AP NFL Offensive Player of the Year

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The AP NFL Offensive Player of the Year (OPOY) is an annual award presented by the Associated Press (AP) to the offensive player in the National Football League (NFL) deemed to have had the most outstanding season. The winner is chosen by votes from a nationwide panel of sportswriters who regularly follow the NFL. Marshall Faulk and Earl Campbell are the only players to have won the award three times, in three consecutive seasons. Jerry Rice, Barry Sanders, Tom Brady, Terrell Davis, Drew Brees, and Peyton Manning have each won the award twice. Campbell is the only player to win the award as a rookie, doing so in 1978. Warren Moon and Priest Holmes are the only undrafted players to win the award. Manning is the only player to win the award with two different teams, doing so in 2004 with the Indianapolis Colts and in 2013 with the Denver Broncos. The award is currently held by running back Saquon Barkley of the Philadelphia Eagles, who received it for the 2024 NFL season after being just the ninth player in NFL history to rush for 2,000 yards in a season.

Every winner of the award has been either a running back or a quarterback, with the exception of wide receivers Jerry Rice, Michael Thomas, Cooper Kupp, and Justin Jefferson [1] Running backs have been awarded 26 times, followed by quarterbacks, with 20 awards. Of the 53 winners, 28 were also named the AP NFL Most Valuable Player in the same season. Since 2011, both awards have been given out at the annual NFL Honors ceremony along with other AP awards, including the AP NFL Defensive Player of the Year award and AP NFL Offensive and Defensive Rookie of the Year awards.[2]

Players are often awarded after record-breaking or near-record-breaking offensive seasons. Running back O. J. Simpson won the award for 1973 after rushing for a record 2,003 yards, becoming the first NFL player to rush for 2,000 yards in a season.[3] When his record was broken by Eric Dickerson in 1984, Dickerson placed second in voting behind quarterback Dan Marino, who that year was the first to pass for 5,000 yards in a season.[4] Marino's 5,084 yards stood as the record for 27 years before being broken by Drew Brees in 2011, who won that season's award.[5] In turn, 2013 winner Peyton Manning set league single-season records for passing yards (5,477) and passing touchdowns (55).[6]

Winners

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2006 winner LaDainian Tomlinson set NFL single-season records for rushing touchdowns (28), touchdowns from scrimmage (31), and points scored (186).[7]
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Adrian Peterson won the award in 2012 after rushing for 2,097 yards, the second-most all time by a player in a single season.[8]
List of AP NFL Offensive Player of the Year winners
Season Player Position Team Template:Ref.
1972 Template:Sortname Running back Washington Redskins [9]
1973 Template:Sortname Buffalo Bills [3]
1974 Template:Sortname Quarterback Oakland Raiders [10]
1975 Template:Sortname Minnesota Vikings [11]
1976 Template:Sortname Baltimore Colts [12]
1977 Template:Sortname Running back Chicago Bears [13]
1978 Template:Sortname Houston Oilers [14]
1979 Template:Sortname (2)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Houston Oilers [15]
1980 Template:Sortname (3)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Houston Oilers [16]
1981 Template:Sortname Quarterback Cincinnati Bengals [17]
1982 Template:Sortname San Diego Chargers [18]
1983 Template:Sortname Washington Redskins [19]
1984 Template:Sortname Miami Dolphins [4]
1985 Template:Sortname Running back Los Angeles Raiders [20]
1986 Template:Sortname Los Angeles Rams [21]
1987 Template:Sortname Wide receiver San Francisco 49ers [22]
1988 Template:Sortname Running back San Francisco 49ers [23]
1989 Template:Sortname Quarterback San Francisco 49ers [24]
1990 Template:Sortname Houston Oilers [25]
1991 Template:Sortname Running back Buffalo Bills [26]
1992 Template:Sortname Quarterback San Francisco 49ers [24]
1993 Template:Sortname (2)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Wide receiver San Francisco 49ers [27]
1994 Template:Sortname Running back Detroit Lions [28]
1995 Template:Sortname Quarterback Green Bay Packers [29]
1996 Template:Sortname Running back Denver Broncos [30]
1997 Template:Sortname (2)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Detroit Lions [31]
1998 Template:Sortname (2)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Denver Broncos [32]
1999 Template:Sortname St. Louis Rams [33]
2000 Template:Sortname (2)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". St. Louis Rams [34]
2001 Template:Sortname (3)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". St. Louis Rams [35]
2002 Template:Sortname Kansas City Chiefs [36]
2003 Template:Sortname Baltimore Ravens [37]
2004 Template:Sortname Quarterback Indianapolis Colts [38]
2005 Template:Sortname Running back Seattle Seahawks [39]
2006 Template:Sortname San Diego Chargers [7]
2007 Template:Sortname Quarterback New England Patriots [40]
2008 Template:Sortname New Orleans Saints [41]
2009 Template:Sortname Running back Tennessee Titans [42]
2010 Template:Sortname (2)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Quarterback New England Patriots [43]
2011 Template:Sortname (2)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". New Orleans Saints [5]
2012 Template:Sortname Running back Minnesota Vikings [8]
2013 Template:Sortname (2)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Quarterback Denver Broncos [6]
2014 Template:Sortname Running back Dallas Cowboys [44]
2015 Template:Sortname Quarterback Carolina Panthers [45]
2016 Template:Sortname Atlanta Falcons [46]
2017 Template:Sortname Running back Los Angeles Rams [47]
2018 Template:Sortname Quarterback Kansas City Chiefs [48]
2019 Template:Sortname Wide receiver New Orleans Saints [49]
2020 Template:Sortname Running back Tennessee Titans [50]
2021 Template:Sortname Wide receiver Los Angeles Rams [51]
2022 Template:Sortname Minnesota Vikings [52]
2023 Template:Sortname Running back San Francisco 49ers [53]
2024 Template:Sortname Philadelphia Eagles [54]

Multiple-time winners

List of multiple-time winners
Player Awards Position Team Seasons
Earl Campbell 3 Running back Houston Oilers 1978, 1979, 1980
Marshall Faulk 3 Running back St. Louis Rams 1999, 2000, 2001
Jerry Rice 2 Wide receiver San Francisco 49ers 1987, 1993
Barry Sanders 2 Running back Detroit Lions 1994, 1997
Terrell Davis 2 Running back Denver Broncos 1996, 1998
Tom Brady 2 Quarterback New England Patriots 2007, 2010
Drew Brees 2 Quarterback New Orleans Saints 2008, 2011
Peyton Manning 2 Quarterback Indianapolis Colts
Denver Broncos 		2004, 2013

See also

References

General
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