page_title: Associated Press NFL Most Valuable Player Award
section_title: Winners
hierarchical_section_title: Associated Press NFL Most Valuable Player Award / Winners
caption_attribution_description: English: Buffalo Bills' running back O.J. Simpson rushing the ball against the New York Jets on December 16, 1973, breaking the NFL's single-season rushing record.
context_page_description: The Associated Press NFL Most Valuable Player Award is presented annually by the Associated Press to a player in the National Football League deemed to have been the "most valuable" in that year's regular season. While there have been many selectors of NFL MVPs in the past, today the MVP award presented by the AP is considered the de facto official NFL MVP award and the most prestigious. Since 2011, the NFL has held the annual NFL Honors ceremony to recognize the winner of each year's AP MVP award, along with other AP awards, such as the AP NFL Offensive Player of the Year and AP NFL Defensive Player of the Year. The most recent AP NFL MVP is quarterback Lamar Jackson of the Baltimore Ravens, who is the second youngest player ever to receive the award.
  The AP has presented an award recognizing the NFL's top player since 1957. The award is voted upon by a panel of 50 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 sportswriters chosen regularly follow the NFL, and remain mostly consistent from year to year.
caption: 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.[21]
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