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Tom Brady is the oldest NFL Super Bowl MVP in Super Bowls.

Unsurprisingly, Tom Brady is the oldest NFL player to ever win Super Bowl MVP. He was 43 years and 188 days old at the time. Brady won five Super Bowl MVPs throughout his career, in Super Bowls XXXVI, XXXVIII, XLIX, LI and LV.

But has there ever been a player from the losing team to win the award? The answer is yes, it has happened...just once. Chuck Howley is the only player in NFL history to win Super Bowl MVP after his team lost the game, taking home the award in 1971 after his Dallas Cowboys fell to the Baltimore Colts in Super Bowl 5.

A defensive player has won the award in only two of the last 21 Super Bowls. The last non-quarterback to win was Los Angeles Rams WR Cooper Kupp in Super Bowl LVI.

For the first and only time, the Super Bowl MVP was awarded to a defensive player from the losing team, Chuck Howley of the Dallas Cowboys.

Gilbert did not play in his final game on an NFL roster. Gilbert is the only player in NFL history to be a member of five straight Super Bowl teams; four with the Bills (XXV–XXVIII) and one with the Chargers (XXIX). All five teams lost.

Has a Kicker Even Won Super Bowl MVP? Across 56 prior Super Bowl games, a placekicker has never won the SB MVP trophy. This is despite some memorable performances at the position from the likes of Don Chandler and Ray Wersching, who own the record for most field goals made in a single Super Bowl (4).

In the 21st century, there have been just four non-quarterback MVP winners, with top runners Marshall Faulk (2000), Shaun Alexander (2005), LaDainian Tomlinson (2006) and Adrian Peterson (2012) claiming the award.

Roger Staubach

The longtime Dallas starter finished second in 1971 and fourth in both 1978 and 1979. Staubach posted an 85-29 record in 11 seasons on the Cowboys, who captured a pair of championships with him under center. He tossed two touchdowns to secure the MVP of Super Bowl VI, too.

No rookie quarterback has ever won a Super Bowl in the 57 years of the game's existence as the starter.

Has a black quarterback ever won the Super Bowl? ›

Despite the careers of Doug Williams, Randall Cunningham, Steve McNair, Donovan McNabb and Michael Vick, Warren Moon remains the only Black QB in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Only three Black quarterbacks have won the Super Bowl — Mahomes, Williams and Russell Wilson.

Former National Football League (NFL) player and executive Jerry Richardson was the richest NFL player of all time as of January 2023, with a net worth of around two billion U.S. dollars.

It's been an amazing journey for me so far.” Tom Brady, who retired at age 45, was the oldest quarterback to ever win a Super Bowl, so that's likely the blueprint Wilson is aiming to follow.

Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes -- already the first player to win league MVP and Super Bowl MVP before his 25th birthday -- joined a select group of players by winning MVP of Super Bowl LVIII, which Kansas City won 25-22 over the San Francisco 49ers to cap off the 2023 season.

Today's Highlight in History: On May 3, 2011, Chicago's Derrick Rose became at age 22 the NBA's youngest MVP.