K League Most Valuable Player Award

The K League Most Valuable Player Award is a football award for players in K League. The award is given to the player deemed the most valuable player in the league each season.

Winners

K League 1 award

Marcão is the first player to win the MVP award at both K League 1 and K League 2.
Season Player Position Club Ref.
1983 Park Sung-hwa Defender Hallelujah FC [1]
1984 Park Chang-sun Midfielder Daewoo Royals [2]
1985 Han Moon-bae Defender Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso [3]
1986 Lee Heung-sil Midfielder POSCO Atoms [4]
1987 Chung Hae-won Forward Daewoo Royals [5]
1988 Park Kyung-hoon Defender POSCO Atoms [6]
1989 Noh Soo-jin Forward Yukong Elephants [7]
1990 Choi Jin-han Midfielder Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso [8]
1991 Chung Yong-hwan Defender Daewoo Royals [9]
1992 Hong Myung-bo Defender POSCO Atoms [10]
1993 Lee Sang-yoon Midfielder Ilhwa Chunma [11]
1994 Ko Jeong-woon Midfielder Ilhwa Chunma [12]
1995 Shin Tae-yong Midfielder Ilhwa Chunma [13]
1996 Kim Hyun-seok Midfielder Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i [14]
1997 Kim Joo-sung Defender Busan Daewoo Royals [15]
1998 Ko Jong-soo Midfielder Suwon Samsung Bluewings [16]
1999 Ahn Jung-hwan Forward Busan Daewoo Royals [17]
2000 Choi Yong-soo Forward Anyang LG Cheetahs [18]
2001 Shin Tae-yong (2) Midfielder Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma [19]
2002 Kim Dae-eui Forward Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma [20]
2003 Kim Do-hoon Forward Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma [21]
2004 Nádson Forward Suwon Samsung Bluewings [22]
2005 Lee Chun-soo Midfielder Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i [23]
2006 Kim Do-heon Midfielder Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma [24]
2007 André Luiz Tavares Midfielder Pohang Steelers [25]
2008 Lee Woon-jae Goalkeeper Suwon Samsung Bluewings [26]
2009 Lee Dong-gook Forward Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors [27]
2010 Kim Eun-jung Forward Jeju United [28]
2011 Lee Dong-gook (2) Forward Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors [29]
2012 Dejan Damjanović Forward FC Seoul [30]
2013 Kim Shin-wook Forward Ulsan Hyundai [31]
2014 Lee Dong-gook (3) Forward Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors [32]
2015 Lee Dong-gook (4) Forward Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors [33]
2016 Jung Jo-gook Forward Gwangju FC [34]
2017 Lee Jae-sung Midfielder Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors [35]
2018 Marcão Forward Gyeongnam FC [36]
2019 Kim Bo-kyung Midfielder Ulsan Hyundai [37]
2020 Son Jun-ho Midfielder Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors [38]
2021 Hong Jeong-ho Defender Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors [39]
2022 Lee Chung-yong Midfielder Ulsan Hyundai [40]
2023 Kim Young-gwon Defender Ulsan Hyundai [41]
2024 Jo Hyeon-woo Goalkeeper Ulsan HD [42]
2025 Lee Dong-gyeong Midfielder Gimcheon Sangmu
Ulsan HD
[43]

K League 2 award

Season Player Position Club Ref.
2013 Lee Keun-ho Forward Sangju Sangmu [44]
2014 Adriano Michael Jackson Forward Daejeon Citizen [45]
2015 Johnathan Goiano Forward Daegu FC [46]
2016 Kim Dong-chan Forward Daejeon Citizen [47]
2017 Marcão Forward Gyeongnam FC [48]
2018 Na Sang-ho Forward Gwangju FC [49]
2019 Lee Dong-jun Midfielder Busan IPark [50]
2020 An Byong-jun Forward Suwon FC [51]
2021 An Byong-jun (2) Forward Busan IPark [51]
2022 Ahn Young-kyu Defender Gwangju FC [52]
2023 Valdívia Midfielder Jeonnam Dragons [53]
2024 Matheus Oliveira Forward FC Anyang [54]
2025 Gerso Fernandes Forward Incheon United [55]

See also

References

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