Jalen Hurts won the 2025 Super Bowl MVP award. Before the game started, he was listed at +350. At closing, the line fell to roughly -2300.
Patrick Mahomes is the favorite to win the 2025 Super Bowl MVP award with Patrick Mahomes +120 on DraftKings odds. If he were to win Super Bowl MVP, he would be the first player in NFL history to do so in three consecutive years. Here’s what you need to know about betting on the Super Bowl MVP.
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2025 Super Bowl MVP favorites
Quarterbacks are almost always the favorite to win the award in advance of game time. Heading into Championship weekend, Josh Allen and Patrick Mahomes are the favorites with Josh Allen +280 on BetRivers and Patrick Mahomes +100 on BetRivers odds, respectively. The non-quarterback with the shortest odds is Saquon Barkley (Saquon Barkley +250 on BetRivers).
Super Bowl MVP long shots
Unexpected winners of the award aren’t out of the question. Over the past decade alone, two wide receivers and a linebacker have been the game’s MVP. When considering the longer shots to win the Super Bowl MVP award, it can be useful to identify players who can deliver impressive production and/or make a game-changing play. A back or receiver who receives a good number of touches can fit the bill, as can a defender or return specialist who could break the game open with a turnover or touchdown.
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Super Bowl MVP quick facts
- A quarterback has been the Super Bowl MVP 33 times in 58 Super Bowls.
- The last non-QB award winner was Cooper Kupp at the 2022 Super Bowl.
- A panel of 16 football writers and broadcasters votes on the winner, accounting for 80% of the vote tally, while fans can weigh in electronically and account for the remaining 20%.
- The last defensive player to win the award was LB Von Miller at the 2016 Super Bowl.
How to bet on the Super Bowl MVP
There are hundreds of sites for Super Bowl betting, and wagers on the MVP are among the most popular. When the game approaches, sportsbooks will have odds for all players with a chance of winning, ranging from the top favorites down to the long shots. Bettors simply choose which player they think will win the award.
Betting trends for Super Bowl MVP
Here’s the position breakdown for all 59 winners (there were co-MVPs for Super Bowl 12) to date.
| Position | Times Won | Last Win |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterback | 33 | 2024 |
| Wide Receiver | 8 | 2022 |
| Running Back | 7 | 1998 |
| Linebacker | 4 | 2016 |
| Defensive End | 2 | 1986 |
| Safety | 2 | 2003 |
| Cornerback | 1 | 1996 |
| Defensive Tackle | 1 | 1978 |
| Returner | 1 | 1997 |
Sportsbooks clearly favor quarterbacks when setting odds for this award and history bears that out. One of them has been the correct call a little more than 56% of the time. You can also make a case for a WR, RB or LB as a riskier selection. However, we have to go all the way back to 1998 to find the last running back to win (Terrell Davis of the Denver Broncos).
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Recent Super Bowl MVP history
If we look back over the past decade of big games, it’s a similar story: QBs have won the majority, with the rest going to receivers and defenders. Here are the last 10 winners of the Super Bowl MVP award:
| Season | Super Bowl | Player | Team | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | LVIII | Patrick Mahomes | Kansas City Chiefs | QB |
| 2023 | LVII | Patrick Mahomes | Kansas City Chiefs | QB |
| 2022 | LVI | Cooper Kupp | Los Angeles Rams | WR |
| 2021 | LV | Tom Brady | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | QB |
| 2020 | LIV | Patrick Mahomes | Kansas City Chiefs | QB |
| 2019 | LIII | Julian Edelman | New England Patriots | WR |
| 2018 | LII | Nick Foles | Philadelphia Eagles | QB |
| 2017 | LI | Tom Brady | New England Patriots | QB |
| 2016 | 50 | Von Miller | Denver Broncos | LB |
| 2015 | XLIX | Tom Brady | New England Patriots | QB |
| 2014 | XLVIII | Malcolm Smith | Seattle Seahawks | LB |
| 2013 | XLVII | Joe Flacco | Baltimore Ravens | QB |
| 2012 | XLVI | Eli Manning | New York Giants | QB |
