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FWA Footballer of the Year

Annual award

Annual award

FieldValue
nameFWA Footballer of the Year
imageSalah_in_2018.jpg
image_size200px
captionMohamed Salah won the award in 2025.
sportAssociation football
competitionAll levels of English football
countryEngland and Wales
presenterFWA
first1947–48
number77
firstwinnerENG Stanley Matthews
mostwinsEGY Mohamed Salah
FRA Thierry Henry (3 awards each)
mostrecentEGY Mohamed Salah
url
Note

the men's award

FRA Thierry Henry (3 awards each) The Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year (often called the FWA Footballer of the Year, or in England simply the Footballer of the Year) is an annual award given to the player who is adjudged to have been the best of the season in English football. The award has been presented since the 1947–48 season, with the inaugural winner being Blackpool winger Stanley Matthews. The latest winner of the award as of 2024–25 is Mohamed Salah of Liverpool. Nine players have won the award on more than one occasion, with Thierry Henry and Mohamed Salah having won the award on the most occasions, with three wins each.

The winner is selected by a vote amongst the members of the Football Writers' Association (FWA), which comprises around 400 football journalists based throughout England. The award was instigated at the suggestion of Charles Buchan, a former professional footballer turned journalist and one of the Association's founders.

Winners

The award has been presented on 77 occasions as of 2025, to 68 players. On one occasion two players shared the award for a season. 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 Professional Footballers' Association's Players' Player of the Year award (PPY), Fans' Player of the Year award (FPY), the Young Player of the Year award (YPY), the Premier League Player of the Season award (PPS), the Premier League Young Player of the Season award (PYPS),

YearPlayerClubAlso wonNotes
1947–48Stanley MatthewsBlackpool
1948–49Manchester United
1949–50Arsenal
1950–51Blackpool
1951–52Wolverhampton Wanderers
1952–53Bolton Wanderers
1953–54Preston North End
1954–55Manchester City
1955–56Manchester City
1956–57(2)Preston North End
1957–58Tottenham Hotspur
1958–59Luton Town
1959–60Wolverhampton Wanderers
1960–61(2)Tottenham Hotspur
1961–62Burnley
1962–63(2)Stoke City
1963–64West Ham United
1964–65Leeds United
1965–66Manchester United
1966–67Leeds United
1967–68Manchester United
1968–69
Manchester City
Derby County
1969–70Leeds United
1970–71Arsenal
1971–72Stoke City
1972–73Tottenham Hotspur
1973–74Liverpool
1974–75Fulham
1975–76Liverpool
1976–77Liverpool
1977–78Nottingham Forest
1978–79Liverpool
1979–80LiverpoolPPY
1980–81Ipswich Town
1981–82Tottenham Hotspur
1982–83(2)LiverpoolPPY
1983–84LiverpoolPPY
1984–85Everton
1985–86EvertonPPY
1986–87Tottenham HotspurPPY
1987–88LiverpoolPPY
1988–89Liverpool
1989–90(2)Liverpool
1990–91Leeds United
1991–92(2)Tottenham Hotspur
1992–93Sheffield Wednesday
1993–94Blackburn Rovers
1994–95Tottenham Hotspur
1995–96Manchester United
1996–97Chelsea
1997–98ArsenalPPY
1998–99Tottenham HotspurPPY
1999–2000Manchester UnitedPPY
2000–01Manchester UnitedPPY
2001–02Arsenal
2002–03ArsenalPPY, FPY
2003–04(2)ArsenalPPY, FPY, PPS
2004–05ChelseaFPY, PPS
2005–06(3)ArsenalPPS
2006–07Manchester UnitedPPY, FPY, YPY, PPS
2007–08(2)Manchester UnitedPPY, FPY, PPS
2008–09LiverpoolFPY
2009–10Manchester UnitedPPY, FPY, PPS
2010–11West Ham United
2011–12ArsenalPPY, FPY
2012–13Tottenham HotspurPPY, YPY, PPS
2013–14LiverpoolPPY, FPY, PPS, FSA
2014–15ChelseaPPY, PPS
2015–16Leicester CityPPS
2016–17ChelseaPPY, PPS
2017–18LiverpoolPPY, FPY, PPS, FSA
2018–19Manchester CityYPY
2019–20Liverpool
2020–21Manchester CityPPS
2021–22(2)LiverpoolPPY, FPY
2022–23Manchester CityPPY, PPS, PYPS
2023–24Manchester CityPPY, PPS
2024–25(3)LiverpoolPPY, PPS

