MVP award
Best athlete honor
An MVP award recognizes the most valuable player in a sport, league, or specific competition.
The designation goes to whoever contributed most to their team's success during a season or tournament: She won the league MVP award, He took home Super Bowl MVP.
Outside sports, MVP applies to anyone considered indispensable: You're the MVP of this project.
- voting processMethod of collective decision-making
- front runnerExpected winner
- performanceCarrying out a task
- footballField sport with goals
- HeismanCollege football's highest honor
legacy · trophy presentation · MVP · speeches · basketball · unanimous · leadership · consistency · elite · statistical analysis · career stats · athlete · hockey · teamwork · regular season · triple-double · scoring · batting average
- Sports honorsOlympic medal, World Cup trophy, Ballon d'Or, Golden Boot, gold medal
- Youth Achievementshonor roll, valedictorian, spelling bee, science fair, Eagle Scout
- All-Star GamesNBA All-Star Game, MLB All-Star Game, All-Star Weekend, fan voting, starting lineup
- World Baseball ClassicTeam USA, championship game, pool play, Shohei Ohtani, Mike Trout
- Euroleague BasketballEuroLeague, Real Madrid, Barcelona, Final Four, Bayern Munich
- achievementsaccomplishment, achievement, accomplishments, achievements, triumph
individual vs. collective recognition
MVP awardStanley Cup
Pro hockey's top prize
league championship · Lombardi Trophy · conference championship