Football award in England
The Professional Footballers' Association Fans' Player of the Year (often called the PFA Fans' Player of the Year , or simply the Fans' Player of the Year ) award is given to footballers in the top four flights of English football, the Premier League, the Championship, League One and League Two.
The shortlist is compiled by the members of the Professional Footballers' Association (the PFA), and then the winner is voted for by the fans of the league.
The award was first given in 2001 , and was won by Steven Gerrard, Chris Bart-Williams, Brian Tinnion and Bobby Zamora, of Liverpool, Nottingham Forest, Bristol City and Brighton & Hove Albion respectively. Mohamed Salah is the record holder for winning the award 3 times. Cole Palmer is the current Premier League award winner.
List of winners
Highlighted players won the award for a second or third time.
2001
League Player Club Notes FA Premiership ENG Steven Gerrard Liverpool First winner of the award in the FA Premiership Winning the award in addition to the Young Player of the Year award First Division ENG Chris Bart-Williams Nottingham Forest First winner of the award in the First Division Second Division ENG Brian Tinnion Bristol City First winner of the award in the Second Division Third Division ENG Bobby Zamora Brighton & Hove Albion First winner of the award in the Third Division
2002
League Player Club Notes FA Premiership NED Ruud van Nistelrooy Manchester United First winner of the award from outside of England First winner of the award from outside of Great Britain First winner of the award from outside of the United Kingdom First winner of the award from outside of the British Isles Winning the award in addition to the Players' Player of the Year award First Division ENG Dean Sturridge Wolverhampton Wanderers Second Division ENG Bobby Zamora Brighton & Hove Albion First two-time winner of the award First two-time winner of the award in two different leagues Third Division ENG Matthew Taylor Luton Town
2003
League Player Club Notes FA Premiership FRA Thierry Henry Arsenal Winning the award in addition to the Players' Player of the Year award Winning the award in addition to the FWA Footballer of the Year award First Division ENG Linvoy Primus Portsmouth Second Division WAL Robert Earnshaw Cardiff City date=12 May 2003 title=Welsh duo fans' favourites url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/welsh-duo-fans-favourites-2484406.amp access-date=9 April 2023 website=Wales Online}} Third Division ENG Leon Britton Swansea City
2004
League Player Club Notes FA Premiership FRA Thierry Henry (2) Arsenal First winner of the award in two consecutive seasons First player to win three awards in two consecutive seasons Winning the award in addition to the Players' Player of the Year award Winning the award in addition to the FWA Footballer of the Year award Winning the award in addition to the Premier League Player of the Season award First Division ENG Darren Huckerby Norwich City Second Division ENG Neil Moss Bournemouth Third Division ENG Lee Harper Northampton Town
2005
League Player Club Notes FA Premier League ENG Frank Lampard Chelsea date=28 April 2005 title=Lampard is handed PFA fans' award language=en-GB work=BBC Sport url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/4493935.stm access-date=9 April 2023}} Championship ENG Paul McKenna Preston North End League One ENG Keith Southern Blackpool League Two ENG Adam Barrett Southend United
2006
