NFL Most Valuable Player Award

The NFL Most Valuable Player Award is an annual honor recognizing the player judged most valuable to a National Football League team during the regular season. The Associated Press award is the league’s most prominent MVP honor.

Joe F. Carr Trophy: The trophy awarded to the NFL’s Most Valuable Player from 1938 through 1946. It was the award’s first trophy, predating the Associated Press honor.
NFL Most Valuable Player voting: The process by which voters select the NFL player they judge most valuable for a season. Ballot design and voter instructions directly determine how this award is decided.
Peyton Manning: An American football quarterback who won five Associated Press NFL MVP awards. His record number of AP MVP wins illustrates repeated recognition across seasons.
NFL Offensive Player of the Year Award: An annual NFL honor for the league’s outstanding offensive player. It can recognize offensive excellence even when voters do not choose that player as MVP.
Associated Press NFL Most Valuable Player Award: The annual NFL MVP honor selected by a panel of Associated Press sportswriters. This is the award most commonly meant by the NFL MVP title today.
Associated Press NFL awards voters: A panel of media members who vote on the Associated Press NFL awards. Their judgments, rather than a statistical formula, select the MVP.
Tom Brady: An American football quarterback who won three Associated Press NFL MVP awards. His 2007 season is a landmark example of an exceptionally productive MVP campaign.
NFL Defensive Player of the Year Award: An annual NFL honor recognizing the league’s outstanding defensive player. It separates defensive achievement from an MVP race usually led by offensive players.
Jim Thorpe Memorial Trophy: An NFL MVP trophy presented by the Newspaper Enterprise Association from 1955 through 1975. It represents a prominent competing MVP selection during the award’s history.
NFL regular season: The portion of the NFL schedule in which teams play to qualify for the postseason. The MVP is awarded for regular-season performance, not playoff results.

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