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Highest Most Valuable Player Award Shares

1st is career first-place votes. AS is award share, the percentage of maximum votes received. See tools for a detailed explanation.

Rnk  Player               From    To  Years  Awards   1st    AS
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1    STAN MUSIAL          1942  1962     18       3  69.0  6.97
2    TED WILLIAMS         1939  1960     18       2  48.0  6.43
3    WILLIE MAYS          1954  1971     15       2  36.0  6.07
4    MICKEY MANTLE        1952  1966     14       3  64.0  5.77
5    HANK AARON           1955  1973     19       1  14.0  5.45
6    JOE DiMAGGIO         1936  1950     12       3  42.0  5.44
7    LOU GEHRIG           1925  1938     11       2   7.0  5.43
8    MIKE SCHMIDT         1974  1987     12       3  61.0  4.97
9    BARRY BONDS          1990  1999     10       3  75.0  4.84
10   FRANK ROBINSON       1956  1973     15       2  41.0  4.83
11   JIMMIE FOXX          1928  1940     10       3  29.0  4.20
12   YOGI BERRA           1947  1961     15       3  23.0  3.98
13   EDDIE COLLINS        1911  1924      7       1   7.0  3.86
14   HANK GREENBERG       1934  1946      8       2  26.0  3.69
15   PETE ROSE            1965  1981     15       1  20.5  3.69
16   BROOKS ROBINSON      1960  1974     12       1  26.0  3.68
17   FRANK THOMAS         1991  1997      7       2  53.0  3.57
18   CHARLIE GEHRINGER    1928  1940     11       1   6.0  3.55
19   EDDIE MURRAY         1978  1990      9       0  12.0  3.33
20   ROGERS HORNSBY       1924  1929      6       2   3.0  3.33
21   GEORGE BRETT         1975  1990     11       1  26.0  3.31
22   WILLIE STARGELL      1965  1979     11       1  19.0  3.30
23   REGGIE JACKSON       1968  1982     13       1  32.0  3.28
24   HARMON KILLEBREW     1959  1971     11       1  18.0  3.25
25   KEN GRIFFEY          1990  1999      9       1  35.0  3.20
26   DAVE PARKER          1975  1990      9       1  27.0  3.19
27   JIM RICE             1975  1986      8       1  25.0  3.14
28   JOE MORGAN           1965  1982      7       2  46.5  3.04
29   AL KALINE            1954  1972     14       0   5.0  2.93
30   PAUL WANER           1926  1937      8       1   0.0  2.88
31   ERNIE BANKS          1954  1969     11       2  32.5  2.83
32   CARL HUBBELL         1933  1941      6       2   7.0  2.82
33   ROBERTO CLEMENTE     1960  1972     12       1   9.0  2.81
34   DIZZY DEAN           1932  1936      5       1   6.0  2.80
35   JOHNNY BENCH         1968  1980     10       2  33.0  2.77
36   MEL OTT              1929  1945     13       0   4.0  2.73
37   BILL TERRY           1927  1935      7       0   0.0  2.71
38   MICKEY COCHRANE      1925  1935      8       2   0.0  2.70
39   LOU BOUDREAU         1940  1949     10       1  24.0  2.67
40   FRANKIE FRISCH       1924  1935      9       1   0.0  2.59
41   KIRBY PUCKETT        1985  1995      9       0   3.0  2.55
42   MIKE PIAZZA          1993  1999      7       0   6.0  2.53
43   WALTER JOHNSON       1911  1924      6       2   0.0  2.53
44   ROY CAMPANELLA       1948  1955      7       3  36.0  2.53
45   GABBY HARTNETT       1924  1939     10       1   3.0  2.52
46   BOB FELLER           1939  1951      7       0  10.0  2.49
47   STEVE GARVEY         1974  1984      9       1  13.0  2.47
