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Here are the non-QBs with the most AP MVP votes every year since the merger:
| Year | MVP(s) | Non-QB(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Lamar Jackson | Christian McCaffrey |
| 2022 | Patrick Mahomes | Justin Jefferson |
| 2021 | Aaron Rodgers | Cooper Kupp |
| 2020 | Aaron Rodgers | N/A |
| 2019 | Lamar Jackson | N/A |
| 2018 | Patrick Mahomes | N/A |
| 2017 | Tom Brady | Todd Gurley |
| 2016 | Matt Ryan | Ezekiel Elliott |
| 2015 | Cam Newton | N/A |
| 2014 | Aaron Rodgers | JJ Watt |
| 2013 | Peyton Manning | N/A |
| 2012 | Adrian Peterson | Adrian Peterson |
| 2011 | Aaron Rodgers | N/A |
| 2010 | Tom Brady | N/A |
| 2009 | Peyton Manning | N/A |
| 2008 | Peyton Manning | Michael Turner |
| 2007 | Tom Brady | N/A |
| 2006 | LaDainian Tomlinson | LaDainian Tomlinson |
| 2005 | Shaun Alexander | Shaun Alexander |
| 2004 | Peyton Manning | N/A |
| 2003 | Steve McNair/Peyton Manning | Jamal Lewis |
| 2002 | Rich Gannon | Derrick Brooks/Priest Holmes |
| 2001 | Kurt Warner | Marshall Faulk |
| 2000 | Marshall Faulk | Marshall Faulk |
| 1999 | Kurt Warner | Marshall Faulk |
| 1998 | Terrell Davis | Terrell Davis |
| 1997 | Barry Sanders/Brett Favre | Barry Sanders |
| 1996 | Brett Favre | Terrell Davis |
| 1995 | Brett Favre | Jerry Rice |
| 1994 | Steve Young | Barry Sanders |
| 1993 | Emmitt Smith | Emmitt Smith |
| 1992 | Steve Young | Barry Foster |
| 1991 | Thurman Thomas | Thurman Thomas |
| 1990 | Joe Montana | Bruce Smith |
| 1989 | Joe Montana | Keith Millard |
| 1988 | Boomer Esiason | Roger Craig |
| 1987 | John Elway | Jerry Rice |
| 1986 | Lawrence Taylor | Lawrence Taylor |
| 1985 | Marcus Allen | Marcus Allen |
| 1984 | Dan Marino | Eric Dickerson |
| 1983 | Joe Theismann | Eric Dickerson |
| 1982 | Mark Moseley | Mark Moseley |
| 1981 | Ken Anderson | Tony Dorsett |
| 1980 | Brian Sipe | Earl Campbell |
| 1979 | Earl Campbell | Earl Campbell |
| 1978 | Terry Bradshaw | Earl Campbell |
| 1977 | Walter Payton | Walter Payton |
| 1976 | Bert Jones | Jack Lambert |
| 1975 | Fran Tarkenton | OJ Simpson |
| 1974 | Ken Stabler | Terry Metcalf |
| 1973 | O.J. Simpson | O.J. Simpson |
| 1972 | Larry Brown | Larry Brown |
| 1971 | Alan Page | Alan Page |
| 1970 | John Brodie | George Blanda* |
*note Blanda was technically the backup QB for the Raiders in 1970, but was primarily their placekicker and didn’t start a single game at QB that season.