Pittsburgh Penguins Most Valuable Player

Mario Lemieux was team MVP 12 times.

The Pittsburgh Penguins Most Valuable Player is an award given by the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League at the conclusion of every season to the player or players deemed most valuable to the team. The first winner, following the Penguins first season in the league in 1968, was goaltender Les Binkley. Mario Lemieux was voted team MVP 12 times, between 1985 and 2003. Jaromir Jagr has won the second most awards with four. Jean Pronovost, Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin have each won the award three times, while Dave Burrows, Ron Schock and Ron Francis have each won twice.

The MVP has most frequently been a center, who have been selected 28 times. Eleven wingers have been selected, ten of them right wings. A defenseman was selected six times. Three different goaltenders have also been selected.

Key

†	Shared award
	Also won the Hart Memorial Trophy as the league's most valuable player
	Won the Art Ross Trophy as the league's leading scorer. All Penguins Hart Trophy winners have also won the Art Ross
Player (X)	Denotes the number of times the player has been awarded the Player of the Year award

Positions key

C

Centre

LW

Left Wing

D

Defence

RW

Right Wing

G

Goaltender

List

Mark Recchi was the winner for the 1990–91 season.

Ron Francis won twice.

Sidney Crosby has won 3 times, in 2006, 2007 and 2010.

Evgeni Malkin has won 3 times, in 2008, 2009 and 2012.

Season	Player	Position	Reference
1967–68	Les Binkley	G
1968–69	Keith McCreary	LW
1969–70	Jean Pronovost	RW
1970–71	Ron Schock	C
1971–72	Jean Pronovost (2)	RW
1972–73	Dave Burrows	D
1973–74†	Syl Apps	C
1973–74†	Dave Burrows (2)	D
1973–74†	Lowell MacDonald	RW
1973–74†	Jean Pronovost (3)	RW
1974–75†	Ron Schock (2)	C
1974–75†	Ron Stackhouse	D
1975–76	Pierre Larouche	C
1976–77	Dunc Wilson	G
1977–78	Peter Mahovlich	C
1978–79†	Orest Kindrachuk	C
1978–79†	Ron Stackhouse (2)	D
1979–80	George Ferguson	C
1980–81	Randy Carlyle	D
1981–82	Michel Dion	G
1982–83	Doug Shedden	C
1983–84	Mike Bullard	C
1984–85	Mario Lemieux	C
1985–86	Mario Lemieux (2)	C
1986–87	Mario Lemieux (3)	C
1987–88	Mario Lemieux (4)	C
1988–89	Mario Lemieux (5)	C
1989–90	Mario Lemieux (6)	C
1990–91	Mark Recchi	RW
1991–92	Mario Lemieux (7)	C
1992–93	Mario Lemieux (8)	C
1993–94	Ron Francis	C
1994–95	Jaromir Jagr	RW
1995–96	Mario Lemieux (9)	C
1996–97	Mario Lemieux (10)	C
1997–98†	Ron Francis (2)	C
1997–98†	Jaromir Jagr (2)	RW
1998–99	Jaromir Jagr (3)	RW
1999–2000	Jaromir Jagr (4)	RW
2000–01	Mario Lemieux (11)	C
2001–02	Alexei Kovalev	RW
2002–03	Mario Lemieux (12)	C
2003–04	Dick Tarnstrom	D
2004–05	No winner because of the 2004–05 NHL lockout
2005–06	Sidney Crosby	C
2006–07	Sidney Crosby (2)	C
2007–08	Evgeni Malkin	C
2008–09	Evgeni Malkin (2)	C
2009–10	Sidney Crosby (3)	C
2010-11	Marc-Andre Fleury	G
2011–12	Evgeni Malkin (3)	C