NFL AP MVP Shares Career LeadersSubscribe Now (First Month Free)
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.
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Leaders
Rank | Player | AP MVP Shares | Years | Tm |
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1 | Peyton Manning+ | 4.58 | 1998-2015 | 2TM |
2 | Tom Brady | 3.60 | 2000-2022 | 2TM |
3 | Aaron Rodgers | 3.28 | 2005-2023 | 2TM |
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 | Lamar Jackson | 1.99 | 2018-2023 | rav |
8 | Patrick Mahomes | 1.86 | 2017-2023 | kan |
9 | Steve Young+ | 1.78 | 1985-1999 | 2TM |
10 | Joe Montana+ | 1.63 | 1979-1994 | 2TM |
11 | Y.A. Tittle+ | 1.37 | 1948-1964 | 3TM |
12 | Kurt Warner+ | 1.11 | 1998-2009 | 3TM |
13 | Earl Campbell+ | 1.06 | 1978-1985 | 2TM |
14 | O.J. Simpson+ | 1.01 | 1969-1979 | 2TM |
15 | Marshall Faulk+ | .99 | 1994-2005 | 2TM |
16 | Walter Payton+ | .99 | 1975-1987 | chi |
17 | Cam Newton | .96 | 2011-2021 | 2TM |
18 | John Elway+ | .95 | 1983-1998 | den |
19 | LaDainian Tomlinson+ | .88 | 2001-2011 | 2TM |
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 | Josh Allen | .54 | 2018-2023 | buf |
36 | Emmitt Smith+ | .53 | 1990-2004 | 2TM |
37 | Lawrence Taylor+ | .51 | 1981-1993 | nyg |
38 | Matt Ryan | .50 | 2008-2022 | 2TM |
39 | Rich Gannon | .50 | 1987-2004 | 4TM |
40 | Marcus Allen+ | .49 | 1982-1997 | 2TM |
41 | Terry Bradshaw+ | .49 | 1970-1983 | pit |
Bert Jones | .49 | 1973-1982 | 2TM | |
43 | Thurman Thomas+ | .48 | 1988-2000 | 2TM |
44 | Jim Taylor+ | .45 | 1958-1967 | 2TM |
45 | Drew Brees | .45 | 2001-2020 | 2TM |
46 | Roman Gabriel | .44 | 1962-1977 | 2TM |
47 | John Brodie | .44 | 1957-1973 | sfo |
48 | Bart Starr+ | .42 | 1956-1971 | gnb |
49 | Mark Moseley | .42 | 1970-1986 | 4TM |
50 | Boomer Esiason | .40 | 1984-1997 | 3TM |
51 | Jalen Hurts | .39 | 2020-2023 | phi |
52 | Shaun Alexander | .38 | 2000-2008 | 2TM |
53 | George Blanda+ | .35 | 1949-1975 | 4TM |
54 | Dak Prescott | .32 | 2016-2023 | dal |
55 | Christian McCaffrey | .29 | 2017-2023 | 2TM |
56 | Jim Kelly+ | .28 | 1986-1996 | buf |
57 | J.J. Watt | .26 | 2011-2022 | 2TM |
58 | Joe Burrow | .26 | 2020-2023 | cin |
59 | Alan Page+ | .25 | 1967-1981 | 2TM |
60 | Roger Staubach+ | .24 | 1969-1979 | dal |
61 | Bob Griese+ | .24 | 1967-1980 | mia |
62 | Warren Moon+ | .24 | 1984-2000 | 4TM |
63 | Jack Lambert+ | .23 | 1974-1984 | pit |
64 | Donovan McNabb | .22 | 1999-2011 | 3TM |
65 | Roger Craig | .22 | 1983-1993 | 3TM |
66 | Leroy Kelly+ | .22 | 1964-1973 | cle |
