most valuable player

noun

: the player who contributes the most to his or her team's success

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Four others, including MLS Cup most valuable player Gaston Brugman and forward Dejan Joveljc, who scored a playoff-high six goals, had to be traded to get the team under the league’s tight salary cap. Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2025 The Chiefs’ annual most valuable player award went to an offensive lineman for the first time in nearly three decades. Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 21 Feb. 2025 Massey, the game’s most valuable player, scored 16 points on 7 of 12 shooting and also had six rebounds. Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Mar. 2025 But what’s a nice rookie moment to an archetypal fourth-down highlight from the sport’s most valuable player? Steven Louis Goldstein, The Athletic, 13 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for most valuable player

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“Most valuable player.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/most%20valuable%20player. Accessed 26 Mar. 2025.

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