List of NFL Rookie of the Year awards

Various entities present an NFL Rookie of the Year award each season to the top rookies in the National Football League (NFL). The NFL considers the rookie of the year awards by the Associated Press (AP) to be its official honor. Since 2011, the AP awards have been presented at the NFL Honors.

Associated Press (AP)

Winners (1967–present)

Season	Offensive			Defensive			Ref.
	Player	Team	Position	Player	Team	Position
1967	Mel Farr	Detroit	RB	Lem Barney	Detroit	CB
1968	Earl McCullouch	Detroit	WR	Claude Humphrey	Atlanta	DE
1969	Calvin Hill	Dallas	RB	Joe Greene	Pittsburgh	DT
1970	Dennis Shaw	Buffalo	QB	Bruce Taylor	San Francisco	CB
1971	John Brockington	Green Bay	RB	Isiah Robertson	LA Rams	LB
1972	Franco Harris	Pittsburgh	RB	Willie Buchanon	Green Bay	CB
1973	Chuck Foreman	Minnesota	RB	Wally Chambers	Chicago	DT
1974	Don Woods	San Diego	RB	Jack Lambert	Pittsburgh	LB
1975	Mike Thomas	Washington	RB	Robert Brazile	Houston	LB
1976	Sammy White	Minnesota	WR	Mike Haynes	New England	CB
1977	Tony Dorsett	Dallas	RB	A. J. Duhe	Miami	DE
1978	Earl Campbell	Houston	RB	Al Baker	Detroit	DE
1979	Ottis Anderson	St. Louis	RB	Jim Haslett	Buffalo	LB
1980	Billy Sims	Detroit	RB	Buddy Curry Al Richardson	Atlanta Atlanta	LB LB
1981	George Rogers	New Orleans	RB	Lawrence Taylor	NY Giants	LB
1982	Marcus Allen	LA Raiders	RB	Chip Banks	Cleveland	LB
1983	Eric Dickerson	LA Rams	RB	Vernon Maxwell	Baltimore	LB
1984	Louis Lipps	Pittsburgh	WR	Bill Maas	Kansas City	DT
1985	Eddie Brown	Cincinnati	WR	Duane Bickett	Indianapolis	LB
1986	Rueben Mayes	New Orleans	RB	Leslie O'Neal	San Diego	DE
1987	Troy Stradford	Miami	RB	Shane Conlan	Buffalo	LB
1988	John Stephens	New England	RB	Erik McMillan	NY Jets	S
1989	Barry Sanders	Detroit	RB	Derrick Thomas	Kansas City	LB
1990	Emmitt Smith	Dallas	RB	Mark Carrier	Chicago	S
1991	Leonard Russell	New England	RB	Mike Croel	Denver	LB
1992	Carl Pickens	Cincinnati	WR	Dale Carter	Kansas City	CB
1993	Jerome Bettis	LA Rams	RB	Dana Stubblefield	San Francisco	DT
1994	Marshall Faulk	Indianapolis	RB	Tim Bowens	Miami	DT
1995	Curtis Martin	New England	RB	Hugh Douglas	NY Jets	DE
1996	Eddie George	Houston	RB	Simeon Rice	Arizona	DE
1997	Warrick Dunn	Tampa Bay	RB	Peter Boulware	Baltimore	LB
1998	Randy Moss	Minnesota	WR	Charles Woodson	Oakland	CB
1999	Edgerrin James	Indianapolis	RB	Jevon Kearse	Tennessee	DE
2000	Mike Anderson	Denver	RB	Brian Urlacher	Chicago	LB
2001	Anthony Thomas	Chicago	RB	Kendrell Bell	Pittsburgh	LB
2002	Clinton Portis	Denver	RB	Julius Peppers	Carolina	DE
2003	Anquan Boldin	Arizona	WR	Terrell Suggs	Baltimore	LB
2004	Ben Roethlisberger	Pittsburgh	QB	Jonathan Vilma	NY Jets	LB
2005	Cadillac Williams	Tampa Bay	RB	Shawne Merriman	San Diego	LB
2006	Vince Young	Tennessee	QB	DeMeco Ryans	Houston	LB
2007	Adrian Peterson	Minnesota	RB	Patrick Willis	San Francisco	LB
2008	Matt Ryan	Atlanta	QB	Jerod Mayo	New England	LB
2009	Percy Harvin	Minnesota	WR	Brian Cushing	Houston	LB
2010	Sam Bradford	St. Louis	QB	Ndamukong Suh	Detroit	DT
2011	Cam Newton	Carolina	QB	Von Miller	Denver	LB
2012	Robert Griffin III	Washington	QB	Luke Kuechly	Carolina	LB
2013	Eddie Lacy	Green Bay	RB	Sheldon Richardson	NY Jets	DE
2014	Odell Beckham Jr.	NY Giants	WR	Aaron Donald	St. Louis	DT
2015	Todd Gurley	St. Louis	RB	Marcus Peters	Kansas City	CB
2016	Dak Prescott	Dallas	QB	Joey Bosa	San Diego	DE
2017	Alvin Kamara	New Orleans	RB	Marshon Lattimore	New Orleans	CB
2018	Saquon Barkley	NY Giants	RB	Shaquille Leonard	Indianapolis	LB
2019	Kyler Murray	Arizona	QB	Nick Bosa	San Francisco	DE
2020	Justin Herbert	LA Chargers	QB	Chase Young	Washington	DE
2021	Ja'Marr Chase	Cincinnati	WR	Micah Parsons	Dallas	LB
2022	Garrett Wilson	NY Jets	WR	Sauce Gardner	NY Jets	CB
2023	C. J. Stroud	Houston	QB	Will Anderson Jr.	Houston	DE
2024	Jayden Daniels	Washington	QB	Jared Verse	LA Rams	LB

