Typically, the award goes to the offensive side of the ball, but a handful of defenders have been named MVP as well.

With the matchup set, two-time regular-season MVP and three-time Super Bowl MVP Patrick Mahomes sits atop the oddsboard. Currently, Mahomes' Chiefs are slight favorites to win the Super Bowl, according to the odds .

Saquon Barkley is the rare non-quarterback to be a top-two Super Bowl MVP favorite ahead of this year’s big game between the Eagles and Chiefs, coming in with the second-best odds (+240) to win the award behind Patrick Mahomes (+105). Other than that anomaly, the odds are about as expected.

"As a quarterback, your goal is to be the best player you can be to help the team, and certainly Lamar is doing that," said Peyton Manning.

An MVP has been honored for every Super Bowl, but the trophy, which is named after longtime NFL commissioner Pete Rozelle, was first given out at Super Bowl 25. And one player in this year’s Big Game already owns three of them.

Super Bowl LIX is expected to come right down to the wire. The Kansas City Chiefs are favored by one point over the Philadelphia Eagles in what's expected to be an epic showdown for the Lombardi Trophy.

There are a few ways to become a more historic NFL player than winning Super Bowl MVP.The list of Super Bowl MVP winners features some all-time legends as well as some unlikely heroes. Malcolm Smith,