League Player Club Notes FA Premier League ENG Wayne Rooney Manchester United Winning the award in addition to the Young Player of the Year award Championship IRE Kevin Doyle Reading League One ENG Darryl Flahavan Southend United title=PFA's Official Fan's Player of the Year Previous Winners url=http://www.givemefootball.com/rolls_of_honour/fansplayerofyearroll.html url-status=dead archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071215141352/http://www.givemefootball.com/rolls_of_honour/fansplayerofyearroll.html archive-date=15 December 2007 access-date=6 July 2020 website=GiveMeFootball.com publisher=Professional Footballers' Association}} League Two ENG Karl Hawley Carlisle United
2007
League Player Club Notes Premier League POR Cristiano Ronaldo Manchester United First player to win all five main awards in the same year First player to win all three PFA awards in the same year Winning the award in addition to the Players' Player of the Year award Winning the award in addition to the FWA Footballer of the Year award Winning the award in addition to the Young Player of the Year award Winning the award in addition to the Premier League Player of the Season award Championship ENG Matthew Murray Wolverhampton Wanderers date=24 April 2007 title=Murray is handed PFA fans' award language=en-GB work=BBC Sport url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/6589307.stm access-date=11 April 2023}} League One ENG Billy Sharp Scunthorpe United League Two SCO Lee Peacock Swindon Town
2008
League Player Club Notes Premier League POR Cristiano Ronaldo (2) Manchester United First player to win four awards in two consecutive seasons Winning the award in addition to the Players' Player of the Year award Winning the award in addition to the FWA Footballer of the Year award Winning the award in addition to the Premier League Player of the Season award Championship ENG James Beattie Sheffield United League One ENG Jay Simpson Millwall (on loan from Arsenal) 'First winner of award whilst on loan at another club League Two ENG Jack Lester Chesterfield
2009
League Player Club Notes Premier League ENG Steven Gerrard (2) Liverpool last=Smith first=Dave date=5 May 2009 title=Steven Gerrard is the fans' favourite url=http://www.givemefootball.com/pfa-fans-awards/steven-gerrard-is-the-fans-favourite url-status=dead archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110613202830/http://www.givemefootball.com/pfa-fans-awards/steven-gerrard-is-the-fans-favourite archive-date=13 June 2011 access-date=4 January 2010 publisher=Give Me Football}} Championship ENG Marcus Tudgay Sheffield Wednesday League One ENG Jermaine Beckford Leeds United League Two SCO Jordan Rhodes Brentford (On loan from Ipswich Town)
2010
League Player Club Notes Premier League ENG Wayne Rooney (2) Manchester United Winning the award in addition to the Players' Player of the Year award Winning the award in addition to the FWA Footballer of the Year award Winning the award in addition to the Premier League Player of the Season award Championship SCO Graham Dorrans West Bromwich Albion League One ENG Rickie Lambert Southampton League Two DEN Kasper Schmeichel Notts County
2011
League Player Club Notes Premier League POR Raul Meireles Liverpool Championship ENG Danny Graham Watford title=Meireles scoops Fans' Player of Year honour url=http://www.espn.co.uk/football/sport/story/86660.html access-date=2022-04-04 website=ESPN.co.uk archive-date=29 March 2023 archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230329055242/http://en.espn.co.uk/football/sport/story/86660.html url-status=dead }} League One ENG Peter Clarke Huddersfield Town League Two ENG Cody McDonald Gillingham
2012
League Player Club Notes Premier League NED Robin van Persie Arsenal Winning the award in addition to the Players' Player of the Year award Winning the award in addition to the FWA Footballer of the Year award Championship ENG Jay Rodriguez Burnley date=15 June 2012 title=PFA Fans Player of the Year winners url=http://www.sport.co.uk/football/pfa-fans-player-of-the-year-winners/77166 url-status=dead archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160202084759/https://www.sport.co.uk/football/pfa-fans-player-of-the-year-winners/77166 archive-date=2 February 2016 access-date=24 December 2018 website=Sport.co.uk publisher=Digital Sports Group}} League One POR José Semedo Sheffield Wednesday League Two ENG Lewis Grabban Rotherham United
