Who has won the MLB MVP Award? All-time winners list - ESPN

There are two MVPs in Major League Baseball each year — one in the American League and one in the National League. Since 1931, the Baseball Writers' Association of America has voted for the MVPs at the end of the regular season and before the start of the postseason.

The award began in 1911 as the Chalmers Award, honoring the «most important and useful player to the club and to the league.» That award was discontinued in 1914. From 1922 to 1928 in the AL and from 1924 to 1929 in the NL, the League Award was presented to «the baseball player who is of the greatest all-around service to his club.» Prior winners were not eligible to win the award again during that time.

In 2025, Aaron Judge of the New York Yankees won MVP for the American League for the second year in a row. Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Dodgers also won his second consecutive MVP Award for the National League. The results marked the first time in MLB history that both reigning MVPs repeated.

Take a look at all-time AL and NL MVP award winners below:

2025: Aaron Judge (AL), Shohei Ohtani (NL)

2024: Aaron Judge (AL), Shohei Ohtani (NL)

2023: Shohei Ohtani (AL), Ronald Acuna Jr. (NL)

2022: Aaron Judge (AL), Paul Goldschmidt (NL)

2021: Shohei Ohtani (AL), Bryce Harper (NL)

2020: Jose Abreu (AL), Freddie Freeman (NL)

2019: Mike Trout (AL), Cody Bellinger (NL)

2018: Mookie Betts (AL), Christian Yelich (NL)

2017: Jose Altuve (AL), Giancarlo Stanton (NL)

2016: Mike Trout (AL), Kris Bryant (NL)

2015: Josh Donaldson (AL), Bryce Harper (NL)

2014: Mike Trout (AL), Clayton Kershaw (NL)

2013: Miguel Cabrera (AL), Andrew McCutchen (NL)

2012: Miguel Cabrera (AL), Buster Posey (NL)

2011: Justin Verlander (AL), Ryan Braun (NL)

2010: Josh Hamilton (AL), Joey Votto (NL)

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