AVN Award for Male Performer of the Year

The AVN Award for Male Performer of the Year is an award that has been given annually by sex industry company AVN since the award's inception in 1993.

First recipient of the award was Rocco Siffredi, who was awarded at 10th AVN Awards in 1993. As of 2024, Manuel Ferrara is the most honored pornographic actor with six awards followed by Lexington Steele, Mick Blue and Evan Stone with three awards, while four pornographic actors–Rocco Siffredi, James Deen, Small Hands and Tom Byron–have won the award two times. Tommy Pistol is the oldest recipient of the award at the age of 45 in 2022 and James Deen is the youngest recipient of the award at the age of 22 in 2009. The most recent recipient is Isiah Maxwell, who was honoured at the 41st AVN Awards in 2024.