NFL MVP, Top Rookies and More 2025 Award Votes Revealed in Insider's Poll of Execs

As the 2025 season winds down, it's time to start wondering which NFL players will be in the running for year-end awards.

NFL.com's Tom Pelissero conducted his annual early awards survey of high-ranking executives from 30 NFL teams, including 21 general managers. Here are the results:

• MVP: Matthew Stafford, QB, Los Angeles Rams
• Offensive Player of the Year: Jaxon Smith-Njigba, WR, Seattle Seahawks
• Defensive Player of the Year: Myles Garrett, DE, Cleveland Browns
• Offensive Rookie of the Year: Tetairoa McMillan, WR, Carolina Panthers
• Defensive Rookie of the Year: Carson Schwesinger, LB, Cleveland Browns
• Coach of the Year: Mike Vrabel, New England Patriots
• Executive of the Year: John Schneider, Seattle Seahawks

Stafford is enjoying one of the best seasons of his career at the age of 37, and he received 18 out of the 30 votes to be named this year's MVP. He currently leads the NFL with 4,179 passing yards, 40 touchdown passes and a passer rating of 112.1 while guiding the Rams to an 11-4 record.

"He has thrown just five interceptions -- the type of ratio that helped Aaron Rodgers win four MVPs in Green Bay," Pelissero explained. "Stafford's passer rating of 132.0 on deep throws (20-plus air yards) and 127.9 against the blitz are both best in the NFL. And he's gotten even hotter down the stretch, throwing at least two passing touchdowns in nine straight games -- a Rams record and the longest such streak in his career."

New England Patriots second-year quarterback Drake Maye finished as the runner-up behind Stafford with five votes. The 23-year-old leads the NFL with a completion percentage of 70.9 percent and would be the youngest player ever to finish the year top the league in that category.

Buffalo Bills star quarterback and reigning MVP Josh Allen received four votes to take home the award for the second straight year. Los Angeles Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert earned one vote.

The other two MVP votes went to Garrett, who was a virtually unanimous pick to win Defensive Player of the Year with 28 out of the 30 votes in that category. Garrett, who won the award in 2023, has continued to ascend as he leads the NFL with 32 tackles for loss and 22 sacks, sitting just a half-sack shy of tying the single-season record.

The NFL will officially unveil its award winners during the annual NFL Honors ceremony during the week of the Super Bowl.