PFA Young Player Of The Year
Although the award is open to players at all levels, all winners to date have played in the highest division of the English football league system. In 2018 Ryan Sessegnon of Fulham became the first player from outside the top division of English football to be nominated for the award. As of 2023, only Ryan Giggs, Robbie Fowler, Wayne Rooney, Dele Alli and Phil Foden have won the award on more than one occasion. Only seven players from outside the United Kingdom have won the trophy, compared with fifteen winners of the main PFA Players' Player of the Year award. Although they have their own dedicated award, players aged 21 or under at the start of the season remain eligible to win the Players' Player of the Year award, and on three occasions the same player has won both awards for a season.
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 players themselves consider the award to be highly prestigious, because the winner is chosen by his fellow professionals.
Winners
The award has been presented on 50 occasions as of 2023, to 45 players. 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 PFA Players' Player of the Year award (PPY), the Football Writers' Association's Footballer of the Year award (FWA), the Premier League Player of the Season award (PPS), the Premier League Young Player of the Season award (PYPS), and the PFA Fans' Player of the Year award (FPY).
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Breakdown of winners
By country
Country | Number of wins | Winning years |
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37 |
1973–74, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1977–78, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1980–81, 1981–82, 1983–84, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23 |
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6 |
1982–83, 1984–85, 1991–92, 1992–93, 2001–02, 2012–13 |
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1 |
1976–77 |
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1 |
1998–99 |
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1 |
1999–2000 |
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1 |
2006–07 |
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1 |
2007–08 |
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1 |
2013–14 |
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1 |
2017–18 |
By club
Club | Number of wins | Winning years |
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Manchester United | 8 |
1984–85, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1996–97, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07 |
Tottenham Hotspur | 6 |
1979–80, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17 |
Liverpool | 6 |
1982–83, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1997–98, 2000–01, 2019–20 |
Arsenal | 6 |
1986–87, 1988–89, 1998–99, 2007–08, 2010–11, 2022–23 |
Manchester City | 5 |
1975–76, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2020–21, 2021–22 |
Aston Villa | 4 |
1976–77, 1980–81, 2008–09, 2009–10 |
Newcastle United | 4 |
1987–88, 1993–94, 2001–02, 2002–03 |
West Ham United | 2 |
1974–75, 1985–86 |
Southampton | 2 |
1981–82, 1989–90 |
Chelsea | 2 |
2003–04, 2013–14 |
Ipswich Town | 1 |
1973–74 |
Nottingham Forest | 1 |
1977–78 |
West Bromwich Albion | 1 |
1978–79 |
Luton Town | 1 |
1983–84 |
Leeds United | 1 |
1999–2000 |
Charlton Athletic | 1 |
2003–04 |