2013
2014
League Player Club Notes Premier League URU Luis Suárez Liverpool Winning the award in addition to the Players' Player of the Year award Winning the award in addition to the FWA Footballer of the Year award Winning the award in addition to the Premier League Player of the Season award Championship ENG Danny Ings Burnley League One ENG Harry Maguire Sheffield United League Two ENG Tommy Lee Chesterfield
2015
League Player Club Notes Premier League CHI Alexis Sánchez Arsenal Championship IRL Harry Arter Bournemouth League One ENG Joe Garner Preston North End League Two ENG Matt Tubbs Portsmouth
2016
League Player Club Notes Premier League ALG Riyad Mahrez Leicester City Winning the award in addition to the Players' Player of the Year award Championship ESP Daniel Ayala Middlesbrough League One NIR Will Grigg Wigan Athletic League Two IRL Graham Carey Plymouth Argyle
2017
League Player Club Notes Premier League ENG Harry Kane Tottenham Hotspur Championship ENG Dwight Gayle Newcastle United League One ENG David Wheater Bolton Wanderers League Two IRL Enda Stevens Portsmouth
2018
League Player Club Notes Premier League EGY Mohamed Salah Liverpool Winning the award in addition to the Players' Player of the Year award Winning the award in addition to the FWA Footballer of the Year award Winning the award in addition to the FSA Player of the Year award Winning the award in addition to the Premier League Player of the Season award Championship ENG Ryan Sessegnon Fulham League One ENG Bradley Dack Blackburn Rovers League Two SCO Marc McNulty Coventry City
2019
League Player Club Notes Premier League BEL Eden Hazard Chelsea Championship FIN Teemu Pukki Norwich City League One MNT Lyle Taylor Charlton Athletic League Two ENG Michael Bostwick Lincoln City
2020
League Player Club Notes Premier League SEN Sadio Mané Liverpool Championship ENG Luke Ayling Leeds United League One WAL Joe Jacobson Wycombe Wanderers League Two ENG Alex Palmer Plymouth Argyle
2021
League Player Club Notes Premier League EGY Mohamed Salah (2) Liverpool Winning the award in addition to the FSA Player of the Year award Championship ENG Adam Armstrong Blackburn Rovers League One ENG Jerry Yates Blackpool League Two ENG Tom Conlon Port Vale
2022
League Player Club Notes Premier League EGY Mohamed Salah (3) Liverpool Winning the award in addition to the Players' Player of the Year award Winning the award in addition to the FWA Footballer of the Year award Championship SRB Aleksandar Mitrović Fulham date=16 May 2022 title=The winner of the PFA Vertu Motors Championship Fans' Player of the Month - April url=https://www.90min.com/posts/aleksandar-mitrovic-pfa-championship-fans-player-of-the-month-april-2022 access-date=13 April 2023 website=90min.com language= archive-date=17 April 2023 archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417115142/https://www.90min.com/posts/aleksandar-mitrovic-pfa-championship-fans-player-of-the-month-april-2022 url-status=dead }} League One SCO Ross Stewart Sunderland date=30 May 2022 title=The winner of the PFA Vertu Motors League One Fans' Player of the Year - 2021/22 url=https://www.90min.com/posts/ross-stewart-pfa-league-one-fans-player-of-the-year-2021-22 access-date=14 April 2023 website=90min.com}} League Two JAM Jamille Matt Forest Green Rovers url=https://www.90min.com/posts/jamille-matt-pfa-league-two-fans-player-of-the-year-2021-22 title=The winner of the PFA Vertu Motors League Two Fans' Player of the Year - 2021/22 website=90min date=30 May 2022 access-date=30 May 2022 archive-date=30 May 2022 archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220530122205/https://www.90min.com/posts/jamille-matt-pfa-league-two-fans-player-of-the-year-2021-22 url-status=dead}}
