Yordan Alvarez Wins AL MVP 2026 Award, Full MLB Voting Results

After putting together the best offensive season for any player in Major League Baseball, Houston Astros star Yordan Alvarez has been named the 2026 American League MVP.

Alvarez garnered every first-place vote and 420 total points in the BBWAA voting to beat out finalists Junior Caminero of the Tampa Bay Rays and Bobby Witt Jr. of the Kansas City Royals.

Having long been established as one of the best hitters in MLB, Alvarez took his game to another level this season. The 29-year-old led MLB in all three triple-slash categories (.316/.432/.601), walks (109) and set a career-high with 42 homers.

Alvarez's 181 wRC+ was 24 points better than any other player in the league. He finished second to Witt among all AL position players in fWAR, but it was only a margin of 0.2 (7.0 to 6.8).

By FanGraphs' offensive value, Alvarez's 60.2 mark was 2.5 points better than Pete Crow-Armstrong (57.7)in second place. They were the only two players in MLB over 50.0 in the category.

Aaron Judge, Shohei Ohtani, Juan Soto and Ronald Acuña Jr. are the only other players with at least one season worth 60.0 in offensive value since 2021.

Alvarez is only the second person ever to win MVP in either league whose primary position is designated hitter after Ohtani. The Astros slugger's previous best finish in AL MVP voting was third in 2022.

Caminero became the first Rays player to finish in the top three of AL MVP voting. He made it after hitting .276/.360/.524 and slugging 42 homers to help Tampa Bay win the AL East and reach the World Series for the third time in franchise history.

Witt has an argument as the best all-around player in the AL. He has been an AL MVP finalists twice in the last three years and finished fourth in 2025.

Alvarez is just the third Astros player to win an MVP award. He joins Jeff Bagwell in 1994 and Jose Altuve in 2017.