MTV Video Music Award untuk Efek Khusus Terbaik

Di bawah ini merupakan daftar pemenang MTV Video Music Awards Best Special Effects in a Video.

Tahun	Artis	Video	Special effects
1984	Herbie Hancock	"Rockit"	Godley & Creme
1985	Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers	"Don't Come Around Here No More"	Peter Cohen, Kathy Dougherty, and Tony Mitchell
1986	a-ha	"Take on Me"	Candace Reckinger and Michael Patterson
1987	Peter Gabriel	"Sledgehammer"	Stephen R. Johnson and Peter Lord
1988	Squeeze	"Hourglass"	Jim Francis and Dave Barton
1989	Michael Jackson	"Leave Me Alone"	Jim Blashfield
1990	Tears for Fears	"Sowing the Seeds of Love"	Jim Blashfield
1991	Faith No More	"Falling to Pieces"	David Faithful and Ralph Ziman
1992	U2	"Even Better Than the Real Thing"	Simon Taylor
1993	Peter Gabriel	"Steam"	Real World Productions and Colossal Pictures
1994	Peter Gabriel	"Kiss That Frog"	Brett Leonard and Angel Studios
1995	The Rolling Stones	"Love Is Strong"	Fred Raimondi
1996	The Smashing Pumpkins	"Tonight, Tonight"	Chris Staves
1997	Jamiroquai	"Virtual Insanity"	Jonathan Glazer and Sean Broughton
1998	Madonna	"Frozen"	Steve Murgatroyd, Dan Williams, Steve Hiam, and Anthony Walsham
1999	Garbage	"Special"	Sean Broughton, Stuart D. Gordon, and Paul Simpson
2000	Björk	"All Is Full of Love"	Glassworks
2001	Robbie Williams	"Rock DJ"	Carter White, Audio Motion, and Clear Post Production
2002	The White Stripes	"Fell in Love with a Girl"	Twisted Labs and Sebastian Fau
2003	Queens of the Stone Age	"Go with the Flow"	Nigel Sarrag
2004	OutKast	"Hey Ya!"	Elad Offer, Chris Eckardt, and Money Shots
2005	Gorillaz	"Feel Good Inc."	Passion Pictures
2006	Missy Elliott	"We Run This"	Louis Mackall and Tonia Wallander
2007	tidak ada penghargaan
2008	Kanye West featuring T-Pain	"Good Life"	SoMe and Jonas & François
2009	Lady Gaga	"Paparazzi"	Chimney Pot
2010	Muse	"Uprising"	Sam Stevens
2011	Katy Perry featuring Kanye West	"E.T"	Jeff Dotson for Dot & Effects
2012	Deka Deka Brothers and Tony "Truand" Datis	"First of the Year (Equinox)"	Skrillex	"Burn It Down" – Ghost Town Media (performed by Linkin Park) "Turn Me On" – Alex Frisch, Joe Harkins, Scott Metzger and Vico Sharabani (performed by David Guetta featuring Nicki Minaj) "Where Have You Been" – BAKED FX (performed by Rihanna) "Wide Awake" – Ingenuity Engine (performed by Katy Perry)
2013	Hall Grady Hall, Jonathan Wu and Derek Johnson	"Safe and Sound"	Capital Cities	"Breakn' a Sweat" – RADICAL FRIEND (performed by Skrillex featuring The Doors)) "It's You" – Royal Post / Paris (performed by Duck Sauce) "Tiny Tortures" – Dustin Bowser (performed by Flying Lotus) "Wicked Games" – Drop and Abel (performed by The Weeknd)
2014	1st 1stAveMachine	"The Writing's on the Wall"	OK Go	"Grab Her!" – Mathematic and Emile Sornin (performed by Disclosure) "Lazaretto" – Mathematic and Jonas & François (performed by Jack White) "Rap God" – Rich Lee, Louis Baker, Mammal Studios, Laundry! and Sunset Edit (performed by Eminem) "Turn Down for What" – DANIELS and Zak Stoltz (performed by DJ Snake and Lil Jon)
2015	Brewer Brewer, GloriaFX, Tomash Kuzmytskyi and Max Chyzhevskyy	"Where Are U Now"	Skrillex and Diplo (featuring Justin Bieber)	"Bad Blood" – Ingenuity Studios (performed by Taylor Swift featuring Kendrick Lamar) "Fucking Young/Death Camp" – GloriaFX (performed by Tyler, The Creator) "Telegraph Ave." – GloriaFX (performed by Childish Gambino) "Two Weeks" – GloriaFX, Tomash Kuzmytskyi and Max Chyzhevskyy (performed by FKA Twigs)
2016	Heymann, VaniaVania Heymann and GloriaFX	"Up&Up"	Coldplay	"Can't Feel My Face" – Louis Mackall and T.J. Burke (performed by The Weeknd) M3LL155X – Lewis Saunders and Jihoon Yoo (performed by FKA twigs) "Pillowtalk" – David Smith (performed by Zayn) "Send My Love (To Your New Lover)" – Jonathan Box and MPC (performed by Adele)
2017	Hall Jonah Hall of Timber	"HUMBLE."	Kendrick Lamar	"Chained to the Rhythm" – MIRADA (performed by Katy Perry featuring Skip Marley) "Dis Generation" – Brandon Hirzel of Bemo (performed by A Tribe Called Quest) "iSpy" – Max Colt and Tomash Kuzmytskyi of GloriaFX (performed by Kyle featuring Lil Yachty) "Sign of the Times" – Cédric Nivoliez of ONE MORE (performed by Harry Styles)
2018	Loris Paillier at BUF Paris	"All the Stars"	Kendrick Lamar and SZA	"Lonely Together" – KPP (performed by Avicii featuring Rita Ora) "Look What You Made Me Do" – Ingenuity Studios (performed by Taylor Swift) "No Tears Left to Cry" – Dominique Vidal and Loris Paillier at BUF Paris (performed by Ariana Grande) "Wait" – Timber (performed by Maroon 5) "Walk on Water" – Rich Lee for Drive Studios (performed by Eminem featuring Beyoncé)
2019	Loris Paillier and Lucas Salton for BUF VFX	"ME!"	Taylor Swift (featuring Brendon Urie of Panic! at the Disco)	GloriaFX, Sergii Mashevskyi and Anatolii Kuzmytskyi – "Just Us" (performed by DJ Khaled featuring SZA) Bryan Fugal of Centralfugal Productions, Ryan Ross and Andres Jaramillo – "When the Party's Over" (performed by Billie Eilish) Analog – "Cellophane" (performed by FKA Twigs) Fabrice Lagayette at Mathematic – "God Is a Woman" (performed by Ariana Grande) Ethan Chancer – "No New Friends" (performed by LSD)
2020	EIGHTY4 and Mathematic	"Physical"	Dua Lipa	"Adore You" – Mathematic (performed by Harry Styles) "All the Good Girls Go to Hell" – Drive Studios (performed by Billie Eilish) "Highest in the Room" – Ingenuity Studios (performed by Travis Scott) "I Love Me" – Hoody FX (performed by Demi Lovato) "Rain on Me" – Ingenuity Studios (performed by Lady Gaga with Ariana Grande)