Super Bowl MVPs

Order by the year each player first won Super Bowl MVP, by the calendar year the game was played. You place all 40 cards on one timeline, one at a time. You start with three lives, and ten right in a row wins a lost one back.

Super Bowl MVPs
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Order by the year each player first won Super Bowl MVP, by the calendar year the game was played. Drag or tap it onto the line
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How to play the Super Bowl MVPs timeline game

Each card is a player named Super Bowl MVP, with his team and position printed below the name. Sort them by the year he first won the award, counting the calendar year the game was played rather than the season it capped. One MVP begins on the timeline with his year visible. Every new card needs a gap; choose well and the year appears, choose poorly and the player still moves to his true place while you lose one of your three lives.

The roll covers the whole history of the game, from the first championship meetings to the latest winners. Only a player's first MVP counts, which matters for quarterbacks who collected the trophy more than once. Quarterbacks dominate the list, so the position line rarely helps, though a defender, receiver or returner stands out. Dynasties are the trap: teammates from the same run can sit years apart, and the team names repeat in every era.

Want a longer game? On the deck tree you can tick this deck alongside any other one measured in release years and dates, and they shuffle into a single timeline together.

What's in the deck

Here are 28 of the 40 cards you might be dealt, with 12 more in the deck. Their values stay hidden until you place them.

  • Bart Starr Packers quarterback
  • Joe Namath Jets quarterback
  • Len Dawson Chiefs quarterback
  • Roger Staubach Cowboys quarterback
  • Larry Csonka Dolphins running back
  • Lynn Swann Steelers wide receiver
  • Fred Biletnikoff Raiders wide receiver
  • Jim Plunkett Raiders quarterback
  • Joe Montana 49ers quarterback
  • John Riggins Washington running back
  • Richard Dent Bears defensive end
  • Phil Simms Giants quarterback
  • Jerry Rice 49ers wide receiver
  • Troy Aikman Cowboys quarterback
  • Steve Young 49ers quarterback
  • Desmond Howard Packers kick returner
  • Terrell Davis Broncos running back
  • Kurt Warner Rams quarterback
  • Ray Lewis Ravens linebacker
  • Hines Ward Steelers wide receiver
  • Peyton Manning Colts quarterback
  • Drew Brees Saints quarterback
  • Aaron Rodgers Packers quarterback
  • Joe Flacco Ravens quarterback
  • Nick Foles Eagles quarterback
  • Julian Edelman Patriots wide receiver
  • Cooper Kupp Rams wide receiver
  • Jalen Hurts Eagles quarterback

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