Super Bowl Most Valuable Player Award

The Super Bowl MVP or Super Bowl Most Valuable Player ( German Most Valuable Player of the Super Bowl ) is an award that is given each year following the Super Bowl, the final of the U.S. National Football League ( NFL). Here, the player is selected, in the opinion of a jury has probably the largest share of the respective score. The jury shall be composed of representatives of the media. For several years, viewers have the opportunity to influence the award. Through an internet vote is their total share of the decision of 20%, the remaining 80 % will remain with media representatives. Since 1991, the award after the former NFL commissioner Pete Rozelle Pete Rozelle Trophy is named.

The winner of the MVP Award come almost exclusively from the ranks of the winning teams. Chuck Howley is the only MVP from a losing team - the Dallas Cowboys lost Super Bowl V against the Baltimore Colts with 13:16. Previously have been awarded 32 offensive players, but only eight defensive players.

Previous winners of the award shows the following list. The most successful player is Joe Montana with three awards (XVI, XIX and XXIV). The Dallas Cowboys and the Pittsburgh Steelers each had six times the MVP.