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, 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.
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 |
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 |
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 |
Multiple winners
| 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 |
Related pages
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
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
