Chicago Cubs History: Regaling the top five MVPs in franchise history

Multiple Chicago Cubs players have won MVP honors over the years. But these five particular guys turned in seasons that will stand the test of time.

It has been nearly five years since the Chicago Cubs had a player bring home the National League MVP. Kris Bryant followed his unbelievable 2015 Rookie of the Year campaign year by winning the NL MVP in just his second big league season. More on that later.

The MVP is the coup de grâce of baseball awards. You need not remind fans across the game of the current dominance of Mike Trout and his reign as the undisputed best player in the game today. While nobody can seem to reach those Trout-ian heights, it overtly represents the best in the sport.

Organizing an all-time top-five MVP list can present as a challenge. Between the different eras of the game, the controversy with steroids shrouding the league in vitriolic antipathy or, the present, with an alleged juiced ball driving home run numbers through the roof, there is an eclectic group of players who dominate this list.