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PFA Men's Players' Player of the Year
History
2024 winner Phil Foden
Sport	Association football
Competition	All levels of English football
Country	England and Wales
Presented by	PFA
First award	1973–74
Editions	51
First winner	Norman Hunter
Most recent	Phil Foden (2024)
Website	Official website

The Professional Footballers' Association Men's Players' Player of the Year (often called the PFA Men's Players' Player of the Year, the Players' Player of the Year, or simply the Player of the Year) is an annual award given to the player who is adjudged to have been the best of the year in English football.^[1] The award has been presented since the 1973–74 season and the winner is chosen by a vote amongst the members of the players' trade union, the Professional Footballers' Association (PFA).^[2] The current holder is Phil Foden of Manchester City, who won the award for the first time on 20 August 2024.^[3]

The first winner of the award was Leeds United defender Norman Hunter. As of 2024, only Mark Hughes, Alan Shearer, Thierry Henry, Cristiano Ronaldo, Gareth Bale, Kevin De Bruyne and Mohamed Salah have won the award on two occasions, and only Henry, Ronaldo and De Bruyne have won the award in consecutive seasons. Of the seven, only Shearer won his two awards playing for different teams. Although there is a separate PFA Young Player of the Year award, young players remain eligible to win the senior award, and on three occasions the same player has won both awards for a season, Andy Gray in 1976–77, Ronaldo in 2006–07 and Bale in 2012–13. Only three non-European players have won the award: Luis Suárez (Uruguay) in 2013–14, Riyad Mahrez (Algeria) in 2015–16, and Mohamed Salah (Egypt) in 2017–18 and 2021–22.

Every spring, each member of the association votes for two players.^[4] A shortlist of nominees is published in April and the winner of the award, along with the winners of the PFA's other annual awards, is announced at a gala event in London.^[5] The award is regarded by the players themselves as extremely prestigious, with Teddy Sheringham describing it in 2001 as "the biggest personal award you can get in the game",^[6] and John Terry stating in 2005 that he considered it "the ultimate accolade to be voted for by your fellow professionals whom you play against week-in and week-out".^[7]

Winners

The award has been presented on 51 occasions as of 2024, with 44 different winners.^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11] The women's award has been presented since 2013, with nine different winners.^[12] The table also indicates where the winning player also won one or more of the other major "player of the year" awards in English football, namely the Football Writers' Association's Footballer of the Year award (FWA),^[13] the PFA Fans' Player of the Year award (FPY),^[14] the PFA Young Player of the Year award (YPY),^[9]^[10]^[15] the Premier League Player of the Season award (PPS),^[16] the Premier League Young Player of the Season award (PYS) and the Football Supporters’ Federation Player of the Year award (FSF).^[17]