67 | Brock Purdy | .19 | 2022-2023 | sfo |
68 | Charlie Conerly | .19 | 1948-1961 | nyg |
69 | Carl Eller+ | .18 | 1964-1979 | 2TM |
70 | Joe Kapp | .17 | 1967-1970 | 2TM |
71 | Tony Dorsett+ | .17 | 1977-1988 | 2TM |
72 | Eddie George | .16 | 1996-2004 | 2TM |
Todd Gurley | .16 | 2015-2020 | 2TM | |
74 | Craig Morton | .14 | 1965-1982 | 3TM |
75 | Barry Foster | .14 | 1990-1994 | pit |
Bruce Smith+ | .14 | 1985-2003 | 2TM | |
77 | Otis Taylor | .13 | 1965-1975 | kan |
Larry Wilson+ | .13 | 1960-1972 | crd | |
79 | Gale Sayers+ | .13 | 1965-1971 | chi |
80 | Terry Metcalf | .13 | 1973-1981 | 2TM |
81 | Tyreek Hill | .12 | 2016-2023 | 2TM |
82 | Tiki Barber | .12 | 1997-2006 | nyg |
Derek Carr | .12 | 2014-2023 | 2TM | |
Ezekiel Elliott | .12 | 2016-2023 | 2TM | |
85 | Justin Jefferson | .11 | 2020-2023 | min |
86 | Joe Schmidt+ | .11 | 1953-1965 | det |
87 | Sonny Jurgensen+ | .11 | 1957-1974 | 2TM |
88 | Sam Huff+ | .11 | 1956-1969 | 2TM |
89 | Jamal Lewis | .10 | 2000-2009 | 2TM |
90 | Mark Rypien | .10 | 1988-2001 | 5TM |
91 | Bobby Mitchell+ | .10 | 1958-1968 | 2TM |
92 | Calvin Hill | .09 | 1969-1981 | 3TM |
93 | Don Meredith | .09 | 1960-1968 | dal |
94 | Bill Nelsen | .09 | 1963-1972 | 2TM |
95 | Don Majkowski | .09 | 1987-1996 | 3TM |
96 | Jamal Anderson | .09 | 1994-2001 | atl |
Randy Moss+ | .09 | 1998-2012 | 5TM | |
98 | Deacon Jones+ | .08 | 1961-1974 | 3TM |
99 | Priest Holmes | .08 | 1997-2007 | 2TM |
100 | 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 | |
106 | Mike Singletary+ | .08 | 1981-1992 | chi |
107 | Lenny Moore+ | .07 | 1956-1967 | clt |
108 | Jim Zorn | .07 | 1976-1987 | 3TM |
109 | Dick Butkus+ | .07 | 1965-1973 | chi |
110 | Chuck Foreman | .06 | 1973-1980 | 2TM |
111 | Jerome Bettis+ | .06 | 1993-2005 | 2TM |
112 | Joe Morris | .06 | 1982-1991 | 2TM |
113 | James Harrison | .06 | 2002-2017 | 3TM |
Ray Lewis+ | .06 | 1996-2012 | rav | |
Carson Palmer | .06 | 2004-2017 | 3TM | |
116 | Bob Lilly+ | .06 | 1961-1974 | dal |
117 | Joe Namath+ | .05 | 1965-1977 | 2TM |
118 | Steve Bartkowski | .05 | 1975-1986 | 2TM |
Roger Brown | .05 | 1960-1969 | 2TM | |
Ron Jaworski | .05 | 1974-1989 | 4TM | |
Dave Parks | .05 | 1964-1973 | 3TM | |
122 | Willie Davis+ | .04 | 1958-1969 | 2TM |
123 | John Mackey+ | .04 | 1963-1972 | 2TM |
124 | Dana Stubblefield | .04 | 1993-2003 | 3TM |
Michael Vick | .04 | 2001-2015 | 4TM | |
126 | Keith Millard | .04 | 1985-1993 | 4TM |
127 | Nick Bosa | .04 | 2019-2023 | sfo |
DeMarco Murray | .04 | 2011-2017 | 3TM | |
Tony Romo | .04 | 2004-2016 | dal | |
