The MLB All-Star Game MVP Award is given out to the most impactful player in the game which features the world's best baseball players.
Here, we have a list of every player who shined under the bright lights to win the award since it was first given out in 1962.
MLB All-Star Game MVP Winners
Year | Player | Position | Team |
2025 | Kyle Schwarber | DH | Philadelphia Phillies (NL) |
2024 | Jarren Duran | OF | Boston Red Sox (AL) |
2023 | Elias Diaz | C | Colorado Rockies (NL) |
2022 | Giancarlo Stanton | OF | New York Yankees (AL) |
2021 | Vladimir Guerrero Jr. | 1B | Toronto Blue Jays (AL) |
2020 | Not Awarded - Pandemic | ||
2019 | Shane Bieber | P | Cleveland (AL) |
2018 | Alex Bregman | 3B | Houston Astros (AL) |
2017 | Robinson Cano | 2B | Seattle Mariners (AL) |
2016 | Eric Hosmer | 1B | Kansas City Royals (AL) |
2015 | Mike Trout | OF | Los Angeles Angels (AL) |
2014 | Mike Trout | OF | Los Angeles Angels (AL) |
2013 | Mariano Rivera | P | New York Yankees (AL) |
2012 | Melky Cabrera | OF | San Francisco Giants (NL) |
2011 | Prince Fielder | 1B | Milwaukee Brewers (NL) |
2010 | Brian McCann | C | Atlanta Braves |
2009 | Carl Crawford | OF | Tampa Bay Devil Rays (AL) |
2008 | JD Drew | OF | Boston Red Sox (AL) |
2007 | Ichiro Suzuki | OF | Seattle Mariners (AL) |
2006 | Michael Young | SS | Texas Rangers (AL) |
2005 | Miguel Tejada | SS | Baltimore Orioles (AL) |
2004 | Alfonso Soriano | 2B | Texas Rangers (AL) |
2003 | Garret Anderson | OF | Anaheim Angels (AL) |
2002 | Not Awarded - Game Tied | ||
2001 | Cal Ripken Jr. | 3B | Baltimore Orioles (AL) |
2000 | Derek Jeter | SS | New York Yankees (AL) |
1999 | Pedro Martinez | P | Boston Red Sox (AL) |
1998 | Roberto Alomar | 2B | Baltimore Orioles (AL) |
1997 | Sandy Alomar Jr. | C | Cleveland (AL) |
1996 | Mike Piazza | C | Los Angeles Dodgers (NL) |
1995 | Jeff Conine | OF | Florida Marlins (NL) |
1994 | Fred McGriff | 1B | Atlanta Braves (NL) |
1993 | Kirby Puckett | OF | Minnesota Twins (AL) |
1992 | Ken Griffey Jr. | OF | Seattle Mariners (AL) |
1991 | Cal Ripken Jr. | SS | Baltimore Orioles (AL) |
1990 | Julio Franco | 2B | Texas Rangers (AL) |
1989 | Bo Jackson | OF | Kansas City Royals (AL) |
1988 | Terry Steinbach | C | Oakland Athletics (AL) |
1987 | Tim Raines | OF | Montreal Expos (NL) |
1986 | Roger Clemens | P | Boston Red Sox (AL) |
1985 | LaMarr Hoyt | P | San Diego Padres (NL) |
1984 | Gary Carter | C | Montreal Expos (NL) |
1983 | Fred Lynn | 3B | California Angels (AL) |
1982 | Dave Concepcion | SS | Cincinnati Reds (NL) |
1981 | Gary Carter | C | Montreal Expos (NL) |
1980 | Ken Griffey | OF | Cincinnati Reds (NL) |
1979 | Dave Parker | OF | Pittsburgh Pirates (NL) |
1978 | Steve Garvey | 1B | Los Angeles Dodgers (NL) |
1977 | Don Sutton | P | Los Angeles Dodgers (NL) |
1976 | George Foster | OF | Cincinnati Reds (NL) |
1975 | Jon Matlack | P | New York Mets (NL) |
1974 | Steve Garvey | 1B | Los Angeles Dodgers (NL) |
1973 | Bobby Bonds | OF | San Francisco Giants (NL) |
1972 | Joe Morgan | 2B | Cincinnati Reds (NL) |
1971 | Frank Robinson | OF | Baltimore Orioles (AL) |
1970 | Carl Yastrzemski | OF | Boston Red Sox (AL) |
1969 | Willie McCovey | 1B | San Francisco Giants (NL) |
1968 | Willie Mays | OF | San Francisco Giants (NL) |
1967 | Tony Perez | 3B | Cincinnati Reds (NL) |
1966 | Brooks Robinson | 3B | Baltimore Orioles (AL) |
1965 | Juan Marichal | P | San Francisco Giants (NL) |
1964 | Johnny Callison | OF | Philadelphia Phillies (NL) |
1963 | Willie Mays | OF | San Francisco Giants (NL) |
1962 | Leon Wagner & Maury Willis | OF & SS | Los Angeles Angels (AL) & Los Angeles Dodgers (NL) |
Which player has won the most MLB All-Star MVP Awards?
No player in MLB history has won more than two All-Star MVP Awards.
The players tied for the all-time lead with two each are Mike Trout (2014 & 2015), Cal Ripken Jr. (1991 & 2001), Gary Carter (1981 & 1984), Steve Garvey (1974 & 1978), and Willie Mays (1963 & 1968).
MLB All-Star MVP Winners on losing team
The MLB All-Star MVP Award has been given to a player on the losing team twice: Brooks Robinson in 1966 and Carl Yastrzemski in 1970.
MLB All-Star MVP voting
Baseball Writers Association of America writers and the game's broadcasters account for 80% of the MLB All-Star MVP vote, while the remaining 20% comes from the fan vote.
MLB All-Star MVP trophy
The MLB All-Star MVP trophy is called the Arch Ward Memorial Trophy, named for the Chicago Tribune sports editor who came up with the idea for the All-Star Game, and it's a glass baseball bat with the player's name engraved on it.
