List of all players to win PFA Player's Player of the Year award

This award was first awarded in 1973-74

An annual award awarded to the player deemed the finest of the English football season is the PFA Men’s Players’ Player of the Year (sometimes known as the Players’ Player of the Year or just the Player of the Year).

The Professional Footballers’ Association (PFA), the players’ trade union, holds an annual poll to select the winner of the award. The award has been given out since the 1973–74 season. Erling Haaland of Manchester City is the current winner; he took home the trophy for the first occasion on August 29, 2023.

Norman Hunter, a defensive specialist for Leeds United, was the inaugural recipient of the honour. Only Thierry Henry, Cristiano Ronaldo, Gareth Bale, Kevin De Bruyne, Mark Hughes, Alan Shearer, and Mohamed Salah had taken home the prize twice as of 2023; additionally, only Henry, Ronaldo, and De Bruyne had won it in back-to-back seasons.

Only Shearer, who played for two separate teams, won both of his awards out of the seven. Young players are still eligible to compete for the senior title since there is a distinct Premier League PFA Young Player of the Year accolade. Three times, the same player has won both trophies for a period: Andy Grey in 1976–1977, Ronaldo in 2006–07, and Bale in 2012–13.

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List of players to win Premier League PFA Players’ Player of the Year award

1973–74	Norman Hunter	Leeds United
1974–75	Colin Todd	Derby County
1975–76	Pat Jennings	Tottenham Hotspur
1976–77	Andy Gray	Aston Villa
1977–78	Peter Shilton	Nottingham Forest
1978–79	Liam Brady	Arsenal
1979–80	Terry McDermott	Liverpool
1980–81	John Wark	Ipswich Town
1981–82	Kevin Keegan	Southampton
1982–83	Kenny Dalglish	Liverpool
1983–84	Ian Rush	Liverpool
1984–85	Peter Reid	Everton
1985–86	Gary Lineker	Everton
1986–87	Clive Allen	Tottenham Hotspur
1987–88	John Barnes	Liverpool
1988–89	Mark Hughes	Manchester United
1989–90	David Platt	Aston Villa
1990–91	Mark Hughes (2)	Manchester United
1991–92	Gary Pallister	Manchester United
1992–93	Paul McGrath	Aston Villa
1993–94	Eric Cantona	Manchester United
1994–95	Alan Shearer	Blackburn Rovers
1995–96	Les Ferdinand	Newcastle United
1996–97	Alan Shearer (2)	Newcastle United
1997–98	Dennis Bergkamp	Arsenal
1998–99	David Ginola	Tottenham Hotspur
1999–2000	Roy Keane	Manchester United
2000–01	Teddy Sheringham	Manchester United
2001–02	Ruud van Nistelrooy	Manchester United
2002–03	Thierry Henry	Arsenal
2003–04	Thierry Henry (2)	Arsenal
2004–05	John Terry	Chelsea
2005–06	Steven Gerrard	Liverpool
2006–07	Cristiano Ronaldo	Manchester United
2007–08	Cristiano Ronaldo (2)	Manchester United
2008–09	Ryan Giggs	Manchester United
2009–10	Wayne Rooney	Manchester United
2010–11	Gareth Bale	Tottenham Hotspur
2011–12	Robin van Persie	Arsenal
2012–13	Gareth Bale (2)	Tottenham Hotspur
2013–14	Luis Suárez	Liverpool
2014–15	Eden Hazard	Chelsea
2015–16	Riyad Mahrez	Leicester City
2016–17	N’Golo Kanté	Chelsea
2017–18	Mohamed Salah	Liverpool
2018–19	Virgil van Dijk	Liverpool
2019–20	Kevin De Bruyne	Manchester City
2020–21	Kevin De Bruyne (2)	Manchester City
2021–22	Mohamed Salah (2)	Liverpool
2022–23	Erling Haaland	Manchester City

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