MTV Video Music Award untuk Video Terbaik Tahun Ini

MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year adalah penghargaan utama dan paling bergengsi di MTV Video Music Awards.
| Tahun | Pemenang | Nominasi lain |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1984 | The Cars — "You Might Think" |  Herbie Hancock — "Rockit"  Michael Jackson — "Thriller"  Cyndi Lauper — "Girls Just Want to Have Fun"  The Police — "Every Breath You Take" |
| 1985 | Don Henley — "The Boys of Summer" |  Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers — "Don't Come Around Here No More"  David Lee Roth — "California Girls"  David Lee Roth — "Just a Gigolo/I Ain't Got Nobody"  USA for Africa — "We Are the World" |
| 1986 | Dire Straits — "Money for Nothing" |  a-ha — "Take on Me"  Godley & Creme — "Cry"  Robert Palmer — "Addicted to Love"  Talking Heads — "Road to Nowhere" |
| 1987 | Peter Gabriel — "Sledgehammer" |  Genesis — "Land of Confusion"  Paul Simon — "The Boy in the Bubble"  U2 — "With or Without You"  Steve Winwood — "Higher Love" |
| 1988 | INXS — "Need You Tonight/Mediate" |  George Harrison — "When We Was Fab"  Bruce Springsteen — "Tunnel of Love"  U2 — "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For"  U2 — "Where the Streets Have No Name" |
| 1989 | Neil Young — "This Note's for You" |  Fine Young Cannibals — "She Drives Me Crazy"  Michael Jackson — "Leave Me Alone"  Madonna — "Like a Prayer"  Steve Winwood — "Roll with It" |
| 1990 | Sinéad O'Connor — "Nothing Compares 2 U" |  Aerosmith — "Janie's Got a Gun"  Don Henley — "The End of the Innocence"  Madonna — "Vogue" |
| 1991 | R.E.M. — "Losing My Religion" |  C+C Music Factory — "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)"  Deee-Lite — "Groove Is in the Heart"  Divinyls — "I Touch Myself"  Chris Isaak — "Wicked Game"  Queensrÿche — "Silent Lucidity" |
| 1992 | Van Halen — "Right Now" |  Def Leppard — "Let's Get Rocked"  Nirvana — "Smells Like Teen Spirit"  Red Hot Chili Peppers — "Under the Bridge" |
| 1993 | Pearl Jam — "Jeremy" |  Aerosmith — "Livin' on the Edge"  En Vogue — "Free Your Mind"  Peter Gabriel — "Digging in the Dirt"  R.E.M. — "Man on the Moon" |
| 1994 | Aerosmith — "Cryin'" |  Beastie Boys — "Sabotage"  Nirvana — "Heart-Shaped Box"  R.E.M. — "Everybody Hurts" |
| 1995 | TLC — "Waterfalls" |  Green Day — "Basket Case"  Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson — "Scream"  Weezer — "Buddy Holly" |
| 1996 | The Smashing Pumpkins — "Tonight, Tonight" |  Bone Thugs-n-Harmony — "Tha Crossroads"  Foo Fighters — "Big Me"  Alanis Morissette — "Ironic" |
| 1997 | Jamiroquai — "Virtual Insanity" |  Beck — "The New Pollution"  Jewel — "You Were Meant for Me"  Nine Inch Nails — "The Perfect Drug"  No Doubt — "Don't Speak" |
| 1998 | Madonna — "Ray of Light" |  Brandy and Monica — "The Boy Is Mine"  Puff Daddy and the Family (featuring The LOX, Lil' Kim, The Notorious B.I.G.   and Fuzzbubble) — "It's All About the Benjamins (rock remix)"  Will Smith — "Gettin' Jiggy wit It"  The Verve — "Bitter Sweet Symphony" |
| 1999 | Lauryn Hill — "Doo Wop (That Thing)" |  Backstreet Boys — "I Want It That Way"  Korn — "Freak on a Leash"  Ricky Martin — "Livin' la Vida Loca"  Will Smith (featuring Dru Hill and Kool Moe Dee) — "Wild Wild West" |
| 2000 | Eminem — "The Real Slim Shady" |  Blink-182 — "All the Small Things"  D'Angelo — "Untitled (How Does It Feel)"  'N Sync — "Bye Bye Bye"  Red Hot Chili Peppers — "Californication" |
| 2001 | Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, Mýa and Pink   — "Lady Marmalade" |  Missy Elliott — "Get Ur Freak On"  Eminem (featuring Dido) — "Stan"  Fatboy Slim — "Weapon of Choice"  Janet Jackson — "All for You"  U2 — "Beautiful Day" |
| 2002 | Eminem — "Without Me" |  Linkin Park — "In the End"  'N Sync — "Gone"  Nas — "One Mic"  P.O.D. — "Alive"  The White Stripes — "Fell in Love with a Girl" |
| 2003 | Missy Elliott — "Work It" |  50 Cent — "In da Club"  Johnny Cash — "Hurt"  Eminem — "Lose Yourself"  Justin Timberlake — "Cry Me a River" |
| 2004 | OutKast — "Hey Ya!" |  D12 — "My Band"  Jay-Z — "99 Problems"  Britney Spears — "Toxic"  Usher (featuring Ludacris & Lil Jon) — "Yeah!" |
| 2005 | Green Day — "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" |  Coldplay — "Speed of Sound"  Snoop Dogg (featuring Pharrell) — "Drop It Like It's Hot"  Gwen Stefani — "Hollaback Girl"  Kanye West — "Jesus Walks" |
| 2006 | Panic! at the Disco — "I Write Sins Not Tragedies" |  Christina Aguilera — "Ain't No Other Man"  Madonna — "Hung Up"  Red Hot Chili Peppers — "Dani California"  Shakira (featuring Wyclef Jean) — "Hips Don't Lie" |
| 2007 | Rihanna (featuring Jay-Z) — "Umbrella" |  Beyoncé — "Irreplaceable"  Justice — "D.A.N.C.E."  Justin Timberlake — "What Goes Around.../...Comes Around"  Kanye West — "Stronger"  Amy Winehouse — "Rehab" |
| 2008 | Britney Spears — "Piece of Me" |  Chris Brown — "Forever"  Jonas Brothers — "Burnin' Up"  Pussycat Dolls — "When I Grow Up"  The Ting Tings — "Shut Up and Let Me Go" |
| 2009 | Beyoncé — "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" |  Eminem — "We Made You"  Lady Gaga — "Poker Face"  Britney Spears — "Womanizer"  Kanye West — "Love Lockdown" |
| 2010 | Lady Gaga — "Bad Romance" |  30 Seconds to Mars — "Kings and Queens"  B.o.B (featuring Hayley Williams) — "Airplanes"  Eminem — "Not Afraid"  Florence + the Machine — "Dog Days Are Over"  Lady Gaga (featuring Beyoncé) — "Telephone" |