Brian Urlacher+ | .04 | 2000-2012 | chi | |
Carson Wentz | .04 | 2016-2023 | 4TM | |
132 | John Hadl | .04 | 1962-1977 | 4TM |
133 | Fran Tarkenton+ | .04 | 1961-1978 | 2TM |
134 | Steve DeBerg | .04 | 1978-1998 | 6TM |
135 | Sterling Sharpe | .04 | 1988-1994 | gnb |
136 | Troy Aikman+ | .04 | 1989-2000 | dal |
137 | Duane Putnam | .03 | 1952-1962 | 3TM |
Billy Wilson | .03 | 1951-1960 | sfo | |
139 | Raymond Berry+ | .03 | 1955-1967 | clt |
J.D. Smith | .03 | 1956-1966 | 3TM | |
141 | Len Dawson+ | .03 | 1957-1975 | 3TM |
Chester Marcol | .03 | 1972-1980 | 2TM | |
Paul Warfield+ | .03 | 1964-1977 | 2TM | |
144 | Merlin Olsen+ | .03 | 1962-1976 | ram |
145 | Harold Jackson | .03 | 1968-1983 | 5TM |
Mike Lucci | .03 | 1962-1973 | 2TM | |
Charlie Sanders+ | .03 | 1968-1977 | det | |
148 | Rosey Grier | .02 | 1955-1966 | 2TM |
Bobby Layne+ | .02 | 1948-1962 | 4TM | |
150 | 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 | |
159 | Jim Harbaugh | .02 | 1987-2000 | 4TM |
160 | Dan Reeves | .02 | 1965-1972 | dal |
161 | Derrick Brooks+ | .02 | 1995-2008 | tam |
Alex Karras+ | .02 | 1958-1970 | det | |
Carnell Lake | .02 | 1989-2001 | 3TM | |
164 | Edgerrin James+ | .02 | 1999-2009 | 3TM |
Chris Johnson | .02 | 2008-2017 | 3TM | |
Cooper Kupp | .02 | 2017-2023 | ram | |
Bobby Wagner | .02 | 2012-2023 | 2TM | |
168 | Franco Harris+ | .01 | 1972-1984 | 2TM |
Greg Landry | .01 | 1968-1984 | 3TM | |
Willie Lanier+ | .01 | 1967-1977 | kan | |
Larry Little+ | .01 | 1967-1980 | 2TM | |
172 | Marlin Briscoe | .01 | 1968-1976 | 6TM |
Manny Fernandez | .01 | 1968-1975 | mia | |
Ron Johnson | .01 | 1969-1975 | 2TM | |
Herschel Walker | .01 | 1986-1997 | 4TM | |
176 | Mark Bavaro | .01 | 1985-1994 | 3TM |
Tony Eason | .01 | 1983-1990 | 2TM | |
Cortez Kennedy+ | .01 | 1990-2000 | sea | |
179 | Phil Simms | .01 | 1979-1993 | nyg |
180 | Seth Joyner | .01 | 1986-1998 | 4TM |
181 | 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 | |
188 | Deion Sanders+ | .01 | 1989-2005 | 5TM |
189 | Matthew Stafford | .01 | 2009-2023 | 2TM |
C.J. Stroud | .01 | 2023 | htx | |
191 | Trevor Lawrence | .01 | 2021-2023 | jax |
192 | Micah Parsons | .00 | 2021-2023 | dal |
193 | A.J. Brown | .00 | 2019-2023 | 2TM |
Justin Fields | .00 | 2021-2023 | chi | |
Myles Garrett | .00 | 2017-2023 | cle | |
Derrick Henry | .00 | 2016-2023 | oti | |
Justin Herbert | .00 | 2020-2023 | sdg | |
Geno Smith | .00 | 2013-2023 | 4TM | |
Tua Tagovailoa | .00 | 2020-2023 | mia |
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