How long has MLB been awarding the MVP?

The modern MVP award has been presented annually since 1931 in both leagues.

Which player has the most MVP awards?

Barry Bonds leads all of MLB with seven MVP wins, all in the National League.

How is the MLB MVP decided?

Writers from the BBWAA vote before the postseason, ranking players by a weighted points system.

List of MLB MVP Winners From 1931 Till 2025, Check AL & NL Winners!

By Manvi Upadhyaya

Nov 15, 2025, 11:04 EDT

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MLB MVP Winners From 1931 till 2025

MLB MVP Winners from 1931 to 2025: Who are the players who shaped nearly a century of Major League Baseball excellence? Since 1931, the Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA) has selected the Most Valuable Player (MVP) in both the American League and National League, using a weighted points system based on regular-season performance. Below is the complete, official MLB list of every MVP winner from 1931 through 2025.

American League

Year	Player	Team	Position
2025	Aaron Judge	NY Yankees	OF
2024	Aaron Judge	NY Yankees	OF
2023	Shohei Ohtani	LA Angels	DH / SP
2022	Aaron Judge	NY Yankees	OF
2021	Shohei Ohtani	LA Angels	DH / SP
2020	José Abreu	Chi White Sox	1B
2019	Mike Trout	LA Angels	CF
2018	Mookie Betts	Boston	OF
2017	Jose Altuve	Houston	2B
2016	Mike Trout	LA Angels	CF
2015	Josh Donaldson	Toronto	3B
2014	Mike Trout	LA Angels	CF
2013	Miguel Cabrera	Detroit	3B
2012	Miguel Cabrera	Detroit	3B
2011	Justin Verlander	Detroit	SP
2010	Josh Hamilton	Texas	OF
2009	Joe Mauer	Minnesota	C
2008	Dustin Pedroia	Boston	2B
2007	Alex Rodriguez	NY Yankees	3B
2006	Justin Morneau	Minnesota	1B
2005	Alex Rodriguez	NY Yankees	3B
2004	Vladimir Guerrero	Anaheim	OF
2003	Alex Rodriguez	Texas	SS
2002	Miguel Tejada	Oakland	SS
2001	Ichiro Suzuki	Seattle	OF
2000	Jason Giambi	Oakland	1B
1999	Ivan Rodriguez	Texas	C
1998	Juan Gonzalez	Texas	OF
1997	Ken Griffey Jr.	Seattle	OF
1996	Juan Gonzalez	Texas	OF
1995	Mo Vaughn	Boston	1B
1994	Frank Thomas	Chi White Sox	1B
1993	Frank Thomas	Chi White Sox	1B
1992	Dennis Eckersley	Oakland	RP
1991	Cal Ripken Jr.	Baltimore	SS
1990	Rickey Henderson	Oakland	OF
1989	Robin Yount	Milwaukee	OF
1988	Jose Canseco	Oakland	OF
1987	George Bell	Toronto	OF
1986	Roger Clemens	Boston	SP
1985	Don Mattingly	NY Yankees	1B
1984	Willie Hernandez	Detroit	RP
1983	Cal Ripken Jr.	Baltimore	SS
1982	Robin Yount	Milwaukee	SS
1981	Rollie Fingers	Milwaukee	RP
1980	George Brett	Kansas City	3B
1979	Don Baylor	California	OF
1978	Jim Rice	Boston	OF
1977	Rod Carew	Minnesota	1B
1976	Thurman Munson	NY Yankees	C
1975	Fred Lynn	Boston	OF
1974	Jeff Burroughs	Texas	OF
1973	Reggie Jackson	Oakland	OF
1972	Dick Allen	Chi White Sox	1B
1971	Vida Blue	Oakland	SP
1970	Boog Powell	Baltimore	1B
1969	Harmon Killebrew	Minnesota	3B
1968	Denny McLain	Detroit	SP
1967	Carl Yastrzemski	Boston	OF
1966	Frank Robinson	Baltimore	OF
1965	Zoilo Versalles	Minnesota	SS
1964	Brooks Robinson	Baltimore	3B
1963	Elston Howard	NY Yankees	C
1962	Mickey Mantle	NY Yankees	OF
1961	Roger Maris	NY Yankees	OF
1960	Roger Maris	NY Yankees	OF
1959	Nellie Fox	Chi White Sox	2B
1958	Jackie Jensen	Boston	OF
1957	Mickey Mantle	NY Yankees	OF
1956	Mickey Mantle	NY Yankees	OF
1955	Yogi Berra	NY Yankees	C
1954	Yogi Berra	NY Yankees	C
1953	Al Rosen	Cleveland	3B
1952	Bobby Shantz	Phi. Athletics	SP
1951	Yogi Berra	NY Yankees	C
1950	Phil Rizzuto	NY Yankees	SS
1949	Ted Williams	Boston	OF
1948	Lou Boudreau	Cleveland	SS
1947	Joe DiMaggio	NY Yankees	OF
1946	Ted Williams	Boston	OF
1945	Hal Newhouser	Detroit	SP
1944	Hal Newhouser	Detroit	SP
1943	Spud Chandler	NY Yankees	SP
1942	Joe Gordon	NY Yankees	2B
1941	Joe DiMaggio	NY Yankees	OF
1940	Hank Greenberg	Detroit	OF
1939	Joe DiMaggio	NY Yankees	OF
1938	Jimmie Foxx	Boston	1B
1937	Charlie Gehringer	Detroit	2B
1936	Lou Gehrig	NY Yankees	1B
1935	Hank Greenberg	Detroit	1B
1934	Mickey Cochrane	Detroit	C
1933	Jimmie Foxx	Phi. Athletics	1B
1932	Jimmie Foxx	Phi. Athletics	1B
1931	Lefty Grove	Phi. Athletics	SP