Pro Football Writers of America (PFWA)

The Pro Football Writers of America (PFWA) Rookie of the Year awards have been given annually to an offensive and defensive rookie in the NFL since 1969, except in 1985. In 2013, PFWA began selecting an overall NFL rookie of the year in addition to its offensive and defensive honors. The winners are chosen by Pro Football Weekly writers/editors and PFWA members.

Overall winners (2013–present)

Season	Player	Team	Position
2013	Eddie Lacy	Green Bay	RB
2014	Odell Beckham Jr.	NY Giants	WR
2015	Todd Gurley	St. Louis	RB
2016	Ezekiel Elliott	Dallas	RB
2017	Kareem Hunt	Kansas City	RB
2018	Baker Mayfield	Cleveland	QB
2019	Nick Bosa	San Francisco	DE
2020	Justin Herbert	LA Chargers	QB
2021	Micah Parsons	Dallas	LB
2022	Sauce Gardner	NY Jets	CB
2023	C. J. Stroud	Houston	QB
2024	Jayden Daniels	Washington	QB
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Offensive and Defensive winners (1969–present)

Season	Offensive			Defensive
	Player	Team	Position	Player	Team	Position
1969	Calvin Hill (NFL)	Dallas	RB	Joe Greene (NFL)	Pittsburgh	DT
1969	Greg Cook (AFL)	Cincinnati	QB	Jim Marsalis (AFL)	Kansas City	CB
1970	Dennis Shaw	Buffalo	QB	Bruce Taylor	San Francisco	CB
1971	Jim Plunkett	New England	QB	Isiah Robertson	LA Rams	LB
1972	Franco Harris	Pittsburgh	RB	Sherman White	Cincinnati	DE
1973	Charle Young	Philadelphia	TE	Wally Chambers	Chicago	DT
1974	Don Woods Mike Thomas	San Diego Washington	RB RB	Jack Lambert	Pittsburgh	LB
1975	Steve Bartkowski	Atlanta	QB	Robert Brazile	Houston	LB
1976	Sammy White	Minnesota	WR	Mike Haynes	New England	CB
1977	Tony Dorsett	Dallas	RB	A. J. Duhe	Miami	DE
1978	Earl Campbell	Houston	RB	Al Baker	Detroit	DE
1979	Ottis Anderson	St. Louis	RB	Jesse Baker	Houston	DE
1980	Billy Sims	Detroit	RB	Buddy Curry	Atlanta	LB
1981	George Rogers	New Orleans	RB	Lawrence Taylor	NY Giants	LB
1982	Marcus Allen	LA Raiders	RB	Chip Banks	Cleveland	LB
1983	Eric Dickerson	LA Rams	RB	Vernon Maxwell	Baltimore	LB
1984	Louis Lipps	Pittsburgh	WR	Tom Flynn	Green Bay	S
1986	Rueben Mayes	New Orleans	RB	Leslie O'Neal John Offerdahl	San Diego Miami	DE LB
1987	Troy Stradford	Miami	RB	Shane Conlan	Buffalo	LB
1988	John Stephens Ickey Woods	New England Cincinnati	RB RB	Erik McMillan	NY Jets	S
1989	Barry Sanders	Detroit	RB	Derrick Thomas	Kansas City	LB
1990	Emmitt Smith	Dallas	RB	Mark Carrier	Chicago	S