| 2011 | XLV | Aaron Rodgers | Green Bay Packers | QB |
| 2010 | XLIV | Drew Brees | New Orleans Saints | QB |
| 2009 | XLIII | Santonio Holmes | Pittsburgh Steelers | WR |
| 2008 | XLII | Eli Manning | New York Giants | QB |
| 2007 | XLI | Peyton Manning | Indianapolis Colts | QB |
| 2006 | XL | Hines Ward | Pittsburgh Steelers | WR |
| 2005 | XXXIX | Deion Branch | New England Patriots | WR |
| 2004 | XXXVIII | Tom Brady | New England Patriots | QB |
| 2003 | XXXVII | Dexter Jackson | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | S |
| 2002 | XXXVI | Tom Brady | New England Patriots | QB |
| 2001 | XXXV | Ray Lewis | Baltimore Ravens | LB |
| 2000 | XXXIV | Kurt Warner | St. Louis Rams | QB |
| 1999 | XXXIII | John Elway | Denver Broncos | QB |
| 1998 | XXXII | Terrell Davis | Denver Broncos | RB |
| 1997 | XXXI | Desmond Howard | Green Bay Packers | KR |
| 1996 | XXX | Larry Brown | Dallas Cowboys | CB |
| 1995 | XXIX | Steve Young | San Francisco 49ers | QB |
| 1994 | XXVIII | Emmitt Smith | Dallas Cowboys | QB |
| 1993 | XXVII | Troy Aikman | Dallas Cowboys | QB |
| 1992 | XXVI | Mark Rypien | Washington | QB |
| 1991 | XXV | Ottis Anderson | New York Giants | RB |
| 1990 | XXIV | Joe Montana | San Francisco 49ers | QB |
| 1989 | XXIII | Jerry Rice | San Francisco 49ers | WR |
| 1988 | XXII | Doug Williams | Washington | QB |
| 1987 | XXI | Phil Simms | New York Giants | QB |
| 1986 | XX | Richard Dent | Chicago Bears | DE |
| 1985 | XIX | Joe Montana | San Francisco 49ers | QB |
| 1984 | XVIII | Marcus Allen | Los Angeles Raiders | RB |
| 1983 | XVII | John Riggins | Washington | RB |
| 1982 | XVI | Joe Montana | San Francisco 49ers | QB |
| 1981 | XV | Jim Plunkett | Oakland Raiders | QB |
| 1980 | XIV | Terry Bradshaw | Pittsburgh Steelers | QB |
| 1979 | XIII | Terry Bradshaw | Pittsburgh Steelers | QB |
| 1978 | XII* (Co-MVPs) | Harvey Martin | Dallas Cowboys | DE |
| 1978 | XII* (Co-MVPs) | Randy White | Dallas Cowboys | DT |
| 1977 | XI | Fred Biletnikoff | Oakland Raiders | WR |
| 1976 | X | Lynn Swann | Pittsburgh Steelers | WR |
| 1975 | IX | Franco Harris | Pittsburgh Steelers | RB |
| 1974 | VIII | Larry Csonka | Miami Dolphins | RB |
| 1973 | VII | Jake Scott | Miami Dolphins | S |
| 1972 | VI | Roger Staubach | Dallas Cowboys | QB |
| 1971 | V | Chuck Howley | Dallas Cowboys | LB |
| 1970 | IV | Len Dawson | Kansas City Chiefs | QB |
| 1969 | III | Joe Namath | New York Jets | QB |
| 1968 | II | Bart Starr | Green Bay Packers | QB |
| 1967 | I | Bart Starr | Green Bay Packers | QB |
For the 10-year span, QBs have won six, while receivers and linebackers are at two each. A quarterback has won the award three out of the last four times, but receivers have been the correct call for two of the last five years.
Super Bowl MVP FAQ
This has happened only once in NFL history. Dallas Cowboys LB Chuck Howley was the MVP of Super Bowl 5 despite his team falling short to the Baltimore Colts by a score of 16-13. Howley intercepted two passes and forced a fumble during the game.
A panel of 16 football writers and broadcasters. Fans can also weigh in with their say by voting electronically. The votes aren’t weighted equally; the panel counts for 80% of the tally, and the public vote is the remaining 20%.
Quarterbacks have won the Super Bowl MVP 33 times in the first 58 Super Bowls.
The Super Bowl MVP has gone to non-quarterbacks 25 out of 58 times.
Seven running backs have won the Super Bowl MVP in 57 years. Terrell Davis of the Denver Broncos was the last to win in Super Bowl 32 in 1998.
Eight wide receivers have won the Super Bowl MVP in 57 years. That’s not including Desmond Howard of the Green Bay Packers, who was primarily a return specialist. WRs have won two of the last five awards entering Super Bowl 58.
Defensive players have won the MVP in seven Super Bowls. Eight players have won the award though, as defensive linemen Harvey Martin and Randy White split the honors for the Dallas Cowboys in 1978.
One time. Dallas Cowboys offensive linemen Harvey Martin and Randy White shared Super Bowl MVP honors in 1978 after a 27-10 victory over the Denver Broncos in Super Bowl 12.
No tight end has ever won the Super Bowl MVP.
No kicker has ever won the Super Bowl MVP.