Landon Donovan MVP Award

The Landon Donovan MVP Award is an annual award for Major League Soccer players. It is voted on by media, MLS players, and club management and is given to the player deemed the most valuable player in the league each season.
From 1996 to 2007, the award was known as the Honda MLS Most Valuable Player, for commercial purposes. From 2007 to 2014, the award was titled the Volkswagen MLS Most Valuable Player.
Players for D.C. United have won the award a record four times, while Kansas City and Los [Angeles Galaxy] players have won a second best three times. Carlos Valderrama won the award for the inaugural 1996 [Major League Soccer season|1996 season]. Kansas City's Preki is the first player to ever win twice, in 1997 [Major League Soccer season|1997] and 2003, while Lionel Messi is the only player to ever win twice consecutively, in 2024 and 2025.
On January 15, 2015, MLS renamed its MVP award in honor of Landon Donovan, who won the award in 2009 and retired as the all-time leader in goals and assists in the league's history.

Winners

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Other Finalists