1991	Leonard Russell	New England	RB	Mike Croel	Denver	LB
1992	Jason Hanson	Detroit	PK	Dale Carter	Kansas City	CB
1993	Jerome Bettis	LA Rams	RB	Dana Stubblefield	San Francisco	DT
1994	Marshall Faulk	Indianapolis	RB	Tim Bowens	Miami	DT
1995	Curtis Martin	New England	RB	Hugh Douglas	NY Jets	DE
1996	Eddie George	Houston	RB	Simeon Rice	Arizona	DE
1997	Warrick Dunn	Tampa Bay	RB	Peter Boulware	Baltimore	LB
1998	Randy Moss	Minnesota	WR	Charles Woodson	Oakland	CB
1999	Edgerrin James	Indianapolis	RB	Jevon Kearse	Tennessee	DE
2000	Mike Anderson	Denver	RB	Brian Urlacher	Chicago	LB
2001	Anthony Thomas	Chicago	RB	Kendrell Bell	Pittsburgh	LB
2002	Clinton Portis	Denver	RB	Julius Peppers	Carolina	DE
2003	Anquan Boldin	Arizona	WR	Terrell Suggs	Baltimore	LB
2004	Ben Roethlisberger	Pittsburgh	QB	Dunta Robinson	Houston	CB
2005	Cadillac Williams	Tampa Bay	RB	Shawne Merriman	San Diego	LB
2006	Vince Young	Tennessee	QB	DeMeco Ryans	Houston	LB
2007	Adrian Peterson	Minnesota	RB	Patrick Willis	San Francisco	LB
2008	Matt Ryan	Atlanta	QB	Jerod Mayo	New England	LB
2009	Percy Harvin	Minnesota	WR	Brian Cushing	Houston	LB
2010	Sam Bradford	St. Louis	QB	Ndamukong Suh	Detroit	DT
2011	Cam Newton	Carolina	QB	Aldon Smith	San Francisco	OLB
2012	Robert Griffin III	Washington	QB	Luke Kuechly	Carolina	LB
2013	Keenan Allen	San Diego	WR	Kiko Alonso	Buffalo	LB
2014	Odell Beckham Jr.	NY Giants	WR	Aaron Donald	St. Louis	DT
2015	Todd Gurley	St. Louis	RB	Marcus Peters	Kansas City	CB
2016	Ezekiel Elliott	Dallas	RB	Joey Bosa	San Diego	DE
2017	Kareem Hunt Alvin Kamara	Kansas City New Orleans	RB RB	Marshon Lattimore	New Orleans	CB
2018	Saquon Barkley	NY Giants	RB	Shaquille Leonard	Indianapolis	LB
2019	Kyler Murray	Arizona	QB	Nick Bosa	San Francisco	DE
2020	Justin Herbert	LA Chargers	QB	Chase Young	Washington	DE
2021	Ja'Marr Chase	Cincinnati	WR	Micah Parsons	Dallas	LB
2022	Garrett Wilson	NY Jets	WR	Sauce Gardner	NY Jets	CB
2023	C. J. Stroud	Houston	QB	Will Anderson Jr.	Houston	DE
2024	Jayden Daniels	Washington	QB	Jared Verse	LA Rams	OLB

The Sporting News

The Sporting News NFL Rookie of the Year award is chosen annually by NFL players, coaches, and executives. Separate winners were named for the NFL and AFL between 1960 and 1969. After the merger, separate winners continued to be named for both the NFC and AFC through 1979. Since 1980, one winner has been chosen across the entire league.

