| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" summary="Season (sortable), Player (sortable), Club (sortable), Other Finalists (sortable)"
!Season
!Player
!Club
!Other Finalists |
| align=center|1996
|{{Flagicon|COL}} Carlos Valderrama
|Tampa Bay Mutiny
|Roy Lassiter, Preki |
| align=center|1997
|{{Flagicon|USA}} Preki
|Kansas City Wizards
|Marco Etcheverry, Carlos Valderrama |
| align=center|1998
|{{Flagicon|BOL}} Marco Etcheverry
|D.C. United
|Cobi Jones, Peter Nowak |
| align=center|1999
|{{Flagicon|USA}} Jason Kreis
|Dallas Burn
|Marco Etcheverry, Jaime Moreno |
| align=center|2000
|{{Flagicon|USA}} Tony Meola
|Kansas City Wizards
|Mamadou Diallo, Clint Mathis |
| align=center|2001
|{{Flagicon|HON|1949}} Álex Pineda Chacón
|Miami Fusion
|Jeff Agoos, Diego Serna |
| align=center|2002
|{{Flagicon|GUA}} Carlos Ruíz
|Los Angeles Galaxy
|Mark Chung, Taylor Twellman |
| align=center|2003
|{{Flagicon|USA}} Preki (2)
|Kansas City Wizards
|Ante Razov, John Spencer |
| align=center|2004
|{{Flagicon|HON|1949}} Amado Guevara
|MetroStars
|Joe Cannon, Jaime Moreno |
| align=center|2005
|{{Flagicon|USA}} Taylor Twellman
|New England Revolution
|Dwayne De Rosario, Jaime Moreno |
| align=center|2006
|{{Flagicon|ARG}} Christian Gómez
|D.C. United
|Jeff Cunningham, Dwayne De Rosario |
| align=center|2007
|{{Flagicon|BRA}} Luciano Emílio
|D.C. United
|Juan Pablo Ángel, Cuauhtémoc Blanco |
| align=center|2008
|{{Flagicon|ARG}} Guillermo Barros Schelotto
|Columbus Crew
|Landon Donovan, Cuauhtémoc Blanco |
| align=center|2009
|{{Flagicon|USA}} Landon Donovan
|Los Angeles Galaxy
|Shalrie Joseph, Jeff Cunningham |
| align=center|2010
|{{Flagicon|COL}} David Ferreira[{{cite web|url=http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/fc-dallas-attacker-ferreira-voted-2010-volkswagen-mvp |title=FC Dallas attacker Ferreira voted 2010 Volkswagen MVP |website=Major League Soccer|date=November 19, 2010|access-date=November 19, 2010}}]
|FC Dallas
|Edson Buddle, Chris Wondolowski |
| align=center|2011
|{{Flagicon|CAN}} Dwayne De Rosario[{{cite web|last=Doyle|first=Matthew|url=http://www.mlssoccer.com/awards/2011/mvp |title=D.C. United's De Rosario voted Volkswagen MLS MVP |website=Major League Soccer|date=November 18, 2011|access-date=November 18, 2011}}]
|D.C. United
|Brad Davis, Brek Shea |
| align=center|2012
|{{Flagicon|USA}} Chris Wondolowski[{{cite web|last=Borg|first=Simon|url=http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2012/11/29/san-joses-wondolowski-wins-2012-volkswagen-mls-mvp|title=San Jose's Wondolowski wins 2012 Volkswagen MLS MVP|website=Major League Soccer|date=November 29, 2012|access-date=November 29, 2012}}]
|San Jose Earthquakes
|Thierry Henry, Graham Zusi |
| align=center|2013
|{{Flagicon|USA}} Mike Magee[{{cite web|last=Borg|first=Simon|url=http://www.mlssoccer.com/mlscup/2013/news/article/2013/12/05/chicago-fire-forward-mike-magee-voted-volkswagen-mls-most-valuable-player|title=Chicago Fire forward Mike Magee voted 2013 Volkswagen MLS Most Valuable Player |website=Major League Soccer|date=December 5, 2013|access-date=December 5, 2013}}]
|Chicago Fire
|Robbie Keane, Marco Di Vaio |
| align=center|2014
|{{Flagicon|IRE}} Robbie Keane[{{cite web|url=http://www.lagalaxy.com/news/2014/12/robbie-keane-named-2014-volkswagen-mls-most-valuable-player|title=Robbie Keane named 2014 Volkswagen MLS Most Valuable Player |website=LA Galaxy|date=December 3, 2014|access-date=December 3, 2014}}]
|Los Angeles Galaxy
|Lee Nguyen, Obafemi Martins |
| align=center|2015
|{{flagicon|ITA}} Sebastian Giovinco[{{cite web|url=http://www.sportsnet.ca/soccer/tfcs-giovinco-named-major-league-soccer-mvp/|title=TFC's Giovinco named Major League Soccer MVP|publisher=Sportsnet.ca|last=Molinaro|first=John|date=December 2, 2015|access-date=December 2, 2015}}]
