NFL Moment of the Year
{{Short description|National Football League award}}
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{{Infobox award
|name = NFL Moment of the Year award
| image =
| year = 2011
| holder = {{ubl|Hail Maryland|(Jayden Daniels and Noah Brown)}}
| presenter = National Football League
| country = United States
| awarded_for =
}}
The NFL Moment of the Year award, officially presented as the Next Gen Stats Moment of the Year powered by AWS and formerly as the Bridgestone Play of the Year, is an annual National Football League award honoring the top moment or play of the season. It was first awarded at the inaugural NFL Honors ceremony in 2011.{{cite web|url=https://www.nfl.com/news/list-of-nfl-honors-award-winners-from-2023-nfl-season|title= List of 'NFL Honors' award winners from 2023 NFL season |website=NFL.com|date=February 8, 2024|accessdate=October 9, 2024}}
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Winners
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| Year
! Player(s) ! Team ! Play ! {{Ref.}} |
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| 2011
| 108-yard kickoff return touchdown vs. New Orleans Saints |
| 2012
| Ray Rice | Short pass to convert on 4th and 29 vs. San Diego Chargers |
| 2013
| Leaping catch in the end zone in triple coverage vs. Cincinnati Bengals | |
| 2014
| {{nowrap|Odell Beckham Jr.}} | One-handed touchdown catch while falling backwards vs. Dallas Cowboys | |
| 2015
| {{ubl|Aaron Rodgers|Richard Rodgers}} | "Miracle in Motown": Game-winning Hail Mary pass as time expires vs. Detroit Lions | |
| 2016
|One-handed catch where the ball was delivered high and slightly behind. Evans instinctually managed to get two feet down along the sideline and Evans absorbed a vicious hit and somehow held onto the ball. This happened while playing the Atlanta Falcons, who had gone to Super Bowl LI. |
| 2017
| {{ubl|Case Keenum|Stefon Diggs}} | "Minneapolis Miracle": Case Keenum threw a 61-yard touchdown pass to Stefon Diggs as time expired in the divisional playoff game against the New Orleans Saints. The play marked the first game-winning touchdown on the final play of the fourth quarter in NFL postseason history. |
| 2018
| {{ubl|Ryan Tannehill|Kenny Stills|DeVante Parker|Kenyan Drake}} | "Miracle in Miami": Lateral play in which Ryan Tannehill threw to Kenny Stills, who lateraled the ball to DeVante Parker, who in turn lateraled the ball to Kenyan Drake, who ran the ball in for a touchdown as time expired in a game against the New England Patriots. The play marked the first successful lateral touchdown since the River City Relay in 2003. |
| 2019
| {{ubl|Matt Haack|Jason Sanders}} | "Mountaineer Shot": Punter Matt Haack threw a touchdown to kicker Jason Sanders in a trick play on fourth down in a regular season game against the Philadelphia Eagles. This was the first touchdown pass to a kicker since 1977. |
| 2020
| {{ubl|Kyler Murray|DeAndre Hopkins}} | "Hail Murray": Kyler Murray threw a 43-yard Hail Mary pass into the end zone that was caught by DeAndre Hopkins over three defenders for the game-winning touchdown against the Buffalo Bills. |
| 2021
| Justin Tucker kicked a game-winning 66-yard field goal, the longest in NFL history, as time expired against the Detroit Lions. |
| 2022
| Justin Jefferson one handed catch on 4th and 18 for 32 yards wrestled from cornerback Cam Lewis to keep the game alive, down four points to the Buffalo Bills in the last two minutes of regulation. | |
| 2023
| On 3rd and 13 at their own 8, Dak Prescott escaped a defender in the end-zone and heaved a 92-yard touchdown pass to CeeDee Lamb. |
| 2024
| {{ubl|Jayden Daniels|Noah Brown}} | {{nowrap|Washington Commanders}} | "Hail Maryland": On the final play against the Chicago Bears, Daniels threw a Hail Mary pass from his own 35-yard line which was tipped by Bears cornerback Tyrique Stevenson at the goal line and caught by Brown. |