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SUPER BOWL LVIII

Who are the Super Bowl MVPs throughout history?

Quarterbacks Mahomes and Purdy will be eyeing the award but there will be other Chiefs and 49ers looking to be the star of the biggest NFL show.

Quarterbacks Mahomes and Purdy will be eyeing the award but there will be other Chiefs and 49ers looking to be the star of the biggest NFL show.
SHAUN BESTREUTERS

Most Valuable Player in a Super Bowl is the outstanding individual award available for a footballer in the big game. Over the course of the 57 Super Bowls, 47 players have been named MVP, with six players being named more than once. If you want to be named MVP in a Super Bowl it helps to be a quarterback. A lot.

Significantly more than half of the MVPs in the Super Bowl’s history have been QBs, 32 out of the 47, with all the players who have been named more than once being quarterbacks. Last year’s MVP too was a quarterback, none other than Patrick Mahomes of the Kansas City Chiefs, who also picked up the award at Super Bowl LIV, in their win over, wait for it, the San Francisco 49ers.

This year’s Super Bowl LVIII will see Mahomes look to make it three, and go level with Joe Montana who is only second to Tom Brady, with the legendary quarterback having picked up the award on five separate occasions.

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When did record-breaking Tom Brady win Super Bowl MPV?

Super Bowl XXXVI vs St Louis Rams (Patriots won 20-17)
Super Bowl XXXVIII vs Carolina Panthers (Patriots won 32-29)
Super Bowl XLIX vs Seattle Seahawks (Patriots won 28-24)
Super Bowl LI vs Atlanta Falcons (Patriots won in OT 34-28).
Super Bowl LV vs Kansas City Chiefs (Buccaneers won 31-9).

Brady also won the Super Bowl twice more, although on those occasions he was not named MVP:

Super Bowl XXXIX vs Philadelphia Eagles, won by the Patriots 24-21, with wide receiver Deion Brach being named MVP for his 133 receiving yards and 11 catches, a Super Bowl record and,
Super Bowl LIII vs Los Angeles Rams, won by the Patriots 13-3, with wide receiver Julian Edelman being named MVP for his 141 receiving yards.

49ers previous MVPs

The team from the Bay has contributed five winners of the Super Bowl MVP since 1967. These came in the XVI, XIX, XXIII, XXIV and XXIX editions, with Joe Montana (3), Jerry Rice and Steve Young getting the plaudits.

Chiefs previous MVPs

Aside from Mahomes, there is one other Chiefs player who was named Super Bowl MVP. Back in 1969 at Super Bowl IV, quarterback Len Dawson was awarded the trophy for his performance in the Chiefs’ 23-7 win over the Minnesota Vikings.

MVPs on the losing side

Only one player has been named Super Bowl MVP from the losing team: Chuck Howley, in the Cowboy’s 16-13 defeat to the Baltimore Colts. He recorded two interceptions but the decision was widely felt to be an odd one, with the Colts’ tight end John Mackey recording two catches for 80 yards, including a 75-yard touchdown in the second quarter.

Most times named MVP

Tom Brady, as noted above, tops the list with five Super Bowl MVP Trophies. He’s followed by four other quarterbacks who have recorded two or more:

Joe Montana, San Francisco 49ers: 3 (XVI, XIX, XXIV)

Terry Bradshaw, Pittsburgh Steelers: 2 (XIII, XIV)

Eli Manning, New York Giants: 2 (XLIII, XLVI)

Bart Starr, Green Bay Packers: 2 (I, II)

Patrick Mahomes, Kansas City Chiefs (LIV, LVII)

MVPs by position

  • Quarterback: 32
  • Wide receiver: 8
  • Running back: 7
  • Linebacker: 4
  • Defensive end: 2
  • Safety: 2
  • Cornerback: 1
  • Defensive tackle: 1
  • Kick returner: 1 (Desmond Howard, who returned a kickoff 99 yards for a touchdown and celebrated by dancing the robot)

Joint MVP Trophies

On one occasion the MVP was awarded jointly, in Super Bowl XII, when the Dallas Cowboys’ Harvey Martin (defensive end) and Randy White (defensive tackle) picked up the trophy.

