PFA Awards 2023: List of past winners of player of the year prize as Premier League stars are nominated

The Professional Footballers' Association Awards took place on August 29th at the Lowry Theatre in Manchester.

Erling Haaland's record-breaking debut season saw him win the award for 2022/23 and Rachel Daly's super campaign with Aston Villa saw her named the PFA Player of the Year.

Bukayo Saka became the first Arsenal player since Jack Wilshere to win the Young Players' Player of the Year and Lauren James was also named the Young Players' Player of the Year.

The Sporting News takes a look at the nominees, along with all the previous winners of each award.

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PFA Awards 2023: List of nominees for Players' Player of the Year

The following players were nominated for the awards:

Men:

• Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City)
• Erling Haaland (Manchester City)
• John Stones (Manchester City)
• Bukayo Saka (Arsenal)
• Martin Odegaard (Arsenal)
• Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur)

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Women:

• Ona Batlle (Manchester United)
• Rachel Daly (Aston Villa)
• Sam Kerr (Chelsea)
• Frida Maanum (Arsenal)
• Guro Reiten (Chelsea)
• Khadija ‘Bunny’ Shaw (Manchester City)

Men's Young Player of the Year

• Erling Haaland (Manchester City)
• Bukayo Saka (Arsenal)
• Gabriel Martinelli (Arsenal)
• Moisés Caicedo (Brighton and Hove Albion)
• Evan Ferguson (Brighton and Hove Albion)
• Jacob Ramsey (Aston Villa) 

Women's Young Player of the Year

• Laura Blindkilde (Aston Villa)
• Lauren Hemp (Manchester City)
• Lauren James (Chelsea)
• Missy Bo Kearns (Liverpool)
• Maya Le Tissier (Manchester United)
• Katie Robinson (Brighton and Hove Albion)

Who has won the most PFA Player of the Year awards?

There are a number of players to have won the men's Player of the Year award twice, however, no player has three awards to their name.

Mark Hughes, Alan Shearer, Thierry Henry, Cristiano Ronaldo, Gareth Bale, Kevin De Bruyne and Mohamed Salah have won the award on two occasions, and only Henry, Ronaldo and De Bruyne have won the award in consecutive seasons.

50 years of PFA Awards 🎉

Today, we celebrate an @Arsenal and @premierleague legend 🐐

Thierry Henry: PFA Players' Player of the Year twice and the first to win it in consecutive seasons.

🏆 2002/03
🏆 2003/04#PFA50 pic.twitter.com/rZmtIHmHXy

— Professional Footballers’ Association (@PFA) July 14, 2023

PFA Awards: List of previous winners

The full list of male winners can be found below:

.@ErlingHaaland wins @PFA Players' Player of the Year! 🤩

Congratulations, Erling! 👏 pic.twitter.com/VjatnBZGkg

— Manchester City (@ManCity) August 29, 2023

The full list of female winners:

PFA Young Player of the Year previous winners

Men's young player of the year:

 

 

 

 

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Women's young player of the year:

PFA Young Player of the Year. 🏆

Congratulations, @laurenjamess22 👏#PFAawards #PFA50 pic.twitter.com/mvvRNwOurw

— Professional Footballers’ Association (@PFA) August 29, 2023

What are the PFA Awards?

It is an annual award ceremony where the player who is adjudged to have been the best of the year in English football is recognised for their performances. 

The winner is chosen by a vote amongst the members of the players' trade union which is the Professional Footballers' Association (PFA).