Ligue 1 Player of the Year

Zlatan Ibrahimović won the award three times playing for Paris Saint-Germain; the most wins by a single player.

The Ligue 1 Player of the Year, is an award given to the player whose performances are considered to be the best, playing in Ligue 1. The award has been presented since the 1993–94 season and the first winner of the award was Paris Saint-Germain Winger David Ginola. The current holder is Kylian Mbappé, who won the award for his performances throughout the 2020–21 campaign for Paris Saint-Germain.

Key[]

• Player (X) denotes the number of times a player has won the award (if more than one)
•  §  Clubs with this background and symbol were Ligue 1 champions in the same season

Winners[]

David Ginola won the inaugural award in 1994.

Kylian Mbappé is the current incumbent of the award.

This award has been presented 27 times as of 2021, with all winners being different aside from Pauleta who was the first two-time winner in 2001–02 and 2002–03, as well as the only other multiple-time winners Eden Hazard (in 2010–11 and 2011–12), Zlatan Ibrahimović (who won the award a record three times in 2012–13, 2013–14 and 2015–16) and Kylian Mbappé (in 2018–19 and 2020–21).

Season	Player	Position	Nationality	Club	Ref.
1993–94	David Ginola	Forward	France	Paris Saint-Germain§	[1]
1994–95	Vincent Guérin	Midfielder	France	Paris Saint-Germain	[1]
1995–96	Zinedine Zidane	Midfielder	France	Bordeaux	[1]
1996–97	Sonny Anderson	Forward	Brazil	Monaco§	[1]
1997–98	Marco Simone	Forward	Italy	Paris Saint-Germain	[1]
1998–99	Ali Benarbia	Midfielder	Algeria	Bordeaux§	[1]
1999–2000	Marcelo Gallardo	Midfielder	Argentina	Monaco§	[1]
2000–01	Éric Carrière	Midfielder	France	Nantes§	[1]
2001–02	Pauleta	Forward	Portugal	Bordeaux	[1]
2002–03	Pauleta (2)	Forward	Portugal	Bordeaux	[1]
2003–04	Didier Drogba	Forward	Ivory Coast	Marseille	[1]
2004–05	Michael Essien	Midfielder	Ghana	Lyon§	[1]
2005–06	Juninho	Midfielder	Brazil	Lyon§	[1]
2006–07	Florent Malouda	Midfielder	France	Lyon§	[1]
2007–08	Karim Benzema	Forward	France	Lyon§	[1]
2008–09	Yoann Gourcuff	Midfielder	France	Bordeaux§	[1]
2009–10	Lisandro López	Forward	Argentina	Lyon	[1]
2010–11	Eden Hazard	Midfielder	Belgium	Lille§	[1]
2011–12	Eden Hazard (2)	Midfielder	Belgium	Lille	[2]
2012–13	Zlatan Ibrahimović	Forward	Sweden	Paris Saint-Germain§
2013–14	Zlatan Ibrahimović (2)	Forward	Sweden	Paris Saint-Germain§
2014–15	Alexandre Lacazette	Forward	France	Lyon	[3]
2015–16	Zlatan Ibrahimović (3)	Forward	Sweden	Paris Saint-Germain§	[4]
2016–17	Edinson Cavani	Forward	Uruguay	Paris Saint-Germain	[5]
2017–18	Neymar	Forward	Brazil	Paris Saint-Germain§	[6]
2018–19	Kylian Mbappé	Forward	France	Paris Saint-Germain§	[7]
2019–20	Not awarded				[8]
2020–21	Kylian Mbappé (2)	Forward	France	Paris Saint-Germain	[9]

Breakdown of winners[]

By country[]

Sonny Anderson was the first winner from outside of France.

Country	Wins	Winning seasons
France	10	1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 2000–01, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2014–15, 2018–19, 2020–21
Brazil	3	1996–97, 2005–06, 2017–18
Sweden	3	2012–13, 2013–14, 2015–16
Belgium	2	2010–11, 2011–12
Portugal	2	2001–02, 2002–03
Argentina	2	1999–2000, 2009–10
Ivory Coast	1	2004–05
Ghana	1	2005–06
Italy	1	1997–98
Algeria	1	1998–99
Uruguay	1	2016–17

By club[]

Eden Hazard won the award twice in two consecutive seasons playing for Lille.

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