CFL Most Outstanding Player Award winners
At the conclusion of the Canadian Football League season the Most Outstanding Player Award is issued, with many of the biggest names in the competition on the honour roll. One player from both the East Division and the West Division are nominated for the award with these selections crowned the Terry Evanshaw Trophy (East) and the Jeff Nicklin Memorial Trophy (West). Football media in Canada votes on the winner of the CFL Most Outstanding Player Award Winner, which is held annually. The award for the CFL MVP was renamed the George Reed Most Outstanding Player Award in November 2023, following the death of the popular Saskatchewan Roughrider. Betting on the CFL Most Outstanding Player Award is available at many of the top CA betting sites.
Canadian Football League Most Outstanding Player Award winners
| Year | Player | Position | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Brady Oliveira | RB | Winnipeg Blue Bombers |
| 2023 | Chad Kelly | QB | Toronto Argonauts |
| 2022 | Zach Collaros | QB | Winnipeg Blue Bombers |
| 2021 | Zach Collaros | QB | Winnipeg Blue Bombers |
| 2020 | Not awarded because of the COVID-19 pandemic | ||
| 2019 | Brandon Banks | WR | Hamilton Tiger-Cats |
| 2018 | Bo Levi Mitchell | QB | Calgary Stampeders |
| 2017 | Mike Reilly | QB | Edmonton Eskimos |
| 2016 | Bo Levi Mitchell | QB | Calgary Stampeders |
| 2015 | Henry Burris | QB | Ottawa RedBlacks |
| 2014 | Solomon Elimimian | LB | BC Lions |
| 2013 | Jon Cornish | RB | Calgary Stampeders |
| 2012 | Chad Owens | WR/KR | Toronto Argonauts |
| 2011 | Travis Lulay | QB | BC Lions |
| 2010 | Henry Burris | QB | Calgary Stampeders |
| 2009 | Anthony Calvillo | QB | Montreal Alouettes |
| 2008 | Anthony Calvillo | QB | Montreal Alouettes |
| 2007 | Kerry Joseph | QB | Saskatchewan Roughriders |
| 2006 | Geroy Simon | SB | BC Lions |
| 2005 | Damon Allen | QB | Toronto Argonauts |
| 2004 | Casey Printers | QB | BC Lions |
| 2003 | Anthony Calvillo | QB | Montreal Alouettes |
| 2002 | Milt Stegall | SB | Winnipeg Blue Bombers |
| 2001 | Khari Jones | QB | Winnipeg Blue Bombers |
| 2000 | Dave Dickenson | QB | Calgary Stampeders |
| 1999 | Danny McManus | QB | Hamilton Tiger-Cats |
| 1998 | Mike Pringle | RB | Montreal Alouettes |
| 1997 | Doug Flutie | QB | Toronto Argonauts |
| 1996 | Doug Flutie | QB | Toronto Argonauts |
| 1995 | Mike Pringle | RB | Baltimore Stallions |
| 1994 | Doug Flutie | QB | Calgary Stampeders |
| 1993 | Doug Flutie | QB | Calgary Stamped |
| 1992 | Doug Flutie | (QB) | Calgary Stampeders |
| 1991 | Doug Flutie | (QB) | BC Lions |
| 1990 | Mike “Pinball” Clemons | (RB) | Toronto Argonauts |
| 1989 | Tracy Ham | (QB) | Edmonton Eskimos |
| 1988 | David Williams | (WR) | BC Lions |
| 1987 | Tom Clements | (QB) | Winnipeg Blue Bombers |
| 1986 | James Murphy | (WR) | Winnipeg Blue Bombers |
| 1985 | Mervyn Fernandez | (WR) | BC Lions |
| 1984 | Willard Reaves | (RB) | Winnipeg Blue Bombers |
| 1983 | Warren Moon | (QB) | Edmonton Eskimos |
| 1982 | Condredge Holloway | (QB) | Toronto Argonauts |
| 1981 | Dieter Brock | (QB) | Winnipeg Blue Bombers |
| 1980 | Dieter Brock | (QB) | Winnipeg Blue Bombers |
| 1979 | David Green | (RB) | Montreal Alouettes |
| 1978 | Tony Gabriel | (TE) | Ottawa Rough Riders |
| 1977 | Jimmy Edwards | (RB) | Hamilton Tiger-Cats |
| 1976 | Ron Lancaster | (QB) | Saskatchewan Roughriders |
| 1975 | Willie Burden | (RB) | Calgary Stampeders |
| 1974 | Tom Wilkinson | (QB) | Edmonton Eskimos |
| 1973 | George McGowan | (WR) | Edmonton Eskimos |
