Bart Starr was the MVP of Super Bowls I and II while quarterback for the Green Bay Packers Joe Montana won three Super Bowl MVP awards as quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers Jerry Rice, the MVP of Super Bowl XXIII, played wide receiver for the San Francisco 49ers Desmond Howard, MVP of Super Bowl XXXI with the Green Bay Packers, is the only special teams player – a kick/punt returner Pro Bowl History; AP MVP; AP AFL Player of the Year; UPI MVP; UPI AFL Player of the Year; PFWA MVP; Newspaper Ent. Assoc. MVP; Sporting News Player of the Year; Joe F. Carr Trophy (MVP) Bert Bell Award (Player of the Year) AAFC MVP; Super Bowl MVP; Walter Payton Man of the Year; NFLPA Alan Page Community Award; AP Offensive Player of the Year Only 48 of them can claim to be a Super Bowl MVP. There have been 56 Super Bowls prior to 2023. Five players have won the award more than once — all quarterbacks, believe it or not. Over the next few years, there was a glut of NFL MVPs winning the Super Bowl. Steve Young did it in 1994 with the San Francisco 49ers, Brett Favre with the Green Bay Packers in 1996, Terrell Davis Mahomes enters Super Bowl 59 tied with Joe Montana for the second-most Super Bowl MVPs at three apiece. The only other players to win the award multiple times are Terry Bradshaw (2), Eli Manning Since Super Bowl I in 1967, the MVP award has been dominated by quarterbacks, who have won the honor 33 out of 58 times. Given their influence on offensive play and scoring, this trend is not Lamar Jackson won the 2023 NFL MVP. Ron Jenkins/Getty Images. Keith Jenkins. Feb 4, 2025, 12:46 PM ET Which NFL team has the most Super Bowl wins? 10d Alex Kennedy. Who are the winningest NFL Non-Quarterbacks Who Should Have Won Super Bowl MVP. Chris Jones, Super Bowl LIV (DT): Jones was a force for Kansas City in Super Bowl LIV. He was the driving factor behind 49ers quarterback Jimmy The list is about the players who have won Super Bowl MVPs more than once as of January 2025: Player: Position: Team: Wins: Super Bowls: Tom Brady: Quarterback: New England Patriots (4) / Tampa A total of seven QBs have won both NFL MVP and Super Bowl MVP. Patrick Mahomes was the last to accomplish the feat, having done so in 2023. Here is the full list of players who won both an NFL MVP The Chiefs and Eagles, two teams with stacked rosters, will face off in Super Bowl 59. But which of the two teams' stars will win Super Bowl MVP? As BetMGM Sportsbook's odds currently stand, three MVPs won't cement Lamar Jackson's legacy like a Super Bowl win Heird coaching hires quiet critics, prove he's right person to lead UofL Busboom Kelly may be gone, but UofL will remain a volleyball What position usually wins Super Bowl MVP? Generally, Super Bowl MVPs are won by quarterbacks. In 58 previous Super Bowls, a quarterback has won 32 times. Wide receivers and running backs have claimed eight and seven wins, respectively, while defensive players or special teams players have won 11 times. Previous Super Bowl MVP Winners The seventh pick in the 2018 NFL Draft, Allen turned in one of his most efficient seasons en route to leading Buffalo (13-4) to its second AFC Championship Game appearance in five years and one Super Bowl: Chiefs 26, Eagles 25 MVP: And that’s the kind of game Kansas City usually wins, as they make the most of those tiny moments that swing a point or two here or there. I think it What position usually wins the Super Bowl MVP? The quarterback position has dominated when it comes to winning the MVP. Of all Super Bowl MVP winners, 33 have been a QB, followed by eight wins for wide receivers, and seven wins by running backs. All other positions make up for the other 11 wins, including nine on the defensive side. Tyler Forness: (Editor's note: Forness picked the Chiefs to win in our predictions post) The Super Bowl MVP has gone to a player on the winning team in every instance but one: Super Bowl V when Dallas Cowboys LB Chuck Howley won the award in a 16-13 loss to the Baltimore Colts. This could be the second instance, as Saquon Barkley is the engine Patrick Mahomes was by far the most common selection to win Super Bowl MVP, finishing with 37 of the 67 votes (55.2%). He earned the MVP award in all three of his previous championships with Say goodbye to endless MVP debates and power rankings as the teams settle it on the field — and say hello to Super Bowl MVP. We all know who usually wins Super Bowl MVP: it's just the quarterback of the winning team. Since 2010, 11 of the 15 Super Bowl MVP winners were simply the winning QB, so almost three in every four.
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