Matthew Stafford captured his first NFL MVP Award, while Myles Garrett won Defensive Player of the Year on Thursday at the 2026 NFL Honors.
5 Matthew Stafford captured his first NFL MVP Award, while Myles Garrett won his second Defensive Player of the Year Award at the 2026 NFL Honors on Thursday in San Francisco.
Jon Hamm hosted the event, which honored the NFL’s top players, featured the newest edition of Pro Football Hall of Fame inductees and included performances from Bay Area legends E-40 and Too Short.
Stafford, 37, accepted the top honor of the night alongside his four daughters, Chandler, Sawyer, Hunter and Tyler on the stage at the Palace of Fine Arts
„I just want to start by saying thank you“, Stafford said on the NBC and NFL Network broadcast. „I’m so humbled to be in front of so many great people, great players and coaches that make this league so special. Just to be in the same breath with you guys is amazing for me.“
Stafford, who led the league with 4,707 passing yards and a career-high 46 touchdowns, also threw just eight interceptions, matching the second lowest-total of his career.
The 17-year veteran earned 24 first-place votes, just one more than New England Patriots quarterback Drake Maye, who finished as the runner-up for the honor.
