​Bill Walsh Award

The Bill Walsh Award was established in 2004 in honor of San Francisco's Hall of Fame Head Coach Bill Walsh. Walsh served as the team's head coach for 10 seasons from 1979-88. In that time, he compiled a record of 102-63-1 and led the team to three Super Bowls. He was twice named Coach of the Year (1981, 1984) and was later named Coach of the Decade for the 1980s. The award, which is voted on by coaches only, is given to the 49ers team MVP, honoring his outstanding individual annual performance.

Listed below are the 49ers annual award winners since its inception in 2004:

2024 - LB Fred Warner
2023 - RB Christian McCaffrey
2022 - LB Fred Warner
2021 - DL Nick Bosa
2020 - LB Fred Warner
2019 - DL DeForest Buckner
2018 - TE George Kittle
2017 - FB Kyle Juszczyk
2016 - T Joe Staley
2015 - K Phil Dawson
2014 - S Antoine Bethea
2013 - WR Anquan Boldin
2012 - LB Aldon Smith
2011 - DT Justin Smith
2010 - RB Frank Gore
2009 - LB Patrick Willis
2008 - DE Justin Smith
2007 - RB Frank Gore / LB Patrick Willis
2006 - RB Frank Gore / CB Walt Harris
2005 - LB Derek Smith / K Joe Nedney
2004 - DE Bryant Young