The NFL Most Valuable Players named by the Associated Press in balloting by a nationwide panel of the media:
2004 — Peyton Manning, Indianapolis, QB
2003 — Peyton Manning, Indianapolis, and Steve McNair, Tennessee, QBs
2002 — Rich Gannon, Oakland, QB
2001 — Kurt Warner, St. Louis, QB
2000 — Marshall Faulk, St. Louis, RB
1999 — Kurt Warner, St. Louis, QB
1998 — Terrell Davis, Denver, RB
1997 — Brett Favre, Green Bay, QB, and Barry Sanders, Detroit, RB
1996 — Brett Favre, Green Bay, QB
1995 — Brett Favre, Green Bay, QB
1994 — Steve Young, San Francisco, QB
1993 — Emmitt Smith, Dallas, RB
1992 — Steve Young, San Francisco, QB
1991 — Thurman Thomas, Buffalo, RB
1990 — Joe Montana, San Francisco, QB
1989 — Joe Montana, San Francisco, QB
1988 — Boomer Esiason, Cincinnati, QB
1987 — John Elway, Denver, QB
1986 — Lawrence Taylor, N.Y. Giants, LB
1985 — Marcus Allen, L.A. Raiders, RB
1984 — Dan Marino, Miami, QB