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class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Most_Valuable_Player" title="Most Valuable Player – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Most Valuable Player" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A0%CE%BF%CE%BB%CF%85%CF%84%CE%B9%CE%BC%CF%8C%CF%84%CE%B5%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%82_%CF%80%CE%B1%CE%AF%CE%BA%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%82" title="Πολυτιμότερος παίκτης – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Πολυτιμότερος παίκτης" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jugador_M%C3%A1s_Valioso" title="Jugador Más Valioso – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Jugador Más Valioso" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jokalari_baliotsuenaren_saria" title="Jokalari baliotsuenaren saria – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Jokalari baliotsuenaren saria" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B2%D8%B4%E2%80%8C%D8%AA%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%86_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B2%DB%8C%DA%A9%D9%86" title="باارزش‌ترین بازیکن – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="باارزش‌ترین بازیکن" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meilleur_joueur" title="Meilleur joueur – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Meilleur joueur" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/MVP" title="MVP – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="MVP" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%B5%9C%EC%9A%B0%EC%88%98_%EC%84%A0%EC%88%98" title="최우수 선수 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="최우수 선수" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a 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The purpose of the award is to recognize the contribution of the individual's efforts amongst a group effort, and to highlight the excellence, exemplariness, and/or outstandingness of a player's performance amidst the performance of their peers in question.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The term can have different connotations depending on the context in which it is used. A 'League MVP' is the most valuable player in an entire league, and refers to the player whose performance is most excellent in the league. Similarly, a "Team MVP" is the most valuable player on a team, referring to the player whose team contribution is greatest amongst their teammates.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In many sports, MVP awards are presented for a specific match—in other words, a <a href="/wiki/Player_of_the_match" title="Player of the match">player of the match</a> award. This is particularly true for high profile matches like championship games. For example, during a finals championship series, a 'Finals MVP' award would be bestowed upon the most valuable player in the finals game(s). </p><p>Ice hockey player, <a href="/wiki/Wayne_Gretzky" title="Wayne Gretzky">Wayne Gretzky</a>, has been named MVP more times than any player in the history of the other three North American major professional leagues (<a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball" title="Major League Baseball">MLB</a>, <a href="/wiki/National_Basketball_Association" title="National Basketball Association">NBA</a>, and <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League">NFL</a>). He won the award a record nine times during his career, eight consecutively. <a href="/wiki/Barry_Bonds" title="Barry Bonds">Barry Bonds</a> is second, having won the MVP award seven times in the National League of Major League Baseball (The American League also awards an MVP), although until the 1930s baseball players were only permitted to win the award one time which limited the number of times <a href="/wiki/Babe_Ruth" title="Babe Ruth">Babe Ruth</a> could win. <a href="/wiki/Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar" title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar">Kareem Abdul-Jabbar</a> won the NBA MVP award six times, and <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jordan" title="Michael Jordan">Michael Jordan</a> won the award five times. <a href="/wiki/Peyton_Manning" title="Peyton Manning">Peyton Manning</a> won the NFL MVP five times. Only five other players have won more than two NFL MVP awards: <a href="/wiki/Jim_Brown" title="Jim Brown">Jim Brown</a>, <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Unitas" title="Johnny Unitas">Johnny Unitas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brett_Favre" title="Brett Favre">Brett Favre</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tom_Brady" title="Tom Brady">Tom Brady</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Aaron_Rodgers" title="Aaron Rodgers">Aaron Rodgers</a>. </p><p>An important distinction is that the MVP is not be conflated with the most winningest player. Although the two are usually somewhat correlated, there are several (albeit rare) prime counterexamples. For instance, in <a href="/wiki/NBA" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA">professional basketball</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kareem-Abdul_Jabbar" class="mw-redirect" title="Kareem-Abdul Jabbar">Kareem-Abdul Jabbar</a> won the 1975–76 MVP award even though his team did not qualify for the postseason. Additionally, several other NBA players in history have been awarded MVP, and proceeded to lose in the first round of the postseason.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In another instance in professional basketball, <a href="/wiki/Jerry_West" title="Jerry West">Jerry West</a> was awarded the 1969 <a href="/wiki/NBA_Finals_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award">NBA Finals MVP Award</a>, despite having lost the finals.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the sport of <a href="/wiki/NFL" class="mw-redirect" title="NFL">professional football</a>, <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Unitas" title="Johnny Unitas">Johnny Unitas</a> won the 1967 MVP award, despite not qualifying for the playoffs. Likewise, <a href="/wiki/O._J._Simpson" title="O. J. Simpson">O. J. Simpson</a> won the 1973 MVP award, despite not qualifying for the playoffs.