Japanese Baseball League (1937–1949) won the first
Japanese Baseball League MVP award before
NPB was formed in 1950. was the first player to win multiple MVP awards. was one of only two players to win the award before and after the formation of NPB.
Nippon Professional Baseball (1950–present) Central League is one of just three players with five MVP awards. is one of only two players to win the award in the
Central and
Pacific Leagues. , 1994 CL winner , 2003 CL winner , 2006 CL winner
Pacific League is the only player to win the PL MVP award five times and one of just three NPB players with five MVPs , two-time PL winner , two-time PL winner , 1990 PL winner , 2003 PL winner , 2007 PL winner , 2016 PL winner
Multiple winners There have been 22 players who have won the award multiple times.
Sadaharu Oh currently holds the record for the most awards won, with nine.
Hisashi Yamada (1976–1978) and
Ichiro Suzuki (1994–1996) share the record for the most consecutive awards won.
Yutaka Enatsu and
Michihiro Ogasawara are the only players to have won the award in both the Central League and Pacific League.
Alex Ramírez is the only non-Japanese player receive the award multiple times after the formation of two league system. , three-time consecutive winner , three-time winner ==Wins by team==