AP NFL Offensive Player of the Year

By Canadian Press on February 5, 2026.

The NFL Offensive Players of the Year named by The Associated Press, selected by a nationwide panel of media:

2025 — Jaxon Smith Njigba, Seattle, WR

2024 — Saquon Barkley, Philadelphia, RB

2023 — Christian McCaffrey, San Francisco, RB

2022 — Justin Jefferson, Minnesota, WR

2021 — Cooper Kupp, Los Angeles Rams, WR

2020 — Derrick Henry, Tennessee, RB

2019 — Michael Thomas, New Orleans, WR

2018 — Patrick Mahomes, Kansas City, QB

2017 — Todd Gurley, Los Angeles Rams, RB

2016 — Matt Ryan, Atlanta, QB

2015 — Cam Newton, Carolina, QB

2014 — DeMarco Murray, Dallas, RB

2013 — Peyton Manning, Denver, QB

2012 — Adrian Peterson, Minnesota, RB

2011 — Drew Brees, New Orleans, QB

2010 — Tom Brady, New England, QB

2009 — Chris Johnson, Tennessee, RB

2008 — Drew Brees, New Orleans, QB

2007 — Tom Brady, New England, QB

2006 — LaDainian Tomlinson, San Diego, RB

2005 — Shaun Alexander, Seattle, RB

2004 — Peyton Manning, Indianapolis, QB

2003 — Jamal Lewis, Baltimore, RB

2002 — Priest Holmes, Kansas City, RB

2001 — Marshall Faulk, St. Louis, RB

2000 — Marshall Faulk, St. Louis, RB

1999 — Marshall Faulk, St. Louis, RB

1998 — Terrell Davis, Denver, RB

1997 — Barry Sanders, Detroit, RB

1996 — Terrell Davis, Denver, RB

1995 — Brett Favre, Green Bay, QB

1994 — Barry Sanders, Detroit, RB

1993 — Jerry Rice, San Francisco, WR

1992 — Steve Young, San Francisco, QB

1991 — Thurman Thomas, Buffalo, RB

1990 — Warren Moon, Houston, QB

1989 — Joe Montana, San Francisco, QB

1988 — Roger Craig, San Francisco, RB

1987 — Jerry Rice, San Francisco, WR

1986 — Eric Dickerson, Los Angeles Rams, RB

1985 — Marcus Allen, Los Angeles Raiders, RB

1984 — Dan Marino, Miami, QB

1983 — Joe Theismann, Washington, QB

1982 — Dan Fouts, San Diego, QB

1981 — Ken Anderson, Cincinnati, QB

1980 — Earl Campbell, Houston, RB

1979 — Earl Campbell, Houston, RB

1978 — Earl Campbell, Houston, RB

1977 — Walter Payton, Chicago, RB

1976 — Bert Jones, Baltimore, QB

1975 — Fran Tarkenton, Minnesota, QB

1974 — Ken Stabler, Oakland, QB

1973 — O.J. Simpson, Buffalo, RB

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