Most valuable player

In sports, a most valuable player (MVP) award is an honor typically bestowed upon an individual as the most performing player (or players) in an entire league, for a particular competition, or on a specific team. Initially used in professional sports, the term is now also commonly used in amateur sports, as well as in other completely unrelated fields such as business and music. In many sports, MVP awards are presented for a specific match—in other words, a player of the match award.

"MVP" redirects here. For product development strategy, see Minimum viable product. For the documentary film, see Most Valuable Players (film). For other uses, see MVP (disambiguation).
Frank Nighbor with the original Hart Memorial Trophy in 1924.[1] The trophy is awarded annually to the "player judged most valuable to his team" in the National Hockey League (NHL).[2]

The term is most common in the United States and Canada. In most other countries around the world, "player of the year" is used for a season-spanning award and "player of the match" for individual games. In Australia, Australian rules football clubs and leagues use the term "best and fairest", while those playing rugby league use "player of the year", such as the Dally M Medal.[3] The National Basketball League, however, uses the American-style "MVP" for its awards.

In many cases the awards are voted on by members of the media. In others the vote is by players, coaches, or umpires. In recent years, online polls from the public decide some awards.

Sports

Examples include:

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gollark: WHAT'S THE PROBLEM?
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gollark: Especially with aeons and chrono xenowyrms.
gollark: Well, Einstein said so, and all misinterpretations of it MUST be true!

See also

References
  1. "Hart Memorial Trophy". Official website of Hockey Hall of Fame. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
  2. "Hart Memorial Trophy". NHL.com. Retrieved 15 February 2018. The Hart Memorial Trophy is an annual award given to the player judged to be the most valuable to his team.
  3. Dally M Medal 2015
  4. Most valuable player in IPL
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