Just a few days before Super Bowl LVII, Patrick Mahomes was named NFL MVP of the 2022 season. It was a deserved honor for the Chiefs quarterback, but potentially a bad omen for his team in the big game against the Philadelphia Eagles. The previous nine quarterbacks who won league MVP and also reached the Super Bowl went on to lose.
The last quarterback to win MVP and win the Super Bowl in the same season was Kurt Warner, who accomplished the feat in 1999 when he led the Rams to a win over the Titans in Super Bowl XXXIV. With the Chiefs beating the Eagles on Sunday night, Mahomes became the second quarterback since 1999 to win NFL MVP and the Super Bowl in the same season.
Patrick Mahomes is the first regular-season MVP to win the Super Bowl since Kurt Warner in 1999.
— Michael David Smith (@MichaelDavSmith) February 13, 2023
Brett Favre, Steve Young, Joe Montana, Terry Bradshaw and Bart Starr are the only other quarterbacks besides Mahomes and Warner to accomplish this feat.
Players to win MVP and the Super Bowl in the same season:
◽️ Bart Starr
◽️ Terry Bradshaw
◽️ Mark Moseley
◽️ Lawrence Taylor
◽️ Joe Montana
◽️ Emmitt Smith
◽️ Steve Young
◽️ Brett Favre
◽️ Terrell Davis
◽️ Kurt WarnerAnd now, Patrick Mahomes. pic.twitter.com/5Eebdqt7tf
— The Athletic (@TheAthletic) February 13, 2023
It was a remarkable season by Mahomes, one that couldn’t have ended any better for himself and the Chiefs. This year alone, he won league MVP, Super Bowl MVP, and led the NFL in passing yards and touchdown passes.
Only Warner and two other quarterbacks have ever done all of that in their careers, yet Mahomes accomplished it in one season.
Patrick Mahomes in 2022….
– Won regular season MVP
– Won Super Bowl MVP
– Led the NFL in Pass TD
– Led the NFL in Pass yardsOnly 3 players have done in a whole career what Mahomes did in 1 season (Tom Brady, Peyton Manning, Kurt Warner). pic.twitter.com/8xKN6CCeCk
— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) February 13, 2023