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Similar to Jerry West in basketball, <a href="/wiki/Chuck_Howley" title="Chuck Howley">Chuck Howley</a> in football won the 1971 <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" title="Super Bowl Most Valuable Player Award">Super Bowl Most Valuable Player Award</a> despite having lost the <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl" title="Super Bowl">Super Bowl V</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1960, <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Richardson" title="Bobby Richardson">Bobby Richardson</a> won the <a href="/wiki/1960_World_Series" title="1960 World Series">World Series</a> MVP Award, but lost the World Series.<sup id="cite_ref-wsmvpbp_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wsmvpbp-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In ice hockey, three players, <a href="/wiki/Al_Rollins" title="Al Rollins">Al Rollins</a> in 1954, <a href="/wiki/Andy_Bathgate" title="Andy Bathgate">Andy Bathgate</a> in 1959 and <a href="/wiki/Mario_Lemieux" title="Mario Lemieux">Mario Lemieux</a> in 1988 each won the NHL's oldest MVP award, the <a href="/wiki/Hart_Trophy" class="mw-redirect" title="Hart Trophy">Hart Trophy</a>, with Lemieux also receiving the <a href="/wiki/Ted_Lindsay_Award" title="Ted Lindsay Award">Ted Lindsay Award</a> (introduced in 1970–71 and voted on by the league's players), but did not make the playoffs.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Also, <a href="/wiki/Reggie_Leach" title="Reggie Leach">Reggie Leach</a> won the 1976 <a href="/wiki/Conn_Smythe_Trophy" title="Conn Smythe Trophy">Conn Smythe Trophy</a>, presented to the most valuable player in the <a href="/wiki/Stanley_Cup_playoffs" title="Stanley Cup playoffs">Stanley Cup playoffs</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while breaking the league record for most playoff goals, but lost the <a href="/wiki/1976_Stanley_Cup_Finals" title="1976 Stanley Cup Finals">finals</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In baseball history, several MVPs have not made the playoffs,<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and in 2021, none of the six <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" title="Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award">MVP</a> finalists in <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball" title="Major League Baseball">Major League Baseball</a> played for teams that reached the <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_postseason" title="Major League Baseball postseason">postseason</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The term is most common in the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> and <a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a>. In most other countries around the world, "<a href="/wiki/Player_of_the_year_award" title="Player of the year award">player of the year</a>" is used for a season-spanning award and "<a href="/wiki/Player_of_the_match" title="Player of the match">player of the match</a>" for individual games. In Australia, <a href="/wiki/Australian_rules_football" title="Australian rules football">Australian rules football</a> clubs and leagues use the term "<a href="/wiki/Best_and_fairest" title="Best and fairest">best and fairest</a>", while those playing <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league" title="Rugby league">rugby league</a> use "player of the year", such as the <a href="/wiki/Dally_M_Medal" title="Dally M Medal">Dally M Medal</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Most_valuable_player&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The first most valuable player award given in North American sports can be traced back to professional <a href="/wiki/Baseball" title="Baseball">baseball</a> in the early 1900s. A group of sportswriters met after the 1911 baseball season to determine the "most important and useful players to the club and to the league". These athletes would receive The Chalmers Award, named for Hugh Chalmers, a car manufacturer seeking to increase sales of his Chalmers Model 30 automobiles. The first recipients were Ty Cobb, playing for the Detroit Tigers, and Frank Schulte of the Chicago Cubs. The award was discontinued in 1955, after it failed to result in higher car sales. From 1922 to 1928 in the American League and from 1924 to 1929 in the National League, an MVP award was given to "the baseball player who is of the greatest all-around service to his club". Prior winners were not eligible to win the MVP award again during this time. The MVP award, as it is known today in Major League Baseball, was first established in 1931.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Selection_process">Selection process</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Most_valuable_player&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Selection process"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Generally, MVP awards are given at the conclusion of a multi-step process. In most professional sports leagues, the overall pool of players is initially narrowed down to a list of nominees, called finalists, forming a group from which the individual winner is decided based on regular season performance. This process is typically performing by way of a <a href="/wiki/Vote" class="mw-redirect" title="Vote">vote</a>, wherein voters are usually either other players, members of the <a href="/wiki/Sports_journalism" title="Sports journalism">media</a> and/or <a href="/wiki/Coach_(sports)" class="mw-redirect" title="Coach (sports)">coaches</a>. The specifics of this process varies across leagues. Some prominent examples of sports that conduct MVP awards are baseball, basketball, football, ice hockey, lacrosse, soccer, handball and rugby. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Baseball">Baseball</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Most_valuable_player&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Baseball"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball" title="Major League Baseball">MLB</a>, MVP voting takes place before the <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_postseason" title="Major League Baseball postseason">postseason</a>, but the results are not announced until after the <a href="/wiki/World_Series" title="World Series">World Series</a>. The BBWAA began by polling three writers in each league city in 1938, reducing that number to two per league city in 1961.