NFL winners (1955–1969) Season Player Team Position 1955 Alan Ameche Baltimore FB 1956 J. C. Caroline Chicago DB 1957 Jim Brown Cleveland FB 1958 Bobby Mitchell Cleveland HB 1959 Nick Pietrosante Detroit FB 1960 Gail Cogdill Detroit WR 1961 Mike Ditka Chicago TE 1962 Ronnie Bull Chicago HB 1963 Paul Flatley Minnesota WR 1964 Charley Taylor Washington WR 1965 Gale Sayers Chicago HB 1966 Tommy Nobis Atlanta LB 1967 Mel Farr Detroit HB 1968 Earl McCullouch Detroit WR 1969 Calvin Hill Dallas HB

AFL winners (1960–1969) Season Player Team Position 1960 Abner Haynes Dallas Texans HB 1961 Earl Faison San Diego DE 1962 Curtis McClinton Dallas Texans FB 1963 Billy Joe Denver FB 1964 Matt Snell NY Jets FB 1965 Joe Namath NY Jets QB 1966 Bobby Burnett Buffalo HB 1967 Dickie Post San Diego HB 1968 Paul Robinson Cincinnati RB 1969 Greg Cook Cincinnati QB

NFC winners (1970–1979) Season Player Team Position 1970 Bruce Taylor San Francisco CB 1971 John Brockington Green Bay FB 1972 Chester Marcol Green Bay PK 1973 Chuck Foreman Minnesota RB 1974 Wilbur Jackson San Francisco RB 1975 Steve Bartkowski Atlanta QB 1976 Sammy White Minnesota WR 1977 Tony Dorsett Dallas RB 1978 Al Baker Detroit DE 1979 Ottis Anderson St. Louis RB

AFC winners (1970–1979) Season Player Team Position 1970 Dennis Shaw Buffalo QB 1971 Jim Plunkett New England QB 1972 Franco Harris Pittsburgh FB 1973 Boobie Clark Cincinnati FB 1974 Don Woods San Diego HB 1975 Robert Brazile Houston LB 1976 Mike Haynes New England CB 1977 A.J. Duhe Miami DE 1978 Earl Campbell Houston RB 1979 Jerry Butler Buffalo WR

NFL winners (1980–present)

Season	Player	Team	Position
1980	Billy Sims	Detroit	RB
1981	George Rogers	New Orleans	RB
1982	Marcus Allen	LA Raiders	RB
1983	Dan Marino	Miami	QB
1984	Louis Lipps	Pittsburgh	WR
1985	Eddie Brown	Cincinnati	WR
1986	Reuben Mayes	New Orleans	RB
1987	Robert Awalt	St. Louis	TE
1988	Keith Jackson	Philadelphia	TE
1989	Barry Sanders	Detroit	RB
1990	Richmond Webb	Miami	OT
1991	Mike Croel	Denver	LB
1992	Santana Dotson	Tampa Bay	DT
1993	Jerome Bettis	LA Rams	RB
1994	Marshall Faulk	Indianapolis	RB
1995	Curtis Martin	New England	RB
1996	Eddie George	Houston	RB
1997	Warrick Dunn	Tampa Bay	RB
1998	Randy Moss	Minnesota	WR
1999	Edgerrin James	Indianapolis	RB
2000	Brian Urlacher	Chicago	LB
2001	Kendrell Bell	Pittsburgh	LB
2002	Clinton Portis	Denver	RB
2003	Anquan Boldin	Arizona	WR
2004	Ben Roethlisberger	Pittsburgh	QB
2005	Shawne Merriman	San Diego	LB
2006	Vince Young	Tennessee	QB
2007	Adrian Peterson	Minnesota	RB
2008	Matt Ryan	Atlanta	QB
2009	Percy Harvin	Minnesota	WR
2010	Ndamukong Suh	Detroit	DT
2011	Cam Newton	Carolina	QB
2012	Robert Griffin III	Washington	QB
2013	Eddie Lacy	Green Bay	RB
2014	Odell Beckham Jr.	NY Giants	WR
2015	Todd Gurley	St. Louis	RB
2016	Ezekiel Elliott	Dallas	RB
2017	Alvin Kamara	New Orleans	RB
2018	Saquon Barkley	NY Giants	RB
2019	Nick Bosa	San Francisco	DE
2020	Justin Jefferson	Minnesota	WR
2021	Ja'Marr Chase	Cincinnati	WR
2022	Sauce Gardner	NY Jets	CB
2023	Puka Nacua	LA Rams	WR
2024	Jayden Daniels	Washington	QB

Pepsi

Pepsi NFL Rookie of the Year, sponsored by Pepsi since 2002, is a fan-voted award given to the best performing rookie player in the National Football League. Winners are chosen among five finalists tallied from total votes given to Pepsi NFL Rookie of the Week winners by votes on NFL.com. The award is sometimes named after Diet Pepsi and Pepsi Zero Sugar.

