List of every Super Bowl MVP in NFL history.
Since the first Super Bowl following the 1966 season, there has always been a player crowned with the Super Bowl MVP award. Tom Brady has won the most Super Bowl wins as a player with seven, and was crowned the MVP of the game five times.
Chuck Howley is the only player to win the prestigious award while playing on the losing team, after his Dallas Cowboys lost to the Baltimore Colts in 1970. Howley had two interceptions and a fumble recovery in the game.
1977 was the only season that two players were chosen for the award, when Harvey Martin and Randy White were honored as the leaders of the Cowboys defense that forced eight turnovers in the game.
The award has become dominated by quarterbacks in recent memory with seven of the last nine winners playing in that position. However, running back Kenneth Walker III won the award last season with the Seattle Seahawks.
Walker became the first running back since Terrell Davis won the award at Super Bowl XXXII in 1997 with the Denver Broncos. Walker rushed for 135 yards on 27 carries in addition to catching two passes for 26 yards.
Every Super Bowl MVP's in NFL history.
Super Bowl (Season) | Name | Team | Position |
LX (2025) | Kenneth Walker III | Seattle Seahawks | RB |
LIX (2024) | Jalen Hurts | Philadelphia Eagles | QB |
LVIII (2023) | Patrick Mahomes | Kansas City Chiefs | QB |
LVII (2022) | Patrick Mahomes | Kansas City Chiefs | QB |
LVI (2021) | Cooper Kupp | Los Angeles Rams | WR |
LV (2020) | Tom Brady | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | QB |
LIV (2019) | Patrick Mahomes | Kansas City Chiefs | QB |
LIII (2018) | Julian Edelman | New England Patriots | WR |
LII (2017) | Nick Foles | Philadelphia Eagles | QB |
LI (2016) | Tom Brady | New England Patriots | QB |
50 (2015) | Von Miller | Denver Broncos | LB |
XLIX (2014) | Tom Brady | New England Patriots | QB |
XLVIII (2013) | Malcolm Smith | Seattle Seahawks | LB |
XLVII (2012) | Joe Flacco | Baltimore Ravens | QB |
XLVI (2011) | Eli Manning | New York Giants | QB |
XLV (2010) | Aaron Rodgers | Green Bay Packers | QB |
XLIV (2009) | Drew Brees | New Orleans Saints | QB |
XLIII (2008) | Santonio Holmes | Pittsburgh Steelers | WR |
XLII (2007) | Eli Manning | New York Giants | QB |
XLI (2006) | Peyton Manning | Indianapolis Colts | QB |
XL (2005) | Hines Ward | Pittsburgh Steelers | WR |
XXXIX (2004) | Deion Branch | New England Patriots | WR |
XXXVIII (2003) | Tom Brady | New England Patriots | QB |
XXXVII (2002) | Dexter Jackson | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | CB |
XXXVI (2001) | Tom Brady | New England Patriots | QB |
XXXV (2000) | Ray Lewis | Baltimore Ravens | LB |
XXXIV (1999) | Kurt Warner | St. Louis Rams | QB |
XXXIII (1998) | John Elway | Denver Broncos | QB |
XXXII (1997) | Terrell Davis | Denver Broncos | RB |
XXXI (1996) | Desmond Howard | Green Bay Packers | WR / KR |
XXX (1995) | Larry Brown | Dallas Cowboys | CB |
XXIX (1994) | Steve Young | San Francisco 49ers | QB |
XXVIII (1993) | Emmitt Smith | Dallas Cowboys | RB |
XXXVII (1992) | Troy Aikman | Dallas Cowboys | QB |
XXXVI (1991) | Mark Rypien | Washington Redskins | QB |
XXV (1990) | Ottis Anderson | New York Giants | RB |
XXIV (1989) | Joe Montana | San Francisco 49ers | QB |
XXIII (1988) | Jerry Rice | San Francisco 49ers | WR |
XXII (1987) | Doug Williams | Washington Redskins | QB |
XXI (1986) | Phil Sims | New York Giant | QB |
XX (1985) | Richard Dent | Chicago Bears | DE |
XIX (1984) | Joe Montana | San Francisco 49ers | QB |
XVIII (1983) | Marcus Allen | Los Angeles Raiders | RB |
XVII (1982) | John Riggins | Washington Redskins | RB |
XVI (1981) | Joe Montana | San Francisco 49ers | QB |
XV (1980) | Jim Plunkett | Oakland Raiders | QB |
XIV (1979) | Terry Bradshaw | Pittsburgh Steelers | QB |
XIII (1978) | Terry Bradshaw | Pittsburgh Steelers | QB |
XII (1977) | Harvey Martin & Randy White | Dallas Cowboys | DL |
XI (1976) | Fred Biletnikoff | Oakland Raiders | WR |
X (1975) | Lynn Swan | Pittsburgh Steelers | WR |
IX (1974) | Franco Harris | Pittsburgh Steelers | RB |
VIII (1973) | Larry Csonka | Miami Dolphins | FB |
VII (1972) | Jake Scott | Miami Dolphins | S |
VI (1971) | Roger Staubach | Dallas Cowboys | QB |
V (1970) | Chuck Howley | Dallas Cowboys | LB |
IV (1969) | Len Dawson | Kansas City Chiefs | QB |
III (1968) | Joe Namath | New York Jets | QB |
II (1967) | Bart Starr | Green Bay Packers | QB |
I (1966) | Bart Starr | Green Bay Packers | QB |
Aside from quarterbacks, the most common positions to win Super Bowl MVP are wide receivers (8) and running backs (7). Five of the seven most recent non-QBs to win the award were receivers.
The most recent such award winner was Los Angeles Rams WR Cooper Kupp, who caught eight passes for 92 yards and two scores in his team's 23-20 win over the Cincinnati Bengals in Super Bowl LVI. Kupp caught the game-winning score with less than 90 seconds left in the game.
New England Patriots WR Julian Edelman won the award in Super Bowl LIII despite not scoring a TD, just as Fred Biletnikoff did with the Oakland Raiders in XI.
The first receiver to win Super Bowl MVP was Lynn Swann in the 1975 season's title game, as he caught four passes for 161 yards and a TD that put the game out of reach in the fourth quarter. Fellow WR Biletnikoff won it the following season.
Larry Csonka of the Miami Dolphins was the first running back to win Super Bowl MVP, doing so in the 1973 season's title game with 33 carries, 145 yards, and two scores in a 24-7 win over the Minnesota Vikings. Pittsburgh Steelers RB Franco Harris won it the next season against the Vikings, carrying the ball 34 times for 158 yards and the first TD of the game.
The only special teams player to win Super Bowl MVP was Green Bay Packers kick/punt returner Desmond Howard, who returned four kicks for 154 yards and the final TD of the game in the 1996 season's championship contest.
A handful of defensive players have won the award, with the most recent being Denver Broncos edge rusher Von Miller. In Denver's 24-10 win over the Carolina Panthers in the 2015 season, Miller had 2.5 sacks, six total tackles, two QB hits, one pass defended, and two forced fumbles.
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