first nfl running back to win an mvp

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

Interpreted as:
first NFL running back to win an mvp in a regular season
NAMEMVPSEASONTMGPRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Jim Brown
J. Brown
1
1957
12
942
202
4.7
78.5
9
55
16
3.4
4.6
1
2Jim Brown
J. Brown
1
1958
12
1,527
257
5.9
127.3
17
138
16
8.6
11.5
1
3Paul Hornung
P. Hornung
1
1961
12
597
127
4.7
49.8
8
145
15
9.7
12.1
2
4Jim Taylor
J. Taylor
1
1962
14
1,474
272
5.4
105.3
19
106
22
4.8
7.6
0
5Jim Brown
J. Brown
1
1965
14
1,544
289
5.3
110.3
17
328
34
9.6
23.4
4
6Larry Brown
L. Brown
1
1972
12
1,216
285
4.3
101.3
8
473
32
14.8
39.4
4
7O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
1
1973
14
2,003
332
6.0
143.1
12
70
6
11.7
5.0
0
8Walter Payton
W. Payton
1
1977
14
1,852
339
5.5
132.3
14
269
27
10.0
19.2
2
9Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
1
1979
16
1,697
368
4.6
106.1
19
94
16
5.9
5.9
0
10Marcus Allen
M. Allen
1
1985
16
1,759
380
4.6
109.9
11
555
67
8.3
34.7
3
11Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
1
1991
15
1,407
288
4.9
93.8
7
631
62
10.2
42.1
5
12Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
1
1993
14
1,486
283
5.3
106.1
9
414
57
7.3
29.6
1
13Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
1
1997
16
2,053
335
6.1
128.3
11
305
33
9.2
19.1
3
14Terrell Davis
T. Davis
1
1998
16
2,008
392
5.1
125.5
21
217
25
8.7
13.6
2
15Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
1
2000
14
1,359
253
5.4
97.1
18
830
81
113
10.2
59.3
8
16Shaun Alexander
S. Alexander
1
2005
16
1,880
370
5.1
117.5
27
78
15
29
5.2
4.9
1
17LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
1
2006
16
1,815
348
5.2
113.4
28
508
56
80
9.1
31.8
3
18Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
1
2012
16
2,097
348
6.0
131.1
12
217
40
51
5.4
13.6
1

More Browns Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

946

Sanders

Shedeur Sanders

RUSH

805

Judkins

Quinshon Judkins

REC

667

Fannin

Harold Fannin Jr.
Team Rankings

PPG

16.1

29th

OPP PPG

23.7

19th

RUSH YDS/G

92.4

29th

PASS YDS/G

192.7

30th

2025 Division Standings
TEAMWLTPCT
8
6
0
.571
7
7
0
.500
4
10
0
.286
Browns Browns
3
11
0
.214
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
12/21
@
1:00 PM
Sun
12/28
@
1:00 PM
Sun
1/4
@
1:00 PM
Last Game
CLE Browns

3 - 11

3

Final

31

CHI Bears

10 - 4

Sun 14 Dec 2025

NFL 2025 Leaders

NFL 2025 Rankings

NFL Fantasy 2025

NFL 2025 Betting

NFL 2025 Standings

AFC EastWLTPCT
11
3
0
.786
10
4
0
.714
6
8
0
.429
Jets Jets - e
3
11
0
.214
AFC NorthWLTPCT
8
6
0
.571
7
7
0
.500
4
10
0
.286
3
11
0
.214
AFC SouthWLTPCT
10
4
0
.714
9
5
0
.643
8
6
0
.571
2
12
0
.143
AFC WestWLTPCT
12
2
0
.857
10
4
0
.714
6
8
0
.429
2
12
0
.143
NFC EastWLTPCT
9
5
0
.643
6
7
1
.464
4
10
0
.286
2
12
0
.143
NFC NorthWLTPCT
10
4
0
.714
9
4
1
.679
8
6
0
.571
6
8
0
.429
NFC SouthWLTPCT
7
7
0
.500
7
7
0
.500
5
9
0
.357
4
10
0
.286
NFC WestWLTPCT
Rams Rams - x
11
3
0
.786
11
3
0
.786
10
4
0
.714
3
11
0
.214

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sat
9/13
@
26-21
Sat
9/13
@
33-27
Sat
9/13
@
22-27
Sat
9/13
@
28-29
Sat
9/13
@
20-17

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Thu
12/18
@
8:15 PM
Sat
12/20
@
5:00 PM
Sat
12/20
@
8:20 PM
Sun
12/21
@
1:00 PM
Sun
12/21
@
1:00 PM