Landon Donovan MVP Award

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From 1996 to 2007, the award was known as the Honda MLS Most Valuable Player, for commercial purposes. From 2007 to 2014, the award was titled the Volkswagen MLS Most Valuable Player.

Players for D.C. United have won the award a record four times, while Kansas City and Los Angeles Galaxy players have won a second best three times. Carlos Valderrama won the award for the inaugural 1996 season. Kansas City's Preki is the first player to ever win twice, in 1997 and 2003, while Lionel Messi is the only player to ever win twice consecutively, in 2024 and 2025.

On January 15, 2015, MLS renamed its MVP award in honor of Landon Donovan, who won the award in 2009 and retired as the all-time leader in goals and assists in the league's history.[1][2]

Winners

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Carlos Valderrama won the inaugural award for the Tampa Bay Mutiny in 1996
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Tony Meola is the only goalkeeper to win the MVP award.
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In 2011, Dwayne De Rosario became the first Canadian player to win MVP.
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Carlos Vela scored a record 34 goals during his 2019 MVP season.
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Season Player Club Other Finalists
1996 Template:Flagicon Carlos Valderrama Tampa Bay Mutiny Roy Lassiter, Preki
1997 Template:Flagicon Preki Kansas City Wizards Marco Etcheverry, Carlos Valderrama
1998 Template:Flagicon Marco Etcheverry D.C. United Cobi Jones, Peter Nowak
1999 Template:Flagicon Jason Kreis Dallas Burn Marco Etcheverry, Jaime Moreno
2000 Template:Flagicon Tony Meola Kansas City Wizards Mamadou Diallo, Clint Mathis
2001 Template:Flagicon Álex Pineda Chacón Miami Fusion Jeff Agoos, Diego Serna
2002 Template:Flagicon Carlos Ruíz Los Angeles Galaxy Mark Chung, Taylor Twellman
2003 Template:Flagicon Preki (2) Kansas City Wizards Ante Razov, John Spencer
2004 Template:Flagicon Amado Guevara MetroStars Joe Cannon, Jaime Moreno
2005 Template:Flagicon Taylor Twellman New England Revolution Dwayne De Rosario, Jaime Moreno
2006 Template:Flagicon Christian Gómez D.C. United Jeff Cunningham, Dwayne De Rosario
2007 Template:Flagicon Luciano Emílio D.C. United Juan Pablo Ángel, Cuauhtémoc Blanco
2008 Template:Flagicon Guillermo Barros Schelotto Columbus Crew Landon Donovan, Cuauhtémoc Blanco
2009 Template:Flagicon Landon Donovan Los Angeles Galaxy Shalrie Joseph, Jeff Cunningham
2010 Template:Flagicon David Ferreira FC Dallas Edson Buddle, Chris Wondolowski
2011 Template:Flagicon Dwayne De Rosario D.C. United Brad Davis, Brek Shea
2012 Template:Flagicon Chris Wondolowski San Jose Earthquakes Thierry Henry, Graham Zusi
2013 Template:Flagicon Mike Magee Chicago Fire Robbie Keane, Marco Di Vaio
2014 Template:Flagicon Robbie Keane Los Angeles Galaxy Lee Nguyen, Obafemi Martins
2015 Template:Flagicon Sebastian Giovinco Toronto FC Kei Kamara, Benny Feilhaber
2016 Template:Flagicon David Villa New York City FC Bradley Wright-Phillips, Sacha Kljestan
2017 Template:Flagicon Diego Valeri Portland Timbers David Villa, Nemanja Nikolić
2018 Template:Flagicon Josef Martínez Atlanta United FC Miguel Almirón, Zlatan Ibrahimović
2019 Template:Flagicon Carlos Vela Los Angeles FC Zlatan Ibrahimović, Josef Martínez
2020 Template:Flagicon Alejandro Pozuelo Toronto FC Andre Blake, Nicolás Lodeiro, Jordan Morris, Diego Rossi
2021 Template:Flagicon Carles Gil New England Revolution Hany Mukhtar, João Paulo, Dániel Sallói, Valentín Castellanos
2022 Template:Flagicon Hany Mukhtar Nashville SC Sebastián Driussi, Andre Blake
2023 Template:Flagicon Luciano Acosta FC Cincinnati Thiago Almada, Denis Bouanga
2024 Template:Flagicon Lionel Messi Inter Miami CF Cucho Hernández, Evander
2025 Template:Flagicon Lionel Messi (2) Inter Miami CF Anders Dreyer, Denis Bouanga, Evander, Sam Surridge

Wins by team

Club Wins
D.C. United 4
Kansas City Wizards/Sporting KC 3
LA Galaxy 3
Dallas Burn/FC Dallas 2
Inter Miami CF 2
New England Revolution 2
Toronto FC 2
Atlanta United FC 1
Chicago Fire 1
FC Cincinnati 1
Columbus Crew 1
Los Angeles FC 1
Miami Fusion 1
Nashville SC 1
New York City FC 1
NY/NJ MetroStars/New York Red Bulls 1
Portland Timbers 1
San Jose Earthquakes 1
Tampa Bay Mutiny 1

Wins by nationality

Nationality Wins
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See also

References

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