Winners of the PFA Players' of the Year
Year	Player	Club	Also won	Notes
1973–74	Norman Hunter	Leeds United
1974–75	Colin Todd	Derby County
1975–76	Pat Jennings	Tottenham Hotspur		^[18]
1976–77	Andy Gray	Aston Villa	YPY	^[19]
1977–78	Peter Shilton	Nottingham Forest
1978–79	Liam Brady	Arsenal		^[20]
1979–80	Terry McDermott	Liverpool	FWA	^[21]
1980–81	John Wark	Ipswich Town
1981–82	Kevin Keegan	Southampton
1982–83	Kenny Dalglish	Liverpool	FWA
1983–84	Ian Rush	Liverpool	FWA
1984–85	Peter Reid	Everton
1985–86	Gary Lineker	Everton	FWA
1986–87	Clive Allen	Tottenham Hotspur	FWA
1987–88	John Barnes	Liverpool	FWA
1988–89	Mark Hughes	Manchester United
1989–90	David Platt	Aston Villa
1990–91	Mark Hughes (2)	Manchester United		^[22]
1991–92	Gary Pallister	Manchester United
1992–93	Paul McGrath	Aston Villa
1993–94	Eric Cantona	Manchester United		^[23]
1994–95	Alan Shearer	Blackburn Rovers	PPS
1995–96	Les Ferdinand	Newcastle United
1996–97	Alan Shearer (2)	Newcastle United		^[24]
1997–98	Dennis Bergkamp	Arsenal	FWA
1998–99	David Ginola	Tottenham Hotspur	FWA
1999–2000	Roy Keane	Manchester United	FWA
2000–01	Teddy Sheringham	Manchester United	FWA
2001–02	Ruud van Nistelrooy	Manchester United	FPY
2002–03	Thierry Henry	Arsenal	FWA, FPY	^[25]
2003–04	Thierry Henry (2)	Arsenal	FWA, FPY, PPS	^[26]
2004–05	John Terry	Chelsea
2005–06	Steven Gerrard	Liverpool
2006–07	Cristiano Ronaldo	Manchester United	FWA, FPY, YPY, PPS	^[27]
2007–08	Cristiano Ronaldo (2)	Manchester United	FWA, FPY, PPS	^[28]
2008–09	Ryan Giggs	Manchester United		^[29]
2009–10	Wayne Rooney	Manchester United	FWA, FPY, PPS	^[11]
2010–11	Gareth Bale	Tottenham Hotspur		^[30]
2011–12	Robin van Persie	Arsenal	FWA, FPY	^[31]
2012–13	Gareth Bale (2)	Tottenham Hotspur	FWA, YPY, PPS	^[32]
2013–14	Luis Suárez	Liverpool	FWA, FPY, PPS, FSF	^[33]
2014–15	Eden Hazard	Chelsea	FWA, PPS	^[34]
2015–16	Riyad Mahrez	Leicester City	FPY	^[35]
2016–17	N'Golo Kanté	Chelsea	FWA, PPS	^[36]
2017–18	Mohamed Salah	Liverpool	FWA, FPY, PPS, FSF	^[37]
2018–19	Virgil van Dijk	Liverpool	PPS, FSF	^[38]
2019–20	Kevin De Bruyne	Manchester City	PPS	^[39]
2020–21	Kevin De Bruyne (2)	Manchester City		^[40]
2021–22	Mohamed Salah (2)	Liverpool	FWA, FPY	^[41]
2022–23	Erling Haaland	Manchester City	FWA, FPY, PPS, PYS	^[42]
2023–24	Phil Foden	Manchester City	FWA, PPS	^[3]

Breakdown of winners

By country

Winners of the PFA Players' Player of the Year by country
Country	Number of wins	Winning years
England	19	1973–74, 1974–75, 1977–78, 1979–80, 1981–82, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1989–90, 1991–92, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 2000–01, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2009–10, 2023–24
Wales	6	1983–84, 1988–89, 1990–91, 2008–09, 2010–11, 2012–13
France	5	1993–94, 1998–99, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2016–17
Netherlands	4	1997–98, 2001–02, 2011–12, 2018–19
Scotland	3	1976–77, 1980–81, 1982–83
Republic of Ireland	3	1978–79, 1992–93, 1999–2000
Belgium	3	2014–15, 2019–20, 2020–21
Portugal	2	2006–07, 2007–08
Egypt	2	2017–18, 2021–22
Northern Ireland	1	1975–76
Uruguay	1	2013–14
Algeria	1	2015–16
Norway	1	2022–23

By club

Winners of the PFA Players' Player of the Year by club
Club	Number of wins	Winning years
Manchester United	11	1988–89, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1993–94, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10
Liverpool	9	1979–80, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1987–88, 2005–06, 2013–14, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2021–22
Tottenham Hotspur	5	1975–76, 1986–87, 1998–99, 2010–11, 2012–13
Arsenal	5	1978–79, 1997–98, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2011–12
Manchester City	4	2019–20, 2020–21, 2022–23, 2023–24
Chelsea	3	2004–05, 2014–15, 2016–17
Aston Villa	3	1976–77, 1989–90, 1992–93
Everton	2	1984–85, 1985–86
Newcastle United	2	1995–96, 1996–97
Leeds United	1	1973–74
Derby County	1	1974–75
Nottingham Forest	1	1977–78
Ipswich Town	1	1980–81
Southampton	1	1981–82
Blackburn Rovers	1	1994–95
Leicester City	1	2015–16