National League

Year	Player	Team	Position
2024	Shohei Ohtani	LA Dodgers	DH
2023	Ronald Acuña Jr.	Atlanta	OF
2022	Paul Goldschmidt	St. Louis	1B
2021	Bryce Harper	Philadelphia	OF
2020	Freddie Freeman	Atlanta	1B
2019	Cody Bellinger	LA Dodgers	RF
2018	Christian Yelich	Milwaukee	OF
2017	Giancarlo Stanton	Miami	RF
2016	Kris Bryant	Chi Cubs	3B
2015	Bryce Harper	Washington	RF
2014	Clayton Kershaw	LA Dodgers	SP
2013	Andrew McCutchen	Pittsburgh	OF
2012	Buster Posey	San Francisco	C
2011	Ryan Braun	Milwaukee	OF
2010	Joey Votto	Cincinnati	1B
2009	Albert Pujols	St. Louis	1B
2008	Albert Pujols	St. Louis	1B
2007	Jimmy Rollins	Philadelphia	SS
2006	Ryan Howard	Philadelphia	1B
2005	Albert Pujols	St. Louis	1B
2004	Barry Bonds	San Francisco	OF
2003	Barry Bonds	San Francisco	OF
2002	Barry Bonds	San Francisco	OF
2001	Barry Bonds	San Francisco	OF
2000	Jeff Kent	San Francisco	2B
1999	Chipper Jones	Atlanta	3B
1998	Sammy Sosa	Chi Cubs	OF
1997	Larry Walker	Colorado	OF
1996	Ken Caminiti	San Diego	3B
1995	Barry Larkin	Cincinnati	SS
1994	Jeff Bagwell	Houston	1B
1993	Barry Bonds	San Francisco	OF
1992	Barry Bonds	Pittsburgh	OF
1991	Terry Pendleton	Atlanta	3B
1990	Barry Bonds	Pittsburgh	OF
1989	Kevin Mitchell	San Francisco	OF
1988	Kirk Gibson	LA Dodgers	OF
1987	Andre Dawson	Chi Cubs	OF
1986	Mike Schmidt	Philadelphia	3B
1985	Willie McGee	St. Louis	OF
1984	Ryne Sandberg	Chi Cubs	2B
1983	Dale Murphy	Atlanta	OF
1982	Dale Murphy	Atlanta	OF
1981	Mike Schmidt	Philadelphia	3B
1980	Mike Schmidt	Philadelphia	3B
1979	Keith Hernandez	St. Louis	1B
1979	Willie Stargell	Pittsburgh	1B
1978	Dave Parker	Pittsburgh	OF
1977	George Foster	Cincinnati	OF
1976	Joe Morgan	Cincinnati	2B
1975	Joe Morgan	Cincinnati	2B
1974	Steve Garvey	LA Dodgers	1B
1973	Pete Rose	Cincinnati	OF
1972	Johnny Bench	Cincinnati	C
1971	Joe Torre	St. Louis	3B
1970	Johnny Bench	Cincinnati	C
1969	Willie McCovey	San Francisco	1B
1968	Bob Gibson	St. Louis	SP
1967	Orlando Cepeda	St. Louis	1B
1966	Roberto Clemente	Pittsburgh	OF
1965	Willie Mays	San Francisco	OF
1964	Ken Boyer	St. Louis	3B
1963	Sandy Koufax	LA Dodgers	SP
1962	Maury Wills	LA Dodgers	SS
1961	Frank Robinson	Cincinnati	OF
1960	Dick Groat	Pittsburgh	SS
1959	Ernie Banks	Chi Cubs	SS
1958	Ernie Banks	Chi Cubs	SS
1957	Hank Aaron	Milwaukee	OF
1956	Don Newcombe	Brooklyn	SP
1955	Roy Campanella	Brooklyn	C
1954	Willie Mays	NY Giants	OF
1953	Roy Campanella	Brooklyn	C
1952	Hank Sauer	Chi Cubs	OF
1951	Roy Campanella	Brooklyn	C
1950	Jim Konstanty	Philadelphia	RP
1949	Jackie Robinson	Brooklyn	2B
1948	Stan Musial	St. Louis	OF
1947	Bob Elliott	Bsn. Braves	3B
1946	Stan Musial	St. Louis	1B
1945	Phil Cavarretta	Chi Cubs	1B
1944	Marty Marion	St. Louis	SS
1943	Stan Musial	St. Louis	OF
1942	Mort Cooper	St. Louis	SP
1941	Dolph Camilli	Brooklyn	1B
1940	Frank McCormick	Cincinnati	1B
1939	Bucky Walters	Cincinnati	SP
1938	Ernie Lombardi	Cincinnati	C
1937	Joe Medwick	St. Louis	OF
1936	Carl Hubbell	NY Giants	SP
1935	Gabby Hartnett	Chi Cubs	C
1934	Dizzy Dean	St. Louis	SP
1933	Carl Hubbell	NY Giants	SP
1932	Chuck Klein	Philadelphia	OF
1931	Frankie Frisch	St. Louis	2B

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Conclusion

From Lefty Grove to Aaron Judge, and from Frankie Frisch to Shohei Ohtani, the MVP award reflects nearly a century of baseball greatness. Each name in this list captures a season where one player rose above all others — defining moments, breaking records and inspiring generations of fans.

Manvi Upadhyaya

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Manvi Upadhyaya is an experienced content writer who is passionate about creating authentic content by delivering credible facts to people. She holds a degree in Journalism and Mass Communication and is fond of art, languages, culture, and education. She has been a published co-author and compiler for many anthology book projects. She creates educational and informative content for international audiences. You can reach out to her at manvi.upadhyaya@jagrannewmedia.com

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