Breakdown of winners

By country

The trophy awarded to the Footballer of the Year from 2015 onwards
CountryNumber of winsWinning years
ENG England1947–48, 1949–50, 1950–51, 1951–52, 1952–53, 1953–54, 1954–55, 1956–57, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1961–62, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1965–66, 1966–67, 1968–69‡, 1971–72, 1973–74, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1979–80, 1981–82, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1989–90, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–94, 2000–01, 2004–05, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2015–16, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2023-24
Scotland Scotland1964–65, 1968–69‡, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1977–78, 1978–79, 1982–83, 1988–89, 1990–91
France France1995–96, 1998–99, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2005–06, 2016–17
Northern Ireland Northern Ireland1957–58, 1960–61, 1967–68, 1972–73
Netherlands Netherlands1980–81, 1997–98, 2011–12
Wales Wales1983–84, 1984–85, 2012–13
Portugal Portugal2006–07, 2007–08, 2020–21
Egypt Egypt2017–18, 2021–22, 2024–25
West Germany / Germany Germany1955–56, 1994–95
Republic of Ireland Republic of Ireland1948–49, 1999–2000
Italy Italy1996–97
Uruguay Uruguay2013–14
Belgium Belgium2014–15
Norway Norway2022–23

‡ — two winners

Winners by club

ClubNumber of winsWinning years
Liverpool1973–74, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1989–90, 2008–09, 2013–14, 2017–18, 2019–20, 2021–22, 2024–25
Tottenham Hotspur1957–58, 1960–61, 1972–73, 1981–82, 1986–87, 1991–92, 1994–95, 1998–99, 2012–13
Manchester United1948–49, 1965–66, 1967–68, 1995–96, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2009–10
Arsenal1949–50, 1970–71, 1997–98, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2005–06, 2011–12
Manchester City1954–55, 1955–56, 1968–69‡, 2018–19, 2020–21, 2022–23, 2023-24
Leeds United1964–65, 1966–67, 1969–70, 1990–91
Chelsea1996–97, 2004–05, 2014–15, 2016–17
Everton1984–85, 1985–86
Stoke City1962–63, 1971–72
Wolverhampton Wanderers1951–52, 1959–60
Preston North End1953–54, 1956–57
Blackpool1947–48, 1950–51
West Ham United1963–64, 2010–11
Leicester City2015–16
Blackburn Rovers1993–94
Sheffield Wednesday1992–93
Ipswich Town1980–81
Nottingham Forest1977–78
Fulham1974–75
Derby County1968–69‡
Burnley1961–62
Luton Town1958–59
Bolton Wanderers1952–53

References

References

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  2. "About the FWA". Football Writers' Association.
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  6. (23 April 2006). "Gerrard named player of the year". BBC Sport.
  7. (22 April 2007). "Ronaldo secures PFA awards double". BBC Sport.
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  10. "Premier League Awards, All Time Awards".
  11. (17 December 2013). "Winners: FSF Awards in association with William Hill". Football Supporters' Association.
  12. First winner of the award from outside the [[United Kingdom]].
  13. First Goalkeeper and first player from outside the British Isles to win the award.
  14. First player to win the award twice.
  15. First player to win the award with two clubs.
  16. Also won the PFA Players' Player of the Year award in 1976 to become the first player to win both awards.
  17. First player to win both PFA and FWA awards in the same season.
  18. First player to win the award in two consecutive seasons.
  19. (6 May 2005). "Lampard scoops award from writers". BBC Sport.
  20. First player to win the award three times.
  21. First player to win five awards in the same season.
  22. (13 May 2009). "Steven Gerrard wins Footballer of the Year award". The Times.
  23. (30 April 2010). "Wayne Rooney nets writers' player of the year award". BBC Sport.
  24. (22 April 2011). "West Ham's Scott Parker wins Football Writers' award". BBC Sport.
  25. (24 April 2012). "Arsenal's Robin van Persie named FWA Footballer of the Year". BBC Sport.
  26. (2 May 2013). "Bale named FWA Footballer of the Year". Football Writers' Association.
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  30. (8 May 2017). "N'Golo Kante wins Football Writers' Association award". BBC Sport.
  31. (1 May 2018). "Mohamed Salah named writers' Footballer of the Year". BBC Sport.
  32. (29 April 2019). "Virgil van Dijk and Vivianne Miedema win PFA Player of the Year awards". BBC Sport.
  33. (24 July 2020). "Jordan Henderson wins football writers' award". Daily Mirror.
  34. (20 May 2021). "Ruben Dias: Manchester City Defender named FWA Footballer of the Year". Sky Sports.
  35. (29 April 2022). "Mohamed Salah named Football Writers' Association Men's Footballer of the Year for 2021/22". Sky Sports.
  36. (12 May 2023). "Erling Haaland named Football Writers' Association Men's Footballer of the Year for 2022/23 {{!}} Chelsea's Sam Kerr wins Women's award". Sky Sports.
  37. (3 May 2024). "Phil Foden named Football Writers' Association Men's Footballer of the Year for 2023/24 {{!}}". Sky Sports.
  38. (9 May 2025). "FWA Footballer of the Year 2024/25: Mohamed Salah wins top men's gong as Alessia Russo claims women's award". Sky Sports.
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