NFL AP MVP Shares Career Leaders
AP MVP voting data is complete since 1986. 1957-59, 1962-73 and 1976-84 are at minimum nearly complete. 1960, 1961 and 1975 are missing entirely. 1974 and 1985 are missing about 1/3 of voting data.
+ Indicates Hall of Famer
Leaders
Rank | Player | AP MVP Shares | Years | Tm |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Peyton Manning+ | 4.58 | 1998-2015 | 2TM |
2 | Tom Brady | 3.60 | 2000-2022 | 2TM |
3 | Aaron Rodgers | 3.28 | 2005-2022 | gnb |
4 | Johnny Unitas+ | 2.79 | 1956-1973 | 2TM |
5 | Brett Favre+ | 2.17 | 1991-2010 | 4TM |
6 | Jim Brown+ | 2.16 | 1957-1965 | cle |
7 | Steve Young+ | 1.78 | 1985-1999 | 2TM |
8 | Joe Montana+ | 1.63 | 1979-1994 | 2TM |
9 | Y.A. Tittle+ | 1.37 | 1948-1964 | 3TM |
10 | Kurt Warner+ | 1.11 | 1998-2009 | 3TM |
11 | Earl Campbell+ | 1.06 | 1978-1985 | 2TM |
12 | O.J. Simpson+ | 1.01 | 1969-1979 | 2TM |
13 | Lamar Jackson | 1.00 | 2018-2022 | rav |
14 | Marshall Faulk+ | .99 | 1994-2005 | 2TM |
15 | Walter Payton+ | .99 | 1975-1987 | chi |
16 | Cam Newton | .96 | 2011-2021 | 2TM |
17 | John Elway+ | .95 | 1983-1998 | den |
18 | LaDainian Tomlinson+ | .88 | 2001-2011 | 2TM |
19 | Patrick Mahomes | .86 | 2017-2022 | kan |
20 | Earl Morrall | .85 | 1956-1976 | 6TM |
21 | Barry Sanders+ | .79 | 1989-1998 | det |
22 | Randall Cunningham | .79 | 1985-2001 | 4TM |
23 | Dan Marino+ | .77 | 1983-1999 | mia |
24 | Dan Fouts+ | .76 | 1973-1987 | sdg |
25 | Joe Theismann | .73 | 1974-1985 | was |
26 | Jerry Rice+ | .69 | 1985-2004 | 3TM |
27 | Terrell Davis+ | .67 | 1995-2001 | den |
28 | Adrian Peterson | .67 | 2007-2021 | 7TM |
29 | Ken Stabler+ | .66 | 1970-1984 | 3TM |
30 | Brian Sipe | .64 | 1974-1983 | cle |
31 | Eric Dickerson+ | .64 | 1983-1993 | 4TM |
32 | Larry Brown | .60 | 1969-1976 | was |
33 | Steve McNair | .55 | 1995-2007 | 2TM |
34 | Ken Anderson | .55 | 1971-1986 | cin |
35 | Emmitt Smith+ | .53 | 1990-2004 | 2TM |
36 | Lawrence Taylor+ | .51 | 1981-1993 | nyg |
37 | Matt Ryan | .50 | 2008-2022 | atl |
38 | Rich Gannon | .50 | 1987-2004 | 4TM |
39 | Marcus Allen+ | .49 | 1982-1997 | 2TM |
40 | Terry Bradshaw+ | .49 | 1970-1983 | pit |
Bert Jones | .49 | 1973-1982 | 2TM | |
42 | Thurman Thomas+ | .48 | 1988-2000 | 2TM |
43 | Jim Taylor+ | .45 | 1958-1967 | 2TM |
44 | Drew Brees | .45 | 2001-2020 | 2TM |
45 | Roman Gabriel | .44 | 1962-1977 | 2TM |
46 | John Brodie | .44 | 1957-1973 | sfo |
47 | Bart Starr+ | .42 | 1956-1971 | gnb |
48 | Mark Moseley | .42 | 1970-1986 | 4TM |
49 | Boomer Esiason | .40 | 1984-1997 | 3TM |
50 | Shaun Alexander | .38 | 2000-2008 | 2TM |
51 | George Blanda+ | .35 | 1949-1975 | 4TM |
52 | Jim Kelly+ | .28 | 1986-1996 | buf |
53 | J.J. Watt | .26 | 2011-2022 | 2TM |
54 | Alan Page+ | .25 | 1967-1981 | 2TM |
