Stoke City F.C. Player of the Year

Current holder of the award, Nick Powell

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]

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
1978	Howard Kendall	England	Midfielder
1979	Mike Doyle	England	Defender
1980	Alan Dodd	England	Defender
1981	Peter Fox	England	Goalkeeper
1982	Peter Fox (2)	England	Goalkeeper
1983	Mickey Thomas	Wales	Midfielder
1984	Steve Bould	England	Defender
1985	Sammy McIlroy	Northern Ireland	Midfielder
1986	Keith Bertschin	England	Forward
1987	Lee Dixon	England	Defender
1988	Steve Parkin	England	Defender
1989	Chris Kamara	England	Defender
1990	Peter Fox (3)	England	Goalkeeper
1991	Mickey Thomas (2)	Wales	Midfielder
1992	Wayne Biggins	England	Forward
1993	Mark Stein	South Africa	Forward
1994	Ian Cranson	England	Midfielder
1995	Lárus Sigurðsson	Iceland	Defender
1996	Mark Prudhoe	England	Goalkeeper
1996	Ray Wallace	England	Defender
1997	Andy Griffin	England	Defender
1998	Justin Whittle	England	Defender
1999	Kevin Keen	England	Midfielder
2000	James O'Connor	Republic of Ireland	Midfielder
2001	Brynjar Gunnarsson	Iceland	Midfielder
2002	Wayne Thomas	England	Defender
2003	Sergei Shtanuk	Belarus	Defender
2004	Ade Akinbiyi	Nigeria	Forward
2005	Clint Hill	England	Defender
2006	Carl Hoefkens	Belgium	Defender
2007	Danny Higginbotham	Gibraltar	Defender
2008	Liam Lawrence	Republic of Ireland	Midfielder
2009	Abdoulaye Faye^[2]	Senegal	Defender
2010	Matthew Etherington^[3]	England	Midfielder
2011	Robert Huth^[4]	Germany	Defender
2012	Peter Crouch^[5]	England	Forward
2013	Asmir Begović^[6]	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Goalkeeper
2014	Ryan Shawcross^[7]	England	Defender
2015	Steven Nzonzi^[8]	France	Midfielder
2016	Jack Butland^[9]	England	Goalkeeper
2017	Lee Grant^[10]	England	Goalkeeper
2018	Joe Allen^[11]	Wales	Midfielder
2019	Jack Butland^[12] (2)	England	Goalkeeper
2020	James McClean^[13]	Republic of Ireland	Midfielder
2021	Nick Powell^[14]	England	Midfielder

Wins by playing position[]

Position	Number of winners
Goalkeeper	8
Defender	18
Midfielder	14
Forward	5

Wins by nationality[]

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

References[]

^ "Live Coverage Of The Awards Dinner". Stoke City F.C. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
^ "Faye wins twice at Stoke awards". BBC Sport. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
^ "Matthew Etherington named Stoke's player of the year". BBC Sport. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
^ "Robert Huth named Stoke City's player of the year". BBC Sport. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
^ "Crouch Bags Hat-Trick Of Awards". Stoke City F.C. Archived from the original on 11 May 2012. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
^ "Asmir Begovic sweeps the board at club awards night". The Sentinel. Retrieved 15 May 2013.
^ "Stoke City: Ryan Shawcross is voted club's player of the year". Stoke Sentinel. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
^ "Nzonzi Steals The Show". Stoke City. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
^ "Jack Butland leads the way at awards night". Stoke Sentinel. Archived from the original on 11 May 2016. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
^ "Lee Grant cleans up at Stoke City player-of-the-year awards". Stoke Sentinel. Retrieved 17 May 2017.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Joe Allen named Stoke City player-of-the-year at gala dinner tonight". Stoke Sentinel. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
^ "BUTLAND LANDS TOP HONOUR". Stoke City. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
^ "McClean lands top honour". Stoke City. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
^ "Powell named Player of the Year". Stoke City. Retrieved 12 May 2021.

External links[]

Stoke City Player of the Year at stokecityfc.com

[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.^{[permanent dead link]}

[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.

[13] "McClean lands top honour". Stoke City. Retrieved 5 August 2020.

[14] "Powell named Player of the Year". Stoke City. Retrieved 12 May 2021.

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