The Super Bowl Most Valuable Player Award , or Super Bowl MVP , is an award presented annually to the most valuable player of the Super Bowl , the National Football League 's (NFL) championship game. The MVP is awarded the Pete Rozelle Trophy by the NFL commissioner and given a free car.
Three different Green Bay Packers have been awarded the Super Bowl MVP. Bart Starr was the MVP of Super Bowl I and II , return specialist Desmond Howard was given the honor at Super Bowl XXXI , and quarterback Aaron Rodgers was named at Super Bowl XLV .
Currently, the winner is chosen by a combination of two scores:
A panel of 16 American football writers and broadcasters vote after the game, which accounts for 80 percent of the total vote tally.
A fan vote during the game will account for the other 20 percent.
Since the first Super Bowl was held in 1967 to determine the 1966 season champions, the MVP award has been given to 41 players. From 1967 to 1989, the Super Bowl MVP was presented by SPORT magazine. Green Bay Packers quarterback Bart Starr was the MVP of the first two Super Bowls.
Since 1990, the award has been presented by the NFL. At Super Bowl XXV, the league first awarded the Pete Rozelle Trophy , named after the former NFL commissioner, to the Super Bowl MVP. Ottis Anderson of the New York Giants was the first to win the trophy. The most recent Super Bowl MVP was Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes, who was named the MVP of Super Bowl LVI.
Super Bowl MVP winners Presented by the National Football League •
Game
Design
Season
No.
Super Bowl MVP
Pos
Team
Statistics
01 I 01 1966
15
Bart Starr 01 QB
gb Green Bay Packers
17 16/23 - 250 yards - 2 TD
02 II 02 1967
15
Bart Starr 01 QB
gb Green Bay Packers
10 13/24 - 202 yards - TD, 1 rush- 14 yards
03 III
03 1968
12
Joe Namath
01 QB
nyj New York Jets
04 17/28 - 206 yards
04 IV
04 1969
16
Len Dawson
01 QB
kc Kansas City Chiefs
09 12/17 - 142 yards - TD, 3 rush- 11 yards
05 V
05 1970
54
Chuck Howley
16 OLB
dal Dallas Cowboys
04 2 INT - 22 yards
06 VI
06 1971
12
Roger Staubach
01 QB
dal Dallas Cowboys
14 12/19 - 119 yards - 2 TD, 5 rush- 18 yards
07 VII
07 1972
13
Jake Scott
19 S
mia Miami Dolphins
10 2 INT - 63 yards
08 VIII
08 1973
39
Larry Csonka
03 FB
mia Miami Dolphins
19 33 rush - 145 yards - 2 TD
09 IX
09 1974
32
Franco Harris
03 FB
pit Pittsburgh Steelers
13 34 rush - 158 yards - TD
10 X
10 1975
88
Lynn Swann
04 WR
pit Pittsburgh Steelers
17 4 rec - 161 yards - TD
11 XI
11 1976
25
Fred Biletnikoff
04 WR
oak Oakland Raiders
07 4 rec - 79 yards
12 XII*
12 1977
54
Randy White
12 DT
dal Dallas Cowboys
04 Team: 8 turnovers
12 XII*
12 1977
79
Harvey Martin
11 DE
dal Dallas Cowboys
04 Team: 8 turnovers
13 XIII
13 1978
12
Terry Bradshaw
01 QB
pit Pittsburgh Steelers
24 17/30 - 318 yards - 4 TD - INT, 2 rush, -5 yards
14 XIV
14 1979
12
Terry Bradshaw
01 QB
pit Pittsburgh Steelers
18 14/21 - 309 yards - 2 TD - 3 INT, 3 rush- 9 yards
15 XV
15 1980
16
Jim Plunkett
01 QB
oak Oakland Raiders
23 13/21 - 261 yards - 3 TD, 3 rush, 9 yards
16 XVI
16 1981
16
Joe Montana
01 QB
saf San Francisco 49ers
15 14/22 - 157 yards - 1 TD, 6 rush - 18 yards - 1 TD
17 XVII
17 1982
44
John Riggins
03 FB
was Washington Redskins
15 38 rush - 166 yards - TD, 1 rec- 15 yards
18 XVIII
18 1983
32
Marcus Allen
02 RB
oak Los Angeles Raiders
22 20 rush - 191 yards - 2 TD, 2 rec- 18 yards
19 XIX
19 1984
16
Joe Montana
01 QB
saf San Francisco 49ers
32 24/35 - 331 yards - 3 TD, 5 rush- 59 yards- 1 TD
20 XX
20 1985
95
Richard Dent
11 DE
chi Chicago Bears
06 1.5 sacks, 2 forced fumbles, 1 PD
21 XXI
21 1986
11
Phil Simms
01 QB
nyg New York Giants
23 22/25 - 268 yards - 3 TD, 3 rush- 25 yards
22 XXII
22 1987
17
Doug Williams
01 QB
was Washington Redskins
28 18/29 - 340 yards - 4 TD - INT, 2 rush- -2 yards
23 XXIII
23 1988
80
Jerry Rice
04 WR
saf San Francisco 49ers
27 11 rec - 215 yards - TD, 1 rush- 5 yards
24 XXIV
24 1989
16
Joe Montana
01 QB
saf San Francisco 49ers
35 22/29 - 297 yards - 5 TD, 2 rush- 15 yards
25 XXV
25 1990
24
Ottis Anderson
02 RB
nyg New York Giants
