The
National Football League Most Valuable Player Award (NFL MVP) is given by various entities, most notably the
Associated Press (AP), to the player who is considered most valuable in the league. When the award is referred to without mentioning the organization, it generally means the AP award. The AP NFL MVP has been shared twice, in 1997 and 2003.
Peyton Manning has won the award four times in his career, the most of any NFL player.
Jim Brown,
Johnny Unitas, and
Brett Favre all were named MVP three times, while
Joe Montana,
Steve Young,
Kurt Warner and
Tom Brady each won the award twice. The winners of the AP award have overwhelmingly been quarterbacks and running backs; the only defensive players to win the AP award were
Alan Page and
Lawrence Taylor, and the only special teams player was
Mark Moseley.
On January 2, 2009, the AP stated that their version of MVP award began in 1961. It is possible that this is a reaction to an article published at
Pro Football Weekly the AP listed the 1957 MVP as
Jim Brown, the 1958 MVP as
Gino Marchetti, the 1959 MVP as
Charlie Conerly, and the 1960 co-MVPs as
Norm Van Brocklin and
Joe Schmidt. The
Pro Football Weekly.com article disputes the 1958, 1959, and 1960 winners....
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