While the MVP has turned into the 'best quarterback' award for over a decade now, it's still possible that a non-quarterback wins the award, but I am not sure that happens anytime soon. As we rapidly approach the 2026 NFL Season, most can agree who the very top MVP candidates are this year. It's absolutely some variation of the league's best quarterbacks, obviously, and that should remain the case throughout the regular season, but instead of looking at the five or 10 most logical MVP candidates, we've opened this list up into the 20 most likely MVP candidates. This is going to be a bit of a predictions article, but we're also going to use recent production and overall talent to rank the top 20 MVP candidates for the 2026 season. Power-ranking the top 20 MVP candidates for the 2026 NFL Season20.