most losses by a player to win mvp in the nfl

Barry Sanders has lost the most games by an NFL MVP in a season, with 7 losses in 1997.

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most losses by a player to win mvp in a regular season in the NFL

	NAME	L	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	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	7	1	1997	DET	16	2,358		14	2,053	128.3	11	305	19.1	3	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
2	Adrian Peterson A. Peterson	6	1	2012	MIN	16	2,314		13	2,097	131.1	12	217	13.6	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
3	Matthew Stafford M. Stafford	5	1	2025	LAR	17	-29	-1.7	0	1	0.1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
4	Matt Ryan M. Ryan	5	1	2016	ATL	16	114	7.1	0	117	7.3	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
5	Rich Gannon R. Gannon	5	1	2002	OAK	16	156		3	156	9.8	3	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
6	Marshall Faulk M. Faulk	5	1	2000	STL	14	2,207		26	1,359	97.1	18	830	59.3	8	18	1.3	0	0	0.0	0
7	Brett Favre B. Favre	5	1	1995	GB	16	181		3	181	11.3	3	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
8	Brian Sipe B. Sipe	5	1	1980	CLE	16	55		1	55	3.4	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
9	Earl Campbell E. Campbell	5	1	1979	HOU	16	1,791		19	1,697	106.1	19	94	5.9	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
10	Walter Payton W. Payton	5	1	1977	CHI	14	2,216		16	1,852	132.3	14	269	19.2	2	95	6.8	0	0	0.0	0
11	O.J. Simpson	5	1	1973	BUF	14	2,073		12	2,003	143.1	12	70	5.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
12	Josh Allen J. Allen	4	1	2024	BUF	17	538	31.6	13	531	31.2	12	7	0.4	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
13	Patrick Mahomes P. Mahomes	4	1	2018	KC	16	268	16.8	2	272	17.0	2	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
14	Aaron Rodgers A. Rodgers	4	1	2014	GB	16	269		2	269	16.8	2	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
15	Peyton Manning P. Manning	4	1	2008	IND	16	21		1	21	1.3	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
16	Peyton Manning P. Manning	4	1	2004	IND	16	38		0	38	2.4	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
17	Peyton Manning P. Manning	4	1	2003	IND	16	24		0	26	1.6	0	-2	-0.1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
18	Steve McNair S. McNair	4	1	2003	TEN	14	142		4	138	9.9	4	4	0.3	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
19	Boomer Esiason B. Esiason	4	1	1988	CIN	16	248		1	248	15.5	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
20	Marcus Allen M. Allen	4	1	1985	RAI	16	2,314		14	1,759	109.9	11	555	34.7	3	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
21	Ken Anderson K. Anderson	4	1	1981	CIN	16	320		1	320	20.0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
22	Lamar Jackson L. Jackson	3	1	2023	BAL	16	814	50.9	5	821	51.3	5	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
23	Patrick Mahomes P. Mahomes	3	1	2022	KC	17	361	21.2	4	358	21.1	4	6	0.4	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
24	Aaron Rodgers A. Rodgers	3	1	2021	GB	16	93	5.8	3	101	6.3	3	-4	-0.3	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
25	Aaron Rodgers A. Rodgers	3	1	2020	GB	16	130	8.1	3	149	9.3	3	-6	-0.4	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0

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