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Super Bowl MVP Award Winners by Year

Hoisting the Lombardi Trophy as a Super Bowl MVP winner is a tremendous exclamation point following a victory in America’s biggest sporting event. Winners of this award are often on track to one day being honored with induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

Being the brightest star in the biggest sporting event in the nation can create quite a legacy for the players that are honored with this award.  As with many  football MVP awards, offensive stars dominate with quarterbacks earning the majority of the trophies.  Discover not only the year by year award winners, but also  learn what NFL teams and college programs have produced the most Super Bowl MVPs throughout the championship game’s history.

The first Super Bowl MVP Trophy was presented in January 1967 following the Green Bay Packers victory over the Kansas City Chiefs. Another Chief, Patrick Mahomes, was the Super Bowl MVP last year.

Super Bowl MVP Patrick Mahomes

Super Bowl MVP List

SeasonSuper BowlMVPTeamCollege
1966
I
Bart Starr – QB
Green Bay Packers
Alabama
1967
II
Bart Starr – QB
Green Bay Packers
Alabama
1968
III
Joe Namath – QB
New York Jets
Alabama
1969
IV
Len Dawson – QB
Kansas City Chiefs
Purdue
1970
V
Chuck Howley – LB
Dallas Cowboys
West Virginia
1971
VI
Roger Staubach – QB
Dallas Cowboys
Navy
1972
VII
Jake Scott – S
Miami Dolphins
Georgia
1973
VIII
Larry Csonka – RB
Miami Dolphins
Syracuse
1974
IX
Franco Harris – RB
Pittsburgh Steelers
Penn State
1975
X
Lynn Swann – WR
Pittsburgh Steelers
USC
1976
XI
Fred Biletnikoff – WR
Oakland Raiders
Florida State
1977
XII
Harvey Martin – DE
Randy White – DT
Dallas Cowboys
Dallas Cowboys
East Texas St.
Maryland
1978
XIII
Terry Bradshaw – QB
Pittsburgh Steelers
Louisiana Tech
1979
XIV
Terry Bradshaw – QB
Pittsburgh Steelers
Louisiana Tech
1980
XV
Jim Plunkett – QB
Oakland Raiders
Stanford
1981
XVI
Joe Montana – QB
San Francisco 49ers
Notre Dame
1982
XVII
John Riggins -RB
Washington Redskins
Kansas
1983
XVIII
Marcus Allen -RB
Los Angeles Raiders
USC
1984
XIX
Joe Montana – QB
San Francisco 49ers
Notre Dame
1985
XX
Richard Dent – DE
Chicago Bears
Tennessee St.
1986
XXI
Phil Simms – QB
New York Giants
Morehead St.
1987
XXII
Doug Williams – QB
Washington Redskins
Grambling
1988
XXIII
Jerry Rice – WR
San Francisco 49ers
Mississippi Valley
State
1989
XXIV
Joe Montana – QB
San Francisco 49ers
Notre Dame
1990
XXV
Otis Anderson – RB
New York Giants
Miami
1991
XXVI
Mark Rypien – QB
Washington Redskins
Washington State
1992
XXVII
Troy Aikman – QB
Dallas Cowboys
UCLA
1993
XXVIII
Emmit Smith – RB
Dallas Cowboys
Florida
1994
XXIX
Steve Young – QB
San Francisco 49ers
BYU
1995
XXX
Larry Brown – CB
Dallas Cowboys
TCU
1996
XXXI
Desmond Howard – K/P Returner
Green Bay Packers
Michigan
1997
XXXII
Terrell Davis – RB
Denver Broncos
Georgia
1998
XXXIII
John Elway – QB
Denver Broncos
Stanford
1999
XXXIV
Kurt Warner – QB
St. Louis Rams
Northern Iowa
2000
XXXV
Ray Lewis – LB
Baltimore Ravens
Miami
2001
XXXVI
Tom Brady – QB
New England Patriots
Michigan
2002
XXXVII
Dexter Jackson – S
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Florida State
2003
XXXVIII
Tom Brady – QB
New England Patriots
Michigan
2004
XXXIX
Deion Branch – WR
New England Patriots
Louisville
2005
XL
Hines Ward – WR
Pittsburgh Steelers
Georgia
2006
XLI
Peyton Manning – QB
Indianapolis Colts
Tennessee
2007
XLII
Eli Manning – QB
New York Giants
Ole Miss
2008
XLIII
Santonio Holmes – WR
Pittsburgh Steelers
Ohio State
2009
XLIV
Drew Brees – QB
New Orleans Saints
Purdue
2010
XLV
Aaron Rodgers – QB
Green Bay Packers
California
2011
XLVI
Eli-Manning – QB
New York Giants
Ole Miss
2012
XLVII
Joe Flacco – QB
Baltimore Ravens
Deleware
2013
XLVIII
Malcolm Smith – LB
Seattle Seahawks
USC
2014
XLIX
Tom Brady – QB
New England Patriots
Michigan
2015
XLX
Von Miller – LB
Denver Broncos
Texas A&M
2016LITom Brady – QBNew England PatriotsMichigan
2017LIINick Foles – QBPhiladelphia EaglesArizona
2018LIIIJulian Edelman – QBNew England PatriotsKent State
2019LIVPatrick Mahomes – QBKansas City ChiefsTexas Tech
2020LVTom Brady – QBTampa Bay BuccaneersMichigan
2021LVICooper Kupp – WRLos Angeles RamsEastern Washington
2022LVIIPatrick Mahomes – QBKansas City ChiefsTexas Tech
2023LVPatrick Mahomes – QBKansas City ChiefsTexas Tech
Super Bowl MVP Winners Trivia and Facts
  • The first two awards were won by the same player, Bart Starr.
  • The University of Alabama produced the first three Super Bowl Most Valuable Player award winners with Starr capturing the first two and Joe Namath earning the third.
  • The first defensive player to win the award was the Dallas Cowboys linebacker Chuck Howley who won the trophy in Super
    Bowl V.
  • Chuck Howley was also the first player to win the award on a Super Bowl losing team.  The Cowboys fell to the Baltimore
    Colts in Super Bowl V.
  • The first running back to win the award was Larry Csonka of the Miami Dolphins in Super Bowl VIII
  • Lynn Swann was the first wide receiver to gain Super Bowl MVP honors.  Swann helped the Steelers to a win over the Dallas
    Cowboys in Super Bowl X.
  • The awarding of Super Bowl Co-MVPs following Super Bowl II marked the first and only time the trophy has been given to two
    players.  Dallas’ defensive stars Harvey Martin and Randy White shared the award.
  • In Super Bowl XXXI, the Green Bay Packers Desmond Howard became the first non-positional player to win the award.  Howard
    secured the trophy as a punt/kick returner.
  • Eli Manning’s Super Bowl XLII Most Valuable Player Award combined with Peyton Manning’s SB XLI MVP trophy marked the
    first time that brothers were named Super Bowl MVPs.  
  • Desmond Howard is the only Heisman Trophy winner to earned a Super Bowl MVP award.
  • Only Terry Bradshaw Joe Montana and Patrick Mahomes have won consecutive Super Bowl MVP Awards.

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