PFA Fans' Player of the Year

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.^[1]

Steven Gerrard of Liverpool was the inaugural winner of this award in 2001

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	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[2]
First Division	Chris Bart-Williams	Nottingham Forest	First winner of the award in the First Division[2]
Second Division	Brian Tinnion	Bristol City	First winner of the award in the Second Division[2]
Third Division	Bobby Zamora	Brighton & Hove Albion	First winner of the award in the Third Division[2]

2002

League	Player	Club	Notes
FA Premiership	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[3]
First Division	Dean Sturridge	Wolverhampton Wanderers	[3]
Second Division	Bobby Zamora	Brighton & Hove Albion	First two-time winner of the award First two-time winner of the award in two different leagues[3]
Third Division	Matthew Taylor	Luton Town	[3]

2003

League	Player	Club	Notes
FA Premiership	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[2]
First Division	Linvoy Primus	Portsmouth	[2]
Second Division	Robert Earnshaw	Cardiff City	[4]
Third Division	Leon Britton	Swansea City	[4]

2004

League	Player	Club	Notes
FA Premiership	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[5]
First Division	Darren Huckerby	Norwich City	[5]
Second Division	Neil Moss	Bournemouth	[5]
Third Division	Lee Harper	Northampton Town	[5]

2005

League	Player	Club	Notes
FA Premier League	Frank Lampard	Chelsea	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[6]
Championship	Paul McKenna	Preston North End	[6]
League One	Keith Southern	Blackpool	[6]
League Two	Adam Barrett	Southend United	[6]

2006

League	Player	Club	Notes
FA Premier League	Wayne Rooney	Manchester United	Winning the award in addition to the Young Player of the Year award[2]
Championship	Kevin Doyle	Reading	[7]
League One	Darryl Flahavan	Southend United	[2]
League Two	Karl Hawley	Carlisle United	[2]

2007

League	Player	Club	Notes
Premier League	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	Matthew Murray	Wolverhampton Wanderers	[8]
League One	Billy Sharp	Scunthorpe United	[8]
League Two	Lee Peacock	Swindon Town	[8]

2008

League	Player	Club	Notes
Premier League	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	James Beattie	Sheffield United
League One	Jay Simpson	Millwall (on loan from Arsenal)	'First winner of award whilst on loan at another club[9]
League Two	Jack Lester	Chesterfield

2009

League	Player	Club	Notes
Premier League	Steven Gerrard (2)	Liverpool	Winning the award in addition to the FWA Footballer of the Year award[10]
Championship	Marcus Tudgay	Sheffield Wednesday	[10]
League One	Jermaine Beckford	Leeds United	[11]
League Two	Jordan Rhodes	Brentford (On loan from Ipswich Town)	[12]

2010

League	Player	Club	Notes
Premier League	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[13]
Championship	Graham Dorrans	West Bromwich Albion	[13]
League One	Rickie Lambert	Southampton	[13]
League Two	Kasper Schmeichel	Notts County	[13]

2011

League	Player	Club	Notes
Premier League	Raul Meireles	Liverpool	[14]
Championship	Danny Graham	Watford	[15]
League One	Peter Clarke	Huddersfield Town	[15]
League Two	Cody McDonald	Gillingham	[15]

2012

League	Player	Club	Notes
Premier League	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[16]
Championship	Jay Rodriguez	Burnley	[17]
League One	José Semedo	Sheffield Wednesday	[17]
League Two	Lewis Grabban	Rotherham United	[17]

2013

• Not awarded^{[citation needed]}

2014

League	Player	Club	Notes
Premier League	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[18]
Championship	Danny Ings	Burnley	[19]
League One	Harry Maguire	Sheffield United	[20]
League Two	Tommy Lee	Chesterfield	[21]

2015

League	Player	Club	Notes
Premier League	Alexis Sánchez	Arsenal	[22]
Championship	Harry Arter	Bournemouth	[23][24]
League One	Joe Garner	Preston North End	[25]
League Two	Matt Tubbs	Portsmouth	[26]