<sup id="cite_ref-ESPN_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ESPN-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The BBWAA does not offer a clear-cut definition of what "most valuable" means, instead leaving the judgment to the individual voters.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Basketball">Basketball</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Most_valuable_player&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Basketball"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/NBA" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA">NBA</a>, the protocol for selecting <a href="/wiki/NBA_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA Most Valuable Player Award">the MVP</a> has shifted throughout the year. Through the 1979–80 season, the basketball players themselves comprised the MVP voting bloc up. Since the start of the 1980 NBA season, a panel of broadcasters and sportswriters are brought together to vote on the MVP award. Every person on the panel casts a vote for their first-place selection all the way to their fifth. A first-place vote nets a player 10 points while a second is worth seven, a third worth five, a fourth worth three, and a fifth worth one. At the end of the voting, the player with the most overall points wins the award.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The current MVP is <a href="/wiki/Nikola_Joki%C4%87" title="Nikola Jokić">Nikola Jokić</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Denver_Nuggets" title="Denver Nuggets">Denver Nuggets</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="American_football">American football</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Most_valuable_player&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: American football"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/NFL_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="NFL Most Valuable Player Award">NFL Most Valuable Player Award</a></div> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/NFL" class="mw-redirect" title="NFL">NFL</a>, the MVP award is voted upon by a panel of 50 sportswriters at the end of the <a href="/wiki/Regular_season" class="mw-redirect" title="Regular season">regular season</a>, before the <a href="/wiki/Playoffs" title="Playoffs">playoffs</a>, though the results are not announced to the public until the day before the <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl" title="Super Bowl">Super Bowl</a>. The sportswriters chosen regularly follow the NFL, and remain mostly consistent from year to year. They are chosen based on expertise and are independent of the league itself.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ice_hockey">Ice hockey</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Most_valuable_player&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Ice hockey"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/NHL" class="mw-redirect" title="NHL">NHL</a>, the MVP award voting is conducted at the end of the regular season by members of the <a href="/wiki/Professional_Hockey_Writers%27_Association" title="Professional Hockey Writers' Association">Professional Hockey Writers' Association</a>, and each individual voter ranks their top five candidates on a 10–7–5–3–1 point(s) system.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Three finalists are named and the trophy is awarded at the NHL Awards ceremony after the playoffs. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Field_lacrosse">Field lacrosse</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Most_valuable_player&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Field lacrosse"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/Premier_Lacrosse_League" title="Premier Lacrosse League">PLL</a>, the MVP award (and all other awards) are selected by a two-round voting process. In first round voting, players and coaches will vote to determine nominees for each award. In second round voting, Media, PLL Front Office, and PLL Lacrosse Advisory Board vote on nominees to determine winners. Award winners are announced during the Awards Ceremony at the end of the season.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Box_lacrosse">Box lacrosse</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Most_valuable_player&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Box lacrosse"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/National_Lacrosse_League" title="National Lacrosse League">NLL</a>, the MVP award (and all other awards) nominees are voted on by select media. Each ballot allowed the voting members to rank their top five choices for the award. Each individual voter ranks their top five candidates on a 10–7–5–3–1 point(s) system (similar to the NHL system). The top three vote accumulating individuals will be announced as the finalists for the award. The finalist who accumulated the most points after the voting period ended will be the award winner. In the case of a tie, the tiebreaker is to be decided by the individual who received the most 1st Place votes, followed by the number of 2nd place votes, and so on, until a winner is decided.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Association_football">Association football</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Most_valuable_player&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Association football"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>MVP is more commonly referred to in <a href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">association football</a> as "Player of the Season.” In the <a href="/wiki/FIFA_World_Cup" title="FIFA World Cup">FIFA World Cup</a>, the award is called the <a href="/wiki/FIFA_World_Cup_awards" title="FIFA World Cup awards">Golden Ball</a> and is chosen by the <a href="/wiki/FIFA" title="FIFA">FIFA</a> Technical Study Group.