech |
MVPs by Team
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| Team | Total | Super Bowl(s) |
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| Dallas Cowboys | 7 | V, VI, XII, |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | 6 | IX, X, XIII, |
| New England Patriots | 6 | XXXVI, XXXVIII, XXXIX, |
| San Francisco 49ers | 5 | XVI, XIX, XXIII, |
| Green Bay Packers | 4 | I, II, XXXI, |
| New York Giants | 4 | XXI, XXV, XLII, |
| 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 |
MVPs by Position
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| Position | Total |
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| 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 |
Players with Multiple MVP Awards
| Player | Position | Team | Wins | Super Bowls |
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| Tom Brady‡ | Quarterback | New England Patriots (4) / Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1) | 5 | XXXVI, XXXVIII, XLIX, LI, LV |
| Joe Montana* | Quarterback | San Francisco 49ers | 3 | XVI, XIX, XXIV |
| Bart Starr* | Quarterback | Green Bay Packers | 2 | I, II |
| Terry Bradshaw* | Quarterback | Pittsburgh Steelers | 2 | XIII, XIV |
| Eli Manning‡ | Quarterback | New York Giants | 2 | XLII, XLVI |
| Patrick Mahomes |
Quarterback | Kansas City Chiefs | 2 | LIV, LVII |
Images for kids
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Terry Bradshaw, the MVP of Super Bowls XIII and XIV
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Jerry Rice, the MVP of Super Bowl XXIII
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See also
In Spanish: MVP del Super Bowl para niños
- List of Super Bowl starting quarterbacks
- List of Super Bowl champions
- List of Super Bowl head coaches
- List of Super Bowl officials
- List of National Football League awards
