National Football League Offensive Player of the Year Award

The National Football League Offensive Player of the Year Award is a yearly American football award given by some groups to the National Football League (NFL) player who is considered the best offensive player during the regular season. Groups which issue the award include the Associated Press (AP), Pro Football Writers of America (PFWA) and Sporting News. The AP's award is seen as the main award at the annual NFL Honors show.

Winners overview

Key

AP	Associated Press NFL Offensive Player of the Year Award
PFWA	Pro Football Writers of America NFL Offensive Player of the Year Award
SN	Sporting News NFL Offensive Player of the Year Award
^	Denotes year in which a player got all awards

Winners

Season	AP	PFWA	SN
1972	Brown, LarryLarry Brown	N/A	N/A
1973	Simpson, O. J.O. J. Simpson	N/A	N/A
1974	Stabler, KenKen Stabler	N/A	N/A
1975	Tarkenton, FranFran Tarkenton	N/A	N/A
1976	Jones, BertBert Jones	N/A	N/A
1977	Payton, WalterWalter Payton	N/A	N/A
1978	Campbell, EarlEarl Campbell	N/A	N/A
1979	Campbell, EarlEarl Campbell	N/A	N/A
1980	Campbell, EarlEarl Campbell	N/A	N/A
1981	Anderson, KenKen Anderson	N/A	N/A
1982	Fouts, DanDan Fouts	N/A	N/A
1983	Theismann, JoeJoe Theismann	N/A	N/A
1984	Marino, DanDan Marino	N/A	N/A
1985	Allen, MarcusMarcus Allen	N/A	N/A
1986	Dickerson, EricEric Dickerson	N/A	N/A
1987	Rice, JerryJerry Rice	N/A	N/A
1988	Craig, RogerRoger Craig	N/A	N/A
1989	Montana, JoeJoe Montana	N/A	N/A
1990	Moon, WarrenWarren Moon	N/A	N/A
1991	Thomas, ThurmanThurman Thomas	N/A	N/A
1992	Young, SteveSteve Young	Young, SteveSteve Young	N/A
1993	Rice, JerryJerry Rice	Smith, EmmittEmmitt Smith	N/A
1994	Sanders, BarryBarry Sanders	Young, SteveSteve Young	N/A
1995	Favre, BrettBrett Favre	Favre, BrettBrett Favre	N/A
1996	Davis, TerrellTerrell Davis	Favre, BrettBrett Favre	N/A
1997	Sanders, BarryBarry Sanders	Sanders, BarryBarry Sanders	N/A
1998	Davis, TerrellTerrell Davis	Sanders, BarryBarry Sanders	N/A
1999	Faulk, MarshallMarshall Faulk	Warner, KurtKurt Warner	N/A
2000	Faulk, MarshallMarshall Faulk	Faulk, MarshallMarshall Faulk	N/A
2001	Faulk, MarshallMarshall Faulk	Faulk, MarshallMarshall Faulk	N/A
2002	Holmes, PriestPriest Holmes	Gannon, RichRich Gannon	N/A
2003	Lewis, JamalJamal Lewis	Lewis, JamalJamal Lewis	N/A
2004	Manning, PeytonPeyton Manning	Manning, PeytonPeyton Manning	N/A
2005	Alexander, ShaunShaun Alexander	Alexander, ShaunShaun Alexander	N/A
2006	Tomlinson, LaDainianLaDainian Tomlinson	Tomlinson, LaDainianLaDainian Tomlinson	N/A
2007	Brady, TomTom Brady	Brady, TomTom Brady	N/A
2008	Brees, DrewDrew Brees	Manning, PeytonPeyton Manning	Brees, DrewDrew Brees
2009	Johnson, ChrisChris Johnson	Manning, PeytonPeyton Manning	Brees, DrewDrew Brees
2010	Brady, TomTom Brady	Brady, TomTom Brady	Brady, TomTom Brady
2011	Brees, DrewDrew Brees	Rodgers, AaronAaron Rodgers	Rodgers, AaronAaron Rodgers
2012	Peterson, AdrianAdrian Peterson	Peterson, AdrianAdrian Peterson	Peterson, AdrianAdrian Peterson
2013	Manning, PeytonPeyton Manning	Manning, PeytonPeyton Manning	Manning, PeytonPeyton Manning
2014	Murray, DeMarcoDeMarco Murray	Murray, DeMarcoDeMarco Murray	Rodgers, AaronAaron Rodgers
2015	Newton, CamCam Newton	Newton, CamCam Newton	Newton, CamCam Newton
2016	Ryan, MattMatt Ryan	Ryan, MattMatt Ryan	Brady, TomTom Brady
2017	Gurley, ToddTodd Gurley	Gurley, ToddTodd Gurley	Brown, AntonioAntonio Brown
2018	Mahomes, PatrickPatrick Mahomes	Mahomes, PatrickPatrick Mahomes	Mahomes, PatrickPatrick Mahomes
2019	Thomas, MichaelMichael Thomas	Jackson, LamarLamar Jackson	Jackson, LamarLamar Jackson
2020	Henry, DerrickDerrick Henry	Henry, DerrickDerrick Henry	Mahomes, PatrickPatrick Mahomes
2021	Kupp, CooperCooper Kupp	Kupp, CooperCooper Kupp	Taylor, JonathanJonathan Taylor
2022	Jefferson, JustinJustin Jefferson	Jefferson, JustinJustin Jefferson	Jefferson, JustinJustin Jefferson

See also

• List of National Football League awards