Shohei Ohtani captures back-to-back NL MVPs; AL MVP race has close finish

Shohei Ohtani spoke with Tom Verducci after the Los Angeles Dodgers' Game 3 win over the Toronto Blue Jays in the World Series.

The MLB Most Valuable Player Awards for the 2025 season are official, and while one league had a tight race, it wasn’t close in the other. 

After winning his second World Series in as many years with the Los Angeles Dodgers, Shohei Ohtani also has back-to-back NL MVP Awards under his belt after a unanimous vote from the Baseball Writers' Association of America.

The two-way Japanese superstar was named the 2025 NL MVP, giving him four over his MLB career. He won his first two in the American League with the Los Angeles Angels. In fact, he has won an MVP Award in each of the last three seasons, having won the 2023 award in his final year as an Angels star. 

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Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani, right, talks with interpreter Ippei Mizuhara during the ninth inning against the San Diego Padres at the Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul, South Korea, March 20, 2024, in Seoul, South Korea.  (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

Now, Ohtani has just Barry Bonds to chase for the most MVP Awards in MLB history. Bonds won seven NL MVPs, a feat some believe is still untouchable. Ohtani was tied with 10 other players with three over their careers, but the 31-year-old is in a new position now and only looking up at Bonds. 

The Philadelphia Phillies' Kyle Schwarber and New York Mets' Juan Soto were the two remaining finalists in the NL. Schwarber received 23 second-place votes to Soto's four. 

Ohtani, a five-time All-Star, led the National League in runs scored (146), slugging percentage (.622) and OPS (1.024), while mashing 55 home runs with 102 RBIs and a .282