Skip to content
Rarest Answer
Powered by Pagefind

Sports

Rarest World Series MVP — All 69 Answers Ranked by Rarity

69 answers are accepted for “Name a World Series MVP”. Larry Sherry is the rarest World Series MVP in this ranking, with 6,078 monthly Wikipedia views (rarity 1.000, Legendary). Bob Turley is the second-rarest with 11,367 monthly Wikipedia views, 1.87× the figure for Larry Sherry. Yoshinobu Yamamoto is the most common World Series MVP in this ranking, with 943,128 monthly Wikipedia views, 155.2× the figure for the rarest. Combined monthly Wikipedia views across the 69 answers: 10,512,315. Larry Sherry is under 0.1% of that total. 14 answers are Epic or Legendary: Larry Sherry (Legendary), Bob Turley (Legendary), Ralph Terry (Legendary), and 11 more.

Quick answer

Monthly English Wikipedia pageviews. Source: Wikidata + Wikipedia pageviews (2026-10).

Ranked answers

69 answers to “Name a World Series MVP”, rarest first. A rarity of 1 is the rarest answer in this prompt.
Rank Answer Tier Rarity Monthly Wikipedia views
1 Larry Sherry on Wikipedia Legendary 1.000 6,078
2 Bob Turley on Wikipedia Legendary 0.985 11,367
3 Ralph Terry on Wikipedia Legendary 0.971 11,663
4 Donn Clendenon on Wikipedia Legendary 0.956 14,625
5 Lew Burdette on Wikipedia Legendary 0.941 15,490
6 Gene Tenace on Wikipedia Epic 0.926 19,283
7 José Rijo on Wikipedia Epic 0.912 19,580
8 Johnny Podres on Wikipedia Epic 0.897 20,763
9 Darrell Porter on Wikipedia Epic 0.882 21,002
10 Pat Borders on Wikipedia Epic 0.868 22,867
11 Rick Dempsey on Wikipedia Epic 0.853 24,422
12 Pedro Guerrero on Wikipedia Epic 0.838 25,976
13 John Wetteland on Wikipedia Epic 0.824 26,122
14 Steve Pearce on Wikipedia Epic 0.809 29,376
15 Scott Brosius on Wikipedia Rare 0.794 29,712
16 Liván Hernández on Wikipedia Rare 0.779 29,818
17 Jermaine Dye on Wikipedia Rare 0.765 30,176
18 Frank Viola on Wikipedia Rare 0.750 30,504
19 Mike Lowell on Wikipedia Rare 0.735 34,901
20 Troy Glaus on Wikipedia Rare 0.721 36,178
21 Bret Saberhagen on Wikipedia Rare 0.706 42,772
22 Bobby Richardson on Wikipedia Rare 0.691 46,123
23 Don Larsen on Wikipedia Rare 0.676 46,947
24 Ron Cey on Wikipedia Rare 0.662 48,582
25 Édgar Rentería on Wikipedia Rare 0.647 49,207
26 Steve Yeager on Wikipedia Rare 0.632 50,769
27 Ray Knight on Wikipedia Rare 0.618 52,586
28 David Freese on Wikipedia Rare 0.603 53,748
29 Alan Trammell on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.588 56,164
30 Pablo Sandoval on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.574 58,646
31 David Eckstein on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.559 59,302
32 Bucky Dent on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.544 62,221
33 Josh Beckett on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.529 66,085
34 Dave Stewart on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.515 71,029
35 Jeremy Peña on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.500 84,645
36 Willie Stargell on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.485 85,360
37 Brooks Robinson on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.471 87,553
38 Whitey Ford on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.456 87,680
39 Jack Morris on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.441 98,171
40 Ben Zobrist on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.426 104,789
41 Tom Glavine on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.412 107,973
42 Rollie Fingers on Wikipedia Familiar 0.397 110,999
43 Mickey Lolich on Wikipedia Familiar 0.382 113,067
44 Cole Hamels on Wikipedia Familiar 0.368 116,204
45 Frank Robinson on Wikipedia Familiar 0.353 122,965
46 Paul Molitor on Wikipedia Familiar 0.338 126,735
47 Hideki Matsui on Wikipedia Familiar 0.324 127,996
48 Mike Schmidt on Wikipedia Familiar 0.309 135,195
49 Stephen Strasburg on Wikipedia Familiar 0.294 136,574
50 William Contreras on Wikipedia Familiar 0.279 137,348
51 Bob Gibson on Wikipedia Familiar 0.265 147,043
52 Madison Bumgarner on Wikipedia Familiar 0.250 149,446
53 Johnny Bench on Wikipedia Familiar 0.235 166,262
54 Orel Hershiser on Wikipedia Familiar 0.221 173,740
55 Corey Seager on Wikipedia Familiar 0.206 174,943
56 Salvador Perez on Wikipedia Common 0.191 176,633
57 Curt Schilling on Wikipedia Common 0.176 206,235
58 Manny Ramirez on Wikipedia Common 0.162 221,899
59 Mariano Rivera on Wikipedia Common 0.147 273,524
60 Reggie Jackson on Wikipedia Common 0.132 390,516
61 George Springer on Wikipedia Common 0.118 425,789
62 David Ortiz on Wikipedia Common 0.103 441,644
63 Roberto Clemente on Wikipedia Common 0.088 481,908
64 Sandy Koufax on Wikipedia Common 0.074 483,998
65 Pete Rose on Wikipedia Common 0.059 492,058
66 Randy Johnson on Wikipedia Common 0.044 499,714
67 Freddie Freeman on Wikipedia Common 0.029 775,582
68 Derek Jeter on Wikipedia Common 0.015 880,915
69 Yoshinobu Yamamoto on Wikipedia Common 0.000 943,128

FAQ

What is the rarest World Series MVP?

Larry Sherry is the rarest World Series MVP in this ranking, with 6,078 monthly Wikipedia views (rarity 1.000, Legendary).

How many World Series MVPs are there?

There are 69 World Series MVPs in this ranking, from Larry Sherry (rarest) to Yoshinobu Yamamoto (most common).

What is the most common World Series MVP?

Yoshinobu Yamamoto is the most common World Series MVP in this ranking, with 943,128 monthly Wikipedia views (Common).

Play

Unlimited mode uses this prompt. A rarer correct answer scores more.

All Sports prompts

Sources

Recorded source: Wikidata + Wikipedia pageviews (2026-10). The answer list is compiled from Wikidata (CC0), and the view counts are monthly English Wikipedia pageviews. Rarity is the percentile of the popularity figure inside this prompt: 1 is the rarest and 0 is the most common. Linked names open the English Wikipedia article stored on that answer.