Chelsea F.C. Player of the Year

The Chelsea Player of the Year award is an official award given by Chelsea Football Club, to award the player who has most contributed to the success and achievements of the club's men's first team over the course of a season. The honor is currently awarded based on votes by Chelsea fans on the club's website.^[1]

Chelsea Player of the Year

Eden Hazard has won the award four times, the most of any player
Sport	Association football
Awarded for	Being the best performing Chelsea player in a year
Presented by	Chelsea F.C.
History
First award	1967; 58 years ago (1967)
Editions	58 (as of 2024)
First winner	Peter Bonetti
Most wins	Eden Hazard (4 times)
Most recent	Cole Palmer (2024)

The inaugural award was handed to Peter Bonetti in 1967, and it has been presented every season since.^[2] The award has been given to 42 different players over the course of 58 seasons, with 12 players being awarded on more than one occasion. Of these players, only Eden Hazard has won the award four times. The first player from outside the UK to win the award was Yugoslav international Petar Borota in 1981.

Cole Palmer is the most recent winner of the award.

Chelsea Player of the Year

Award recipients

Peter Bonetti won the inaugural award in 1967.

Frank Lampard has won the award three times.

Statue of Peter Osgood outside Stamford Bridge, who won the award in 1973.

John Terry won the award in 2001 and 2006.

Mason Mount won the award in successive years, in 2021 and 2022.

Award recipients

Year	Player	Nationality	Position	Ref.
1967	Peter Bonetti	England	Goalkeeper	[2]
1968	Charlie Cooke	Scotland	Forward
1969	David Webb	England	Defender
1970	John Hollins		Midfielder
1971	John Hollins (2)
1972	David Webb (2)		Defender
1973	Peter Osgood		Forward
1974	Gary Locke		Defender
1975	Charlie Cooke (2)	Scotland	Forward
1976	Ray Wilkins	England	Midfielder
1977	Ray Wilkins (2)
1978	Micky Droy		Defender
1979	Tommy Langley		Forward
1980	Clive Walker
1981	Petar Borota	Yugoslavia	Goalkeeper
1982	Mike Fillery	England	Forward
1983	Joey Jones	Wales	Defender
1984	Pat Nevin	Scotland	Forward
1985	David Speedie
1986	Eddie Niedzwiecki	Wales	Goalkeeper
1987	Pat Nevin (2)	Scotland	Forward
1988	Tony Dorigo	England	Defender
1989	Graham Roberts
1990	Ken Monkou	Netherlands
1991	Andy Townsend	Ireland	Midfielder
1992	Paul Elliott	England	Defender
1993	Frank Sinclair	Jamaica
1994	Steve Clarke	Scotland
1995	Erland Johnsen	Norway
1996	Ruud Gullit	Netherlands	Midfielder
1997	Mark Hughes	Wales	Forward
1998	Dennis Wise	England	Midfielder
1999	Gianfranco Zola	Italy	Forward
2000	Dennis Wise (2)	England	Midfielder
2001	John Terry		Defender
2002	Carlo Cudicini	Italy	Goalkeeper
2003	Gianfranco Zola (2)		Forward
2004	Frank Lampard	England	Midfielder
2005	Frank Lampard (2)
2006	John Terry (2)		Defender
2007	Michael Essien	Ghana	Midfielder
2008	Joe Cole	England
2009	Frank Lampard (3)
2010	Didier Drogba	Cote d'Ivoire	Forward
2011	Petr Čech	Czech Republic	Goalkeeper
2012	Juan Mata	Spain	Midfielder
2013	Juan Mata (2)
2014	Eden Hazard	Belgium	Forward
2015	Eden Hazard (2)
2016	Willian	Brazil
2017	Eden Hazard (3)	Belgium
2018	N'Golo Kanté	France	Midfielder	[3]
2019	Eden Hazard (4)	Belgium	Forward	[4]
2020	Mateo Kovačić	Croatia	Midfielder	[5]
2021	Mason Mount	England	Midfielder	[6]
2022	Mason Mount (2)			[7]
2023	Thiago Silva	Brazil	Defender	[8]
2024	Cole Palmer	England	Midfielder	[9]

Multiple wins

Players with multiple wins

Rank	Winner	Total wins	Years won
1	Eden Hazard (BEL)	4	2014, 2015, 2017, 2019
2	Frank Lampard (ENG)	3	2004, 2005, 2009
3	Charlie Cooke (SCO)	2	1968, 1975
	David Webb (ENG)		1969, 1972
	John Hollins (ENG)		1970, 1971
	Ray Wilkins (ENG)		1976, 1977
	Pat Nevin (SCO)		1984, 1987
	Dennis Wise (ENG)		1998, 2000
	Gianfranco Zola (ITA)		1999, 2003
	John Terry (ENG)		2001, 2006
	Juan Mata (ESP)		2012, 2013
	Mason Mount (ENG)		2021, 2022

Wins by nationality

Wins by nationality

Nationality	Number of wins
England	27
Scotland	6
Belgium	4
Italy	3
Wales	3
Brazil	2
Netherlands	2
Spain	2
Cote d'Ivoire	1
Croatia	1
Czech Republic	1
France	1
Ghana	1
Ireland Republic	1
Jamaica	1
Norway	1
Yugoslavia	1

Wins by playing position

Wins by playing position

Position	Number of wins
Goalkeeper	5
Defender	15
Midfielder	20
Forward	18

Annual awards

Key

• A number in brackets beside a player's name indicates the number of times they have received the award.

