The Professional Footballers' Association Men's Players' Player of the Year is an annual award given to the player who is adjudged to have been the best of the year in English football. The award has been presented since the 1973–74 season and the winner is chosen by a vote amongst the members of the players' trade union, the Professional Footballers' Association (PFA). The current holder is Mohamed Salah of Liverpool, who is also the first player to have won the award three times. A shortlist of nominees is published in April and the winner of the award, along with the winners of the PFA's other annual awards, is announced at a gala event in London. The award is regarded by the players themselves as extremely prestigious, with Teddy Sheringham describing it in 2001 as "the biggest personal award you can get in the game", and John Terry stating in 2005 that he considered it "the ultimate accolade to be voted for by your fellow professionals whom you play against week-in and week-out".
Winners
The award has been presented on 52 occasions as of 2025, with 44 different winners. The table also indicates where the winning player also won one or more of the other major "player of the year" awards in English football, namely:
- the Football Writers' Association's Footballer of the Year award (FWA),
- the PFA Fans' Player of the Year award (FPY),
- the PFA Young Player of the Year award (YPY),
- the Premier League Player of the Season award (PPS),
- the Premier League Young Player of the Season award (PYS)
- and the Football Supporters’ Association Player of the Year award (FSA).
thumb|upright|[[Mohamed Salah has the most Player of the Year awards, with three.]]
thumb|upright|[[Andy Gray (footballer, born 1955)|Andy Gray was the first player to win the Player of the Year and Young Player of the Year awards in the same season.]]
thumb|upright|[[Mark Hughes was the first player to win the Player of the Year award twice.]]
thumb|upright|[[Thierry Henry was the first player to win the award in two consecutive seasons.]]
thumb|upright|[[Cristiano Ronaldo was the first player to win all five major awards in the same year.]]
{| class="sortable wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|+Winners of the PFA Players' of the Year
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!Year
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!Player!!Club!!class="unsortable"|Also won!!class="unsortable" align=center|Notes
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| 1973–74 || ||align=left| ||align=left| Leeds United || ||
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| 1974–75 || ||align=left| ||align=left| Derby County || ||
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| 1975–76 || ||align=left| || align=left|Tottenham Hotspur || ||
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| 1976–77 || ||align=left| || align=left|Aston Villa ||YPY||
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| 1977–78 || ||align=left| || align=left|Nottingham Forest|| ||
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| 1978–79 || ||align=left| ||align=left| Arsenal || ||
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| 1979–80 || ||align=left| || align=left|Liverpool ||FWA||
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| 1980–81 || || align=left| ||align=left| Ipswich Town|| ||
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| 1981–82 || || align=left| || align=left|Southampton|| ||
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| 1982–83 || ||align=left| || align=left|Liverpool ||FWA||
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| 1983–84 || ||align=left| ||align=left| Liverpool ||FWA||
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| 1984–85 || ||align=left| ||align=left| Everton|| ||
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| 1985–86 || ||align=left| ||align=left|Everton ||FWA||
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| 1986–87 || ||align=left| ||align=left| Tottenham Hotspur ||FWA||
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| 1987–88 || || align=left|||align=left| Liverpool ||FWA||
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| 1988–89 || || align=left| || align=left|Manchester United|| ||
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| 1989–90 || ||align=left| ||align=left| Aston Villa|| ||
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| 1990–91 || ||align=left| (2) ||align=left| Manchester United|| ||
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| 1991–92 || ||align=left| ||align=left| Manchester United|| ||
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| 1992–93 || || align=left|||align=left| Aston Villa|| ||
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| 1993–94 || || align=left| ||align=left| Manchester United || ||
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| 1994–95 || || align=left| || align=left|Blackburn Rovers|| PPS ||
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| 1995–96 || || align=left| || align=left|Newcastle United|| ||
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| 1996–97 || ||align=left| (2) ||align=left| Newcastle United || ||
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| 1997–98 || ||align=left| || align=left|Arsenal ||FWA||
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| 1998–99 || ||align=left| || align=left| Tottenham Hotspur ||FWA||
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| 1999–2000 || ||align=left| ||align=left| Manchester United ||FWA||
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| 2000–01 ||||align=left| ||align=left| Manchester United ||FWA||
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| 2001–02 || ||align=left| ||align=left| Manchester United ||FPY||
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| 2002–03 || ||align=left| ||align=left| Arsenal ||FWA, FPY||
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| 2003–04 || ||align=left| (2)||align=left| Arsenal ||FWA, FPY, PPS||
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| 2004–05 || ||align=left| ||align=left| Chelsea|| ||
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| 2005–06 || ||align=left| ||align=left| Liverpool|| ||
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| 2006–07 || ||align=left| || align=left|Manchester United ||FWA, FPY, YPY, PPS||
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| 2007–08 || ||align=left| (2) || align=left|Manchester United ||FWA, FPY, PPS||
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| 2008–09 || ||align=left| || align=left|Manchester United || ||
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| 2009–10 || ||align=left| || align=left|Manchester United ||FWA, FPY, PPS ||
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| 2010–11 || ||align=left| || align=left|Tottenham Hotspur || ||
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| 2011–12 || ||align=left| || align=left|Arsenal || FWA, FPY ||
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| 2012–13 || ||align=left| (2) || align=left|Tottenham Hotspur || FWA, YPY, PPS ||
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|2013–14 || ||align=left| || align=left|Liverpool || FWA, FPY, PPS, FSA ||
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|2014–15 || ||align=left| || align=left|Chelsea || FWA, PPS ||
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| 2015–16 ||