List of Chicago Bears award winners

Running back Gale Sayers was named the UPI NFL Rookie of the Year in 1965.

The Chicago Bears are an American football franchise currently playing in the National Football League. The following is a list of all the awards the franchise has acquired over since its inception in 1920.

Individual league awards

Most Valuable Player
# Player Season Awarding Organization Ref
1 Sid Luckman 1943 Joe F. Carr Trophy
2 Harlon Hill 1955 NEA
3 Walter Payton(1) 1977 PFWA, AP, FD [1]
-- Walter Payton(2) 1985 NEA
Super Bowl MVP
# Player Season Awarding Organization Ref
1 Richard Dent 1985 (XX) NFL
Offensive Player of the Year
# Player Season Awarding Organization Ref
1 Walter Payton 1977 AP
Defensive Player of the Year
# Player Season Awarding Organization Ref
1 Dick Butkus(1) 1969 NEA
-- Dick Butkus(2) 1970 NEA
2 Mike Singletary(1) 1985 AP [1]
-- Mike Singletary(2) 1988 AP, NEA [1]
3 Brian Urlacher 2001 FD [1]
-- Brian Urlacher 2005 AP [1]
Offensive Rookie of the Year
# Player Season Awarding Organization Ref
1 Mike Ditka 1961 UPI
2 Ronnie Bull 1962 UPI
3 Gale Sayers 1965 UPI, NEA
4 Jim McMahon 1982 UPI
5 Rashaan Salaam 1995 UPI
6 Anthony Thomas 2001 AP
Defensive Rookie of the Year
# Player Season Awarding Organization Ref
1 J. C. Caroline 1956 SN
2 Wally Chambers 1973 AP, FD
3 Mark Carrier 1990 UPI, AP, FD
4 Brian Urlacher 2000 AP, FD
5 Charles Tillman 2003 FD
Coach of the Year
# Coach Season Awarding Organization Ref
1 George Halas(1) 1963 UPI, SN, AP
-- George Halas(2) 1965 UPI, SN, AP
2 Jack Pardee 1976 UPI
3 Mike Ditka(1) 1985 UPI, SN, AP, FD
-- Mike Ditka(2) 1988 UPI, PFW, AP, FD
4 Dave Wannstedt 1994 UPI
5 Dick Jauron 2001 SN, PFW, AP, MFC, FD
6 Lovie Smith 2005 PFW, AP
7 Matt Nagy
 2019 NFL
Bert Bell Award
# Player Season Awarding Organization Ref
1 Walter Payton 1985 MFC
Man of the Year Award
# Player Season Awarding Organization Ref
1 Walter Payton 1977 NFL
2 Dave Duerson 1987 NFL
3 Mike Singletary 1990 NFL
4 Jim Flanigan 2000 NFL
5 Charles Tillman 2013 NFL
NFC Player of the Year
# Player Season Awarding Organization Ref
1 Wally Chambers 1976 (Defense) UPI
2 Walter Payton(1) 1977 (Offense) UPI [1]
3 Mike Singletary(1) 1984 (Defense) UPI
-- Walter Payton(2) 1985 (Offense) UPI
-- Mike Singletary(2) 1985 (Defense) UPI
-- Mike Singletary(3) 1988 (Defense) UPI
NFC Rookie of the Year
# Player Season Awarding Organization Ref
1 Jim McMahon 1982 UPI
2 Mark Carrier 1990 UPI
3 Rashaan Salaam 1995 UPI

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Who are the 10 greatest Chicago Bears of all time?". FOX Sports. Retrieved June 3, 2025.
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