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Premier League Player of the Season

English association football award

English association football award

FieldValue
namePremier League Player of the Season
subheader
current_awards--
imageMohamed salah 2018.jpg
image_size
image_upright--
captionLiverpool player Mohamed Salah is the current holder of the award.
awarded_forThe most outstanding player given Premier League season
sponsorEA Sports
countryEngland
presenterPremier League
year1995
holderMohamed Salah
winneror
winners--
most_awardsThierry Henry, Cristiano Ronaldo, Nemanja Vidić, Kevin De Bruyne, Mohamed Salah (2)
most_wins--
award1_typeMost consecutive wins
award1_winnerCristiano Ronaldo (2)
award2_typeMost team wins
award2_winnerManchester United (8)
award3_typeMost consecutive team wins
award3_winnerManchester United, Manchester City (5)

The Premier League Player of the Season is an annual association football award presented to players in England, which recognises the most outstanding player in the Premier League each season. The recipient is chosen by a panel assembled by the league's sponsors consisting of members of "football's governing bodies, the media and fans", and is announced in the second or third week of May. For sponsorship purposes, from 1994 to 2001 it was called the Carling Player of the Year; from 2001 to 2004 as the Barclaycard Player of the Year; and from 2004 to 2016 as the Barclays Player of the Season. Since the 2016–17 season, it is called the EA Sports Player of the Season.

The Premier League was founded in 1992, when the clubs of the First Division left the Football League and established a new commercially independent league that negotiated its own broadcast and sponsorship agreements. The newly formed league had no sponsor for its inaugural season until Carling agreed to a four-year £12 million deal that started the following season. That same season, Carling introduced individual awards for players, such as the Golden Boot. However, the Player of the Month and Player of the Season awards were only first bestowed during the 1994–95 season. The first Player of the Season award was given to Blackburn Rovers striker Alan Shearer, who won the Premier League title with his team and the Golden Boot that season.

Thierry Henry, Cristiano Ronaldo, Nemanja Vidić, Kevin De Bruyne and Mohamed Salah have been Player of the Season on two occasions each and are the only players to have won the award more than once, with Ronaldo having achieved this in consecutive years (2007 and 2008). Eight players were the Premier League's leading goalscorer and won the Golden Boot alongside the Player of the Season award. Four of these players – Kevin Phillips, Henry, Ronaldo and Luis Suárez – went on to win the European Golden Shoe in the same season. Eleven players have won the Premier League trophy with their respective clubs in the same year they received the award, with Ronaldo and Vidić each accomplishing the feat on two occasions with Manchester United. Ronaldo is the only player to be named Player of the Season and win the FIFA World Player of the Year; when he accomplished this in 2008, he became the first player from the Premier League to be voted the world's top footballer. In 2023 Manchester City's Erling Haaland became the first player in Premier League history to win both Player of the Season and Young Player of the Season awards for the same campaign.

The current holder of the award is Liverpool's Mohamed Salah.

Winners

Player (X)§
Name of the player and number of times they had won the award at that point (if more than one)
Indicates player also won the European Golden Shoe in the same season
Indicates player also won the European Golden Shoe and FIFA World Player of the Year in the same season
Indicates player also won the European Golden Shoe and Premier League Young Player of the Season award in the same season
Denotes the club were Premier League champions in the same season
SeasonPlayerPositionNationalityClubRef(s)Blackburn RoversManchester UnitedJuninho PaulistaManchester UnitedArsenalManchester United(1)ArsenalChelsea(2)(1)Manchester United(2)Manchester United(1)Manchester United(2)Manchester UnitedManchester CityChelseaLeicester CityChelsea(1)(1)Manchester City(2)(2)
1994–95ForwardEngland
1995–96GoalkeeperDenmark
1996–97MidfielderBrazilMiddlesbrough
1997–98ForwardEnglandLiverpool
1998–99ForwardTrinidad and Tobago
1999–2000ForwardEnglandSunderland
2000–01MidfielderFranceArsenal
2001–02MidfielderSweden
2002–03ForwardNetherlands
2003–04ForwardFrance
2004–05MidfielderEngland
2005–06ForwardFranceArsenal
2006–07ForwardPortugal
2007–08ForwardPortugal
2008–09DefenderSerbia
2009–10ForwardEnglandManchester United
2010–11DefenderSerbia
2011–12DefenderBelgium
2012–13MidfielderWalesTottenham Hotspur
2013–14ForwardUruguayLiverpool
2014–15MidfielderBelgium
2015–16ForwardEngland
2016–17MidfielderFrance
2017–18ForwardEgyptLiverpool
2018–19DefenderNetherlandsLiverpool
2019–20MidfielderBelgiumManchester City
2020–21DefenderPortugal
2021–22MidfielderBelgiumManchester City
2022–23ForwardNorwayManchester City
2023–24MidfielderEnglandManchester City
2024–25ForwardEgyptLiverpool

Multiple awards won by players

The following table lists the number of awards won by players who have won at least two Player of the Season awards.

Players in **bold ** are still active in the Premier League.

AwardsPlayerCountrySeasons2
FRA2003–04, 2005–06
POR2006–07, 2007–08
SRB2008–09, 2010–11
BEL2019–20, 2021–22
****EGY2017–18, 2024–25

Awards won by nationality

CountryPlayersTotalEnglandBelgiumFrancePortugalNetherlandsEgyptSerbiaBrazilDenmarkNorwaySwedenTrinidad and TobagoUruguayWales

Awards won by position

PositionPlayersTotalForwardMidfielderDefenderGoalkeeper

Awards won by club

ClubPlayersTotalManchester UnitedManchester CityLiverpoolArsenalChelseaLeicester CityBlackburn RoversMiddlesbroughSunderlandTottenham Hotspur

Notes

References

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References

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  40. (21 May 2017). "Kante named EA SPORTS Player of the Season". Premier League.
  41. (13 May 2018). "Salah wins EA SPORTS Player of the Season award". Premier League.
  42. (12 May 2019). "Van Dijk named EA SPORTS Player of the Season". Premier League.
  43. (16 August 2020). "De Bruyne voted 2019/20 EA SPORTS Player of the Season". Premier League.
  44. (5 June 2021). "Dias named EA SPORTS Player of the Season". Premier League.
  45. (21 May 2022). "De Bruyne named EA SPORTS Player of the Season". Premier League.
  46. (27 May 2023). "Haaland voted 2022/23 EA SPORTS Player of the Season". Premier League.
  47. (18 May 2024). "Foden wins EA SPORTS Player of the Season award". Premier League.
  48. (24 May 2025). "Salah wins 2024/25 EA SPORTS Player of the Season award". Premier League.
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