Ligue 1 Young Player of the Year: List of all award winners

The last two recipients of this award have been defenders
The Ligue 1 Young Player of the Year is awarded every season to the best young player in the league. The recipient of this award should be 23 years or under at the start of the season. Zinedine Zidane was the first player to receive this award after the commencement of the 1993-94 season. Since then, the award has been awarded 29 times.
A total of 26 different players have received this award in 29 seasons. Eden Hazard was the first player to win two Young Player of the Year awards. Kylian Mbappe came into the league and won three awards in a row. He holds the record for the most Young Player of the Year awards.
Monaco players have won the award six times. This is the most by any club in Ligue 1. PSG are just behind them with five winners. Five defenders, eight midfielders, and 16 forwards have been awarded with this prestigious honour. Eden Hazard, Marco Verratti, and Younes Belhanda are the non-French players to receive this award.
Nuno Mendes backs the award for the current season. He joins the list of elite players. We now take a look at the complete list of players who have won the Ligue 1 Young Player of the Year award.
List of all award winners
1993-94: Zinedine Zidane (Bordeaux)
1994-95: Florian Maurice (Lyon)
1995-96: Robert Pires (Metz)
1996-97: Thierry Henry (Monaco)
1997-98: David Trezeguet (Monaco)
1998-99: Olivier Monterrubio (Nantes)
1999-00: Philippe Christanval (Monaco)
2000-01: Sidney Govou (Lyon)
2001-02: Djibril Cisse (Auxerre)
2002-03: Lionel Mathis (Auxerre)
2003-04: Patrice Evra (Monaco)
2004-05: Jeremy Toulalan (Nantes)
2005-06: Franck Ribery (Marseille)
2006-07: Samir Nasri (Marseille)
2007-08: Hatem Ben Arfa (Lyon)
2008-09: Eden Hazard (Lille)
2009-10: Eden Hazard (Lille)
2010-11: Mamadou Sakho (PSG)
2011-12: Younes Belhanda (Montpellier)
2012-13: Florian Thauvin (Bastia)
2013-14: Marco Verratti (PSG)
2014-15: Nabil Fekir (Lyon)
2015-16: Ousmane Dembele (Rennes)
2016-17: Kylian Mbappe (Monaco)
2017-18: Kylian Mbappe (PSG)
2018-19: Kylian Mbappe (PSG)
2020-21: Aurelien Tchouameni (Monaco)
2021-22: William Saliba (Marseille)
2022-23: Nuno Mendes (PSG)

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