References

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^ McGrath, Mike (29 June 2020). "PFA remain confident annual Player of the Year awards will go ahead". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Phil Foden Named PFA Players' Player of the Year". Professional Footballers' Association. 20 August 2024. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
^ "Gerrard named player of the year". BBC Sport. 23 April 2006. Retrieved 14 March 2008.
^ "United trio lead nominations for PFA award". The Times. London. 16 April 2007. Retrieved 14 March 2008.^{[dead link]}
^ "Sheringham wins second award". BBC Sport. 29 April 2001. Retrieved 14 March 2008.
^ "Terry claims player of year award". BBC Sport. 24 April 2005. Retrieved 24 March 2008.
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^ ^a ^b "Gerrard named player of the year". BBC. 23 April 2006. Retrieved 14 March 2008.
^ ^a ^b "Ronaldo secures PFA awards double". BBC. 22 April 2007. Retrieved 14 March 2008.
^ ^a ^b "Rooney is PFA player of the year". BBC Sport. 25 April 2010. Retrieved 25 April 2010.
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^ "The FSF Awards in association with William Hill (Monday 16th Dec)". Football Supporters’ Federation. 14 October 2013. Archived from the original on 22 July 2015. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
^ First non–English winner, also first player to win both the PFA and FWA awards, having won the FWA award in 1973.
^ First player to win two awards in a single season.
^ First winner from outside the United Kingdom.
^ First player to win both PFA and FWA awards in the same season.
^ First player to win the award twice.
^ First winner of the award from outside the British Isles.
^ First player to win the award with two clubs.
^ First player to win three awards in a single season.
^ First player to win the award in two consecutive seasons.
^ First player to win four awards in a single season.
^ "Ronaldo named player of the year". BBC Sport. 27 April 2008. Retrieved 28 April 2009.
^ Stafford, Mikey (26 April 2009). "Ryan Giggs pays tribute to manager after adding another trophy to cabinet". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 26 April 2009.
^ "Spurs' Gareth Bale wins PFA player of the year award". BBC Sport. 17 April 2011. Retrieved 18 April 2011.
^ "Arsenal striker Robin van Persie named PFA Player of the Year". BBC Sport. 22 April 2012. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
^ "Gareth Bale wins PFA Player of Year and Young Player awards". BBC Sport. 28 April 2013. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
^ First South American and non-European player to win the award.
^ "Chelsea's Eden Hazard named PFA Player of the Year". Goal.com. 26 April 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
^ "Riyad Mahrez: Leicester City forward named PFA Player of the Year". BBC Sport. 25 April 2016. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
^ "Chelsea Midfielder N'Golo Kanté named PFA player of the year". Evening Standard. 23 April 2017. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
^ "Mohamed Salah: Liverpool forward voted PFA Player of the Year 2017-18". BBC Sport. 23 April 2018. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
^ "Virgil van Dijk and Vivianne Miedema win PFA Player of the Year awards". BBC Sport. 29 April 2019. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
^ "PFA Player of the Year: Kevin de Bruyne and Beth England named 2020 winners". BBC Sport. 8 September 2020. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
^ "PFA Player of the Year: Manchester City's Kevin de Bruyne wins second award". BBC Sport. 6 June 2021. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
^ "Mohamed Salah and Sam Kerr win PFA player of year awards". BBC Sport. 9 June 2022. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
^ "Man City's Haaland wins PFA Player of the Year". BBC Sport. 29 August 2023. Retrieved 29 August 2023.

External links

The official website of the Professional Footballers' Association

PFA Players' Player of the Year

1974: Hunter
1975: Todd
1976: Jennings
1977: Gray
1978: Shilton
1979: Brady
1980: McDermott
1981: Wark
1982: Keegan
1983: Dalglish
1984: Rush
1985: Reid
1986: Lineker
1987: Allen
1988: Barnes
1989: Hughes
1990: Platt
1991: Hughes
1992: Pallister
1993: McGrath
1994: Cantona
1995: Shearer
1996: Ferdinand
1997: Shearer
1998: Bergkamp
1999: Ginola
2000: Keane
2001: Sheringham
2002: Van Nistelrooy
2003: Henry
2004: Henry
2005: Terry
2006: Gerrard
2007: Ronaldo
2008: Ronaldo
2009: Giggs
2010: Rooney
2011: Bale
2012: Van Persie
2013: Bale
2014: Suárez
2015: Hazard
2016: Mahrez
2017: Kanté
2018: Salah
2019: Van Dijk
2020: De Bruyne
2021: De Bruyne
2022: Salah
2023: Haaland
2024: Foden

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