| 1972 | Garney Henley | (WR) | Hamilton Tiger-Cats |
| 1971 | Don Jonas | (QB) | Winnipeg Blue Bombers |
| 1970 | Ron Lancaster | (QB) | Saskatchewan Roughriders |
| 1769 | Russ Jackson | (QB) | Ottawa Rough Riders |
| 1968 | Bill Symons | (RB) | Toronto Argonauts |
| 1967 | Peter Liske | (QB) | Calgary Stampeders |
| 1966 | Russ Jackson | (QB) | Ottawa Rough Riders |
| 1965 | George Reed | (RB) | Saskatchewan Roughriders |
| 1964 | Lovell Coleman | (RB) | Calgary Stampeders |
| 1963 | Russ Jackson | (QB) | Ottawa Rough Riders |
| 1962 | George Dixon | (RB) | Montreal Alouettes |
| 1961 | Bernie Faloney | (QB) | Hamilton Tiger-Cats |
| 1960 | Jackie Parker | (QB) | Edmonton Eskimos |
| 1959 | Johnny Bright | (RB) | Edmonton Eskimos |
| 1958 | Jackie Parker | (QB) | Edmonton Eskimos |
| 1957 | Jackie Parker | (RB) | Edmonton Eskimos |
| 1956 | Hal Patterson | (DB/OE) | Montreal Alouettes |
| 1955 | Pat Abbruzzi | (RB) | Montreal Alouettes |
| 1954 | Sam Etcheverry | (QB) | Montreal Alouettes |
| 1953 | Billy Vessels | (RB) | Edmonton Eskimos |
Why is it sometimes referred to as the Schenley Award?
The Most Outstanding Player Award was first won in 1953 with it called the Schenley Award, with it named after the Schenley Distillers Corporation, an association it continued until 1988.
The award has since been renamed the CFL George Reed Most Outstanding Player Award, in honour of the legendary Roughrider George Reed, who passed away in October 2023.
Betting on the CFL Most Outstanding Player award
All online sportsbooks catering to Canadians will likely have markets available on the Most Outstanding Player Award. This means prior to the season and once it has began you will be able to bet on the outcome of this award. Some online betting sites that definitely have markets on this category include Bodog and Bet365.
CFL Most Outstanding Player Award betting is very popular, with it a very open award, that could throw up a surprise winner in any given season. CFL Most Outstanding Player Award bet types include both outright winner, top five finishes and even top 10 finishes.
Basically now that Canadian Football League odds are available at legal and local betting sites in Canada, we can see Most Outstanding Player Award betting exploding even further. The advent of regulated sports betting in Canada means that betting sites in certain provinces need to be licensed to accept customers.
For instance there are now licensed Ontario betting sites, that are significantly different to other parts of Canada, that allow residents to wager offshore legally.
Recent CFL Outstanding Player Award Winners
In this section we will give you a rundown of the recent CFL Outstanding Player Award Winners, which is awarded at the conclusion of each season.
2023: Toronto Argonauts quarter back Chad Kelly produced a stunning season to win the Most Outstanding Player Award in his first season as a starter. Guiding the Argos to a 16-2 season, Kelly was given the newly named George Reed Most Outstanding Player Award. Kelly passed 4123 yards and scored 23 touchdowns, while he added eight more on the ground.
2022: Winnipeg Blue Bombers quarter back Zach Collaros was crowned the CFL Outstanding Player Award Winner. for the second consecutive season. Collaros defeated Montreal Alouettes running back William Stanback, who was the East finalist in a glittering ceremony in Hamilton. Collaros was the star of the show as the Bombers went 11-3, throwing 3185 yards on 243-for-346 passing. Collaros also scored 20 touchdowns and six interceptions in his 13 games.