Heisman Trophy: Winners by Year 1935–2025

College football's most famous individual award, given to the most outstanding player of the season since 1935 and presented by the Heisman Trust.

All Heisman Trophy Winners by Year

Season	Winner	School	Pos
2025	Fernando Mendoza	Indiana	QB
2024	Travis Hunter	Colorado	CB/WR
2023	Jayden Daniels	LSU	QB
2022	Caleb Williams	USC	QB
2021	Bryce Young	Alabama	QB
2020	DeVonta Smith	Alabama	WR
2019	Joe Burrow	LSU	QB
2018	Kyler Murray	Oklahoma	QB
2017	Baker Mayfield	Oklahoma	QB
2016	Lamar Jackson	Louisville	QB
2015	Derrick Henry	Alabama	RB
2014	Marcus Mariota	Oregon	QB
2013	Jameis Winston	Florida State	QB
2012	Johnny Manziel	Texas A&M	QB
2011	Robert Griffin III	Baylor	QB
2010	Cam Newton	Auburn	QB
2009	Mark Ingram II	Alabama	RB
2008	Sam Bradford	Oklahoma	QB
2007	Tim Tebow	Florida	QB
2006	Troy Smith	Ohio State	QB
2005	Reggie Bush	USC	RB
2004	Matt Leinart	USC	QB
2003	Jason White	Oklahoma	QB
2002	Carson Palmer	USC	QB
2001	Eric Crouch	Nebraska	QB
2000	Chris Weinke	Florida State	QB
1999	Ron Dayne	Wisconsin	RB
1998	Ricky Williams	Texas	RB
1997	Charles Woodson	Michigan	CB
1996	Danny Wuerffel	Florida	QB
1995	Eddie George	Ohio State	RB
1994	Rashaan Salaam	Colorado	RB
1993	Charlie Ward	Florida State	QB
1992	Gino Torretta	Miami (FL)	QB
1991	Desmond Howard	Michigan	WR/PR
1990	Ty Detmer	BYU	QB
1989	Andre Ware	Houston	QB
1988	Barry Sanders	Oklahoma State	RB
1987	Tim Brown	Notre Dame	WR
1986	Vinny Testaverde	Miami (FL)	QB
1985	Bo Jackson	Auburn	RB
1984	Doug Flutie	Boston College	QB
1983	Mike Rozier	Nebraska	RB
1982	Herschel Walker	Georgia	RB
1981	Marcus Allen	USC	RB
1980	George Rogers	South Carolina	RB
1979	Charles White	USC	RB
1978	Billy Sims	Oklahoma	RB
1977	Earl Campbell	Texas	RB
1976	Tony Dorsett	Pittsburgh	RB
1975	Archie Griffin		RB
1974	Archie Griffin		RB
1973	John Cappelletti	Penn State	RB
1972	Johnny Rodgers	Nebraska	WR/RB
1971	Pat Sullivan	Auburn	QB
1970	Jim Plunkett	Stanford	QB
1969	Steve Owens	Oklahoma	FB
1968	O. J. Simpson	USC	HB
1967	Gary Beban	UCLA	QB
1966	Steve Spurrier	Florida	QB
1965	Mike Garrett	USC	HB
1964	John Huarte	Notre Dame	QB
1963	Roger Staubach	Navy	QB
1962	Terry Baker	Oregon State	QB
1961	Ernie Davis	Syracuse	HB/LB/FB
1960	Joe Bellino	Navy	HB
1959	Billy Cannon	LSU	HB
1958	Pete Dawkins	Army	HB
1957	John David Crow	Texas A&M	HB
1956	Paul Hornung	Notre Dame	QB
1955	Howard Cassady	Ohio State	HB
1954	Alan Ameche	Wisconsin	FB
1953	Johnny Lattner	Notre Dame	HB
1952	Billy Vessels	Oklahoma	HB
1951	Dick Kazmaier	Princeton	HB
1950	Vic Janowicz	Ohio State	HB/P
1949	Leon Hart	Notre Dame	End
1948	Doak Walker	SMU	HB
1947	Johnny Lujack	Notre Dame	QB/DB
1946	Glenn Davis	Army	HB
1945	Doc Blanchard	Army	FB/LB
1944	Les Horvath	Ohio State	HB/QB
1943	Angelo Bertelli	Notre Dame	QB
1942	Frank Sinkwich	Georgia	HB
1941	Bruce Smith	Minnesota	HB
1940	Tom Harmon	Michigan	HB
1939	Nile Kinnick	Iowa	HB/QB
1938	Davey O'Brien	TCU	QB/DB
1937	Clint Frank	Yale	HB
1936	Larry Kelley	Yale	End
1935	Jay Berwanger	Chicago	HB/LB

20 of 91 winners have a player page here: college data starts in 2011, and winners who never played in the NFL from 2016 on are not in our data. Source: Wikipedia, Heisman Trophy.

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Honors are compiled from public award and league lists; the list text comes from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). A name links to a player page when we have that player in our data and the match is certain; winners from before our data have no link. See an error? Tell us.

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