55 | Roger Staubach+ | .24 | 1969-1979 | dal |
56 | Bob Griese+ | .24 | 1967-1980 | mia |
57 | Warren Moon+ | .24 | 1984-2000 | 4TM |
58 | Jack Lambert+ | .23 | 1974-1984 | pit |
59 | Donovan McNabb | .22 | 1999-2011 | 3TM |
60 | Roger Craig | .22 | 1983-1993 | 3TM |
61 | Leroy Kelly+ | .22 | 1964-1973 | cle |
62 | Charlie Conerly | .19 | 1948-1961 | nyg |
63 | Carl Eller+ | .18 | 1964-1979 | 2TM |
64 | Joe Kapp | .17 | 1967-1970 | 2TM |
65 | Tony Dorsett+ | .17 | 1977-1988 | 2TM |
66 | Eddie George | .16 | 1996-2004 | 2TM |
Todd Gurley | .16 | 2015-2020 | 2TM | |
68 | Craig Morton | .14 | 1965-1982 | 3TM |
69 | Barry Foster | .14 | 1990-1994 | pit |
Bruce Smith+ | .14 | 1985-2003 | 2TM | |
71 | Otis Taylor | .13 | 1965-1975 | kan |
Larry Wilson+ | .13 | 1960-1972 | crd | |
73 | Gale Sayers+ | .13 | 1965-1971 | chi |
74 | Terry Metcalf | .13 | 1973-1981 | 2TM |
75 | Tiki Barber | .12 | 1997-2006 | nyg |
Derek Carr | .12 | 2014-2022 | rai | |
Ezekiel Elliott | .12 | 2016-2022 | dal | |
78 | Joe Schmidt+ | .11 | 1953-1965 | det |
79 | Sonny Jurgensen+ | .11 | 1957-1974 | 2TM |
80 | Sam Huff+ | .11 | 1956-1969 | 2TM |
81 | Jamal Lewis | .10 | 2000-2009 | 2TM |
82 | Mark Rypien | .10 | 1988-2001 | 5TM |
83 | Bobby Mitchell+ | .10 | 1958-1968 | 2TM |
84 | Calvin Hill | .09 | 1969-1981 | 3TM |
85 | Don Meredith | .09 | 1960-1968 | dal |
86 | Bill Nelsen | .09 | 1963-1972 | 2TM |
87 | Don Majkowski | .09 | 1987-1996 | 3TM |
88 | Jamal Anderson | .09 | 1994-2001 | atl |
Randy Moss+ | .09 | 1998-2012 | 5TM | |
90 | Deacon Jones+ | .08 | 1961-1974 | 3TM |
91 | Priest Holmes | .08 | 1997-2007 | 2TM |
92 | Josh Allen | .08 | 2018-2022 | buf |
Larry Csonka+ | .08 | 1968-1979 | 2TM | |
Billy Kilmer | .08 | 1961-1978 | 3TM | |
Chad Pennington | .08 | 2000-2010 | 2TM | |
Philip Rivers | .08 | 2004-2020 | 2TM | |
Kordell Stewart | .08 | 1995-2005 | 3TM | |
Michael Turner | .08 | 2004-2012 | 2TM | |
99 | Mike Singletary+ | .08 | 1981-1992 | chi |
100 | Lenny Moore+ | .07 | 1956-1967 | clt |
101 | Jim Zorn | .07 | 1976-1987 | 3TM |
102 | Dick Butkus+ | .07 | 1965-1973 | chi |
103 | Chuck Foreman | .06 | 1973-1980 | 2TM |
104 | Jerome Bettis+ | .06 | 1993-2005 | 2TM |
105 | Joe Morris | .06 | 1982-1991 | 2TM |
106 | James Harrison | .06 | 2002-2017 | 3TM |
Ray Lewis+ | .06 | 1996-2012 | rav | |
Carson Palmer | .06 | 2004-2017 | 3TM | |
109 | Bob Lilly+ | .06 | 1961-1974 | dal |
110 | Joe Namath+ | .05 | 1965-1977 | 2TM |
111 | Steve Bartkowski | .05 | 1975-1986 | 2TM |
Roger Brown | .05 | 1960-1969 | 2TM | |
Ron Jaworski | .05 | 1974-1989 | 4TM | |
Dave Parks | .05 | 1964-1973 | 3TM | |
115 | Willie Davis+ | .04 | 1958-1969 | 2TM |
116 | John Mackey+ | .04 | 1963-1972 | 2TM |
117 | Dana Stubblefield | .04 | 1993-2003 | 3TM |
Michael Vick | .04 | 2001-2015 | 4TM | |
