what players have won the nfl mvp award since 1980

Brian Sipe won the MVP award in the NFL in 1980.

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	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	Brian Sipe B. Sipe	1	1980	CLE	16	51	3.2	1	55	3.4	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
2	Ken Anderson K. Anderson	1	1981	CIN	16	300	18.8	1	320	20.0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
3	Mark Moseley M. Moseley	1	1982	WAS	9	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
4	Joe Theismann J. Theismann	1	1983	WAS	16	234	14.6	1	234	14.6	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
5	Dan Marino D. Marino	1	1984	MIA	16	-10	-0.6	0	-7	-0.4	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
6	Marcus Allen M. Allen	1	1985	RAI	16	2,308	144.3	14	1,759	109.9	11	555	34.7	3	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
7	Lawrence Taylor L. Taylor	1	1986	NYG	16	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
8	John Elway J. Elway	1	1987	DEN	12	303	25.3	4	304	25.3	4	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
9	Boomer Esiason B. Esiason	1	1988	CIN	16	248	15.5	1	248	15.5	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
10	Joe Montana J. Montana	1	1989	SF	13	224	17.2	3	227	17.5	3	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
11	Joe Montana J. Montana	1	1990	SF	15	162	10.8	1	162	10.8	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
12	Thurman Thomas T. Thomas	1	1991	BUF	15	2,038	135.9	12	1,407	93.8	7	631	42.1	5	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
13	Steve Young S. Young	1	1992	SF	16	524	32.8	4	537	33.6	4	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
14	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	1	1993	DAL	14	1,900	135.7	10	1,486	106.1	9	414	29.6	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
15	Steve Young S. Young	1	1994	SF	16	289	18.1	7	293	18.3	7	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
16	Brett Favre B. Favre	1	1995	GB	16	181	11.3	3	181	11.3	3	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
17	Brett Favre B. Favre	1	1996	GB	16	126	7.9	2	136	8.5	2	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
18	Brett Favre B. Favre	1	1997	GB	16	177	11.1	1	187	11.7	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
19	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	1	1997	DET	16	2,358	147.4	14	2,053	128.3	11	305	19.1	3	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
20	Terrell Davis T. Davis	1	1998	DEN	16	2,225	139.1	23	2,008	125.5	21	217	13.6	2	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
21	Kurt Warner K. Warner	1	1999	STL	16	88	5.5	1	92	5.8	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
22	Marshall Faulk M. Faulk	1	2000	STL	14	2,207	157.6	26	1,359	97.1	18	830	59.3	8	18	1.3	0	0	0.0	0
23	Kurt Warner K. Warner	1	2001	STL	16	46	2.9	0	60	3.8	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
24	Rich Gannon R. Gannon	1	2002	OAK	16	151	9.4	3	156	9.8	3	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
25	Peyton Manning P. Manning	1	2003	IND	16	15	0.9	0	26	1.6	0	-2	-0.1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0

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Packers	3	2	0	.600
Lions	3	2	0	.600
Bears	3	2	0	.600
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Falcons	2	3	0	.400
Buccaneers	1	4	0	.200
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