Editing Most valuable player (section)

==Selection process==

Generally, MVP awards are given at the conclusion of a multi-step process. In most professional sports leagues, the overall pool of players is initially narrowed down to a list of nominees, called finalists, forming a group from which the individual winner is decided based on regular season performance. This process is typically performing by way of a [[vote]], wherein voters are usually either other players, members of the [[sports journalism|media]] and/or [[coach (sports)|coaches]]. The specifics of this process varies across leagues. Some prominent examples of sports that conduct MVP awards are baseball, basketball, football, ice hockey, lacrosse, soccer, handball and rugby.

===Baseball===

In [[Major League Baseball|MLB]], MVP voting takes place before the [[Major League Baseball postseason|postseason]], but the results are not announced until after the [[World Series]]. The BBWAA began by polling three writers in each league city in 1938, reducing that number to two per league city in 1961.<ref name="ESPN">Gillette & Palmer, pp. 1764–1765</ref> The BBWAA does not offer a clear-cut definition of what "most valuable" means, instead leaving the judgment to the individual voters.<ref>{{cite news |last=Kepner |first=Tyler |title=Where Do You Find Value? Discussing the M.V.P. Criteria |date=September 4, 2011 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |page=SP3 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/04/sports/baseball/blue-jays-bautista-and-yankees-granderson-discuss-mvp-criteria.html?scp=1&sq=baseball%20mvp&st=cse |access-date=September 6, 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141027083831/http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/04/sports/baseball/blue-jays-bautista-and-yankees-granderson-discuss-mvp-criteria.html?scp=1&sq=baseball%20mvp&st=cse |archive-date=October 27, 2014 }}</ref><ref>For the definition that appears on the BBWAA ballot (including pitchers and designated hitters), go to [http://bbwaa.com/voting-faq/ Voting FAQ] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220829205416/https://bbwaa.com/voting-faq/ |date=2022-08-29 }} and '''scroll down'''. Baseball Writers' Association of America. Retrieved November 7, 2016.</ref>

===Basketball===

In the [[NBA]], the protocol for selecting [[NBA Most Valuable Player Award|the MVP]] has shifted throughout the year. Through the 1979–80 season, the basketball players themselves comprised the MVP voting bloc up. Since the start of the 1980 NBA season, a panel of broadcasters and sportswriters are brought together to vote on the MVP award. Every person on the panel casts a vote for their first-place selection all the way to their fifth. A first-place vote nets a player 10 points while a second is worth seven, a third worth five, a fourth worth three, and a fifth worth one. At the end of the voting, the player with the most overall points wins the award.<ref>{{cite web |date=March 31, 2022 |title=How Is the NBA MVP Decided? |website=Basketball Noise |url=https://basketballnoise.com/how-is-the-nba-mvp-decided/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220827055826/https://basketballnoise.com/how-is-the-nba-mvp-decided/ |archive-date=2022-08-27 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Corvo |first=M. |date=June 14, 2021 |title=How voting is done for the NBA MVP and its evolution |website=ClutchPoints |url=https://clutchpoints.com/how-voting-is-done-for-the-nba-mvp-and-its-evolution/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220827055826/https://clutchpoints.com/how-voting-is-done-for-the-nba-mvp-and-its-evolution/ |archive-date=2022-08-27 }}</ref> The current MVP is [[Nikola Jokić]] from the [[Denver Nuggets]].

===American football===
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In the [[NFL]], the MVP award is voted upon by a panel of 50 sportswriters at the end of the [[regular season]], before the [[playoffs]], though the results are not announced to the public until the day before the [[Super Bowl]]. The sportswriters chosen regularly follow the NFL, and remain mostly consistent from year to year. They are chosen based on expertise and are independent of the league itself.<ref>{{cite web |date=December 9, 2019 |title=Here's Who Decides the NFL MVP and How They Choose Him |website=Sportscasting {{!}} Pure Sports |url=https://www.sportscasting.com/heres-who-decides-the-nfl-mvp-and-how-they-choose-him/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220827063253/https://www.sportscasting.com/heres-who-decides-the-nfl-mvp-and-how-they-choose-him/ |archive-date=2022-08-27 }}</ref>

===Ice hockey===

In the [[NHL]], the MVP award voting is conducted at the end of the regular season by members of the [[Professional Hockey Writers' Association]], and each individual voter ranks their top five candidates on a 10–7–5–3–1 point(s) system.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/inside_game/jon_dolezar/news/2003/04/01/dolie_insider/ |title=Foppa shows the most Hart |archive-date=2007-12-05 |access-date=August 4, 2016 |date=April 20, 2003 |url-status=bot: unknown |last=Dolezar |first=Jon |magazine=[[Sports Illustrated]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071205164406/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/inside_game/jon_dolezar/news/2003/04/01/dolie_insider/ }}</ref> Three finalists are named and the trophy is awarded at the NHL Awards ceremony after the playoffs.

===Field lacrosse===

In the [[Premier Lacrosse League|PLL]], the MVP award (and all other awards) are selected by a two-round voting process. In first round voting, players and coaches will vote to determine nominees for each award. In second round voting, Media, PLL Front Office, and PLL Lacrosse Advisory Board vote on nominees to determine winners. Award winners are announced during the Awards Ceremony at the end of the season.<ref>{{cite web |website=Premier Lacrosse League |date=August 26, 2022 |title=PLL Awards |url=https://premierlacrosseleague.com/awards |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220827070227/https://premierlacrosseleague.com/awards |archive-date=2022-08-27 }}</ref>

===Box lacrosse===

In the [[National Lacrosse League|NLL]], the MVP award (and all other awards) nominees are voted on by select media. Each ballot allowed the voting members to rank their top five choices for the award. Each individual voter ranks their top five candidates on a 10–7–5–3–1 point(s) system (similar to the NHL system). The top three vote accumulating individuals will be announced as the finalists for the award. The finalist who accumulated the most points after the voting period ended will be the award winner. In the case of a tie, the tiebreaker is to be decided by the individual who received the most 1st Place votes, followed by the number of 2nd place votes, and so on, until a winner is decided.<ref>{{cite web |title=National Lacrosse League Announces Nomination and Voting Process for End of Season Awards |website=National Lacrosse League |date=11 May 2022 |url=https://www.nll.com/news/national-lacrosse-league-announces-nomination-and-voting-process-for-end-of-season-awards/ |access-date=27 August 2022}}</ref>

===Association football===
MVP is more commonly referred to in [[association football]] as "Player of the Season.” In the [[FIFA World Cup]], the award is called the [[FIFA World Cup awards|Golden Ball]] and is chosen by the [[FIFA]] Technical Study Group.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/soccer-dirty-tackle/lionel-messi-s-golden-ball-win-reasonably-explained-by-fifa-technical-study-group-member-174341628.html |title=Lionel Messi's Golden Ball win reasonably explained by FIFA Technical Study Group member |date=17 July 2014 |access-date=2022-10-06 |archive-date=2022-10-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221014054811/https://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/soccer-dirty-tackle/lionel-messi-s-golden-ball-win-reasonably-explained-by-fifa-technical-study-group-member-174341628.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

In the [[Premier League]], [[Premier League Player of the Season|Player of the Season]] is chosen by a panel assembled by the league's [[Premier League#Sponsorship|sponsors]] consisting of members of "football's governing bodies, the media and fans,” and is announced in the second or third week of May.<ref>{{cite web |title=How the Premier League's awards work |website=Premier League |url=https://www.premierleague.com/news/83956 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170204082122/https://www.premierleague.com/news/83956 |archive-date=2017-02-04 }}</ref>