2015 Central League Most Valuable Player Award

The 2015 Central League Most Valuable Player Award went to Tetsuto Yamada of the Yakult Swallows, who led the league in OBP, slugging, home runs, doubles and steals while having a 30-30 season; he was the first player in CL annals to lead the league in both home runs and swipes. He had all but 8 of the 270 first-place votes.

Voting Results

Finish	Name	Team	Position	1st Place Votes	2nd Place Votes	3rd Place Votes	Points
1	Tetsuto Yamada	Yakult Swallows	2nd Baseman	262	7	1	1,332
2	Shingo Kawabata	Yakult Swallows	3rd Baseman	1	101	60	368
3	Tony Barnette	Yakult Swallows	Pitcher	2	51	50	213
4	Kazuhiro Hatakeyama	Yakult Swallows	1st Baseman	0	36	52	160
5	Masanori Ishikawa	Yakult Swallows	Pitcher	3	14	17	74
6	Kenta Maeda	Hiroshima Carp	Pitcher	1	15	14	64
7	Miles Mikolas	Yomiuri Giants	Pitcher	0	5	3	18
8	Shintaro Fujinami	Hanshin Tigers	Pitcher	0	1	9	12
	Yoshitomo Tsutsugo	Yokohama BayStars	Outfielder	0	3	3	12
10	Kris Johnson	Hiroshima Carp	Pitcher	0	2	5	11
11	Hayato Sakamoto	Yomiuri Giants	Shortstop	1	0	0	5
12	Yuhei Nakamura	Yakult Swallows	Catcher	0	0	3	3
13	Ryo Akiyoshi	Yakult Swallows	Pitcher	0	0	1	1
	Shohei Tateyama	Yakult Swallows	Pitcher	0	0	1	1
	Logan Ondrusek	Yakult Swallows	Pitcher	0	0	1	1
	Hirokazu Sawamura	Yomiuri Giants	Pitcher	0	0	1	1
	Tomoyuki Sugano	Yomiuri Giants	Pitcher	0	0	1	1
	Takashi Toritani	Hanshin Tigers	Shortstop	0	0	1	1
	Hiroki Kuroda	Hiroshima Carp	Pitcher	0	0	1	1

35 voters did not pick any second-place finisher; 46 did not vote for third place