Most Valuable Player

212 award winners

The Most Valuable Player has been awarded 212 times, from 1911 to 2025. The most recent winner on record is Aaron Judge in 2025, playing for NYA. Barry Bonds has won it most often, 7 times. There are 160 distinct winners in the list below.

Data updated

Award Overview

Award Name
Most Valuable Player
Total Awards Given
212
First Awarded
1911
Most Recent
2025

All Winners

Complete list of Most Valuable Player recipients

Most Valuable Player — All Winners
Year Player Name Team League
2025 Aaron Judge NYA AL
2025 Shohei Ohtani LAN NL
2024 Aaron Judge NYA AL
2024 Shohei Ohtani LAN NL
2023 Ronald Acuña ATL NL
2023 Shohei Ohtani LAA AL
2022 Paul Goldschmidt SLN NL
2022 Aaron Judge NYA AL
2021 Bryce Harper PHI NL
2021 Shohei Ohtani LAA AL
2020 Jose Abreu CHA AL
2020 Freddie Freeman ATL NL
2019 Cody Bellinger LAN NL
2019 Mike Trout LAA AL
2018 Mookie Betts BOS AL
2018 Christian Yelich MIL NL
2017 Jose Altuve HOU AL
2017 Giancarlo Stanton MIA NL
2016 Kris Bryant CHN NL
2016 Mike Trout LAA AL
2015 Josh Donaldson TOR AL
2015 Bryce Harper WAS NL
2014 Clayton Kershaw LAN NL
2014 Mike Trout LAA AL
2013 Miguel Cabrera DET AL
2013 Andrew McCutchen PIT NL
2012 Miguel Cabrera DET AL
2012 Buster Posey SFN NL
2011 Ryan Braun MIL NL
2011 Justin Verlander DET AL
2010 Josh Hamilton TEX AL
2010 Joey Votto CIN NL
2009 Joe Mauer MIN AL
2009 Albert Pujols SLN NL
2008 Dustin Pedroia BOS AL
2008 Albert Pujols SLN NL
2007 Alex Rodriguez NYA AL
2007 Jimmy Rollins PHI NL
2006 Ryan Howard PHI NL
2006 Justin Morneau MIN AL
2005 Albert Pujols SLN NL
2005 Alex Rodriguez NYA AL
2004 Barry Bonds SFN NL
2004 Vladimir Guerrero ANA AL
2003 Barry Bonds SFN NL
2003 Alex Rodriguez TEX AL
2002 Barry Bonds SFN NL
2002 Miguel Tejada OAK AL
2001 Barry Bonds SFN NL
2001 Ichiro Suzuki SEA AL
2000 Jason Giambi OAK AL
2000 Jeff Kent SFN NL
1999 Chipper Jones ATL NL
1999 Ivan Rodriguez TEX AL
1998 Juan Gonzalez TEX AL
1998 Sammy Sosa CHN NL
1997 Ken Griffey SEA AL
1997 Larry Walker COL NL
1996 Ken Caminiti SDN NL
1996 Juan Gonzalez TEX AL
1995 Barry Larkin CIN NL
1995 Mo Vaughn BOS AL
1994 Jeff Bagwell HOU NL
1994 Frank Thomas CHA AL
1993 Barry Bonds SFN NL
1993 Frank Thomas CHA AL
1992 Barry Bonds PIT NL
1992 Dennis Eckersley OAK AL
1991 Terry Pendleton ATL NL
1991 Cal Ripken BAL AL
1990 Barry Bonds PIT NL
1990 Rickey Henderson OAK AL
1989 Kevin Mitchell SFN NL
1989 Robin Yount ML4 AL
1988 Jose Canseco OAK AL
1988 Kirk Gibson LAN NL
1987 George Bell TOR AL
1987 Andre Dawson CHN NL
1986 Roger Clemens BOS AL
1986 Mike Schmidt PHI NL
1985 Don Mattingly NYA AL
1985 Willie McGee SLN NL
1984 Willie Hernandez DET AL
1984 Ryne Sandberg CHN NL
1983 Dale Murphy ATL NL
1983 Cal Ripken BAL AL
1982 Dale Murphy ATL NL
1982 Robin Yount ML4 AL
1981 Rollie Fingers ML4 AL
1981 Mike Schmidt PHI NL
1980 George Brett KCA AL
1980 Mike Schmidt PHI NL
1979 Don Baylor CAL AL
1979 Keith Hernandez SLN NL
1979 Willie Stargell PIT NL
1978 Dave Parker PIT NL
1978 Jim Rice BOS AL
1977 Rod Carew MIN AL
1977 George Foster CIN NL
1976 Joe Morgan CIN NL
1976 Thurman Munson NYA AL
1975 Fred Lynn BOS AL
1975 Joe Morgan CIN NL
1974 Jeff Burroughs TEX AL
1974 Steve Garvey LAN NL
1973 Reggie Jackson OAK AL
1973 Pete Rose CIN NL
1972 Dick Allen CHA AL
1972 Johnny Bench CIN NL
1971 Vida Blue OAK AL
1971 Joe Torre SLN NL
1970 Johnny Bench CIN NL
1970 Boog Powell BAL AL
1969 Harmon Killebrew MIN AL
1969 Willie McCovey SFN NL
1968 Bob Gibson SLN NL
1968 Denny McLain DET AL
1967 Orlando Cepeda SLN NL
1967 Carl Yastrzemski BOS AL
1966 Roberto Clemente PIT NL
1966 Frank Robinson BAL AL
1965 Willie Mays SFN NL
1965 Zoilo Versalles MIN AL
1964 Ken Boyer SLN NL
1964 Brooks Robinson BAL AL
1963 Elston Howard NYA AL
1963 Sandy Koufax LAN NL
1962 Mickey Mantle NYA AL
1962 Maury Wills LAN NL
1961 Roger Maris NYA AL
1961 Frank Robinson CIN NL
1960 Dick Groat PIT NL
1960 Roger Maris NYA AL
1959 Ernie Banks CHN NL
1959 Nellie Fox CHA AL
1958 Ernie Banks CHN NL
1958 Jackie Jensen BOS AL
1957 Hank Aaron ML1 NL
1957 Mickey Mantle NYA AL
1956 Mickey Mantle NYA AL
1956 Don Newcombe BRO NL
1955 Yogi Berra NYA AL
1955 Roy Campanella BRO NL
1954 Yogi Berra NYA AL
1954 Willie Mays NY1 NL
1953 Roy Campanella BRO NL
1953 Al Rosen CLE AL
1952 Hank Sauer CHN NL
1952 Bobby Shantz PHA AL
1951 Yogi Berra NYA AL
1951 Roy Campanella BRO NL
1950 Jim Konstanty PHI NL
1950 Phil Rizzuto NYA AL
1949 Jackie Robinson BRO NL
1949 Ted Williams BOS AL
1948 Lou Boudreau CLE AL
1948 Stan Musial SLN NL
1947 Joe DiMaggio NYA AL
1947 Bob Elliott BSN NL
1946 Stan Musial SLN NL
1946 Ted Williams BOS AL
1945 Phil Cavarretta CHN NL
1945 Hal Newhouser DET AL
1944 Marty Marion SLN NL
1944 Hal Newhouser DET AL
1943 Spud Chandler NYA AL
1943 Stan Musial SLN NL
1942 Mort Cooper SLN NL
1942 Joe Gordon NYA AL
1941 Dolph Camilli BRO NL
1941 Joe DiMaggio NYA AL
1940 Hank Greenberg DET AL
1940 Frank McCormick CIN NL
1939 Joe DiMaggio NYA AL
1939 Bucky Walters CIN NL
1938 Jimmie Foxx BOS AL
1938 Ernie Lombardi CIN NL
1937 Charlie Gehringer DET AL
1937 Joe Medwick SLN NL
1936 Lou Gehrig NYA AL
1936 Carl Hubbell NY1 NL
1935 Hank Greenberg DET AL
1935 Gabby Hartnett CHN NL
1934 Mickey Cochrane DET AL
1934 Dizzy Dean SLN NL
1933 Jimmie Foxx PHA AL
1933 Carl Hubbell NY1 NL
1932 Jimmie Foxx PHA AL
1932 Chuck Klein PHI NL
1931 Frankie Frisch SLN NL
1931 Lefty Grove PHA AL
1929 Rogers Hornsby CHN NL
1928 Jim Bottomley SLN NL
1928 Mickey Cochrane PHA AL
1927 Lou Gehrig NYA AL
1927 Paul Waner PIT NL
1926 George Burns CLE AL
1926 Bob O'Farrell SLN NL
1925 Rogers Hornsby SLN NL
1925 Roger Peckinpaugh WS1 AL
1924 Walter Johnson WS1 AL
1924 Dazzy Vance BRO NL
1923 Babe Ruth NYA AL
1922 George Sisler SLA AL
1914 Eddie Collins PHA AL
1914 Johnny Evers BSN NL
1913 Jake Daubert BRO NL
1913 Walter Johnson WS1 AL
1912 Larry Doyle NY1 NL
1912 Tris Speaker BOS AL
1911 Ty Cobb DET AL
1911 Frank Schulte CHN NL