2016

League	Player	Club	Notes
Premier League	Riyad Mahrez	Leicester City	Winning the award in addition to the Players' Player of the Year award[27]
Championship	Daniel Ayala	Middlesbrough	[27]
League One	Will Grigg	Wigan Athletic	[27]
League Two	Graham Carey	Plymouth Argyle	[27]

2017

League	Player	Club	Notes
Premier League	Harry Kane	Tottenham Hotspur	[28]
Championship	Dwight Gayle	Newcastle United	[29]
League One	David Wheater	Bolton Wanderers	[30]
League Two	Enda Stevens	Portsmouth	[31]

2018

League	Player	Club	Notes
Premier League	Mohamed Salah[32]	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	Ryan Sessegnon	Fulham	[33]
League One	Bradley Dack	Blackburn Rovers	[34]
League Two	Marc McNulty	Coventry City	[35]

2019

League	Player	Club	Notes
Premier League	Eden Hazard	Chelsea	[36]
Championship	Teemu Pukki	Norwich City	[37]
League One	Lyle Taylor	Charlton Athletic	[38]
League Two	Michael Bostwick	Lincoln City	[39][40]

2020

League	Player	Club	Notes
Premier League	Sadio Mané	Liverpool	[41]
Championship	Luke Ayling	Leeds United	[42]
League One	Joe Jacobson	Wycombe Wanderers	[43]
League Two	Alex Palmer	Plymouth Argyle	[44]

2021

League	Player	Club	Notes
Premier League	Mohamed Salah (2)	Liverpool	Winning the award in addition to the FSA Player of the Year award[45]
Championship	Adam Armstrong	Blackburn Rovers	[46]
League One	Jerry Yates	Blackpool	[47]
League Two	Tom Conlon	Port Vale	[48]

2022

League	Player	Club	Notes
Premier League	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 [49]
Championship	Aleksandar Mitrović	Fulham	[50]
League One	Ross Stewart	Sunderland	[51]
League Two	Jamille Matt	Forest Green Rovers	[52]

2023

League	Player	Club	Notes
Premier League	Marcus Rashford	Manchester United	[53]
Championship	Amad Diallo	Sunderland	[54]
League One	David McGoldrick	Derby County	[55]
League Two	Elliot Watt	Salford City	[56]

2024

League	Player	Club	Notes
Premier League	Cole Palmer	Chelsea	[57]
Championship	Sam Morsy	Ipswich Town	[58]
League One	Nathaniel Mendez-Laing	Derby County	[59]
League Two	Paul Mullin	Wrexham	[60]

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
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)
Total	22	22	22	22

Winners by country

• Information correct up to and including 2023.

Country	Premier League	Championship/First Division	League One/Second Division	League Two/Third Division
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)
Portugal	3 (2007, 2008, 2011)	0	1 (2012)	0
Egypt	3 (2018, 2021, 2022)	1 (2024)	0	0
France	2 (2003, 2004)	0	0	0
Netherlands	2 (2002, 2012)	0	0	0
Uruguay	1 (2014)	0	0	0
Chile	1 (2015)	0	0	0
Algeria	1 (2016)	0	0	0
Belgium	1 (2019)	0	0	0
Senegal	1 (2020)	0	0	0
Republic of Ireland	0	2 (2006, 2015)	1 (2023)	2 (2016, 2017)
Scotland	0	1 (2010)	1 (2022)	4 (2007, 2009, 2018, 2023)
Spain	0	1 (2016)	0	0
Finland	0	1 (2019)	0	0
Serbia	0	1 (2022)	0	0
Ivory Coast	0	1 (2023)	0	0
Wales	0	0	2 (2003, 2020)	0
Northern Ireland	0	0	1 (2016)	0
Montserrat	0	0	1 (2019)	0
Guatemala	0	0	1 (2024)	0
Denmark	0	0	0	1 (2010)
Jamaica	0	0	0	1 (2022)
Total	23	23	23	23

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External links

• The Official Website of the Professional Footballer's Association
• Vote in the Official PFA Fans' Player Award