Winners (2002–present)

Season	Player	Team	Position	Ref.
2002	Jeremy Shockey	NY Giants	TE
2003	Domanick Davis	Houston	RB
2004	Ben Roethlisberger	Pittsburgh	QB
2005	Cadillac Williams	Tampa Bay	RB
2006	Vince Young	Tennessee	QB
2007	Adrian Peterson	Minnesota	RB
2008	Joe Flacco	Baltimore	QB
2009	Percy Harvin	Minnesota	WR
2010	Ndamukong Suh	Detroit	DT
2011	Cam Newton	Carolina	QB
2012	Russell Wilson	Seattle	QB
2013	Keenan Allen	San Diego	WR
2014	Teddy Bridgewater	Minnesota	QB
2015	Jameis Winston	Tampa Bay	QB
2016	Dak Prescott	Dallas	QB
2017	Alvin Kamara	New Orleans	RB
2018	Saquon Barkley	NY Giants	RB
2019	Nick Bosa	San Francisco	DE
2020	Justin Herbert	LA Chargers	QB
2021	Ja'Marr Chase	Cincinnati	WR
2022	Aidan Hutchinson	Detroit	DE
2023	C. J. Stroud	Houston	QB
2024	Jayden Daniels	Washington	QB

Defunct awards

United Press International

United Press International (UPI) awarded an annual NFL Rookie of the Year award from 1955 to 1959 and two annual awards from 1960 to 1996. From 1960 to 1969 the awards went to a rookie from the NFL and American Football League (AFL), and after the AFL–NFL merger in 1970, the awards went to a rookie from the National Football Conference (NFC) and American Football Conference (AFC).

NFL winners (1955–1969) Season Player Team Position Ref. 1955 Alan Ameche Baltimore FB 1956 Lenny Moore Baltimore HB 1957 Jim Brown Cleveland FB 1958 Jimmy Orr Pittsburgh E 1959 Boyd Dowler Green Bay E 1960 Gail Cogdill Detroit E 1961 Mike Ditka Chicago TE 1962 Ronnie Bull Chicago FB 1963 Paul Flatley Minnesota WR 1964 Charley Taylor Washington WR 1965 Gale Sayers Chicago RB 1966 Johnny Roland St. Louis HB 1967 Mel Farr Detroit RB 1968 Earl McCullough Detroit WR 1969 Calvin Hill Dallas RB

AFL winners (1960–1969) Season Player Team Position 1960 Abner Haynes Dallas HB 1961 Earl Faison San Diego DE 1962 Curtis McClinton Dallas FB 1963 Billy Joe Denver FB 1964 Matt Snell NY Jets FB 1965 Joe Namath NY Jets QB 1966 Bobby Burnett Buffalo HB 1967 George Webster Houston LB 1968 Paul Robinson Cincinnati RB 1969 Greg Cook Cincinnati QB

NFC winners (1970–1996) Season Player Team Position 1970 Bruce Taylor San Francisco DB 1971 John Brockington Green Bay RB 1972 Chester Marcol Green Bay PK 1973 Charle Young Philadelphia TE 1974 John Hicks NY Giants G 1975 Mike Thomas Washington RB 1976 Sammy White Minnesota WR 1977 Tony Dorsett Dallas RB 1978 Al Baker Detroit DE 1979 Ottis Anderson St. Louis RB 1980 Billy Sims Detroit RB 1981 George Rogers New Orleans RB 1982 Jim McMahon Chicago QB 1983 Eric Dickerson LA Rams RB 1984 Paul McFadden Philadelphia PK 1985 Jerry Rice San Francisco WR 1986 Rueben Mayes New Orleans RB 1987 Robert Awalt St. Louis TE 1988 Keith Jackson Philadelphia TE 1989 Barry Sanders Detroit RB 1990 Mark Carrier Chicago S 1991 Lawrence Dawsey Tampa Bay WR 1992 Robert Jones Dallas LB 1993 Jerome Bettis LA Rams RB 1994 Bryant Young San Francisco DT 1995 Rashaan Salaam Chicago RB 1996 Simeon Rice Arizona DE

