PFA Fans' Player of the Year

The 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. Mohamed Salah is the current Premier League winner, having won the award for his 2020–21 season.

List of winners[]

Highlighted players won the award for a second time.

2001[]

League	Player	Club	Notes
FA Premiership	Steven Gerrard	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	Chris Bart-Williams	Nottingham Forest	First winner of the award in the First Division
Second Division	Brian Tinnion	Bristol City	First winner of the award in the Second Division
Third Division	Bobby Zamora	Brighton & Hove Albion	First winner of the award in the Third Division

2002[]

League	Player	Club	Notes
FA Premiership	Ruud van Nistelrooy	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	Dean Sturridge	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Second Division	Bobby Zamora	Brighton & Hove Albion	First two-time winner of the award First two-time winner of the award in two different leagues
Third Division	Matthew Taylor	Luton Town

2003[]

League	Player	Club	Notes
FA Premiership	Thierry Henry	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	Linvoy Primus	Portsmouth
Second Division	Robert Earnshaw	Cardiff City
Third Division	Leon Britton	Swansea City

2004[]

League	Player	Club	Notes
FA Premiership	Thierry Henry	Arsenal	First winner of the award in two consecutive seasons First player to win three awards in 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 Winning the award in addition to the Premier League Player of the Season award
First Division	Darren Huckerby	Norwich City
Second Division	Neil Moss	Bournemouth
Third Division	Lee Harper	Northampton Town

2005[]

League	Player	Club	Notes
FA Premier League	Frank Lampard	Chelsea	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	Paul McKenna	Preston North End
League One	Keith Southern	Blackpool
League Two	Adam Barrett	Southend United

2006[]

League	Player	Club	Notes
FA Premier League	Wayne Rooney	Manchester United	Winning the award in addition to the Young Player of the Year award
Championship	Kevin Doyle	Reading
League One	Darryl Flahavan	Southend United
League Two	Karl Hawley	Carlisle United

2007[]

League	Player	Club	Notes
Premier League	Cristiano Ronaldo	Manchester United	First player to win all five 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 Winning the award in addition to the Premier League Player of the Season award
Championship	Matthew Murray	Wolverhampton Wanderers
League One	Billy Sharp	Scunthorpe United
League Two	Lee Peacock	Swindon Town

2008[]

League	Player	Club	Notes
Premier League	Cristiano Ronaldo	Manchester United	First player to win four awards in 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 Winning the award in addition to the Premier League Player of the Season award
Championship	James Beattie	Sheffield United
League One	Jay Simpson	Millwall (on loan from Arsenal)	First winner of award whilst on loan at another club
League Two	Jack Lester	Chesterfield

2009[]

League	Player	Club	Notes
Premier League	Steven Gerrard	Liverpool	Winning the award in addition to the FWA Footballer of the Year award
Championship	Marcus Tudgay	Sheffield Wednesday
League One	Jermaine Beckford	Leeds United
League Two	Jordan Rhodes	Brentford (On loan from Ipswich Town)

2010[]

League	Player	Club	Notes
Premier League	Wayne Rooney	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 Winning the award in addition to the Premier League Player of the Season award
Championship	Graham Dorrans	West Bromwich Albion
League One	Rickie Lambert	Southampton
League Two	Kasper Schmeichel	Notts County

2011[]

League	Player	Club	Notes
Premier League	Raul Meireles	Liverpool	[2]
Championship	Danny Graham	Watford
League One	Peter Clarke	Huddersfield Town
League Two	Cody McDonald	Gillingham

2012[]

League	Player	Club	Notes
Premier League	Robin van Persie	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	Jay Rodriguez	Burnley
League One	José Semedo	Sheffield Wednesday
League Two	Lewis Grabban	Rotherham United

2013[]

• Not awarded^{[citation needed]}

2014[]

League	Player	Club	Notes
Premier League	Luis Suárez	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	Danny Ings	Burnley	[3]
League One	Harry Maguire	Sheffield United	[4]
League Two	Tommy Lee	Chesterfield	[5]

2015[]

League	Player	Club	Notes
Premier League	Alexis Sánchez	Arsenal	[6]
Championship	Harry Arter	Bournemouth	[7][8]
League One	Joe Garner	Preston North End	[9]
League Two	Matt Tubbs	Portsmouth	[10]

2016[]

League	Player	Club	Notes
Premier League	Riyad Mahrez	Leicester City	Winning the award in addition to the Players' Player of the Year award[11]
Championship	Daniel Ayala	Middlesbrough
League One	Will Grigg	Wigan Athletic
League Two	Graham Carey	Plymouth Argyle

2017[]

League	Player	Club	Notes
Premier League	Harry Kane	Tottenham Hotspur	[12]
Championship	Dwight Gayle	Newcastle United
League One	David Wheater	Bolton Wanderers
League Two	Enda Stevens	Portsmouth

2018[]

League	Player	Club	Notes
Premier League	Mohamed Salah[13]	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 FSF Player of the Year Award award Winning the award in addition to the Premier League Player of the Season award
Championship	Ryan Sessegnon	Fulham	[14]
League One	Bradley Dack	Blackburn Rovers	[15]
League Two	Marc McNulty	Coventry City	[16]

