Skip to main content

All-Time Grey Cup Most Valuable Players

The Most Valuable Player award is given each year to the best player in the CFL's Grey Cup.

The Canadian Football League awards the Most Valuable Player trophy to the best player of the Grey Cup, the championship game of the CFL.

The MVP was first given to running back Charlie Shepard, who helped the Winnipeg Blue Bombers win the Grey Cup that year.

From 1963-66 the MVP award was not given. Also, from 1974-1990 there was an MVP selected for both offense and defense.

Here is a list of the Most Valuable Players of the Grey Cup.

Grey Cup MVPs

1959 Charlie Shepard (RB), Winnipeg Blue Bombers

1960 Ron Stewart (RB), Ottawa Rough Riders

1961 Ken Ploen (QB), Winnipeg Blue Bombers

1962 Leo Lewis (RB), Winnipeg Blue Bombers

1963-66 Not awarded

1967 Joe Zuger (QB), Hamilton Tiger-Cats

1968 Vic Washington (RB), Ottawa Rough Riders

1969 Russ Jackson (QB), Ottawa Rough Riders

1970 Sonny Wade (QB), Montreal Alouettes

1971 Wayne Harris (LB), Calgary Stampeders

1972 Chuck Ealey (QB), Hamilton Tiger-Cats

1973 Charlie Brandon (DE), Ottawa Rough Riders

1974 Offence: Sonny Wade (QB), Montreal Alouettes; Defence: Junior Ah You (DE), Montreal Alouettes

1975 Offence: Steve Ferrughelli (RB), Montreal Alouettes; Defence: Lewis Cook (DB), Montreal Alouettes

1976 Offence: Tom Clements (QB), Ottawa Rough Riders; Defence: Cleveland Vann (LB), Saskatchewan Roughriders

1977 Offence: Sonny Wade (QB), Montreal Alouettes; Defence: Glen Weir (DT), Montreal Alouettes

1978 Offence: Tom Wilkinson (QB), Edmonton Eskimos; Defence: Dave Fennell (DT), Edmonton Eskimos

1979 Offence: David Green (RB), Montreal Alouettes; Defence: Tom Cousineau (LB), Montreal Alouettes

1980 Offence: Warren Moon (QB), Edmonton Eskimos; Defence: Dale Potter (LB), Edmonton Eskimos

1981 Offence: J.C. Watts (QB), Ottawa Rough Riders; Defence: John Glassford (LB) Ottawa Rough Riders

1982 Offence: Warren Moon (QB), Edmonton Eskimos; Defence: Dave Fennell (DT), Edmonton Eskimos

1983 Offence: Joe Barnes (QB), Toronto Argonauts; Defence: Carl Brazley (DB), Toronto Argonauts

1984 Offence: Tom Clements (QB), Winnipeg Blue Bombers; Defence: Tyrone Jones (LB), Winnipeg Blue Bombers

1985 Offence: Roy Dewalt (QB), BC Lions; Defence: James Parker (DE), BC Lions

1986 Offence: Mike Kerrigan (QB), Hamilton Tiger-Cats; Defence: Grover Covington (DE), Hamilton Tiger-Cats

1987 Offence: Damon Allen (QB), Edmonton Eskimos; Defence: Stewart Hill (DE), Edmonton Eskimos

1988 Offence: James Murphy (WR), Winnipeg Blue Bombers; Defence: Michael Gray (DT), Winnipeg Blue Bombers

1989 Offence: Kent Austin (QB), Saskatchewan Roughriders; Defence: Chuck Klingbeil (DT), Saskatchewan Roughriders

1990 Offence: Tom Burgess (QB), Winnipeg Blue Bombers; Defence: Greg Battle (LB), Winnipeg Blue Bombers

1991 Raghib Ismail (WR), Toronto Argonauts

1992 Doug Flutie (QB), Calgary Stampeders

1993 Damon Allen (QB), Edmonton Eskimos

1994 Karl Anthony (DB), Baltimore F.C.[*]

1995 Tracy Ham (QB), Baltimore Stallions

1996 Doug Flutie (QB), Toronto Argonauts

1997 Doug Flutie (QB), Toronto Argonauts

1998 Jeff Garcia (QB), Calgary Stampeders

1999 Danny McManus (QB), Hamilton Tiger-Cats

2000 Robert Drummond (RB), BC Lions

2001 Marcus Crandell (QB), Calgary Stampeders

2002 Anthony Calvillo (QB), Montreal Alouettes

2003 Jason Tucker (WR), Edmonton Eskimos

2004 Damon Allen (QB), Toronto Argonauts

2005 Ricky Ray (QB), Edmonton Eskimos

2006 Dave Dickenson (QB), BC Lions

2007 James Johnson (DB), Saskatchewan Roughriders

2008 Henry Burris (QB), Calgary Stampeders

2009 Avon Cobourne (RB), Montreal Alouettes

2010 Jamel Richardson (SB), Montreal Alouettes

2011 Travis Lulay (QB), BC Lions

2012 Chad Kackert (RB), Toronto Argonauts

2013 Kory Sheets (RB), Saskatchewan Roughriders

2014 Bo Levi Mitchell (QB), Calgary Stampeders

2015 Mike Reilly (QB), Edmonton Eskimos

2016 Henry Burris (QB), Ottawa Redblacks

2017 DeVier Posey (WR), Toronto Argonauts

2018 Bo Levi Mitchell (QB), Calgary Stampeders

2019 Andrew Harris (RB), Winnipeg Blue Bombers

2021 Zach Collaros (QB), Winnipeg Blue Bombers

2022 Hénoc Muamba (LB), Toronto Argonauts

2023 Cody Fajardo (QB), Montreal Alouettes

Catch up with CFL on FanNation on Facebook and Twitter.