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/Premier_League" title="Premier League">Premier League</a>, <a href="/wiki/Premier_League_Player_of_the_Season" title="Premier League Player of the Season">Player of the Season</a> is chosen by a panel assembled by the league's <a href="/wiki/Premier_League#Sponsorship" title="Premier League">sponsors</a> consisting of members of "football's governing bodies, the media and fans,” and is announced in the second or third week of May.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_philosophy_of_sport">In philosophy of sport</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Most_valuable_player&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: In philosophy of sport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The concept of the 'most valuable player' is discussed within the field of <a href="/wiki/Philosophy_of_sport" title="Philosophy of sport">philosophy of sport</a>. Philosophers <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Kershnar" title="Stephen Kershnar">Stephen Kershnar</a> and Neil Feit argue that the concept of the MVP is a fundamentally vague concept, but still valuable in that it promotes the active discussion of different types of excellence found within a specific sport and the weight to be assigned these types, thus leading to a gain for the discussants.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Kershnar" title="Stephen Kershnar">Stephen Kershnar</a> termed this vagueness the 'Most Valuable Player Problem'.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He offered a solution to the problem, but later recanted it conceding that the problem remains unsolved.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Examples">Examples</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Most_valuable_player&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Examples"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball" title="Major League Baseball">Major League Baseball</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" title="Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award">American and National Leagues</a>, <a href="/wiki/League_Championship_Series_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" title="League Championship Series Most Valuable Player Award">AL and NL Championship Series</a>, and <a href="/wiki/World_Series_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" title="World Series Most Valuable Player Award">World Series</a>; also <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" title="Major League Baseball All-Star Game Most Valuable Player Award">All-Star Game</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nippon_Professional_Baseball" title="Nippon Professional Baseball">Nippon Professional Baseball's</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nippon_Professional_Baseball_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" title="Nippon Professional Baseball Most Valuable Player Award">Nippon Professional Baseball Most Valuable Player Award</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Football_League_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="National Football League Most Valuable Player Award">National Football League regular season</a> and <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" title="Super Bowl Most Valuable Player Award">Super Bowl</a>; also <a href="/wiki/Pro_Bowl_MVP" class="mw-redirect" title="Pro Bowl MVP">Pro Bowl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hart_Memorial_Trophy" title="Hart Memorial Trophy">Hart Memorial Trophy</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ted_Lindsay_Award" title="Ted Lindsay Award">Lester B. Pearson/Ted Lindsay Award</a> (<a href="/wiki/National_Hockey_League" title="National Hockey League">National Hockey League</a> regular season) and <a href="/wiki/Conn_Smythe_Trophy" title="Conn Smythe Trophy">Conn Smythe Trophy</a> (<a href="/wiki/Stanley_Cup_playoffs" title="Stanley Cup playoffs">playoffs</a>); the <a href="/wiki/National_Hockey_League_All-Star_Game" class="mw-redirect" title="National Hockey League All-Star Game">All-Star Game</a> also has an MVP</li> <li><a href="/wiki/NBA_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA Most Valuable Player Award">National Basketball Association regular season</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bill_Russell_NBA_Finals_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Bill Russell NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award">Finals</a>; also <a href="/wiki/NBA_All-Star_Game_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA All-Star Game Most Valuable Player Award">NBA All-Star Game</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WNBA_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" title="WNBA Most Valuable Player Award">Woman National Basketball Association regular season</a> and <a href="/wiki/WNBA_Finals_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" title="WNBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award">Finals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/EuroLeague_MVP" title="EuroLeague MVP">EuroLeague MVP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Landon_Donovan_MVP_Award" title="Landon Donovan MVP Award">Major League Soccer regular season</a> and <a href="/wiki/MLS_Cup#Most_Valuable_Player_Award" title="MLS Cup">MLS Cup</a>; also <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Soccer_All-Star_Game" class="mw-redirect" title="Major League Soccer All-Star Game">MLS All-Star Game</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FIVB" class="mw-redirect" title="FIVB">FIVB</a> Tournaments</li> <li><a href="/wiki/CFL%27s_Most_Outstanding_Player_Award" title="CFL's Most Outstanding Player Award">Canadian Football League regular season</a>, <a href="/wiki/Terry_Evanshen_Trophy" title="Terry Evanshen Trophy">East Division</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Nicklin_Memorial_Trophy" title="Jeff Nicklin Memorial Trophy">West Division</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Grey_Cup_Most_Valuable_Player" title="Grey Cup Most Valuable Player">Grey Cup</a>; also "Most Valuable Canadian" awards for the <a href="/wiki/CFL%27s_Most_Outstanding_Canadian_Award" title="CFL's Most Outstanding Canadian Award">regular