48   JOHNNY MIZE          1937  1951     11       0   9.0  2.47
49   RICKEY HENDERSON     1980  1990      8       1  26.0  2.46
50   CHUCK KLEIN          1929  1933      4       1   6.0  2.45
51   WARREN SPAHN         1947  1963     15       0   3.0  2.44
52   AL SIMMONS           1924  1934      8       0   0.0  2.43
53   NELLIE FOX           1951  1963     10       1  23.0  2.43
54   JEFF BAGWELL         1992  1999      7       1  32.0  2.39
55   ALBERT BELLE         1992  1998      6       0  13.0  2.38
56   GEORGE FOSTER        1976  1981      5       1  20.0  2.37
57   ANDRE DAWSON         1979  1991      9       1  14.0  2.37
58   JUAN GONZALEZ        1992  1999      6       2  32.0  2.35
59   CAL RIPKEN           1982  1995     10       2  36.0  2.31
60   DALE MURPHY          1980  1987      7       2  35.0  2.31
61   PEDRO GUERRERO       1982  1990      6       0   5.0  2.29
62   SANDY KOUFAX         1961  1966      6       1  29.0  2.28
63   JOE MEDWICK          1933  1944      8       1   2.0  2.27
64   CARL YASTRZEMSKI     1962  1978     14       1  22.0  2.25
65   HEINIE MANUSH        1926  1937      5       0   2.0  2.25
66   DON MATTINGLY        1984  1994      7       1  28.0  2.22
67   DAVE WINFIELD        1978  1992      9       0   6.0  2.20
68   HAL NEWHOUSER        1944  1948      4       2  19.0  2.13
69   RABBIT MARANVILLE    1913  1933      8       0   0.0  2.12
70   VERN STEPHENS        1942  1950      9       0   6.0  2.11
71   ENOS SLAUGHTER       1939  1952      8       0  10.0  2.10
72   KEITH HERNANDEZ      1979  1986      8       1  13.0  2.09
73   PIE TRAYNOR          1925  1933      8       0   0.0  2.04
74   BILL DICKEY          1932  1943      9       0   8.0  2.02
75   LUKE APPLING         1933  1949     11       0   5.0  2.02
76   RYNE SANDBERG        1984  1992      6       1  22.0  1.97
77   JOE CRONIN           1931  1943      8       0   2.0  1.97
78   DUKE SNIDER          1950  1959      8       0  11.0  1.97
79   BOOG POWELL          1964  1975      6       1  17.0  1.94
80   LEFTY GROVE          1926  1939      8       1   0.0  1.93
81   GARY CARTER          1979  1986      7       0   2.0  1.93
82   TONY GWYNN           1984  1998     12       0   1.0  1.93
83   ROBIN ROBERTS        1950  1956      7       0   9.0  1.93
84   GEORGE BELL          1984  1992      6       1  20.0  1.92
85   HARRY HEILMANN       1922  1928      7       0   0.0  1.92
86   MARK McGWIRE         1987  1999     10       0   3.0  1.92
87   TONY OLIVA           1964  1971      8       0   6.0  1.90
88   MINNIE MINOSO        1951  1960      8       0   5.0  1.90
89   FRANK McCORMICK      1938  1946      8       1  18.0  1.88
90   PHIL RIZZUTO         1941  1953      8       1  22.0  1.88
91   ROGER CLEMENS        1986  1998      7       1  22.0  1.88
92   ORLANDO CEPEDA       1958  1973      8       1  20.0  1.88
93   BILLY HERMAN         1932  1943      7       0   0.0  1.88
94   MATT WILLIAMS        1990  1999      4       0   2.0  1.86
95   EARL AVERILL         1931  1938      7       0   0.0  1.85
96   WILL CLARK           1987  1994      5       0   3.0  1.85
97   MAURY WILLS          1960  1971      8       1  13.0  1.83
98   BABE RUTH            1923  1932      3       1   8.0  1.83
99   ROBIN YOUNT          1980  1989      7       2  35.0  1.80
100  ROD CAREW            1969  1982      9       1  13.0  1.79