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PFA Players' Player of the Year

Annual award

Field	Value
name	PFA Men's Players' Player of the Year
sport	Association football
competition	All levels of English football
image	Mohamed Salah 2018.jpg
image_size	200
caption	2025 winner Mohamed Salah
country	England and Wales
presenter	PFA
first	1973–74
number	52
firstwinner	Norman Hunter
mostwins	Mohamed Salah (3)
mostrecent	Mohamed Salah (2025)
url	Official website

Note

the men's 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. 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). The current holder is Mohamed Salah of Liverpool, who is also the first player to have won the award three times.

The first winner of the award was Leeds United defender Norman Hunter. As of 2025, only Mohamed Salah has won the award on three 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, 2021–22 and 2024–25.

Every spring, each member of the association votes for two players. 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. 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", 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".

Winners

The award has been presented on 52 occasions as of 2025, with 44 different winners. The women's award has been presented since 2013, with nine different winners. 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), the PFA Fans' Player of the Year award (FPY), the PFA 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 (PYS) and the Football Supporters’ Federation Player of the Year award (FSF).

Year	Player	Club	Also won	Notes
1973–74			Leeds United
1974–75			Derby County
1975–76			Tottenham Hotspur
1976–77			Aston Villa	YPY
1977–78			Nottingham Forest
1978–79			Arsenal
1979–80			Liverpool	FWA
1980–81			Ipswich Town
1981–82			Southampton
1982–83			Liverpool	FWA
1983–84			Liverpool	FWA
1984–85			Everton
1985–86			Everton	FWA
1986–87			Tottenham Hotspur	FWA
1987–88			Liverpool	FWA
1988–89			Manchester United
1989–90			Aston Villa
1990–91		(2)	Manchester United
1991–92			Manchester United
1992–93			Aston Villa
1993–94			Manchester United
1994–95			Blackburn Rovers	PPS
1995–96			Newcastle United
1996–97		(2)	Newcastle United
1997–98			Arsenal	FWA
1998–99			Tottenham Hotspur	FWA
1999–2000			Manchester United	FWA
2000–01			Manchester United	FWA
2001–02			Manchester United	FPY
2002–03			Arsenal	FWA, FPY
2003–04		(2)	Arsenal	FWA, FPY, PPS
2004–05			Chelsea
2005–06			Liverpool
2006–07			Manchester United	FWA, FPY, YPY, PPS
2007–08		(2)	Manchester United	FWA, FPY, PPS
2008–09			Manchester United
2009–10			Manchester United	FWA, FPY, PPS
2010–11			Tottenham Hotspur
2011–12			Arsenal	FWA, FPY
2012–13		(2)	Tottenham Hotspur	FWA, YPY, PPS
2013–14			Liverpool	FWA, FPY, PPS, FSF
2014–15			Chelsea	FWA, PPS
2015–16	{{sort	ALG		Leicester City	FPY
2016–17	{{sort	FRA		Chelsea	FWA, PPS
2017–18	{{sort	EGY		Liverpool	FWA, FPY, PPS, FSF
2018–19	{{sort	NED		Liverpool	PPS, FSF
2019–20	{{sort	Belgium		Manchester City	PPS
2020–21	{{sort	Belgium	(2)	Manchester City
2021–22	{{sort	EGY	Mohamed Salah (2)	Liverpool	FWA, FPY
2022–23	{{sort	NOR	Erling Haaland	Manchester City	FWA, FPY, PPS, PYS
2023–24	{{sort	ENG	Phil Foden	Manchester City	FWA, PPS
2024–25	{{sort	EGY	Mohamed Salah (3)	Liverpool	FWA, FPY, PPS

Breakdown of winners

By country

Country	Number of wins	Winning years
England		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		1983–84, 1988–89, 1990–91, 2008–09, 2010–11, 2012–13
France		1993–94, 1998–99, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2016–17
Netherlands		1997–98, 2001–02, 2011–12, 2018–19
Scotland		1976–77, 1980–81, 1982–83
Republic of Ireland		1978–79, 1992–93, 1999–2000
Egypt		2017–18, 2021–22, 2024–25
Belgium		2014–15, 2019–20, 2020–21
Portugal		2006–07, 2007–08
Northern Ireland		1975–76
Uruguay		2013–14
Algeria		2015–16
Norway		2022–23

By club

Club	Number of wins	Winning years
Manchester United		1988–89, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1993–94, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10
Liverpool		1979–80, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1987–88, 2005–06, 2013–14, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2021–22, 2024–25
Tottenham Hotspur		1975–76, 1986–87, 1998–99, 2010–11, 2012–13
Arsenal		1978–79, 1997–98, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2011–12
Manchester City		2019–20, 2020–21, 2022–23, 2023–24
Chelsea		2004–05, 2014–15, 2016–17
Aston Villa		1976–77, 1989–90, 1992–93
Everton		1984–85, 1985–86
Newcastle United		1995–96, 1996–97
Leeds United		1973–74
Derby County		1974–75
Nottingham Forest		1977–78
Ipswich Town		1980–81
Southampton		1981–82
Blackburn Rovers		1994–95
Leicester City		2015–16

References

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(22 April 2007). "Ronaldo secures PFA awards double". BBC.
(30 September 2022). "PFA Players' Player of the Year winners".
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Frank Keogh. (20 April 2001). "Too much too young?". BBC.
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(14 October 2013). "The FSF Awards in association with William Hill (Monday 16th Dec)". Football Supporters’ Federation.
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.
(27 April 2008). "Ronaldo named player of the year". BBC Sport.
Stafford, Mikey. (26 April 2009). "Ryan Giggs pays tribute to manager after adding another trophy to cabinet". The Guardian.
(25 April 2010). "Rooney is PFA player of the year". BBC Sport.
(22 April 2012). "Arsenal striker Robin van Persie named PFA Player of the Year". BBC Sport.
(28 April 2013). "Gareth Bale wins PFA Player of Year and Young Player awards". BBC Sport.
First South American and non-European player to win the award.
(26 April 2015). "Chelsea's Eden Hazard named PFA Player of the Year".
(25 April 2016). "Riyad Mahrez: Leicester City forward named PFA Player of the Year". BBC Sport.
(23 April 2017). "Chelsea Midfielder N'Golo Kanté named PFA player of the year". Evening Standard.
(23 April 2018). "Mohamed Salah: Liverpool forward voted PFA Player of the Year 2017-18". BBC Sport.
(29 April 2019). "Virgil van Dijk and Vivianne Miedema win PFA Player of the Year awards". BBC Sport.
(8 September 2020). "PFA Player of the Year: Kevin de Bruyne and Beth England named 2020 winners". BBC Sport.
(6 June 2021). "PFA Player of the Year: Manchester City's Kevin de Bruyne wins second award". BBC Sport.
(9 June 2022). "Mohamed Salah and Sam Kerr win PFA player of year awards". BBC Sport.
(29 August 2023). "Man City's Haaland wins PFA Player of the Year". BBC Sport.
(20 August 2024). "Phil Foden Named PFA Players' Player of the Year". Professional Footballers' Association.
(19 August 2025). "Players' Player of the Year {{!}} Mohamed Salah". Professional Footballers' Association.

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