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Associated Press · season-by-season honors

AP NFL Awards Ledger

OPOTY, DPOTY, rookie honors, CBOTY and COTY. Award winners and their season performances.

Historical AP eligibility
  • OPOTY: 1972 onward. DPOTY: 1971 onward.
  • AP Rookie of the Year: 1957–1966, shown within the offensive rookie category under its original combined label. Separate OROTY and DROTY: 1967 onward.
  • CBOTY: 1963–1966 and 1998 onward; no AP award in 1967–1997. The early NFL and AFL awards were separate; this ledger lists NFL winners.
  • COTY: 1957 onward.

WAU season selections take precedence over historical AP winners. Career totals without winning seasons do not assign a seasonal winner. Missing data is not zero.

AP NFL Awards Ledger
SeasonAwardWinnerPositionTeamDocumented statisticsEvidence
1981Offensive Player of the YearKen AndersonQBCincinnati Bengals
Passing: 3,754 yards · 29 TD · 10 INT
Passer rating: 98.4
Completions: 300
Attempts: 479
Completion %: 62.6%
Rushing yards: 320
Rushing TD: 1
Source
Established career totals · winning seasons incomplete