List of Green Bay Packers award winners

Black and white photo of Hutson catching a football
Don Hutson won the Joe F. Carr Trophy in 1941 and 1942, becoming the first Packers player to win an MVP award.

The Green Bay Packers are a professional American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The Packers have competed in the National Football League (NFL) since 1921, two years after their original founding by Curly Lambeau and George Whitney Calhoun.[1] They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference (NFC) and play their home games at Lambeau Field in central Wisconsin.[2][3] The Packers have won 13 championships (the most in NFL history), including nine NFL Championships prior to 1966 and four Super Bowls since then. They have captured 21 divisional titles, 9 conference championships, and been to the playoffs 36 times.[4] In NFL history, the Packers have recorded the most regular season victories (805) and the most overall victories (842) of any team, and are tied with the New England Patriots for the second most playoff wins (37).[5]

Dating back to the early years of professional football, NFL players, coaches and executives have been given numerous awards recognizing their on-the-field and off-the-field accomplishments. These awards historically have been given out by the NFL itself, or by various news organizations, including the Associated Press (AP), United Press International (UPI), Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA), The Sporting News (SN), the Pro Football Writers of America (PFWA) and Pro Football Weekly (PFW), among others. They are typically given annually based on what happened during the preceding NFL season. In 1938, the NFL identified the most valuable player (MVP) of the preceding season by giving out the Joe F. Carr Trophy. Don Hutson became the first Packers player to receive this award, winning back-to-back in 1941 and 1942.[6] Over the years, new awards have been created to recognize specific accomplishments. This includes player of the year (often identifying an offensive and defensive player of the year), rookie of the year and comeback player of the year. In addition to player awards, coaches, assistant coaches and executives have all had awards developed to identify their contributions to the success of a team.[7] Although on-field performance awards are widely recognized, various organizations have also developed awards recognizing community service, outstanding character, sportsmanship and philanthropy. One such award, the Bart Starr Award, was named in honor of Packers' quarterback Bart Starr.[8]

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  2. ^ "2023 NFL Division Standings". NFL.com. Archived from the original on June 4, 2022. Retrieved January 4, 2024.
  3. ^ Lewis, Robert (December 4, 2023). "Lambeau Field". Encyclopædia Britannica. Archived from the original on September 12, 2023. Retrieved January 4, 2024.
  4. ^ "Green Bay Packers Franchise Encyclopedia". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Archived from the original on March 24, 2019. Retrieved January 8, 2024.
  5. ^ "List of all the Pro Football Franchises". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Archived from the original on September 22, 2020. Retrieved January 9, 2024.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference CARR was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ Maaddi, Rob (February 8, 2024). "Lamar Jackson is near-unanimous choice for his second AP NFL Most Valuable Player award". APNews.com. Associated Press. Archived from the original on September 25, 2024. Retrieved September 25, 2024.
  8. ^ Cite error: The named reference BREAKFAST was invoked but never defined (see the help page).