PFA Women's Players' Player of the Year

The Professional Footballers' Association Women's Players' Player of the Year is an annual award given to the player who is voted to have been the best of the year in English women's football.^[1] The award has been presented since the 2012–13 season^[2] 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 Khadija Shaw who won the award on 20 August 2024. The first winner of the award was Arsenal midfielder Kim Little in 2013.^[3]

2024 winner Khadija Shaw

Every spring, each member of the association votes for two players.^[4] 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 a few days later.^[5]

Winners

The women's award has been presented since 2013 while the men's PFA Players' Player of the Year has been awarded since 1974. The table below also indicates where the winning player also won one or more of the other major "player of the year" awards in English women's football, namely the FWA Women's Footballer of the Year (FWA),^[6] PFA Fans' Women's Player of the Year award (FPY),^[7] and the PFA Women's Young Player of the Year award.^[8]

Kim Little was the first player to win the Player of the Year in 2013.

Year		Player	Club	Also won	Notes
2012–13		Kim Little	Arsenal
2013–14		Lucy Bronze	Liverpool
2014–15		Ji So-yun	Chelsea
2015–16		Izzy Christiansen	Manchester City
2016–17		Lucy Bronze	Manchester City
2017–18		Fran Kirby[9]	Chelsea	FWA
2018–19		Vivianne Miedema	Arsenal
2019–20		Bethany England[10]	Chelsea
2020–21		Fran Kirby[11]	Chelsea	FWA
2021–22		Sam Kerr[12]	Chelsea	FWA
2022–23		Rachel Daly[13]	Aston Villa
2023–24		Khadija Shaw[14]	Manchester City	FWA

Breakdown of winners

By country

Country	Number of wins	Winning years
England	7	2013–14, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2022–23
Scotland	1	2012–13
South Korea	1	2014–15
Netherlands	1	2018–19
Australia	1	2021–22
Jamaica	1	2023–24

By club

Club	Number of wins	Winning years
Chelsea	5	2014–15, 2017–18, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22
Manchester City	3	2015–16, 2016–17, 2023–24
Arsenal	2	2012–13, 2018–19
Liverpool	1	2013–14
Aston Villa	1	2022–23

See also

• List of sports awards honoring women

References

1. "England Player Honours – Professional Footballers' Association Players' Players of the Year". England Football Online. 19 June 2007. Retrieved 14 March 2008.
2. Riach, James (29 April 2013). "Tottenham's Gareth Bale wins PFA player of year award for second time". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
3. "PFA Awards: Arsenal's Kim Little named Women's Player of Year". BBC. 3 May 2013. Retrieved 2 May 2014.
4. "Gerrard named player of the year". BBC. 23 April 2006. Retrieved 14 March 2008.
5. "United trio lead nominations for PFA award". The Times. London. 16 April 2007. Retrieved 14 March 2008.^{[dead link]}
6. "Fran Kirby is FWA Women's Footballer of the Year | Football Writers' Association". footballwriters.co.uk. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
7. "PFA's Official Fan's Player of the Year: Previous Winners". The Professional Footballers' Association. Archived from the original on 20 February 2008. Retrieved 14 March 2008.
8. Frank Keogh (20 April 2001). "Too much too young?". BBC. Retrieved 17 March 2008.
9. "Chelsea's Fran Kirby wins PFA Women's Player of the Year prize". Sky Sports. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
10. "PFA Player of the Year: Kevin de Bruyne and Beth England named 2020 winners". BBC Sport. 8 September 2020. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
11. "Fran Kirby wins PFA Player of the Year". PFA official website. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
12. "Mohamed Salah and Sam Kerr win PFA player of year awards". BBC Sport. 9 June 2022. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
13. "Rachel Daly PFA Players' Player of the Year". Professional Fooballers' Association. 29 August 2023. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
14. "Lionesses star Lauren James beaten to Women's PFA Players' Player of the Year by Khadija Shaw with Manchester City striker recognised for sensational WSL goal tally". Goal.com. 20 August 2024. Retrieved 20 August 2024.

External links

• Official website