About the Most Valuable Player list

Winners of the Most Valuable Player are listed from 2025 back to 1911. The earliest winners were Ty Cobb and Frank Schulte. The most recent 2025 rows name Aaron Judge and Shohei Ohtani. No one appears more often than Barry Bonds, listed in 1990, 1992, 1993, 2001, 2002, 2003, and 2004. The list also repeats Shohei Ohtani (2021, 2023, 2024, and 2025), Aaron Judge (2022, 2024, and 2025), and Albert Pujols (2005, 2008, and 2009). Barry Bonds won every year from 2001 through 2004. The League column shows separate American and National League winners from 1911 on. More Most Valuable Player winners played for the New York Yankees than for any other team in the table. The years just before that belong to Aaron Judge and Shohei Ohtani (2024), Ronald Acuña and Shohei Ohtani (2023), Paul Goldschmidt and Aaron Judge (2022), Bryce Harper and Shohei Ohtani (2021), and Jose Abreu and Freddie Freeman (2020). The Most Valuable Player was shared in 1979. More Most Valuable Player rows fall between 1970 and 1979 than in any other ten-year stretch of the list. The first American League row is Ty Cobb in 1911. The first National League row is Frank Schulte in 1911. The Most Valuable Player also appears on every winner's profile, under awards.

Most Valuable Player: Frequently Asked Questions

Who won the most recent Most Valuable Player?
Aaron Judge won the Most Valuable Player in 2025.
Who has won the most Most Valuable Player awards?
Barry Bonds, with 7 wins.
When was the Most Valuable Player first awarded?
The first Most Valuable Player on record was awarded in 1911; the most recent in this list is from 2025.
How many players have won the Most Valuable Player?
160 different players have won it, across 212 awards.