Man of the Year

Year	Recipient
1970 Baltimore Colts	Johnny Unitas
1971 San Diego Chargers	John Hadl
1972 Kansas City Chiefs	Willie Lanier
1973 Kansas City Chiefs	Len Dawson
1974 Oakland Raiders	George Blanda
1975 Cincinnati Bengals	Ken Anderson
1976 Pittsburgh Steelers	Franco Harris
1977 Chicago Bears	Walter Payton
1978 Dallas Cowboys	Roger Staubach
1980 Philadelphia Eagles	Harold Carmichael
1981 Pittsburgh Steelers	Lynn Swann
1982 Washington Redskins	Joe Theismann
1983 San Diego Chargers	Rolf Benirschke
1984 New York Jets	Marty Lyons
1985 Miami Dolphins	Dwight Stephenson
1986 Cincinnati Bengals	Reggie Williams
1987 Chicago Bears	Dave Duerson
1988 Seattle Seahawks	Steve Largent
1989 Houston Oilers	Warren Moon
1990 Chicago Bears	Mike Singletary
1991 Cincinnati Bengals	Anthony Munoz
1992 Denver Broncos	John Elway
1993 Kansas City Chiefs	Derrick Thomas
1994 San Diego Chargers	Junior Seau
1995 New York Jets	Boomer Esiason
1996 Washington Redskins	Darrell Green
1997 Dallas Cowboys	Troy Aikman
1998 Miami Dolphins	Dan Marino
1999 Minnesota Vikings	Cris Carter
2000 Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Derrick Brooks
2000 Chicago Bears	Jim Flanigan
2001 Pittsburgh Steelers	Jerome Bettis
2002 Philadelphia Eagles	Troy Vincent
2003 Kansas City Chiefs	Will Shields
2004 Atlanta Falcons	Warrick Dunn
2005 Indianapolis Colts	Peyton Manning
2006 New Orleans Saints	Drew Brees
2006 San Diego Chargers	LaDainian Tomlinson
2007 Miami Dolphins	Jason Taylor
2008 Arizona Cardinals	Kurt Warner
2009 Kansas City Chiefs	Brian Waters
2010 Minnesota Vikings	Madieu Williams
2011 Baltimore Ravens	Matt Birk
2012 Dallas Cowboys	Jason Witten
2013 Chicago Bears	Charles Tillman
2014 Carolina Panthers	Thomas Davis
2015 San Francisco 49ers	Anquan Boldin
2016 Arizona Cardinals	Larry Fitzgerald
2016 New York Giants	Eli Manning
2017 Houston Texans	J.J. Watt
2018 Philadelphia Eagles	Chris Long
2019 Baltimore Ravens	Calais Campbell
2020 Kansas City Chiefs	Travis Kelce
2021 Los Angeles Rams	Andrew Whitworth
2022 Dallas Cowboys	Dak Prescott