AFC winners (1970–1996) Season Player Team Position 1970 Dennis Shaw Buffalo QB 1971 Jim Plunkett New England QB 1972 Franco Harris Pittsburgh RB 1973 Boobie Clark Cincinnati RB 1974 Don Woods San Diego RB 1975 Robert Brazile Houston LB 1976 Mike Haynes New England DB 1977 A. J. Duhe Miami DE 1978 Earl Campbell Houston RB 1979 Jerry Butler Buffalo WR 1980 Joe Cribbs Buffalo RB 1981 Joe Delaney Kansas City RB 1982 Marcus Allen LA Raiders RB 1983 Curt Warner Seattle RB 1984 Louis Lipps Pittsburgh WR 1985 Kevin Mack Cleveland RB 1986 Leslie O'Neal San Diego DE 1987 Shane Conlan Buffalo LB 1988 John Stephens New England RB 1989 Derrick Thomas Kansas City LB 1990 Richmond Webb Miami OT 1991 Mike Croel Denver LB 1992 Dale Carter Kansas City CB 1993 Rick Mirer Seattle QB 1994 Marshall Faulk Indianapolis RB 1995 Curtis Martin New England RB 1996 Terry Glenn New England WR

Newspaper Enterprise Association

The NEA NFL Rookie of the Year award was founded in 1964 by the Newspaper Enterprise Association. and was created by Murray Olderman, the senior sports editor for the NEA. From 1971 through 1976 winners for both the American Football Conference and National Football Conference were chosen, except in 1974. The award was discontinued after the 1998 season. Winners were awarded the Bert Bell Memorial Trophy, in honor of former NFL commissioner Bert Bell.

Season	Player	Team	Position
1964	Charley Taylor	Washington	WR
1965	Gale Sayers	Chicago	RB
1966	Tommy Nobis	Atlanta	LB
1967	Mel Farr	Detroit	RB
1968	Earl McCullouch	Detroit	WR
1969	Calvin Hill	Dallas	RB
1970	Raymond Chester	Oakland	TE
1971	Jim Plunkett (AFC)	New England	QB
	John Brockington (NFC)	Green Bay	RB
1972	Franco Harris (AFC)	Pittsburgh	RB
	Willie Buchanon (NFC)	Green Bay	CB
1973	Boobie Clark (AFC)	Cincinnati	RB
	Charle Young (NFC)	Philadelphia	TE
1974	Don Woods	San Diego	RB
1975	Robert Brazile (AFC)	Houston	LB
	Steve Bartkowski (NFC)	Atlanta	QB
1976	Mike Haynes (AFC)	New England	CB
	Sammy White (NFC)	Minnesota	WR
1977	Tony Dorsett	Dallas	RB
1978	Earl Campbell	Houston	RB
1979	Ottis Anderson	St. Louis	RB
1980	Billy Sims	Detroit	RB
1981	Lawrence Taylor	NY Giants	OLB
1982	Marcus Allen	LA Raiders	RB
1983	Eric Dickerson	LA Rams	RB
1984	Louis Lipps	Pittsburgh	WR
1985	Eddie Brown	Cincinnati	WR
1986	Rueben Mayes	New Orleans	RB
1987	Bo Jackson	LA Raiders	RB
1988	John Stephens	New England	RB
1989	Barry Sanders	Detroit	RB
1990	Eric Green	Pittsburgh	TE
1991	Mike Croel	Denver	OLB
1992	Dale Carter	Kansas City	CB
1993	Jerome Bettis	LA Rams	RB
1994	Marshall Faulk	Indianapolis	RB
1995	Joey Galloway	Seattle	WR
1996	Eddie George	Houston	RB
1997	Warrick Dunn	Tampa Bay	RB
1998	Randy Moss	Minnesota	WR

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See also

• List of NFL awards