List of Kansas City Chiefs award winners

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This page details awards won by the Kansas City Chiefs, a professional American football team from the National Football League. The Chiefs have never had a winner of the Coach of the Year award, Offensive Rookie of the Year, or Defensive Player of the Year. The Chiefs are tied with the Chicago Bears for the most winners of the Walter Payton Man of the Year award with 5.

The most recent winner of a major NFL award is Patrick Mahomes who won league MVP for the 2022 season, his second time winning the award.

The Chiefs have two awards that are awarded by the team which are voted on by the players and coaches. The Derrick Thomas award is awarded to the team MVP and the Mack Lee Hill award is awarded to the Rookie of the Year.

Mahomes has won the most awards of any Chiefs player. He has won a total of fifteen awards, six awards from the NFL, six from outside the NFL, and three awarded by the Chiefs. He also was a member of 3 different teams that won team awards at the ESPYs. He has won 8 different awards.

2018: Patrick Mahomes, QB
2022: Patrick Mahomes, QB

1984: Bill Maas, DT
1989: Derrick Thomas, LB
1992: Dale Carter, CB
2015: Marcus Peters, CB

2002: Priest Holmes, RB
2018: Patrick Mahomes, QB

1969: Len Dawson, QB (IV)
2019: Patrick Mahomes, QB (LIV)
2022: Patrick Mahomes, QB (LVII)
2023: Patrick Mahomes, QB (LVIII)

1972: Willie Lanier, LB
1973: Len Dawson, QB
1993: Derrick Thomas, LB
2003: Will Shields, G
2009: Brian Waters, G

2015: Eric Berry, S

Awards listed below are awards provided outside of the NFL.

Individual

2016: Eric Berry, S, Best Comeback Player
2019: Patrick Mahomes, QB, Best NFL Player
2021: Laurent Duvernay-Tardif, T, Muhammad Ali Sports Humanitarian Award
2023: Patrick Mahomes, QB, Best NFL Player
2023: Patrick Mahomes, QB, Best Male Athlete

Team

2019: 2018 Team, Best Game, 2018 Regular Season game vs Los Angeles Rams
2022: 2021 team, Best Game, 2021-22 NFL Playoffs Divisional game vs Buffalo Bills
2023: 2022 team, Best Team

2020: Patrick Mahomes, QB
2020: Laurent Duvernay-Tardif, T

2020: Patrick Mahomes, QB
2023: Patrick Mahomes, QB

2024: Travis Kelce, TE

The Ed Block Courage Award has annually honored one player from every NFL team who exemplifies commitment to the principles of sportsmanship and courage. The award is selected by a vote of their teammates.

The Derrick Thomas Award is given to the Chiefs MVP as determined by the players and coaches. The award was named after the former Chiefs linebacker beginning with the 2001 award. Running back Jamaal Charles has won the award more times than any other player. Charles won the award 4 times.

The Mack Lee Hill Award is given to the Chiefs rookie of the year as determined by the players and coaches. It has been awarded since 1966. The award was named after former Chiefs running back Mack Lee Hill beginning in 2001.