defensive player to win nfl mvp

Jim Brown won the MVP award in the NFL in his rookie season in 1957.

Interpreted as:
defensive player to win NFL mvp in a regular season
NAME MVP SEASON TM GP YDS YDS/G TD RUSH YDS RUSH YDS/G RUSH TD REC YDS REC YDS/G REC TD KR YDS KR YDS/G KR TD PR YDS PR YDS/G PR TD
1 Jim Brown
J. Brown
1
1957
CLE CLE
12
1,133
94.4
10
942
78.5
9
55
4.6
1
136
11.3
0
0
0.0
0
2 Jim Brown
J. Brown
1
1958
CLE CLE
12
1,739
144.9
18
1,527
127.3
17
138
11.5
1
74
6.2
0
0
0.0
0
3 Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
1
1959
BAL BAL
12
145
12.1
2
145
12.1
2
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
4 Norm Van Brocklin
N. Van Brocklin
1
1960
PHI PHI
12
-13
-1.1
0
-13
-1.1
0
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
5 Paul Hornung
P. Hornung
1
1961
GB GB
12
742
61.8
10
597
49.8
8
145
12.1
2
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
6 Jim Taylor
J. Taylor
1
1962
GB GB
14
1,580
112.9
19
1,474
105.3
19
106
7.6
0
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
7 Y.A. Tittle
Y.A. Tittle
1
1963
NYG NYG
13
99
7.6
2
99
7.6
2
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
8 Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
1
1964
BAL BAL
14
164
11.7
2
162
11.6
2
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
9 Jim Brown
J. Brown
1
1965
CLE CLE
14
1,872
133.7
21
1,544
110.3
17
328
23.4
4
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
10 Bart Starr
B. Starr
1
1966
GB GB
14
104
7.4
2
104
7.4
2
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
11 Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
1
1967
BAL BAL
14
89
6.4
0
89
6.4
0
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
12 Earl Morrall
E. Morrall
1
1968
BAL BAL
14
18
1.3
1
18
1.3
1
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
13 Roman Gabriel
R. Gabriel
1
1969
LA LA
14
152
10.9
5
156
11.1
5
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
14 John Brodie
J. Brodie
1
1970
SF SF
14
20
1.4
2
29
2.1
2
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
15 Alan Page
A. Page
1
1971
MIN MIN
14
8
0.6
0
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
16 Larry Brown
L. Brown
1
1972
WAS WAS
12
1,689
140.8
12
1,216
101.3
8
473
39.4
4
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
17 O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
1
1973
BUF BUF
14
2,073
148.1
12
2,003
143.1
12
70
5.0
0
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
18 Ken Stabler
K. Stabler
1
1974
OAK OAK
14
-13
-0.9
1
-2
-0.1
1
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
19 Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
1
1975
MIN MIN
14
105
7.5
2
108
7.7
2
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
20 Bert Jones
B. Jones
1
1976
BAL BAL
14
214
15.3
2
214
15.3
2
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
21 Walter Payton
W. Payton
1
1977
CHI CHI
14
2,216
158.3
16
1,852
132.3
14
269
19.2
2
95
6.8
0
0
0.0
0
22 Terry Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
1
1978
PIT PIT
16
91
5.7
1
93
5.8
1
1
0.1
0
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
23 Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
1
1979
HOU HOU
16
1,790
111.9
19
1,697
106.1
19
94
5.9
0
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
24 Brian Sipe
B. Sipe
1
1980
CLE CLE
16
51
3.2
1
55
3.4
1
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
25 Ken Anderson
K. Anderson
1
1981
CIN CIN
16
300
18.8
1
320
20.0
1
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0

More Browns Stats

Team Rankings

PPG

14.0

31st

OPP PPG

25.5

24th

RUSH YDS/G

84.8

30th

PASS YDS/G

208.5

21st

2025 Division Standings
TEAM W L T PCT
Steelers Steelers
3
1
0
.750
Bengals Bengals
2
2
0
.500
Browns Browns
1
3
0
.250
Ravens Ravens
1
3
0
.250
Schedule
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
10/5
MIN MIN
@
CLE CLE
9:30 AM
Sun
10/12
CLE CLE
@
PIT PIT
1:00 PM
Sun
10/19
MIA MIA
@
CLE CLE
1:00 PM
Sun
10/26
CLE CLE
@
NE NE
1:00 PM
Sun
11/9
CLE CLE
@
NYJ NYJ
1:00 PM
Last Game
DET Lions

3 - 1 - 0

34

Final

10

CLE Browns

1 - 3 - 0

Sun 28 Sep 2025

NFL 2025 Leaders

NFL 2025 Rankings

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NFL 2025 Division Standings

NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
4
0
0
1.000
Commanders Commanders
2
2
0
.500
NFC North W L T PCT
Lions Lions
3
1
0
.750
Packers Packers
2
1
1
.625
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
3
1
0
.750
Falcons Falcons
2
2
0
.500
NFC West W L T PCT
49ers 49ers
4
1
0
.800
Seahawks Seahawks
3
1
0
.750
AFC East W L T PCT
Bills Bills
4
0
0
1.000
Patriots Patriots
2
2
0
.500
AFC North W L T PCT
Steelers Steelers
3
1
0
.750
Bengals Bengals
2
2
0
.500
AFC South W L T PCT
Colts Colts
3
1
0
.750
Jaguars Jaguars
3
1
0
.750
AFC West W L T PCT
Chargers Chargers
3
1
0
.750
Chiefs Chiefs
2
2
0
.500

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Wed
9/3
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
20-24
Thu
9/4
KC KC
@
LAC LAC
21-27
Sat
9/6
PIT PIT
@
NYJ NYJ
34-32
Sat
9/6
TB TB
@
ATL ATL
23-20
Sat
9/6
LV LV
@
NE NE
20-13

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
10/5
MIN MIN
@
CLE CLE
9:30 AM
Sun
10/5
HOU HOU
@
BAL BAL
1:00 PM
Sun
10/5
NYG NYG
@
NO NO
1:00 PM
Sun
10/5
DEN DEN
@
PHI PHI
1:00 PM
Sun
10/5
DAL DAL
@
NYJ NYJ
1:00 PM