In sports, a Most Valuable Player award is an honour given to the player or players of a team that performed better than the other players throughout a league or contest. It was first used in professional sports, but is now used a lot in amateur sports and other things unrelated to sports, such as business and music awards. A similar award used in sports, often in soccer, is man of the match.

• Iggulden, Hal; Iggulden, Conn (2007). "Baseball's 'Most Valuable Players'". The Dangerous Book for Boys. New York: HarperCollins. pp.50–52. ISBN978-0061243585.