oldest player to win nfl walter payton man of the year award

George Blanda is the oldest in the NFL in a season when winning the Man of the Year award >0 times. He was 47 years old in 1974.

	NAME	Age	WPMOY	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	George Blanda G. Blanda	47	1	1974	OAK	14	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
2	Andrew Whitworth A. Whitworth	40	1	2021	LAR	15	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
3	Len Dawson L. Dawson	38	1	1973	KC	8	39	4.9	0	40	5.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
4	Kurt Warner K. Warner	37	1	2008	ARI	16	-10	-0.6	0	-2	-0.1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
5	Dan Marino D. Marino	37	1	1998	MIA	16	-12	-0.8	1	-3	-0.2	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
6	Johnny Unitas J. Unitas	37	1	1970	BAL	14	16	1.1	0	16	1.1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
7	Darrell Green D. Green	36	1	1996	WAS	16	99	6.2	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
8	Roger Staubach R. Staubach	36	1	1978	DAL	15	180	12.0	1	182	12.1	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
9	Bobby Wagner B. Wagner	35	1	2025	WAS	17	7	0.4	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
10	Eli Manning E. Manning	35	1	2016	NYG	16	-9	-0.6	0	-9	-0.6	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
11	Anquan Boldin A. Boldin	35	1	2015	SF	14	789	56.4	4	0	0.0	0	789	56.4	4	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
12	Matt Birk M. Birk	35	1	2011	BAL	16	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
13	Cris Carter C. Carter	34	1	1999	MIN	16	1,241	77.6	13	0	0.0	0	1,241	77.6	13	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
14	Boomer Esiason B. Esiason	34	1	1995	NYJ	12	-13	-1.1	0	14	1.2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
15	Steve Largent S. Largent	34	1	1988	SEA	15	642	42.8	2	-3	-0.2	0	645	43.0	2	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
16	Calais Campbell C. Campbell	33	1	2019	JAX	16	8	0.5	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
17	Chris Long C. Long	33	1	2018	PHI	16	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
18	Larry Fitzgerald L. Fitzgerald	33	1	2016	ARI	16	1,028	64.3	6	5	0.3	0	1,023	63.9	6	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
19	Jason Taylor J. Taylor	33	1	2007	MIA	16	36	2.3	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
20	Warren Moon W. Moon	33	1	1989	HOU	16	255	15.9	4	268	16.8	4	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
21	Joe Theismann J. Theismann	33	1	1982	WAS	9	129	14.3	0	150	16.7	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
22	Joe Greene J. Greene	33	1	1979	PIT	15	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
23	Russell Wilson R. Wilson	32	1	2020	SEA	16	495	30.9	2	513	32.1	2	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
24	Charles Tillman C. Tillman	32	1	2013	CHI	8	69	8.6	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
25	Brian Waters B. Waters	32	1	2009	KC	15	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0

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