AP NFL Most Valuable Player Award

The award is voted upon by a panel of 40 sportswriters at the end of the regular season, before the playoffs, though the results are not announced to the public until the day before the Super Bowl.

The sole special teams player to be named AP NFL MVP was Mark Moseley, who won as a placekicker in 1982.

During that span, nine AP NFL MVPs have led their team to the Super Bowl and were defeated each time.

[11] This has led to tongue-in-cheek claims in recent years that there is a "curse" preventing the awardee's team from winning the Super Bowl.

[12][13] Six NFL franchises have not produced an MVP, the New York Jets, Houston Texans, Jacksonville Jaguars, Chicago/St.

[20] Eleven players have won the Super Bowl and MVP in the same season: Bart Starr in 1966, Terry Bradshaw in 1978, Mark Moseley in 1982, Lawrence Taylor in 1986, Joe Montana in 1989, Emmitt Smith in 1993, Steve Young in 1994, Brett Favre in 1996, Terrell Davis in 1998, Kurt Warner in 1999, and Patrick Mahomes in 2022.

Peyton Manning won the award a record five times.
Johnny Unitas won three AP NFL MVP awards as quarterback of the Baltimore Colts .
Quarterback Bart Starr was awarded in 1966 after passing for 2,257 yards and 14 touchdowns and leading the Green Bay Packers to Super Bowl I . [ 21 ]
Running back O. J. Simpson became the first player to rush for 2,000 yards in a season en route to winning the 1973 award with the Buffalo Bills . [ 22 ]
Running back Marcus Allen set an NFL record with 2,314 yards from scrimmage in 1985 for the Los Angeles Raiders . [ 23 ]
Quarterback Brett Favre won three straight awards from 1995 to 1997 with the Green Bay Packers .
Quarterback Peyton Manning won four awards with the Indianapolis Colts and one with the Denver Broncos . He is the only player to win an MVP award with two teams.