Los Angeles Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford has officially won the 2025 NFL Most Valuable Player award, per @AdamSchefter. In what has become the closest race for the league's top individual honor in over two decades, Stafford narrowly edged out Drake Maye to secure the trophy.
According to the final voting tallies, Stafford finished with 366 total points and 24 first-place votes. Maye followed closely behind with 361 total points and 23 first-place votes. The five-point margin represents the narrowest gap between the top two candidates since the 2003 season, when Peyton Manning and Steve McNair famously finished in a dead heat to share the award.
The veteran quarterback's victory comes after a season of elite production, ultimately winning over the voting body by a single first-place vote. The 2025 race now stands as a historic outlier in the modern era of the NFL Honors, highlighting the slim margins between the league's top performers this year.
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