A clutch of Liverpool’s Premier League title winners alongside Manchester City’s Kevin De Bruyne are the front-runners for this season’s PFA Players’ Player of the Year award.
Jordan Henderson was crowned the Football Writer’s Association Player of the Year last week and is a contender for the PFA award alongside teammates Trent Alexander-Arnold, Sadio Mane, Virgil van Dijk and Mohamed Salah.
Van Dijk claimed the award last season and in doing so became the first defender to win it since John Terry in 2005, while Salah won it in 2018 following a sensational debut campaign with Liverpool.
Since the award was launched for the 1973-74 season, only Mark Hughes, Alan Shearer, Thierry Henry, Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale have won it more than once.
Full list of PFA Players’ Player of the Year from 1974 to present
- 1974 – Norman Hunter (Leeds United)
- 1975 – Colin Todd (Derby County)
- 1976 – Pat Jennings (Tottenham Hotspur)
- 1977 – Andy Gray (Aston Villa)
- 1978 – Peter Shilton (Nottingham Forest)
- 1979 – Liam Brady (Arsenal)
- 1980 – Terry McDermott (Liverpool)
- 1981 – John Wark (Ipswich Town)
- 1982 – Kevin Keegan (Southampton)
- 1983 – Kenny Dalglish (Liverpool)
- 1984 – Ian Rush (Liverpool)
- 1985 – Peter Reid (Everton)
- 1986 – Gary Lineker (Everton)
- 1987 – Clive Allen (Tottenham)
- 1988 – John Barnes (Liverpool)
- 1989 – Mark Hughes (Manchester United)
- 1990 – David Platt (Aston Villa)
- 1991 – Mark Hughes (Manchester United)
- 1992 – Gary Pallister (Manchester United)
- 1993 – Paul McGrath (Aston Villa)
- 1994 – Eric Cantona (Manchester United)
- 1995 – Alan Shearer (Blackburn Rovers)
- 1996 – Les Ferdinand (Newcastle United)
- 1997 – Alan Shearer (Newcastle United)
- 1998 – Dennis Bergkamp (Arsenal)
- 1999 – David Ginola (Tottenham Hotspur)
- 2000 – Roy Keane (Manchester United)
- 2001 – Teddy Sheringham (Manchester United)
- 2002 – Ruud van Nistelrooy (Manchester United)
- 2003 – Thierry Henry (Arsenal)
- 2004 – Thierry Henry (Arsenal)
- 2005 – John Terry (Chelsea)
- 2006 – Steven Gerrard (Liverpool)
- 2007 – Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United)
- 2008 – Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United)
- 2009 – Ryan Giggs (Manchester United)
- 2010 – Wayne Rooney (Manchester United)
- 2011 – Gareth Bale (Tottenham Hotspur)
- 2012 – Robin van Persie (Arsenal)
- 2013 – Gareth Bale (Tottenham Hotspur)
- 2014 – Luis Suarez (Liverpool)
- 2015 – Eden Hazard (Chelsea)
- 2016 – Riyad Mahrez (Leicester City)
- 2017 – N’Golo Kante (Chelsea)
- 2018 – Mohamed Salah (Liverpool)
- 2019 – Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool)
Who votes for the PFA Players’ Player of the Year?
The award is voted for by the Professional Footballers’ Association in England and Wales which has 4,000 members.
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