|Toronto FC
|Kei Kamara, Benny Feilhaber |
| align=center|2016
|{{flagicon|ESP}} David Villa[{{cite web|url=http://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2016/12/06/new-york-city-fc-forward-david-villa-wins-2016-landon-donovan-mls-mvp|title=New York City FC forward David Villa wins 2016 Landon Donovan MLS MVP|website=Major League Soccer|last=Rodriguez|first=Alicia|date=December 6, 2016|access-date=December 6, 2016}}]
|New York City FC
|Bradley Wright-Phillips, Sacha Kljestan |
| align=center|2017
|{{flagicon|ARG}} Diego Valeri[{{cite web|url=https://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2017/12/04/portland-timbers-diego-valeri-wins-2017-landon-donovan-mls-mvp-award|title=Portland Timbers' Diego Valeri wins 2017 Landon Donovan MLS MVP award|website=Major League Soccer|last=Boehm|first=Charles|date=December 4, 2017|access-date=December 4, 2017}}]
|Portland Timbers
|David Villa, Nemanja Nikolić |
| align=center|2018
|{{flagicon|VEN}} Josef Martínez[{{cite web |last1=Bogert |first1=Tom |title=Atlanta United's Josef Martinez wins 2018 Landon Donovan MLS MVP award |url=https://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2018/12/05/atlanta-uniteds-josef-martinez-wins-2018-landon-donovan-mls-mvp-award |website=Major League Soccer |access-date=December 5, 2018 |date=December 5, 2018}}]
|Atlanta United FC
|Miguel Almirón, Zlatan Ibrahimović |
| align=center|2019
|{{flagicon|MEX}} Carlos Vela[{{cite web |last1=Rodriguez |first1=Alicia |title=Carlos Vela is 2019 Landon Donovan MLS Most Valuable Player |url=https://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2019/11/04/carlos-vela-2019-landon-donovan-mls-most-valuable-player |website=Major League Soccer |access-date=November 4, 2019 |date=November 4, 2019}}]
|Los Angeles FC
|Zlatan Ibrahimović, Josef Martínez |
| align=center|2020
|{{flagicon|ESP}} Alejandro Pozuelo[{{cite web |title=Alejandro Pozuelo named 2020 Landon Donovan MLS Most Valuable Player |url=https://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2020/12/07/alejandro-pozuelo-named-2020-landon-donovan-mls-most-valuable-player |website=Major League Soccer |access-date=December 7, 2020 |date=December 7, 2020}}]
|Toronto FC
|Andre Blake, Nicolás Lodeiro, Jordan Morris, Diego Rossi |
| align=center|2021
|{{flagicon|ESP}} Carles Gil[{{cite news|url=https://www.mlssoccer.com/news/new-england-revolution-s-carles-gil-named-2021-landon-donovan-mls-most-valuable-|title=New England Revolution's Carles Gil named 2021 Landon Donovan MLS Most Valuable Player|website=Major League Soccer|date=December 7, 2021|access-date=December 7, 2021}}]
|New England Revolution
|Hany Mukhtar, João Paulo, Dániel Sallói, Valentín Castellanos |
| align=center|2022
|{{flagicon|GER}} Hany Mukhtar[{{cite news|url=https://www.mlssoccer.com/news/nashville-sc-s-hany-mukhtar-named-2022-landon-donovan-mls-mvp|title=Nashville SC's Hany Mukhtar named 2022 Landon Donovan MLS MVP|website=Major League Soccer|date=November 1, 2022|access-date=November 1, 2022}}]
|Nashville SC
|Sebastián Driussi, Andre Blake |
| align=center|2023
|{{flagicon|ARG}} Luciano Acosta[{{cite news|url=https://www.mlssoccer.com/news/fc-cincinnati-s-luciano-acosta-named-2023-landon-donovan-mls-mvp|title=FC Cincinnati's Luciano Acosta named 2023 Landon Donovan MLS MVP|website=Major League Soccer|date=November 27, 2023|access-date=November 27, 2023}}]
|FC Cincinnati
|Thiago Almada, Denis Bouanga |
| align=center | 2024
| {{flagicon|ARG}} Lionel Messi[{{cite press release |url=https://www.mlssoccer.com/news/inter-miami-s-lionel-messi-named-2024-landon-donovan-mls-mvp |title=Inter Miami's Lionel Messi named 2024 Landon Donovan MLS MVP |publisher=Major League Soccer |date=December 6, 2024 |access-date=December 6, 2024}}]
| Inter Miami CF
| Cucho Hernández, Evander |