12 21 rush - 102 yards - TD, 1 rec- 7 yards
26 XXVI
26 1991
11
Mark Rypien
01 QB
was Washington Redskins
15 18/33 - 292 yards - 2 TD - INT, 6 rush- -4 yards
27 XXVII
27 1992
08
Troy Aikman
01 QB
dal Dallas Cowboys
30 22/30 - 273 yards - 4 TD, 3 rush- 28 yards
28 XXVIII
28 1993
22
Emmitt Smith
02 RB
dal Dallas Cowboys
23 30 rush - 132 yards - 2 TD, 4 rec- 26 yards
29 XXIX
29 1994
08
Steve Young
01 QB
saf San Francisco 49ers
44 24/36 - 325 yards - 6 TD, 5 rush- 49 yards
30 XXX
30 1995
24
Larry Brown
18 CB
dal Dallas Cowboys
07 2 INT - 77 yards
31 XXXI 31 1996
81
Desmond Howard 33 KR/PR
gb Green Bay Packers
06 244 return yards - KR TD
32 XXXII
32 1997
30
Terrell Davis
02 RB
den Denver Broncos
25 30 rush - 157 yards - 3 TD, 2 rec- 8 yards
33 XXXIII
33 1998
07
John Elway
01 QB
den Denver Broncos
18 18/29 - 336 yards - TD, 3 rush- 2 yards- 1 TD
34 XXXIV
34 1999
13
Kurt Warner
01 QB
stl St. Louis Rams
20 24/45 - 414 yards - 2 TD, 1 rush- 1 yard
35 XXXV
35 2000
52
Ray Lewis
15 MLB
bal Baltimore Ravens
00 11 TKL - 4 BLK
36 XXXVI
36 2001
12
Tom Brady
01 QB
nee New England Patriots
08 16/27 - 145 yards - TD, 1 rush- 3 yards
37 XXXVII
37 2002
34
Dexter Jackson
19 S
tam Tampa Bay Buccaneers
05 2 INT - 34 yards
38 XXXVIII
38 2003
12
Tom Brady
01 QB
nee New England Patriots
23 32/48 - 354 yards - 3 TD - INT, 2 rush- 12 yards
39 XXXIX
39 2004
83
Deion Branch
04 WR
nee New England Patriots
17 11 rec - 133 yards
40 XL
40 2005
86
Hines Ward
04 WR
pit Pittsburgh Steelers
17 5 rec - 123 yards - TD, 1 rush- 18 yards
41 XLI
41 2006
18
Peyton Manning
01 QB
ind Indianapolis Colts
12 25/38 - 247 yards - TD - INT
42 XLII
42 2007
10
Eli Manning
01 QB
nyg New York Giants
20 19/34 - 255 yards - 2 TD - INT, 3 rush- 4 yards
43 XLIII
43 2008
10
Santonio Holmes
04 WR
pit Pittsburgh Steelers
21 9 rec - 131 yards - TD
44 XLIV
44 2009
09
Drew Brees
01 QB
no New Orleans Saints
17 32/39 - 288 yards - 2 TD
45 XLV 45 2010
12
Aaron Rodgers 01 QB
gb Green Bay Packers
24 24/39 - 304 yards - 3 TD
46 XLVI
46 2011
10
Eli Manning
01 QB
nyg New York Giants
11 30/40 - 296 yards - TD
47 XLVII
47 2012
05
Joe Flacco
01 QB
bal Baltimore Ravens
23 22/33 - 287 yards - 3 TD
48 XLVIII
48 2013
53
Malcolm Smith
16 OLB
sea Seattle Seahawks
10 9 TKL, FR, INT - 69 yards - TD
49 XLIX
49 2014
12
Tom Brady
01 QB
nee New England Patriots
20 37/50 - 328 yards - 4 TD - 2 INT
50 50
50 2015
58
Von Miller
16 OLB
den Denver Broncos
06 2.5 sacks, 2 forced fumbles
51 LI
51 2016
12
Tom Brady
01 QB
nee New England Patriots
21 43/62 - 466 yards - 2 TD - INT, 1 rush- 15 yards
52 LII
52 2017
o9
Nick Foles
01 QB
phi Philadelphia Eagles
21 28/43 - 373 yards - 3 TD - INT, 1 rec- 1 yard - TD
Note: All seasons associated with each Super Bowl champion will list the championship season and not the subsequent year the team won the title. For example, the Green Bay Packers won Super Bowl XLV for the 2010 season , but actually won the title on February 6, 2011.Comparison Multiple winners Tom Brady of the New England Patriots has won the Super Bowl MVP award four times. Joe Montana from the San Francisco 49ers has won three Super Bowl MVP awards. Three others: Bart Starr , Terry Bradshaw, and Eli Manning; have won the honor twice.
Super Bowl MVP winners Multiple winners •
Team winners Although the Pittsburgh Steelers and New England Patriots have won more Super Bowls than any other NFL franchise (with six), the Dallas Cowboys have had the most players earn Super Bowl MVP with seven, mainly due to two oddities only involving Dallas. At Super Bowl V, Cowboys linebacker Chuck Howley was given the honor despite losing to the Baltimore Colts . At Super Bowl XII, the Cowboys had co-MVPs on defense, with Randy White and Harvey Martin sharing the honor.
The Green Bay Packers are tied for fourth among team Super Bowl MVP awards (tied with the New York Giants , behind Dallas, Pittsburgh, New England, and the San Francisco 49ers ).
Super Bowl MVP winners Team winners •
References 
Rodgers awarded Pete Rozelle Trophy
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