Template:About Template:Use dmy dates Template:Short description Template:Infobox sports award 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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).<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The current holder is Phil Foden of Manchester City, who won the award for the first time on 20 August 2024.<ref name="recent"/>
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.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> 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.<ref>Template:Cite newsTemplate:Dead linkTemplate:Cbignore</ref> 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",<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> 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".<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
WinnersEdit
The award has been presented on 51 occasions as of 2024, with 44 different winners.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="A1">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="A2">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="rooney10" /> The women's award has been presented since 2013, with nine different winners.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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),<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> the PFA Fans' Player of the Year award (FPY),<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> the PFA Young Player of the Year award (YPY),<ref name="A1" /><ref name="A2" /><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> the Premier League Player of the Season award (PPS),<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> the Premier League Young Player of the Season award (PYS) and the Football Supporters’ Federation Player of the Year award (FSF).<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Breakdown of winnersEdit
By countryEdit
Country | Number of wins | Winning years |
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Template:Flag | check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }} | 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 |
Template:Flag | check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }} | 1983–84, 1988–89, 1990–91, 2008–09, 2010–11, 2012–13 |
Template:Flag | check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }} | 1993–94, 1998–99, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2016–17 |
Template:Flag | check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }} | 1997–98, 2001–02, 2011–12, 2018–19 |
Template:Flag | check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }} | 1976–77, 1980–81, 1982–83 |
Template:Flag | check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }} | 1978–79, 1992–93, 1999–2000 |
Template:Flag | check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }} | 2014–15, 2019–20, 2020–21 |
Template:Flag | check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }} | 2006–07, 2007–08 |
Template:Flag | check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }} | 2017–18, 2021–22 |
Template:Flag | check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }} | 1975–76 |
Template:Flag | check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }} | 2013–14 |
Template:Flag | check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }} | 2015–16 |
Template:Flag | check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }} | 2022–23 |
By clubEdit
Club | Number of wins | Winning years |
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Manchester United | check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }} | 1988–89, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1993–94, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10 |
Liverpool | check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }} | 1979–80, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1987–88, 2005–06, 2013–14, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2021–22 |
Tottenham Hotspur | check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }} | 1975–76, 1986–87, 1998–99, 2010–11, 2012–13 |
Arsenal | check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }} | 1978–79, 1997–98, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2011–12 |
Manchester City | check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }} | 2019–20, 2020–21, 2022–23, 2023–24 |
Chelsea | check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }} | 2004–05, 2014–15, 2016–17 |
Aston Villa | check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }} | 1976–77, 1989–90, 1992–93 |
Everton | check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }} | 1984–85, 1985–86 |
Newcastle United | check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }} | 1995–96, 1996–97 |
Leeds United | check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }} | 1973–74 |
Derby County | check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }} | 1974–75 |
Nottingham Forest | check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }} | 1977–78 |
Ipswich Town | check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }} | 1980–81 |
Southampton | check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }} | 1981–82 |
Blackburn Rovers | check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }} | 1994–95 |
Leicester City | check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }} | 2015–16 |
See alsoEdit
ReferencesEdit
External linksEdit
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