NFL Most Valuable Player Award

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The NFL Most Valuable Player Award is an annual honor given to the player judged to be the most outstanding in the National Football League during the regular season.

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instanceOf National Football League award
sports award
alsoKnownAs NFL Most Valuable Player Award
surface form: AP NFL Most Valuable Player Award
awardedFor most valuable player performance
awardingBodyType news agency
ceremony NFL Honors
competitionScope NFL regular season
country United States of America
surface form: United States
excludes postseason performance
firstWinner Jim Brown
firstWinnerSeason 1957 NFL season
frequency annual
governingOrganization National Football League
hasCategory Awards established in 1957
Most valuable player awards
National Football League trophies and awards
hasDifferentVotersThan NFL Players Association awards
Pro Football Writers of America awards
hasMediaCoverageFrom ESPN
NFL Network
major U.S. sports media outlets
inception 1957
isConsidered one of the highest individual honors in American football
isPartOf NFL Honors
surface form: NFL Honors awards program
isRelatedTo NFL Defensive Player of the Year
surface form: NFL Defensive Player of the Year Award

NFL Offensive Player of the Year Award
Pro Bowl selections
Super Bowl Most Valuable Player Award
surface form: Super Bowl MVP Award
isUnofficiallyRegardedAs primary NFL MVP award
languageOfName English
league National Football League
notableMultipleWinner Aaron Rodgers
Peyton Manning
Tom Brady
presentedBy Associated Press
purpose to honor the most outstanding player in the NFL regular season
recordForMostAwardsHolder Peyton Manning
recordForMostAwardsNumber 5
region North America
selectionBody Associated Press
surface form: Associated Press sportswriters and broadcasters
selectionMethod media panel voting
sport American football
timePeriodCovered regular season only
typicalAnnouncementTime end of NFL regular season or during playoffs
typicalAnnouncementVenue television broadcast
typicalRecipientPosition quarterback

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this entity surface form: AP NFL Most Valuable Player Award
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this entity surface form: AP NFL Most Valuable Player Award
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this entity surface form: Associated Press NFL Most Valuable Player Award
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this entity surface form: NFL Most Valuable Player Award (PFWA)
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this entity surface form: AP NFL Most Valuable Player Award
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