season</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dick_Suderman_Trophy" title="Dick Suderman Trophy">Grey Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/College_football" title="College football">College football</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Heisman_Trophy" title="Heisman Trophy">Heisman Trophy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NCAA_basketball_tournament_Most_Outstanding_Player" class="mw-redirect" title="NCAA basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player">NCAA basketball tournament</a>; there are also various awards for <a href="/wiki/List_of_U.S._men%27s_college_basketball_national_player_of_the_year_awards" title="List of U.S. men's college basketball national player of the year awards">the player(s) selected as player of the year</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_Premier_League" title="Indian Premier League">Indian Premier League</a><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NBL_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" title="NBL Most Valuable Player Award">National Basketball League regular season</a> and <a href="/wiki/NBL_Grand_Final_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" title="NBL Grand Final Most Valuable Player Award">Grand Final</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leigh_Matthews_Trophy" title="Leigh Matthews Trophy">Leigh Matthews Trophy</a>, given by the <a href="/wiki/AFL_Players_Association" title="AFL Players Association">AFL Players Association</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Football_League" title="Australian Football League">AFL</a>'s <i>most valuable player</i> (as opposed to the <a href="/wiki/Brownlow_Medal" title="Brownlow Medal">Brownlow Medal</a>, given to the <i><a href="/wiki/Best_and_fairest" title="Best and fairest">fairest and best</a></i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philippine_Basketball_Association_Most_Valuable_Player_award" class="mw-redirect" title="Philippine Basketball Association Most Valuable Player award">Philippine Basketball Association regular season</a>, <a href="/wiki/Philippine_Basketball_Association_Finals_Most_Valuable_Player_award" class="mw-redirect" title="Philippine Basketball Association Finals Most Valuable Player award">PBA Finals</a>; also <a href="/wiki/Philippine_Basketball_Association_All-Star_Game_Most_Valuable_Player_award" class="mw-redirect" title="Philippine Basketball Association All-Star Game Most Valuable Player award">PBA All-Star Game</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/European_League_of_Football" title="European League of Football">European League of Football</a> both for their regular season and their Championship Game</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Most_valuable_player&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Athlete_of_the_Year" title="Athlete of the Year">Athlete of the Year</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Most_Outstanding_Player_(disambiguation)" class="mw-redirect mw-disambig" title="Most Outstanding Player (disambiguation)">Most Outstanding Player (disambiguation)</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Footnotes">Footnotes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Most_valuable_player&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Footnotes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">15 February</span> 2018</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Official+website+of+Hockey+Hall+of+Fame&rft.atitle=Hart+Memorial+Trophy&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hhof.com%2FhtmlSilverware%2Fsilver_splashhart.shtml&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMost+valuable+player" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nhl.com/ice/page.htm?id=24934">"Hart Memorial Trophy"</a>. <i>NHL.com</i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150626125854/http://www.nhl.com/ice/page.htm?id=24934">Archived</a> from the original on 26 June 2015<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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(June 14, 2022). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220827081048/https://fansided.com/2022/06/13/last-player-win-nba-finals-mvp-losing-team/">"Who was the last player to win NBA Finals MVP from the losing team?"</a>. <i>FanSided</i>. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2016-02-01</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Dally+M+Medal+2015&rft.date=2015-09-28&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nrl.com%2Fthurston-wins-2015-dally-m-medal%2Ftabid%2F10874%2Fnewsid%2F90203%2Fdefault.aspx&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMost+valuable+player" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220827062633/https://www.monitordaily.com/article-posts/five-traits-mvp-stars-maximize-value/">"The Five Traits of an MVP: How All-Stars Maximize Their Value"</a>. <i>Monitordaily</i>. November 1, 2018. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.monitordaily.com/article-posts/five-traits-mvp-stars-maximize-value/">the original</a> on 2022-08-27.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Monitordaily&rft.atitle=The+Five+Traits+of+an+MVP%3A+How+All-Stars+Maximize+Their+Value&rft.date=2018-11-01&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.monitordaily.com%2Farticle-posts%2Ffive-traits-mvp-stars-maximize-value%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMost+valuable+player" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220506154720/https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/mvp.shtml">"MLB Most Valuable Player MVP Award Winners"</a>. <i>Baseball-Reference.com</i>. 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Discussing the M.V.P. Criteria"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i>. p. SP3. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20141027083831/http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/04/sports/baseball/blue-jays-bautista-and-yankees-granderson-discuss-mvp-criteria.html?scp=1&sq=baseball%20mvp&st=cse">Archived</a> from the original on October 27, 2014<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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