Heisman Winners - Complete List

January 5, 2021 by Staff

The Heisman Trophy is named after John W. Heisman, noted collegiate player and coach who is recognized as the inventor of the forward pass. The award is voted by hundreds of sports journalists around the country and past Heisman Trophy recipients.

For more information, visit the official Heisman website.

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 - Cameron Newton, Auburn, QB
2009 - Mark Ingram, Alabama, RB
2008 - Sam Bradford, Oklahoma, QB
2007 - Tim Tebow, Florida, QB
2006 - Troy Smith, Ohio State, QB
2005 - *-Vacated
2004 - Matt Leinart, Southern California, QB
2003 - Jason White, Oklahoma, QB
2002 - Carson Palmer, Southern California, 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 St., TB
1994 - Rashaan Salaam, Colorado, RB
1993 - Charlie Ward, Florida State, QB
1992 - Gino Torretta, Miami, QB
1991 - Desmond Howard, Michigan, WR
1990 - Ty Detmer, Brigham Young, QB
1989 - Andre Ware, Houston, QB
1988 - Barry Sanders, Oklahoma State, RB
1987 - Tim Brown, Notre Dame, WR
1986 - Vinny Testaverde, Miami, QB
1985 - Bo Jackson, Auburn, TB
1984 - Doug Flutie, Boston College, QB
1983 - Mike Rozier, Nebraska, TB
1982 - Herschel Walker, Georgia, HB
1981 - Marcus Allen, Southern California, TB
1980 - George Rogers, South Carolina, HB
1979 - Charles White, Southern California, TB
1978 - Billy Sims, Oklahoma, HB
1977 - Earl Campbell, Texas, FB
1976 - Tony Dorsett, Pittsburgh, HB
1975 - Archie Griffin, Ohio State, HB
1974 - Archie Griffin, Ohio State, HB
1973 - John Cappelletti, Penn State, HB
1972 - Johnny Rodgers, Nebraska, FL
1971 - Pat Sullivan, Auburn, QB
1970 - Jim Plunkett, Stanford, QB
1969 - Steve Owens, Oklahoma, HB
1968 - O.J. Simpson, Southern California, TB
1967 - Gary Beban, UCLA, QB
1966 - Steve Spurrier, Florida, QB
1965 - Mike Garrett, Southern California, TB
1964 - John Huarte, Notre Dame, QB
1963 - Roger Staubach, Navy, QB
1962 - Terry Baker, Oregon State, QB
1961 - Ernie Davis, Syracuse, HB
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 - John Lattner, Notre Dame, HB
1952 - Billy Vessels, Oklahoma, HB
1951 - Dick Kazmaier, Princeton, HB
1950 - Vic Janowicz, Ohio State, HB
1949 - Leon Hart, Notre Dame, E
1948 - Doak Walker, SMU, HB
1947 - John Lujack, Notre Dame, QB
1946 - Glenn Davis, Army, HB
1945 - Doc Blanchard, Army, HB
1944 - Les Horvath, Ohio State, 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
1938 - Davey O'Brien, Texas Christian, QB
1937 - Clint Frank, Yale, HB
1936 - Larry Kelley, Yale, E
1935 - Jay Berwanger, Chicago, HB

*-Reggie Bush, Southern California, RB, won the award by a lopsided margin over Vince Young (QB, Texas) and Matt Leinart (QB, USC). However, in the wake of a 2010 NCAA ruling handed down five years later, Bush was ruled to have been ineligible as a player and the NCAA placed the USC program on 4 years of probation. Mr. Bush forfeited the 2005 Heisman Trophy on September 14, 2010. The Heisman Trust considers the 2005 award as "vacated".