PFA Fans' Player of the Year
Steven Gerrard of Liverpool was the inaugural winner of this award in 2001
The ESPN Professional Footballers' Association Fans' Player of the Year (often called the PFA Fans' Player of the Year, or simply the Fans' Player of the Year) award is given to footballers in the top four flights of English football, the Premier League, the Championship, League One and League Two.[1]
The shortlist is compiled by the members of the Professional Footballers' Association (the PFA), and then the winner is voted for by the fans of the league.
The award was first given in 2001, and was won by Steven Gerrard, Chris Bart-Williams, Brian Tinnion and Bobby Zamora, of Liverpool, Nottingham Forest, Bristol City and Brighton & Hove Albion respectively.
List of winners
Highlighted players are winning the award for a second time.
2001
| League | Player | Club | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| FA Premiership |  | Liverpool | First winner of the award in the FA Premiership Winning the award in addition to the Young Player of the Year award |
| First Division | | Nottingham Forest | First winner of the award in the First Division |
| Second Division | | Bristol City | First winner of the award in the Second Division |
| Third Division | | Brighton & Hove Albion | First winner of the award in the Third Division |
2002
| League | Player | Club | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| FA Premiership |  | Manchester United | First winner of the award from outside of England First winner of the award from outside of Great Britain First winner of the award from outside of the United Kingdom First winner of the award from outside of the British Isles Winning the award in addition to the Players' Player of the Year award |
| First Division | | Wolverhampton Wanderers | |
| Second Division | | Brighton & Hove Albion | First two-time winner of the award First two-time winner of the award in two different leagues |
| Third Division | | Luton Town |
2003
| League | Player | Club | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| FA Premiership |  | Arsenal | Winning the award in addition to the Players' Player of the Year award Winning the award in addition to the FWA Footballer of the Year award |
| First Division | | Portsmouth | |
| Second Division | .svg.png){kind=small} | Cardiff City | |
| Third Division | | Swansea City | |
2004
| League | Player | Club | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| FA Premiership | | Arsenal | First winner of the award for two consecutive seasons First player to win three awards for two consecutive seasons Winning the award in addition to the Players' Player of the Year award Winning the award in addition to the FWA Footballer of the Year award |
| First Division | | Norwich City | |
| Second Division | | Bournemouth | |
| Third Division | | Northampton Town |
2005
| League | Player | Club | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| FA Premier League | | Chelsea | Winning the award in addition to the FWA Footballer of the Year award |
| Championship | | Preston North End | |
| League One | | Blackpool | |
| League Two | | Southend United |
2006
| League | Player | Club | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| FA Premier League | | Manchester United | Winning the award in addition to the Young Player of the Year award |
| Championship |  | Reading | |
| League One | | Southend United | |
| League Two | | Carlisle United |
2007
| League | Player | Club | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Premier League |  | Manchester United | First player to win all four main awards in the same year First player to win all three PFA awards in the same year Winning the award in addition to the Players' Player of the Year award Winning the award in addition to the FWA Footballer of the Year award Winning the award in addition to the Young Player of the Year award |
| Championship | | Wolverhampton Wanderers | |
| League One | | Scunthorpe United | |
| League Two |  | Swindon Town |
2008
| League | Player | Club | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Premier League | | Manchester United | Winning the award in addition to the Players' Player of the Year award Winning the award in addition to the FWA Footballer of the Year award |
| Championship | | Sheffield United | |
| League One | | Millwall (on loan from Arsenal) | First winner of award whilst on loan at another club |
| League Two | | Chesterfield |
2009
| League | Player | Club | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Premier League | | Liverpool | Winning the award in addition to the FWA Footballer of the Year award |
| Championship | | Sheffield Wednesday | |
| League One | | Leeds United | |
| League Two | | Brentford (On loan from Ipswich Town) |
2010
| League | Player | Club | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Premier League | | Manchester United | Winning the award in addition to the Players' Player of the Year award Winning the award in addition to the FWA Footballer of the Year award |
| Championship | | West Bromwich Albion | |
| League One | | Southampton | |
| League Two |  | Notts County |
2011
| League | Player | Club | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Premier League | | Liverpool | |
| Championship | | Watford | |
| League One | | Huddersfield Town | |
| League Two | | Gillingham |
2012
| League | Player | Club | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Premier League | | Arsenal | Winning the award in addition to the Players' Player of the Year award Winning the award in addition to the FWA Footballer of the Year award |
| Championship | | Burnley | |
| League One | | Sheffield Wednesday | |
| League Two | | Rotherham United |
2015
Sánchez the winner in 2015
| League | Player | Club | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Premier League |  | Arsenal |
First winner of the award from outside Europe |
2016
| League | Player | Club | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Premier League |  | Leicester City | Winning the award in addition to the Players' Player of the Year award[3] |
| Championship |  | Middlesbrough | |
| League One |  | Wigan Athletic | |
| League Two | | Plymouth Argyle |
2017
| League | Player | Club | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Premier League | | Tottenham Hotspur | [4] |
| Championship | | Newcastle United | |
| League One | | Bolton Wanderers | |
| League Two | | Portsmouth |
2018
| League | Player | Club | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Premier League |  | Liverpool | Winning the award in addition to the Players' Player of the Year award Winning the award in addition to the FWA Footballer of the Year award Winning the award in addition to the Premier League Player of the Season award |
| Championship | | Fulham | |
| League One | | Blackburn Rovers |
Breakdown of winners
Winners by club
Winners by country
| Country | Premier League | Championship/First Division | League One/Second Division | League Two/Third Division | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | |
5 (2001, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010) | 10 (2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2018) | 11 (2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2018) | 10 (2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009), 2011) |
| 2 | |
3 (2007, 2008, 2011) | 0 | 1 (2012) | 0 |
| 3 | |
2 (2003, 2004) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | |
2 (2002, 2012) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | |
1 (2015) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | |
1 (2016) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | |
1 (2018) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | |
0 | 1 (2006) | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | |
0 | 1 (2010) | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | |
0 | 1 (2016) | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | |
0 | 0 | 1 (2003) | 0 |
| 12 | |
0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (2010) |
References
- ↑ PFA Fans' Player of the Year 2001–2007
- ↑ "Alexis Sanchez Crowned PFA Fans' Player of the Year". Retrieved 26 May 2015.
- ↑ "PFA Fans' Player of the Season 2015/16". Retrieved 8 July 2017.
- ↑ "Harry Kane wins PFA Fans' Premier League Player of the Season award". Sky Sports. Retrieved 2018-03-20.
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