2023
League Player Club Notes Premier League ENG Marcus Rashford Manchester United Championship CIV Amad Diallo Sunderland League One Republic of Ireland David McGoldrick Derby County League Two SCO Elliot Watt Salford City
2024
League Player Club Notes Premier League ENG Cole Palmer Chelsea Championship Egypt Sam Morsy Ipswich Town League One Guatemala Nathaniel Mendez-Laing Derby County League Two ENG Paul Mullin Wrexham
Breakdown of winners
Winners by club
Information correct up to and including 2024.
Club Premier League Championship/First Division League One/Second Division League Two/Third Division Total 22 22 22 22 Liverpool 8 (2001 , 2009 , 2011 , 2014 , 2018 , 2020 , 2021 , 2022 ) 0 0 0 Manchester United 7 (2002 , 2006 , 2007 , 2008 , 2010 , 2023 ) 0 0 0 Arsenal 4 (2003 , 2004 , 2012 , 2015 ) 0 0 0 Chelsea 3 (2005 , 2019 , 2024 ) 0 0 0 Leicester City 1 (2016 ) 0 0 0 Tottenham Hotspur 1 (2017 ) 0 0 0 Wolverhampton Wanderers 0 2 (2002 , 2007 ) 0 0 Norwich City 0 2 (2004 , 2019 ) 0 0 Burnley 0 2 (2012 , 2014 ) 0 0 Fulham 0 2 (2018 , 2022 ) 0 0 Preston North End 0 1 (2005 ) 1 (2015 ) 0 Sheffield United 0 1 (2008 ) 1 (2014 ) 0 Sheffield Wednesday 0 1 (2009 ) 1 (2012 ) 0 Bournemouth 0 1 (2015 ) 1 (2004 ) 0 Leeds United 0 1 (2020 ) 1 (2009 ) 0 Blackburn Rovers 0 1 (2021 ) 1 (2018 ) 0 Sunderland 0 1 (2023 ) 1 (2022 ) 0 Portsmouth 0 1 (2003 ) 0 2 (2015 , 2017 ) Nottingham Forest 0 1 (2001 ) 0 0 Reading 0 1 (2006 ) 0 0 West Bromwich Albion 0 1 (2010 ) 0 0 Watford 0 1 (2011 ) 0 0 Middlesbrough 0 1 (2016 ) 0 0 Newcastle United 0 1 (2017 ) 0 0 Ipswich Town 0 1 (2024 ) 0 0 Blackpool 0 0 2 (2005 , 2021 ) 0 Brighton & Hove Albion 0 0 1 (2002 ) 1 (2001 ) Southend United 0 0 1 (2006 ) 1 (2005 ) Bristol City 0 0 1 (2001 ) 0 Cardiff City 0 0 1 (2003 ) 0 Scunthorpe United 0 0 1 (2007 ) 0 Millwall 0 0 1 (2008 ) 0 Southampton 0 0 1 (2010 ) 0 Huddersfield Town 0 0 1 (2011 ) 0 Wigan Athletic 0 0 1 (2016 ) 0 Bolton Wanderers 0 0 1 (2017 ) 0 Charlton Athletic 0 0 1 (2019 ) 0 Wycombe Wanderers 0 0 1 (2020 ) 0 Derby County 0 0 2 (2023 , 2024 ) 0 Chesterfield 0 0 0 2 (2008 , 2014 ) Plymouth Argyle 0 0 0 2 (2016 , 2020 ) Luton Town 0 0 0 1 (2002 ) Swansea City 0 0 0 1 (2003 ) Northampton Town 0 0 0 1 (2004 ) Carlisle United 0 0 0 1 (2006 ) Swindon Town 0 0 0 1 (2007 ) Brentford 0 0 0 1 (2009 ) Notts County 0 0 0 1 (2010 ) Gillingham 0 0 0 1 (2011 ) Rotherham United 0 0 0 1 (2012 ) Coventry City 0 0 0 1 (2018 ) Lincoln City 0 0 0 1 (2019 ) Port Vale 0 0 0 1 (2021 ) Forest Green Rovers 0 0 0 1 (2022 ) Salford City 0 0 0 1 (2023 ) Wrexham 0 0 0 1 (2024 )
Winners by country
Information correct up to and including 2023.
Country Premier League Championship/First Division League One/Second Division League Two/Third Division Total 23 23 23 23 ENG England 8 (2001 , 2005 , 2006 , 2009 , 2010 , 2017 , 2023 , 2024 ) 15 (2001 , 2002 , 2003 , 2004 , 2005 , 2007 , 2008 , 2009 , 2011 , 2012 , 2014 , 2017 , 2018 , 2020 , 2021 ) 15 (2001 , 2002 , 2004 , 2005 , 2006 , 2007 , 2008 , 2009 , 2010 , 2011 , 2014 , 2015 , 2017 , 2018 , 2021 ) 15 (2001 , 2002 , 2003 , 2004 , 2005 , 2006 , 2008 , 2011 , 2012 , 2014 , 2015 , 2019 , 2020 , 2021 , 2024 ) 3 (2007 , 2008 , 2011 ) 0 1 (2012 ) 0 3 (2018 , 2021 , 2022 ) 1 (2024 ) 0 0 2 (2003 , 2004 ) 0 0 0 2 (2002 , 2012 ) 0 0 0 1 (2014 ) 0 0 0 1 (2015 ) 0 0 0 1 (2016 ) 0 0 0 1 (2019 ) 0 0 0 1 (2020 ) 0 0 0 0 2 (2006 , 2015 ) 1 (2023 ) 2 (2016 , 2017 ) 0 1 (2010 ) 1 (2022 ) 4 (2007 , 2009 , 2018 , 2023 ) 0 1 (2016 ) 0 0 0 1 (2019 ) 0 0 0 1 (2022 ) 0 0 0 1 (2023 ) 0 0 0 0 2 (2003 , 2020 ) 0 0 0 1 (2016 ) 0 0 0 1 (2019 ) 0 0 0 1 (2024 ) 0 0 0 0 1 (2010 ) 0 0 0 1 (2022 )