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PFA Young Player of the Year

English football award

English football award

FieldValue
namePFA Young Player of the Year
imageSt. Louis City vs Aston Villa (Jul 2025) 18.jpg
image_size200px
caption2025 winner Morgan Rogers
sportAssociation football
competitionAll levels of English football
countryEngland
presenterPFA
first1973–74
number52
firstwinnerENG Kevin Beattie
mostrecentENG Morgan Rogers (2025)
urlOfficial website
Note

the men's award

The Professional Footballers' Association Young Player of the Year (often called the PFA Young Player of the Year, or simply the Young Player of the Year) is an annual award given to the young player who is adjudged to have been the best of the season in English football. As of 2021, players must have been aged 21 or under as of 1 July immediately preceding the start of the season; in the past the age limit has been 23, which led to criticism in the media over whether a player who was 24 years old at the end of the season could really be considered "young" in footballing terms. 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 first winner of the award was Ipswich Town defender Kevin Beattie. The current holder is Aston Villa midfielder Morgan Rogers, who won the award on 19 August 2025.

Although the award is open to players at all levels, all winners to date have played in the highest division of the English football league system. In 2018, Ryan Sessegnon of Fulham became the first player from outside the top division of English football to be nominated for the award. As of 2025, only Ryan Giggs, Robbie Fowler, Wayne Rooney, Dele Alli and Phil Foden have won the award on more than one occasion. Only seven players from outside the United Kingdom have won the trophy, compared with fifteen winners of the main PFA Players' Player of the Year award. Although they have their own dedicated award, players aged 21 or under at the start of the season remain eligible to win the Players' Player of the Year award, and on three occasions the same player has won both awards for a season.

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 players themselves consider the award to be highly prestigious, because the winner is chosen by his fellow professionals.

Winners

The award has been presented on 52 occasions as of 2025, to 46 players. 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 PFA Players' Player of the Year award (PPY), the Football Writers' Association's Footballer of the Year award (FWA), the Premier League Player of the Season award (PPS), the Premier League Young Player of the Season award (PYPS), and the PFA Fans' Player of the Year award (FPY).

YearNat.PlayerClubAlso wonNotes
1973–74Ipswich Town
1974–75West Ham United
1975–76Manchester City
1976–77Aston VillaPPY
1977–78Nottingham Forest
1978–79West Bromwich Albion
1979–80Tottenham Hotspur
1980–81Aston Villa
1981–82Southampton
1982–83Ian RushLiverpool
1983–84Luton Town
1984–85Manchester United
1985–86West Ham United
1986–87Arsenal
1987–88Newcastle United
1988–89Arsenal
1989–90Southampton
1990–91Manchester United
1991–92Manchester United
1992–93(2)Manchester United
1993–94Newcastle United
1994–95Liverpool
1995–96(2)Liverpool
1996–97Manchester United
1997–98LiverpoolPPS
1998–99Arsenal
1999–2000Leeds United
2000–01LiverpoolFPY
2001–02Newcastle United
2002–03Newcastle United
2003–04Charlton Athletic
Chelsea
2004–05Manchester United
2005–06(2)Manchester UnitedFPY
2006–07Manchester UnitedPPY, FWA, FPY, PPS
2007–08Arsenal
2008–09Aston Villa
2009–10Aston Villa
2010–11Arsenal
2011–12Tottenham Hotspur
2012–13Tottenham HotspurPPY, FWA, PPS
2013–14Chelsea
2014–15Tottenham Hotspur
2015–16Tottenham Hotspur
2016–17(2)Tottenham Hotspur
2017–18Manchester City
2018–19Manchester CityFWA
2019–20LiverpoolPYPSurl=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/54044861title=PFA Player of the Year: Kevin de Bruyne and Beth England named 2020 winnerswork=BBC Sportdate=8 September 2020access-date=8 September 2020}}
2020–21Manchester CityPYPS
2021–22(2)Manchester CityPYPS
2022–23Arsenal
2023–24ChelseaPYPS
2024–25Aston Villaurl=https://www.thepfa.com/news/2025/8/19/morgan-rogers-pfa-young-player-of-the-year-2025title=PFA Young Player of the Year Morgan Rogerspublisher=Professional Footballers' Associationaccess-date=19 August 2025date=19 August 2025}}

Breakdown of winners

By country

CountryNumber of winsWinning years
ENG England1973–74, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1977–78, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1980–81, 1981–82, 1983–84, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25
WAL Wales1982–83, 1984–85, 1991–92, 1992–93, 2001–02, 2012–13
SCO Scotland1976–77
FRA France1998–99
AUS Australia1999–2000
POR Portugal2006–07
ESP Spain2007–08
BEL Belgium2013–14
GER Germany2017–18

By club

ClubNumber of winsWinning years
Manchester United1984–85, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1996–97, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07
Tottenham Hotspur1979–80, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17
Liverpool1982–83, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1997–98, 2000–01, 2019–20
Arsenal1986–87, 1988–89, 1998–99, 2007–08, 2010–11, 2022–23
Aston Villa1976–77, 1980–81, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2024–25
Manchester City1975–76, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2020–21, 2021–22
Newcastle United1987–88, 1993–94, 2001–02, 2002–03
Chelsea2003–04, 2013–14, 2023–24
West Ham United1974–75, 1985–86
Southampton1981–82, 1989–90
Ipswich Town1973–74
Nottingham Forest1977–78
West Bromwich Albion1978–79
Luton Town1983–84
Leeds United1999–2000
Charlton Athletic2003–04

References

References

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  15. Day is the only [[goalkeeper (football). goalkeeper]] to have won the award.
  16. First non-English winner, also first player to win two awards in a single season.
  17. First winner of the award born outside the [[United Kingdom]], although he went on to become an England international.
  18. First player to win the award twice, and first to win the award in two consecutive seasons.
  19. First winner of the award from mainland [[Europe]].
  20. (30 April 2000). "Keane claims award double". BBC Sport.
  21. (29 April 2001). "Sheringham wins second award". BBC Sport.
  22. (15 April 2002). "Players honour Bellamy". BBC Sport.
  23. (27 April 2003). "Henry honoured by peers". BBC Sport.
  24. (25 April 2004). "Henry retains PFA crown". BBC Sport.
  25. First player to win four awards in a single season.
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  42. (20 August 2024). "Cole Palmer Wins PFA Young Player of The Year". Professional Footballers' Association.
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