National Football League Offensive Player of the Year Award

The NFL Offensive Player of the Year Award is given annually by the Associated Press to the offensive player of the National Football League believed to have had the most outstanding season. Multiple-award winners include Marshall Faulk and Earl Campbell, both of whom won the award three times each, as well as Jerry Rice, Barry Sanders, Tom Brady, Terrell Davis, and Drew Brees, all two-time award winners. As of the 2011 NFL season, the most recent winner is Drew Brees of the New Orleans Saints.

NFL Offensive Players of the Year

Season	Player Name	Position	NFL Team	Notes
1972	Brown, LarryLarry Brown	RB	Washington Redskins
1973	Simpson, O.J.O.J. Simpson	RB	Buffalo Bills
1974	Stabler, KenKen Stabler	QB	Oakland Raiders
1975	Tarkenton, FranFran Tarkenton	QB	Minnesota Vikings
1976	Jones, BertBert Jones	QB	Baltimore Colts
1977	Payton, WalterWalter Payton	RB	Chicago Bears
1978	Campbell, EarlEarl Campbell	RB	Houston Oilers
1979	Campbell, EarlEarl Campbell (2)	RB	Houston Oilers
1980	Campbell, EarlEarl Campbell (3)	RB	Houston Oilers
1981	Anderson, KenKen Anderson	QB	Cincinnati Bengals
1982	Fouts, DanDan Fouts	QB	San Diego Chargers
1983	Theismann, JoeJoe Theismann	QB	Washington Redskins
1984	Marino, DanDan Marino	QB	Miami Dolphins
1985	Allen, MarcusMarcus Allen	RB	Los Angeles Raiders
1986	Dickerson, EricEric Dickerson	RB	Los Angeles Rams
1987	Rice, JerryJerry Rice	WR	San Francisco 49ers
1988	Craig, RogerRoger Craig	RB	San Francisco 49ers
1989	Montana, JoeJoe Montana	QB	San Francisco 49ers
1990	Moon, WarrenWarren Moon	QB	Houston Oilers
1991	Thomas, ThurmanThurman Thomas	RB	Buffalo Bills
1992	Young, SteveSteve Young	QB	San Francisco 49ers
1993	Rice, JerryJerry Rice (2)	WR	San Francisco 49ers
1994	Sanders, BarryBarry Sanders	RB	Detroit Lions
1995	Favre, BrettBrett Favre	QB	Green Bay Packers
1996	Davis, TerrellTerrell Davis	RB	Denver Broncos
1997	Sanders, BarryBarry Sanders (2)	RB	Detroit Lions
1998	Davis, TerrellTerrell Davis (2)	RB	Denver Broncos
1999	Faulk, MarshallMarshall Faulk	RB	St. Louis Rams
2000	Faulk, MarshallMarshall Faulk (2)	RB	St. Louis Rams
2001	Faulk, MarshallMarshall Faulk (3)	RB	St. Louis Rams
2002	Holmes, PriestPriest Holmes	RB	Kansas City Chiefs
2003	Lewis, JamalJamal Lewis	RB	Baltimore Ravens
2004	Manning, PeytonPeyton Manning	QB	Indianapolis Colts
2005	Alexander, ShaunShaun Alexander	RB	Seattle Seahawks
2006	Tomlinson, LaDainianLaDainian Tomlinson	RB	San Diego Chargers
2007	Brady, TomTom Brady	QB	New England Patriots
2008	Brees, DrewDrew Brees	QB	New Orleans Saints
2009	Johnson, ChrisChris Johnson	RB	Tennessee Titans
2010	Brady, TomTom Brady (2)	QB	New England Patriots
2011	Brees, DrewDrew Brees (2)	QB	New Orleans Saints

See also

• All-Pro
• Offensive Player of the Year Award (NFC and AFC) (Kansas City Committee of 101 Awards) (since 1969)
• NFL Defensive Player of the Year Award
• FedEx Air & Ground NFL Players of the Year (NFL.com)

References

General

• "AP Offensive Player of the Year winners". Pro-football-reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/award_apopoy.htm. Retrieved January 15, 2010. 

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