Walter Payton Man of the Year Award

Sports Football

Missing: * Rolf Benirschlke (1984) * Marty Lyons (1985) * Dwight Stephenson (1986) * Jim Flanigan (1999) * Troy Vincent (2002) * Will Shields (2003)

This Category is Ranked. Sort by Ranking Based on Votes by clicking on Vote Ranking. Sort by the Collection's Ranking by clicking on List Ranking.

Vote Ranking	List Ranking
30	1970	Johnny Unitas Football Player 0% (0 of 2 votes)
35	1971	John Hadl Football Player 0% (0 of 1 votes)
33	1972	Willie Lanier Football Player 0% (0 of 0 votes)
14	1973	Len Dawson Football Player 29.33% (22 of 75 votes)
28	1974	George Blanda Football Player 0% (0 of 0 votes)
46	1975	Ken Anderson Football Player 0% (0 of 1 votes)
24	1976	Franco Harris Football Player 0% (0 of 0 votes)
29	1977	Walter Payton Football Player 0% (0 of 3 votes)
36	1978	Roger Staubach Football Player 0% (0 of 5 votes)
23	1979	Mean Joe Greene Football Player 0% (0 of 1 votes)
47	1980	Harold Carmichael Football Player 0% (0 of 5 votes)
2	1981	Lynn Swann Football Player 100% (1 of 1 votes)
11	1982	Joe Theismann Football Player 50.0% (5 of 10 votes)
45	1983	Rolf Benirschke Football Player 0% (0 of 1 votes)
5	1987	Dave Duerson Football Player 100% (1 of 1 votes)
22	1988	Steve Largent Football Player 0% (0 of 0 votes)
31	1989	Warren Moon Football Player 0% (0 of 5 votes)
20	1990	Mike Singletary Football Player 0% (0 of 0 votes)
37	1991	Anthony Munoz Football Player 0% (0 of 0 votes)
6	1992	John Elway Football Player 93.75% (15 of 16 votes)
4	1993	Junior Seau Football Player 100% (4 of 4 votes)
21	1994	Derrick Thomas Football Player 0% (0 of 1 votes)
7	1995	Boomer Esiason Football Player 91.30% (21 of 23 votes)
25	1996	Darrell Green Football Player 0% (0 of 1 votes)
8	1997	Troy Aikman Football Player 83.33% (5 of 6 votes)
32	1998	Dan Marino Football Player 0% (0 of 0 votes)
27	1999	Cris Carter Football Player 0% (0 of 0 votes)
26	2001	Jerome Bettis Football Player 0% (0 of 5 votes)
18	2004	Warrick Dunn Football Player 0% (0 of 0 votes)
13	2005	Peyton Manning Football Player 33.03% (108 of 327 votes)
1	2006	LaDainian Tomlinson Football Player 100% (2 of 2 votes)
19	2006	Drew Brees Football Player 0% (0 of 6 votes)
3	2007	Jason Taylor Football Player 100% (1 of 1 votes)
38	2008	Kurt Warner Football Player 0% (0 of 0 votes)
34	2012	Jason Witten Football Player 0% (0 of 1 votes)
40	2013	Charles Tillman Football Player 0% (0 of 0 votes)
10	2014	Thomas Davis Sr. Football Player 66.67% (2 of 3 votes)
41	2015	Anquan Boldin Football Player 0% (0 of 0 votes)
12	2016	Eli Manning Football Player 49.22% (63 of 128 votes)
42	2016	Larry Fitzgerald Football Player 0% (0 of 5 votes)
39	2017	J.J. Watt Football Player 0% (0 of 11 votes)
16	2018	Chris Long (NFL) Football Player 16.67% (1 of 6 votes)
17	2019	Calais Campbell Football Player 5.88% (1 of 17 votes)
44	2020	Russell Wilson Football Player 0% (0 of 0 votes)
43	2021	Andrew Whitworth Football Player 0% (0 of 0 votes)
9	2022	Dak Prescott Football Player 83.33% (5 of 6 votes)
15	2023	Cameron Heyward Football Player 28.57% (2 of 7 votes)

Walter Payton Man of the Year Award

30

1970

Football Player

0% (0 of 2 votes)

35

1971

Football Player

0% (0 of 1 votes)

33

1972

Football Player

0% (0 of 0 votes)

14

1973

Football Player

29.33% (22 of 75 votes)

28

1974

Football Player

0% (0 of 0 votes)

46

1975

Football Player

0% (0 of 1 votes)

24

1976

Football Player

0% (0 of 0 votes)

29

1977

Football Player

0% (0 of 3 votes)

36

1978

Football Player

0% (0 of 5 votes)

23

1979

Football Player

0% (0 of 1 votes)

47

1980

Football Player

0% (0 of 5 votes)

2

1981

Football Player

100% (1 of 1 votes)

11

1982

Football Player

50.0% (5 of 10 votes)

45

1983

Football Player

0% (0 of 1 votes)

5

1987

Football Player

100% (1 of 1 votes)

22

1988

Football Player

0% (0 of 0 votes)

31

1989

Football Player

0% (0 of 5 votes)

20

1990

Football Player

0% (0 of 0 votes)

37

1991

Football Player

0% (0 of 0 votes)

6

1992

Football Player