2019[]

League	Player	Club	Notes
Premier League	Eden Hazard	Chelsea	Winning the award in addition to the Premier League Playmaker of the Season award
Championship	Teemu Pukki	Norwich City
League One	Lyle Taylor	Charlton Athletic
League Two	Michael Bostwick	Lincoln City

2020[]

League	Player	Club	Notes
Premier League	Sadio Mané	Liverpool	[17]
Championship	Luke Ayling	Leeds United	[18]
League One	Joe Jacobson	Wycombe Wanderers	[19]
League Two	Alex Palmer	Plymouth Argyle	[20]

2021[]

League	Player	Club	Notes
Premier League	Mohamed Salah	Liverpool	[21]
Championship
League One	Jerry Yates	Blackpool	[22]
League Two	Tom Conlon	Port Vale	[23]

Breakdown of winners[]

Winners by club[]

• Information correct up to and including 2020.

Club	Premier League	Championship/First Division	League One/Second Division	League Two/Third Division
Liverpool	7 (2001, 2009, 2011, 2014, 2018, 2020, 2021)	0	0	0
Manchester United	5 (2002, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010)	0	0	0
Arsenal	4 (2003, 2004, 2012, 2015)	0	0	0
Chelsea	2 (2005, 2019)	0	0	0
Leicester City	1 (2016)	0	0	0
Tottenham Hotspur	1 (2017)	0	0	0
Wolverhampton Wanderers	0	2 (2002, 2007)	0	0
Norwich City	0	2 (2004, 2019)	0	0
Burnley	0	2 (2012, 2014)	0	0
Preston North End	0	1 (2005)	1 (2015)	0
Sheffield United	0	1 (2008)	1 (2014)	0
Sheffield Wednesday	0	1 (2009)	1 (2012)	0
Bournemouth	0	1 (2015)	1 (2004)	0
Leeds United	0	1 (2020)	1 (2009)	0
Portsmouth	0	1 (2003)	0	2 (2015, 2017)
Nottingham Forest	0	1 (2001)	0	0
Reading	0	1 (2006)	0	0
West Bromwich Albion	0	1 (2010)	0	0
Watford	0	1 (2011)	0	0
Middlesbrough	0	1 (2016)	0	0
Newcastle United	0	1 (2017)	0	0
Fulham	0	1 (2018)	0	0
Blackpool	0	0	2 (2005, 2021)	0
Brighton & Hove Albion	0	0	1 (2002)	1 (2001)
Southend United	0	0	1 (2006)	1 (2005)
Bristol City	0	0	1 (2001)	0
Cardiff City	0	0	1 (2003)	0
Scunthorpe United	0	0	1 (2007)	0
Millwall	0	0	1 (2008)	0
Southampton	0	0	1 (2010)	0
Huddersfield Town	0	0	1 (2011)	0
Wigan Athletic	0	0	1 (2016)	0
Bolton Wanderers	0	0	1 (2017)	0
Blackburn Rovers	0	0	1 (2018)	0
Charlton Athletic	0	0	1 (2019)	0
Wycombe Wanderers	0	0	1 (2020)	0
Chesterfield	0	0	0	2 (2008, 2014)
Plymouth Argyle	0	0	0	2 (2016, 2020)
Luton Town	0	0	0	1 (2002)
Swansea City	0	0	0	1 (2003)
Northampton Town	0	0	0	1 (2004)
Carlisle United	0	0	0	1 (2006)
Swindon Town	0	0	0	1 (2007)
Brentford	0	0	0	1 (2009)
Notts County	0	0	0	1 (2010)
Gillingham	0	0	0	1 (2011)
Rotherham United	0	0	0	1 (2012)
Coventry City	0	0	0	1 (2018)
Lincoln City	0	0	0	1 (2019)
Total	20	19	20	19

Winners by country[]

• Information correct up to and including 2020.

Country	Premier League	Championship/First Division	League One/Second Division	League Two/Third Division
England	6 (2001, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2017)	14 (2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2020)	15 (2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2021)	13 (2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2019, 2020)
Portugal	3 (2007, 2008, 2011)	0	1 (2012)	0
Egypt	2 (2018, 2021)	0	0	0
France	2 (2003, 2004)	0	0	0
Netherlands	2 (2002, 2012)	0	0	0
Uruguay	1 (2014)	0	0	0
Chile	1 (2015)	0	0	0
Algeria	1 (2016)	0	0	0
Belgium	1 (2019)	0	0	0
Senegal	1 (2020)	0	0	0
Republic of Ireland	0	2 (2006, 2015)	0	2 (2016, 2017)
Scotland	0	1 (2010)	0	3 (2007, 2009, 2018)
Spain	0	1 (2016)	0	0
Finland	0	1 (2019)	0	0
Wales	0	0	2 (2003, 2020)	0
Northern Ireland	0	0	1 (2016)	0
Montserrat	0	0	1 (2019)	0
Denmark	0	0	0	1 (2010)
Total	20	19	20	19

References[]