Who's won NFL MVP as a running back? The complete list (that might include Derrick Henry soon)
If it’s felt like the NFL Most Valuable Player award has become the anointing of the best quarterback every year, you’d be right.
We’ve seen big-name QBs win the award every year since 2012. And it was that year that a running back who hit the 2,000-yard mark won it (trivia question! Can you name him? I know you can).
But he’s not the only running back who’s won NFL MVP. And with all the chatter about Derrick Henry being in the running (pun slightly intended) for MVP, let’s go over the full list of RBs who have won it: