NPB Most Valuable Setup Pitcher Award

The NPB Most Valuable Setup Pitcher Award is given to the best setup pitcher annually. First awarded was given in 1996. The Central League used a complex system to calculate a player's "relief points", while the Pacific League just simply added holds and relief wins to calculate the "hold points". In 2005, Central League also got rid of the relief points method and used the hold point to calculate award winners.

Award Winners (1996-2004)

Year		Central League				Pacific League
		Player	Team	Total		Player	Team	Total
1996		Hirofumi Kono	Yomiuri Giants	12.45 RP		Takeshi Shimazaki	Nippon Ham Fighters	16 HP
1997		Naoya Shimada	Yokohama BayStars	24.75 RP		Takehiro Hashimoto	Seibu Lions	25 HP
1998		Eiji Ochiai	Chunichi Dragons	19.70 RP		Shuji Yoshida	Fukuoka Daiei Hawks	21 HP
1999		Hitoki Iwase	Chunichi Dragons	28.15 RP		Masao Fujii	Fukuoka Daiei Hawks	26 HP
2000		Hitoki Iwase	Chunichi Dragons	26.20 RP		Soichi Fujita	Chiba Lotte Marines	19 HP
2001		Atsushi Kizuka	Yokohama BayStars	28.40 RP		Shuji Yoshida	Fukuoka Daiei Hawks	19 HP
2002		Hirotoshi Ishii	Yakult Swallows	34.60 RP		Shinji Mori	Seibu Lions	32 HP
2003		Hitoki Iwase	Chunichi Dragons	31.15 RP		Shinji Mori	Seibu Lions	26 HP
2004		Shinya Okamoto	Chunichi Dragons	24.80 RP		Yoshinori Tateyama	Nippon Ham Fighters	13 HP

Award Winners (2005-)

Year		Central League				Pacific League
		Player	Team	Total		Player	Team	Total
2005		Kyuji Fujikawa Takeharu Kato	Hanshin Tigers Yokohama BayStars	53HP		Tsuyoshi Kikuchihara	Orix Buffaloes	36HP
2006		Kyuji Fujikawa	Hanshin Tigers	35HP		Hisashi Takeda	Nippon Ham Fighters	45HP
2007		Tomoyuki Kubota	Hanshin Tigers	55HP		Yasuhiko Yabuta	Chiba Lotte Marines	38HP
2008		Tomoyuki Kubota	Hanshin Tigers	37HP		Yusuke Kawasaki	Chiba Lotte Marines	31HP
2009		Tetsuya Yamaguchi	Yomiuri Giants	44HP		Tadashi Settsu	Softbank Hawks	39HP
2010		Takuya Asao	Chunichi Dragons	59HP		Tadashi Settsu Brian Falkenborg	Softbank Hawks	42HP
2011		Takuya Asao	Chunichi Dragons	52HP		Yoshihisa Hirano	Orix Buffaloes	49HP
2012		Tetsuya Yamaguchi	Yomiuri Giants	47HP		Hirotoshi Masui	Nippon Ham Fighters	50HP
2013		Tetsuya Yamaguchi Scott Mathieson	Yomiuri Giants	42HP		Tatsuya Sato	Orix Buffaloes	42HP
2014		Shinobu Fukuhara	Hanshin Tigers	42HP		Tatsuya Sato	Orix Buffaloes	48HP
2015		Shinobu Fukuhara	Hanshin Tigers	39HP		Tatsushi Masuda	Seibu Lions	42HP
2016		Scott Mathieson	Yomiuri Giants	49HP		Naoki Miyanishi	Nippon Ham Fighters	42HP
2017		Kentaro Kuwahara Marcos Mateo	Hanshin Tigers	43HP		Sho Iwasaki	Softbank Hawks	46HP
2018		Kazuki Kondo	Yakult Swallows	42HP		Naoki Miyanishi	Nippon Ham Fighters	41HP
2019		Joely Rodríguez	Chunichi Dragons	44HP		Naoki Miyanishi	Nippon Ham Fighters	44HP
2020		Daisuke Sobue Hiroto Fuku Noboru Shimizu	Chunichi Dragons Chunichi Dragons Yakult Swallows	30HP		Livan Moinelo	Softbank Hawks	40HP
2021		Noboru Shimizu	Yakult Swallows	53HP		Mizuki Hori	Nippon Ham Fighters	42HP
2022		Yariel Rodriguez	Chunichi Dragons	45HP		Kaima Taira Yoshinobu Mizukami	Seibu Lions	35HP
2023		Sotaro Shimauchi	Hiroshima Carp	42HP		Luis Perdomo	Chiba Lotte Marines	42HP
2024		Shinya Matsuyama Takuma Kirishiki	Chunichi Dragons Hanshin Tigers	43HP		Ryusei Kawano	Nippon Ham Fighters	34HP