Oldest NFL Player to Win Super Bowl MVP (2024)

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Oldest NFL Player to Win Super Bowl MVP? ›

His longevity led to him setting age records. Brady is the NFL's oldest quarterback to be named to the Pro Bowl (age 44), be named Super Bowl MVP (age 43), win a Super Bowl as the starting quarterback (age 43), and be named league MVP (age 40).

Unsurprisingly, Tom Brady is the oldest NFL player to ever win Super Bowl MVP. He was 43 years and 188 days old at the time. Brady won five Super Bowl MVPs throughout his career, in Super Bowls XXXVI, XXXVIII, XLIX, LI and LV.

40-Year-Old Tom Brady Becomes Oldest Player in NFL History to Win MVP Award.

Tom Brady is the oldest in a win in a Super Bowl.

Chuck Howley is the only player in NFL history to win Super Bowl MVP after his team lost the game, taking home the award in 1971 after his Dallas Cowboys fell to the Baltimore Colts in Super Bowl 5.

It's been an amazing journey for me so far.” Tom Brady, who retired at age 45, was the oldest quarterback to ever win a Super Bowl, so that's likely the blueprint Wilson is aiming to follow.

During the 2019-2020 season, Mahomes led Kansas City to its first Super Bowl appearance since 1970. He had two passing touchdowns and one rushing touchdown to help the Chiefs beat the San Francisco 49ers 31-20, ESPN reported, and he became the youngest quarterback ever to win the Super Bowl MVP award.

Quarterback Brett Favre won three straight awards from 1995 to 1997 with the Green Bay Packers. Quarterback Peyton Manning won four awards with the Indianapolis Colts and one with the Denver Broncos. He is the only player to win an MVP award with two teams.

The award went to Mahomes twice, Aaron Rodgers three times, Jackson, Tom Brady, Matt Ryan, Cam Newton and Peyton Manning since running back Adrian Peterson was the last non-QB to win MVP.

As noted recently by NFL senior researcher Tony Holzman-Escareno, only one rookie has won the league's MVP award — Jim Brown, in 1957.

Who is the youngest QB to be in a Super Bowl? ›

The youngest starting quarterback in Super Bowl history was Dan Marino, who was just 23 years and 127 days old when he featured for the Miami Dolphins against the San Francisco 49ers at Super Bowl XIX in 1985.

Blanda retired from pro football in August 1976 as the sport's oldest player at the age of 48, a mark that still stands. One of only two players to play in four different decades—the other one being John Carney, he holds the record for most extra points made (943) and attempted (959).

Gilbert did not play in his final game on an NFL roster. Gilbert is the only player in NFL history to be a member of five straight Super Bowl teams; four with the Bills (XXV–XXVIII) and one with the Chargers (XXIX). All five teams lost.

He won the NFL Most Valuable Player Award during the strike-shortened 1982 season. He is the only pure special teams player to win the Sporting News' NFL MVP award and is one of only three non-offensive MVPs. Moseley was released by the Redskins in 1986 and retired that year after a few games with the Cleveland Browns.

Has a Kicker Even Won Super Bowl MVP? Across 56 prior Super Bowl games, a placekicker has never won the SB MVP trophy. This is despite some memorable performances at the position from the likes of Don Chandler and Ray Wersching, who own the record for most field goals made in a single Super Bowl (4).

Tom Brady is the only player to have won five Super Bowl MVP awards (four with the New England Patriots and one with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers); Joe Montana and Mahomes won three times and three other players—Bart Starr, Terry Bradshaw and Eli Manning—have won the award twice.

Hakeem Olajuwon is one of three players to win the NBA MVP and the NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award in the same season. Derrick Rose became the youngest player to ever win the award at age 22. LeBron James is a four-time NBA MVP. Stephen Curry won back-to-back MVP awards in 2014–15 and 2015–16.

Despite rookie quarterbacks coming close to winning Super Bowl MVP, none have achieved the feat. Kurt Warner, though not a rookie, was named Super Bowl MVP in his first year as a starter for the St. Louis Rams, having gone undrafted the year before.

A defensive player has won the award in only two of the last 21 Super Bowls. The last non-quarterback to win was Los Angeles Rams WR Cooper Kupp in Super Bowl LVI.