Stoke City F.C. Player of the Year

The Stoke City Player of the Year award is an award presented to the Stoke City fans' player of the season. Towards the end of each season, fans are invited to cast their votes for this award. The winner is generally announced at an end-of-season awards dinner at either the bet365 Stadium or the King's Hall in Stoke-on-Trent.[1]

Current holder of the award, Jack Butland

The inaugural award was made to Howard Kendall in 1978. Peter Fox has won the award a record three times, Mickey Thomas is the only other player to have once the award more than once. There have been 13 different nationalities to have won the award.

Key
  •      denotes multiple recipients in the same season
  • Player (X) denotes the number of times a player has won the award

Player of the Year winners
2011 winner Robert Huth.
Belgian defender Carl Hoefkens won the 2006 award.
Winger Matthew Etherington won the award in 2010.
Academy product James O'Connor won the award in 2000.
Year Name Nationality Position
1978Howard Kendall EnglandMidfielder
1979Mike Doyle EnglandDefender
1980Alan Dodd EnglandDefender
1981Peter Fox EnglandGoalkeeper
1982Peter Fox (2) EnglandGoalkeeper
1983Mickey Thomas WalesMidfielder
1984Steve Bould EnglandDefender
1985Sammy McIlroy Northern IrelandMidfielder
1986Keith Bertschin EnglandForward
1987Lee Dixon EnglandDefender
1988Steve Parkin EnglandDefender
1989Chris Kamara EnglandDefender
1990Peter Fox (3) EnglandGoalkeeper
1991Mickey Thomas (2) WalesMidfielder
1992Wayne Biggins EnglandForward
1993Mark Stein South AfricaForward
1994Ian Cranson EnglandMidfielder
1995Lárus Sigurðsson IcelandDefender
1996 Mark Prudhoe EnglandGoalkeeper
Ray Wallace EnglandDefender
1997Andy Griffin EnglandDefender
1998Justin Whittle EnglandDefender
1999Kevin Keen EnglandMidfielder
2000James O'Connor IrelandMidfielder
2001Brynjar Gunnarsson IcelandMidfielder
2002Wayne Thomas EnglandDefender
2003Sergei Shtanuk BelarusDefender
2004Ade Akinbiyi NigeriaForward
2005Clint Hill EnglandDefender
2006Carl Hoefkens BelgiumDefender
2007Danny Higginbotham EnglandDefender
2008Liam Lawrence IrelandMidfielder
2009Abdoulaye Faye[2] SenegalDefender
2010Matthew Etherington[3] EnglandMidfielder
2011Robert Huth[4] GermanyDefender
2012Peter Crouch[5] EnglandForward
2013Asmir Begović[6] Bosnia and HerzegovinaGoalkeeper
2014Ryan Shawcross[7] EnglandDefender
2015Steven Nzonzi[8] FranceMidfielder
2016Jack Butland[9] EnglandGoalkeeper
2017Lee Grant[10] EnglandGoalkeeper
2018Joe Allen[11] WalesMidfielder
2019Jack Butland[12] (2) EnglandGoalkeeper

Wins by playing position
Position Number of winners
Goalkeeper 8
Defender 18
Midfielder 12
Forward 5

Wins by nationality
Nationality Number of winners
 England 27
 Wales 3
 Iceland 2
 Ireland 2
 Belarus 1
 Belgium 1
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1
 France 1
 Germany 1
 Nigeria 1
 Northern Ireland 1
 Senegal 1
 South Africa 1

References
  1. "Live Coverage Of The Awards Dinner". Stoke City F.C. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
  2. "Faye wins twice at Stoke awards". BBC Sport. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
  3. "Matthew Etherington named Stoke's player of the year". BBC Sport. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
  4. "Robert Huth named Stoke City's player of the year". BBC Sport. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
  5. "Crouch Bags Hat-Trick Of Awards". Stoke City F.C. Archived from the original on 11 May 2012. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
  6. "Asmir Begovic sweeps the board at club awards night". The Sentinel. Retrieved 15 May 2013.
  7. "Stoke City: Ryan Shawcross is voted club's player of the year". Stoke Sentinel. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
  8. "Nzonzi Steals The Show". Stoke City. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
  9. "Jack Butland leads the way at awards night". Stoke Sentinel. Archived from the original on 11 May 2016. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
  10. "Lee Grant cleans up at Stoke City player-of-the-year awards". Stoke Sentinel. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  11. "Joe Allen named Stoke City player-of-the-year at gala dinner tonight". Stoke Sentinel. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
  12. "BUTLAND LANDS TOP HONOUR". Stoke City. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
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