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Best NFL Player ESPY Award

Annual athletic award

The Best NFL Player ESPY Award has been presented annually since 1993 to the National Football League player adjudged to be the best in a given calendar year, namely in the NFL season immediately precedent to the holding of the ESPY Awards ceremony.

Between 1993 and 2004, the award voting panel comprised variously fans; sportswriters and broadcasters, sports executives, and retired sportspersons, termed collectively experts; but balloting thereafter has been exclusively by fans over the Internet from amongst choices selected by the ESPN Select Nominating Committee.

Through the 2001 iteration of the ESPY Awards, ceremonies were conducted in February of each year to honor achievements over the previous calendar year; awards presented thereafter are conferred in June and reflect performance from the June previous.

In 2014, Peyton Manning of the Denver Broncos became the first 3-time winner breaking a tie with Barry Sanders, Brett Favre, Marshall Faulk. Aaron Rodgers would later surpass him in 2017 when he won his fourth. The award wasn't awarded in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Winners

Player was a member of the winning team in the Super Bowl. Player was a member of the losing team in the Super Bowl.

NFL MVP † Super Bowl MVP

Year	Player	Team represented	Position played
1993	Emmitt Smith	Dallas Cowboys	Running back
1994	Emmitt Smith (2)*†	Dallas Cowboys	Running back
1995	Barry Sanders	Detroit Lions	Running back
1996	Brett Favre*	Green Bay Packers	Quarterback
1997	Brett Favre (2)*	Green Bay Packers	Quarterback
1998	Barry Sanders (2)*	Detroit Lions	Running back
1999	Terrell Davis*	Denver Broncos	Running back
2000	Kurt Warner*†	St. Louis Rams	Quarterback
2001	Marshall Faulk*	St. Louis Rams	Running back
2002	Marshall Faulk (2)	St. Louis Rams	Running back
2003	Michael Vick	Atlanta Falcons	Quarterback
2004	Peyton Manning*	Indianapolis Colts	Quarterback
2005	Peyton Manning (2)*	Indianapolis Colts	Quarterback
2006	Shaun Alexander*	Seattle Seahawks	Running back
2007	LaDainian Tomlinson*	San Diego Chargers	Running back
2008	Tom Brady*	New England Patriots	Quarterback
2009	Larry Fitzgerald	Arizona Cardinals	Wide receiver
2010	Drew Brees†	New Orleans Saints	Quarterback
2011	Aaron Rodgers†	Green Bay Packers	Quarterback
2012	Aaron Rodgers (2)*	Green Bay Packers	Quarterback
2013	Adrian Peterson*	Minnesota Vikings	Running back
2014	Peyton Manning (3)*	Denver Broncos	Quarterback
2015	Aaron Rodgers (3)*	Green Bay Packers	Quarterback
2016	Cam Newton*	Carolina Panthers	Quarterback
2017	Aaron Rodgers (4)	Green Bay Packers	Quarterback
2018	Tom Brady (2)*	New England Patriots	Quarterback
2019	Patrick Mahomes*	Kansas City Chiefs	Quarterback
2020	Not awarded due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021	Tom Brady (3)†	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Quarterback
2022	Cooper Kupp†	Los Angeles Rams	Wide receiver
2023	Patrick Mahomes (2)*†	Kansas City Chiefs	Quarterback
2024	Patrick Mahomes (3)†	Kansas City Chiefs	Quarterback
2025	Saquon Barkley	Philadelphia Eagles	Running back

Multiple-time winners

Ranking	Player	Position	Team	Number of Awards	Years
1	Aaron Rodgers	QB	Green Bay Packers	4	2011, 2012, 2015, 2017
2	Peyton Manning	QB	Indianapolis Colts/Denver Broncos	3	2004, 2005, 2014
Tom Brady	QB	New England Patriots/Tampa Bay Buccaneers	3	2008, 2018, 2021
Patrick Mahomes	QB	Kansas City Chiefs	3	2019, 2023, 2024
3	Emmitt Smith	RB	Dallas Cowboys	2	1993, 1994
Brett Favre	QB	Green Bay Packers	2	1996, 1997
Barry Sanders	RB	Detroit Lions	2	1995, 1998
Marshall Faulk	RB	St. Louis Rams	2	2001, 2002

References

(July 15, 2010). "Brees big winner at ESPYS". [[ESPN]].
(July 13, 2011). "Mavericks, Dirk Nowitzki win at ESPYs". [[ESPN]].

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