119 | Keith Millard | .04 | 1985-1993 | 4TM |
120 | DeMarco Murray | .04 | 2011-2017 | 3TM |
Tony Romo | .04 | 2004-2016 | dal | |
Brian Urlacher+ | .04 | 2000-2012 | chi | |
Carson Wentz | .04 | 2016-2022 | 2TM | |
124 | John Hadl | .04 | 1962-1977 | 4TM |
125 | Fran Tarkenton+ | .04 | 1961-1978 | 2TM |
126 | Steve DeBerg | .04 | 1978-1998 | 6TM |
127 | Sterling Sharpe | .04 | 1988-1994 | gnb |
128 | Troy Aikman+ | .04 | 1989-2000 | dal |
129 | Duane Putnam | .03 | 1952-1962 | 3TM |
Billy Wilson | .03 | 1951-1960 | sfo | |
131 | Raymond Berry+ | .03 | 1955-1967 | clt |
J.D. Smith | .03 | 1956-1966 | 3TM | |
133 | Len Dawson+ | .03 | 1957-1975 | 3TM |
Chester Marcol | .03 | 1972-1980 | 2TM | |
Paul Warfield+ | .03 | 1964-1977 | 2TM | |
136 | Merlin Olsen+ | .03 | 1962-1976 | ram |
137 | Harold Jackson | .03 | 1968-1983 | 5TM |
Mike Lucci | .03 | 1962-1973 | 2TM | |
Charlie Sanders+ | .03 | 1968-1977 | det | |
140 | Rosey Grier | .02 | 1955-1966 | 2TM |
Bobby Layne+ | .02 | 1948-1962 | 4TM | |
142 | Harold Carmichael+ | .02 | 1971-1984 | 2TM |
Fred Dean+ | .02 | 1975-1985 | 2TM | |
Steve Largent+ | .02 | 1976-1989 | sea | |
Lou Michaels | .02 | 1958-1971 | 4TM | |
Johnny Morris | .02 | 1958-1967 | chi | |
Pete Retzlaff | .02 | 1956-1966 | phi | |
John Riggins+ | .02 | 1971-1985 | 2TM | |
Danny White | .02 | 1976-1988 | dal | |
Ken Willard | .02 | 1965-1974 | 2TM | |
151 | Jim Harbaugh | .02 | 1987-2000 | 4TM |
152 | Dan Reeves | .02 | 1965-1972 | dal |
153 | Derrick Brooks+ | .02 | 1995-2008 | tam |
Alex Karras+ | .02 | 1958-1970 | det | |
Carnell Lake | .02 | 1989-2001 | 3TM | |
156 | Edgerrin James+ | .02 | 1999-2009 | 3TM |
Chris Johnson | .02 | 2008-2017 | 3TM | |
Cooper Kupp | .02 | 2017-2022 | ram | |
Dak Prescott | .02 | 2016-2022 | dal | |
Bobby Wagner | .02 | 2012-2022 | sea | |
161 | Franco Harris+ | .01 | 1972-1984 | 2TM |
Greg Landry | .01 | 1968-1984 | 3TM | |
Willie Lanier+ | .01 | 1967-1977 | kan | |
Larry Little+ | .01 | 1967-1980 | 2TM | |
165 | Marlin Briscoe | .01 | 1968-1976 | 6TM |
Manny Fernandez | .01 | 1968-1975 | mia | |
Ron Johnson | .01 | 1969-1975 | 2TM | |
Herschel Walker | .01 | 1986-1997 | 4TM | |
169 | Mark Bavaro | .01 | 1985-1994 | 3TM |
Tony Eason | .01 | 1983-1990 | 2TM | |
Cortez Kennedy+ | .01 | 1990-2000 | sea | |
172 | Phil Simms | .01 | 1979-1993 | nyg |
173 | Seth Joyner | .01 | 1986-1998 | 4TM |
174 | Lynn Dickey | .01 | 1971-1985 | 2TM |
Ronnie Lott+ | .01 | 1981-1994 | 3TM | |
Wilbert Montgomery | .01 | 1977-1985 | 2TM | |
Chuck Muncie | .01 | 1976-1984 | 2TM | |
George Rogers | .01 | 1981-1987 | 2TM | |
Randy White+ | .01 | 1975-1988 | dal | |
Kellen Winslow+ | .01 | 1979-1987 | sdg | |
181 | Deion Sanders+ | .01 | 1989-2005 | 5TM |
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