Between the 1980 and 1989 seasons, Mike Schmidt won the most MVP awards, with 3.

Interpreted as:

the most mvp by a player in the 1980s

	NAME	MVP	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	SB	CS	PA	TB	XBH	SH	SF	IBB	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	WRC	WRAA	WOBA	WRC+	BRAA
1	Mike Schmidt M. Schmidt	3	1,320	4,639	832	1,287	225	28	313	929	818	34	925	57	38	5,556	2,507	566	0	65	138	103	.277	.385	.540	.925	972	344	.398	151	325.7
2	Dale Murphy D. Murphy	2	1,537	5,694	938	1,553	257	31	308	929	784	22	1,268	134	56	6,540	2,796	596	3	37	133	129	.273	.361	.491	.852	1011	273.5	.371	130	223.9
3	Robin Yount R. Yount	2	1,446	5,683	957	1,731	337	83	174	821	554	24	649	148	43	6,357	2,756	594	33	63	56	120	.305	.365	.485	.850	989	272.8	.373	133	249.9
4	Jose Canseco J. Canseco	1	568	2,163	342	583	110	5	128	424	220	22	560	77	30	2,436	1,087	243	1	30	17	48	.270	.339	.503	.841	368	88.3	.366	132	90.5
5	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	1
6	Kevin Mitchell K. Mitchell	1	548	1,854	279	509	101	17	100	319	216	11	352	20	19	2,099	944	218	2	16	43	31	.275	.351	.509	.860	327	88.9	.372	141	95.5
7	Don Mattingly D. Mattingly	1	1,015	4,022	615	1,300	272	15	164	717	314	10	238	8	7	4,422	2,094	451	13	63	82	101	.323	.368	.521	.889	728	226.7	.383	140	212.2
8	Willie McGee W. McGee	1	1,039	4,084	551	1,194	172	71	49	483	204	8	612	246	78	4,328	1,655	292	7	25	25	76	.292	.325	.405	.731	507	14.4	.323	103	13.3
9	George Bell G. Bell	1	1,039	3,966	574	1,145	212	32	181	654	223	32	483	56	25	4,269	1,964	425	0	48	30	98	.289	.328	.495	.823	619	135.8	.358	120	103.4
10	Cal Ripken Jr. C. Ripken Jr.	1	1,315	5,055	793	1,402	266	24	204	744	553	16	635	19	22	5,680	2,328	494	2	54	22	162	.277	.347	.461	.808	817	173.1	.357	123	153.6
11	Ryne Sandberg R. Sandberg	1	1,234	4,893	756	1,395	226	54	139	549	414	18	702	250	69	5,385	2,146	419	27	33	35	77	.285	.341	.439	.780	724	114.3	.345	112	70.9
12	George Brett G. Brett	1	1,252	4,653	768	1,446	303	47	193	851	647	18	411	79	29	5,381	2,422	543	0	63	148	111	.311	.392	.521	.913	924	318.4	.394	145	287
13	Andre Dawson A. Dawson	1	1,396	5,398	811	1,539	290	53	250	895	362	54	785	199	67	5,897	2,685	593	9	74	90	118	.285	.332	.497	.829	850	185.6	.359	126	172.1
14	Rollie Fingers R. Fingers	1	66	18	0	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	19	8	3	1	0	0	1	.278	.278	.444	.722	2	0	.318	104	0.1
15	Kirk Gibson K. Gibson	1	1,102	3,967	666	1,087	173	38	183	599	487	42	885	206	55	4,557	1,885	394	19	42	59	48	.274	.356	.475	.831	680	165.2	.365	130	157.7
16	Willie Hernandez W. Hernandez	1	217	38	3	10	1	0	0	2	1	0	15	2	0	41	11	1	2	0	0	0	.263	.282	.289	.572	3	-2	.261	51	-2.2