2022 Pacific League Most Valuable Player Award

The 2022 Pacific League Most Valuable Player Award went to Orix Buffaloes ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto, the first repeat pitching Triple Crown winner in NPB history. He defended his MVP title with nearly identical numbers (15-5, 1.68, 205 K in 193 IP) to a year prior. In addition to his Triple Crown, he also led in innings, complete games and shutouts.

Voting Results

Finish	Name	Team	Position	1st Place Votes	2nd Place Votes	3rd Place Votes	Points
1	Yoshinobu Yamamoto	Orix Buffaloes	Pitcher	255	7	3	1,299
2	Masataka Yoshida	Orix Buffaloes	Outfielder	7	184	18	605
3	Hotaka Yamakawa	Seibu Lions	1st Baseman	1	24	42	119
4	Roki Sasaki	Chiba Lotte Marines	Pitcher	2	2	19	35
5	Yuki Yanagita	Softbank Hawks	Outfielder	1	3	20	34
6	Kodai Senga	Softbank Hawks	Pitcher	0	3	20	29
7	Go Matsumoto	Nippon Ham Fighters	Outfielder	1	4	7	24
	Hiroya Miyagi	Orix Buffaloes	Pitcher	0	1	11	24
9	Yoshihisa Hirano	Orix Buffaloes	Pitcher	0	2	7	13
10	Koya Fujii	Softbank Hawks	Pitcher	0	2	4	10
11	Shota Abe	Orix Buffaloes	Pitcher	0	0	9	9
12	Keita Nakagawa	Orix Buffaloes	Outfielder	0	0	7	7
13	Kenta Imamiya	Softbank Hawks	Shortstop	0	0	5	5
14	Akito Takabe	Chiba Lotte Marines	Outfielder	0	1	1	4
15	Liván Moinelo	Softbank Hawks	Pitcher	0	0	3	3
	Taisei Makihara	Softbank Hawks	Pitcher	0	1	0	3
17	Hitomi Honda	Orix Buffaloes	Pitcher	0	0	1	1
	Yuma Mune	Orix Buffaloes	3rd Baseman	0	0	1	1
	Shuhei Fukuda	Orix Buffaloes	Outfielder	0	0	1	1
	Yoshinobu Mizukami	Seibu Lions	Pitcher	0	0	1	1
	Hideto Asamura	Rakuten Golden Eagles	2nd Baseman	0	0	1	1
	Hiroaki Shimauchi	Rakuten Golden Eagles	Outfielder	0	0	1	1

33 voters did not pick anyone for 2nd place and 85 did not pick anyone for 3rd place, large increases from a year prior

Source: NPB website