MVPs by team

Dallas Cowboys: 7
Pittsburgh Steelers: 6
New England Patriots: 6
San Francisco 49ers: 5
Green Bay Packers: 4
New York Giants: 4
Los Angeles/Oakland Raiders: 3
Washington Redskins: 3
Denver Broncos: 3
Kansas City Chiefs: 3
Miami Dolphins: 2
Baltimore Ravens: 2
Tampa Bay Buccaneers: 2
St. Louis/Los Angeles Rams: 2
New York Jets: 1
Chicago Bears: 1
Indianapolis Colts: 1
New Orleans Saints: 1
Seattle Seahawks: 1
Philadelphia Eagles: 1

Full list of Super Bowl MVPs

Super Bowl I — QB Bart Starr, Green Bay

Super Bowl II — QB Bart Starr, Green Bay

Super Bowl III — QB Joe Namath, N.Y. Jets

Super Bowl IV — QB Len Dawson, Kansas City

Super Bowl V — LB Chuck Howley, Dallas

Super Bowl VI — QB Roger Staubach, Dallas

Super Bowl VII — S Jake Scott, Miami

Super Bowl VIII — RB Larry Csonka, Miami

Super Bowl IX — RB Franco Harris, Pittsburgh

Super Bowl X — WR Lynn Swann, Pittsburgh

Super Bowl XI — WR Fred Biletnikoff, Oakland

Super Bowl XII — DT Randy White and DE Harvey Martin, Dallas

Super Bowl XIII — QB Terry Bradshaw, Pittsburgh

Super Bowl XIV — QB Terry Bradshaw, Pittsburgh

Super Bowl XV — QB Jim Plunkett, Oakland

Super Bowl XVI — QB Joe Montana, San Francisco

Super Bowl XVII — RB John Riggins, Washington

Super Bowl XVIII — RB Marcus Allen, L.A. Raiders

Super Bowl XIX — QB Joe Montana, San Francisco

Super Bowl XX — DE Richard Dent, Chicago

Super Bowl XXI — QB Phil Simms, N.Y. Giants

Super Bowl XXII — QB Doug Williams, Washington

Super Bowl XXIII — WR Jerry Rice, San Francisco

Super Bowl XXIV — QB Joe Montana, San Francisco

Super Bowl XXV — RB Ottis Anderson, N.Y. Giants

Super Bowl XXVI — QB Mark Rypien, Washington

Super Bowl XXVII — QB Troy Aikman, Dallas

Super Bowl XXVIII — RB Emmitt Smith, Dallas

Super Bowl XXIX — QB Steve Young, San Francisco

Super Bowl XXX — CB Larry Brown, Dallas

Super Bowl XXXI — KR-PR Desmond Howard, Green Bay

Super Bowl XXXII — RB Terrell Davis, Denver

Super Bowl XXXIII — QB John Elway, Denver

Super Bowl XXXIV — QB Kurt Warner, St. Louis

Super Bowl XXXV — LB Ray Lewis, Baltimore

Super Bowl XXXVI — QB Tom Brady, New England

Super Bowl XXXVII — S Dexter Jackson, Tampa Bay

Super Bowl XXXVIII — QB Tom Brady, New England

Super Bowl XXXIX — WR Deion Branch, New England

Super Bowl XL — WR Hines Ward, Pittsburgh

Super Bowl XLI — QB Peyton Manning, Indianapolis

Super Bowl XLII — QB Eli Manning, N.Y. Giants

Super Bowl XLIII — WR Santonio Holmes, Pittsburgh

Super Bowl XLIV — QB Drew Brees, New Orleans

Super Bowl XLV — QB Aaron Rodgers, Green Bay

Super Bowl XLVI — QB Eli Manning, N.Y. Giants

Super Bowl XLVII — QB Joe Flacco, Baltimore

Super Bowl XLVIII — LB Malcolm Smith, Seattle

Super Bowl XLIX — QB Tom Brady, New England

Super Bowl 50 — LB Von Miller, Denver

Super Bowl LI — QB Tom Brady, New England

Super Bowl LII — QB Nick Foles, Philadelphia

Super Bowl LIII — WR Julian Edelman, New England

Super Bowl LIV — QB Patrick Mahomes, Kansas City

Super Bowl LV - QB Tom Brady, Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Super Bowl LVI - WR Cooper Kupp, Los Angeles Rams

Super Bowl LVII - QB Patrick Mahomes, Kansas City Chiefs

As we prepare for the 2024 Super Bowl between the Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers on Sunday 11 February, eyes will be focused on those players that really stand out, almost certainly - unless following in the footsteps of Chuck Howley - leading their team to Vince Lombardi glory.