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NFL Players of the Week Added to Pro Football Reference

Posted by Mike Lynch on September 18, 2015

We've made a recent addition to Pro Football Reference: NFL Players of the Week back to 1997. This data can be accessed from our NFL/AFL Awards Index. The winners each week include an offensive, defensive and special teams player from each conference. Additionally, these winners have been added to the pages we have recapping each week in the NFL. Finally, a summary of all of these awards has been added to player pages underneath that stat tables, so you can see a list of all of the Player of the Week Awards for LaDainian Tomlinson (or any other player):

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It should come as no surprise that Peyton Manning is the leader in Player of the Week Awards since 1997, with 27. Next is Tom Brady, with 24, followed by Drew Brees, with 20.

As we find time for additional research in our collection of old NFL Record & Fact Books, we hope to go back beyond 1997 with this data. Or, if you have this data and care to share it with us, please let us know.

One Response to “NFL Players of the Week Added to Pro Football Reference”

  1. Jay Says:

    Fantastic addition...hope you guys can eventually add the "Player of the Month" to the mix as well.