List of all players to win Ligue 1 Player of the Season award

Kylian Mbappe won the 2023-24 season award

The Ligue 1 player whose achievements are deemed to be the finest of the season receives the official UNFP Ligue 1 Player of the Year award from the Union Nationale des Footballers Professionnels (UNFP).

Since its inception in the 1993–94 season, the award has been given out, with Paris Saint–Germain winger David Ginola becoming the inaugural recipient.

Kylian Mbapp is the present incumbent and record holder of the trophy. He earned it for Paris Saint-Germain during the 2023–24 season, his fifth straight year of winning.

As of 2023, this award had been given out 29 times, with each winner being unique except for Pauleta, who won it twice in 2001–02 and 2002–03.

The only other winners who have won it more than once are Eden Hazard (in 2010–11 and 2011–12), Zlatan Ibrahimovic (in 2012–13, 2013–14, and 2015–16), and Kylian Mbappe (who won it five times in a row in 2018–19, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, and 2023–24).

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List of Ligue 1 Player of the Season award winners

1993–94	David Ginola	Forward	France	Paris Saint-Germain
1994–95	Vincent Guerin	Midfielder	France	Paris Saint-Germain
1995–96	Zinedine Zidane	Midfielder	France	Bordeaux
1996–97	Sonny Anderson	Forward	Brazil	Monaco
1997–98	Marco Simone	Forward	Italy	Paris Saint-Germain
1998–99	Ali Benarbia	Midfielder	Algeria	Bordeaux
1999–2000	Marcelo Gallardo	Midfielder	Argentina	Monaco
2000–01	Eric Carriere	Midfielder	France	Nantes
2001–02	Pauleta	Forward	Portugal	Bordeaux
2002–03	Pauleta (2)	Forward	Portugal	Bordeaux
2003–04	Didier Drogba	Forward	Ivory Coast	Marseille
2004–05	Michael Essien	Midfielder	Ghana	Lyon
2005–06	Juninho	Midfielder	Brazil	Lyon
2006–07	Florent Malouda	Midfielder	France	Lyon
2007–08	Karim Benzema	Forward	France	Lyon
2008–09	Yoann Gourcuff	Midfielder	France	Bordeaux
2009–10	Lisandro Lopez	Forward	Argentina	Lyon
2010–11	Eden Hazard	Midfielder	Belgium	Lille
2011–12	Eden Hazard (2)	Midfielder	Belgium	Lille
2012–13	Zlatan Ibrahimovic	Forward	Sweden	Paris Saint-Germain
2013–14	Zlatan Ibrahimovic (2)	Forward	Sweden	Paris Saint-Germain
2014–15	Alexandre Lacazette	Forward	France	Lyon
2015–16	Zlatan Ibrahimovic (3)	Forward	Sweden	Paris Saint-Germain
2016–17	Edinson Cavani	Forward	Uruguay	Paris Saint-Germain
2017–18	Neymar	Forward	Brazil	Paris Saint-Germain
2018–19	Kylian Mbappe	Forward	France	Paris Saint-Germain
2019–20	Not awarded due to COVID-19 Pandemic
2020–21	Kylian Mbappe (2)	Forward	France	Paris Saint-Germain
2021–22	Kylian Mbappe (3)	Forward	France	Paris Saint-Germain
2022–23	Kylian Mbappe (4)	Forward	France	Paris Saint-Germain
2023–24	Kylian Mbappe (5)	Forward	France	Paris Saint-Germain

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