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Which NFL players have won 3 or more MVPs? The group Lamar Jackson could join in 2024

Ayrton Ostly   Paste BN
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We're on to the second half of the 2024 NFL season as Week 10 kicks off with a "Thursday Night Football" matchup between AFC North foes Baltimore (6-3) and Cincinnati (4-5).

Baltimore's bounced back from an 0-2 start behind one of the top offenses in the league. Since Week 3, the Ravens have averaged 34.2 points and 454 yards per game. Baltimore ranks second in the NFL in expected points added (EPA) per play at 0.19 this season overall.

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Defending NFL MVP quarterback Lamar Jackson is a huge reason for the Ravens' success. He's powering the top passing offense in the NFL by EPA/play at 0.33 (for context, Buffalo is second at 0.27). Entering Week 10, he leads the league in quarterback rating (120.7), touchdown percentage (7.8%), and net yards per pass attempt.

Jackson joined rare company by winning his second NFL MVP award last season. Here's where he stands on winning a third – and the company he'd join.

Lamar Jackson MVP odds

At time of publishing, Jackson is tied for the lead in the NFL MVP race with Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen, per the latest BetMGM NFL odds.

Next five: Jalen Hurts, QB, Philadelphia Eagles (+1500); Joe Burrow, QB, Cincinnati Bengals (+1900); Brock Purdy, QB, San Francisco 49ers (+2500); C.J. Stroud, QB, Houston Texans (+3000); Kirk Cousins, QB, Atlanta Falcons (+3000)

2024 Lamar Jackson vs. prior MVP seasons

Jackson's year so far has looked different than his two MVP seasons. In 2019, he set the single-season rushing record for a quarterback; in 2023, he was slightly less productive but more efficient.

  • 2019 (15 games): 265 of 401 (66.1%) passing, 3,127 yards, 36 touchdowns, six interceptions, 113.3 passer rating; 176 carries, 1,206 yards, seven touchdowns
  • 2023 (16 games): 307 of 457 (67.2%) passing, 3,678 yards, 24 touchdowns, seven interceptions, 102.7 passer rating; 148 carries, 821 yards, five touchdowns
  • 2024 (nine games): 174 of 255 (68.2%) passing, 2,379 yards, 20 touchdowns, two interceptions, 120.7 passer rating; 84 carries, 505 yards, two touchdowns

Jackson is on pace for a career-high 4,229 yards, 35 touchdowns, and a career-low four interceptions passing as a starter in 16 games. If he plays all 17 games, he's on pace for 4,493 yards, 38 touchdowns, and four interceptions, all career-bests.

He doesn't look poised to break his rushing break his rushing record from 2019 but is on pace for 954 rushing yards and four touchdowns if he plays all 17 games.

How many players have won three NFL MVPs?

If Jackson were to win this year's MVP award, he'd become just the seventh player in NFL history to do so. Here are the other six:

  • Jim Brown: 1957, 1958, 1965
  • Johnny Unitas: 1959, 1964, 1967
  • Brett Favre: 1995, 1996, 1997*
  • Peyton Manning: 2003**, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2013
  • Tom Brady: 2007, 2010, 2017
  • Aaron Rodgers: 2011, 2014, 2020, 2021

*=Favre and Barry Sanders shared the MVP Award in 1997.**=Manning and Steve McNair shared the MVP Award in 2003.

Baltimore Ravens schedule

The Ravens have eight games and their bye week left on the schedule, starting on "Thursday Night Football" in Week 10. Here's the rest of their season and opponent records at time of publishing:

This schedules is tied for the 10th-toughest left this season entering Week 10. The Week 18 matchup against Cleveland may be easy on paper but the Browns handed the Ravens their third loss of the season two weeks ago.

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