Players' Player of the Year

Year	Winner	Ref.
2006	Claude Makélélé	[2]
2007	Didier Drogba
2008	Ricardo Carvalho
2009	Ashley Cole
2010	Florent Malouda
2011	Ashley Cole (2)
2012	Ramires
2013	Juan Mata
2014	César Azpilicueta
2015	Eden Hazard
2016	Willian
2017	N'Golo Kanté
2018	Willian (2)	[3]
2019	Eden Hazard (2)	[10]
2020–2022	Not awarded
2023	Thiago Silva	[11]
2024	Cole Palmer	[9]

Young Player of the Year

Year	Winner	Ref.
1983	Keith Dublin	[2]
1984	Robert Isaac
1985	Gareth Hall
1986	Mick Bodley
1987	Jason Cundy
1988	Eddie Cunnington
1989	Not awarded
1990	Not awarded
1991	Andy Myers
1992	Zeke Rowe
1993	Neil Shipperley
1994	Mark Nicholls
1995	Chris McCann
1996	Jody Morris
1997	Nick Crittenden
1998	John Terry
1999	Samuele Dalla Bona
2000	Rhys Evans
2001	Leon Knight
2002	Carlton Cole
2003	Robert Huth
2004	Robert Huth (2)
2005	Robert Huth (3)
2006	Lassana Diarra
2007	Mikel John Obi
2008	The U18s youth team
2009	Michael Mancienne
2010	The U18s youth team (2)
2011	Josh McEachran
2012	Lucas Piazon
2013	Nathan Aké
2014	Lewis Baker
2015	Kurt Zouma
2016	Ruben Loftus-Cheek
2017	Not awarded	[12]
2018	Andreas Christensen	[3]
2019	Callum Hudson-Odoi	[12]
2020 onwards	Not awarded

Academy Player of the Year

Year	Winner	Ref.
2015	Dominic Solanke	[13]
2016	Fikayo Tomori	[14]
2017	Mason Mount	[15]
2018	Reece James	[3]
2019	Conor Gallagher	[12]
2020	Billy Gilmour	[16]
2021	Tino Livramento	[17]
2022	Harvey Vale	[18]
2023	Lewis Hall	[19]
2024	Alfie Gilchrist	[9]

Goal of the Year

All results (home and away) list Chelsea's goal tally first.

Year	Winner	Against	Score	Result	Stadium	Competition	Ref.
2007	Michael Essien	Arsenal	1–1	1–1	Stamford Bridge	Premier League	[20]
2008	Juliano Belletti	Tottenham Hotspur	1–0	2–0	Stamford Bridge	Premier League	[21]
2009	Michael Essien (2)	Barcelona	1–0	1–1	Stamford Bridge	UEFA Champions League	[22]
2010	Ashley Cole	Sunderland	3–0	7–2	Stamford Bridge	Premier League	[23]
2011	Ramires	Manchester City	2–0	2–0	Stamford Bridge	Premier League	[24]
2012	Ramires (2)	Barcelona	1–2	2–2	Camp Nou	UEFA Champions League	[25]
2013	Oscar	Juventus	2–0	2–2	Stamford Bridge	UEFA Champions League	[26]
2014	Lewis Baker	Arsenal U21	1–1	2–1	Emirates Stadium	Professional U21 Development League	[27]
2015	Oscar (2)	Queens Park Rangers	1–0	2–1	Stamford Bridge	Premier League	[28]
2016	Eden Hazard	Tottenham Hotspur	2–2	2–2	Stamford Bridge	Premier League	[29]
2017	Eden Hazard (2)	Arsenal	2–0	3–1	Stamford Bridge	Premier League	[30]
2018	Willian	Brighton & Hove Albion	2–0	4–0	Falmer Stadium	Premier League	[31]
2019	Eden Hazard (3)	Liverpool	2–1	2–1	Anfield	EFL Cup	[32]
2020	Fikayo Tomori	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–0	5–2	Molineux Stadium	Premier League	[33]
2021	Olivier Giroud	Atlético Madrid	1–0	1–0	Arena Națională	UEFA Champions League	[34]
2022	Mateo Kovačić	Liverpool	1–2	2–2	Stamford Bridge	Premier League	[35]
2023	Conor Gallagher	Crystal Palace	2–1	2–1	Selhurst Park	Premier League	[36]
2024	Moisés Caicedo	Bournemouth	1–0	2–1	Stamford Bridge	Premier League	[37]

See also

• List of Chelsea F.C. players
• List of Chelsea F.C. players (25–99 appearances)
• List of Chelsea F.C. players (1–24 appearances)

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