Ronnie Lott is Widely Regarded as a top 5 Defensive Player in NFL history, but never won a defensive player of the year award. Is there a better player who has never won an offensive/defensive pla...

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Original Title: Ronnie Lott is Widely Regarded as a top 5 Defensive Player in NFL history, but never won a defensive player of the year award. Is there a better player who has never won an offensive/defensive player of the year award or MVP?

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I was looking at a list of NFL Defensive Player of the Year winners and I was surprised that Ronnie Lott never won one. The award was created in 1971 so older greats like Deacon Jones and Dick Butkus didn’t win it. But is there a better player to have never won (offense or defense)?

Edit - He was 4th on the official NFL list:

But that’s not really what I’m asking about anyway. Is there a better player who didn’t win a player of the year award?