PFA Women's Players' Player of the Year

2023 winner Rachel Daly

The Professional Footballers' Association Women's Players' Player of the Year is an annual award given to the player who is voted to have been the best of the year in English women's football. The award has been presented since the 2012–13 season and the winner is chosen by a vote amongst the members of the players' trade union, the Professional Footballers' Association (PFA). The current holder is Rachel Daly who won the award on 29 August 2023. The first winner of the award was Arsenal midfielder Kim Little in 2013.

Every spring, each member of the association votes for two players. 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 a few days later.

Winners

The women's award has been presented since 2013 while the men's PFA Players' Player of the Year has been awarded since 1974. The table below also indicates where the winning player also won one or more of the other major "player of the year" awards in English women's football, namely the FWA Women's Footballer of the Year (FWA), PFA Fans' Women's Player of the Year award (FPY), and the PFA Women's Young Player of the Year award.

Kim Little was the first player to win the Player of the Year in 2013.
Year Player Club Also won Notes
2012–13 Scotland Kim Little Arsenal
2013–14 England Lucy Bronze Liverpool
2014–15 South Korea Ji So-yun Chelsea
2015–16 England Izzy Christiansen Manchester City
2016–17 England Lucy Bronze Manchester City
2017–18 England Fran Kirby Chelsea FWA
2018–19 Netherlands Vivianne Miedema Arsenal
2019–20 England Bethany England Chelsea
2020–21 England Fran Kirby Chelsea FWA
2021–22 Australia Sam Kerr Chelsea FWA
2022–23 England Rachel Daly Aston Villa

Breakdown of winners

By country

Country Number of wins Winning years
England England
6
2013–14, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2022–23
Scotland Scotland
1
2012–13
South Korea South Korea
1
2014–15
Netherlands Netherlands
1
2018–19
Australia Australia
1
2021–22

By club

Club Number of wins Winning years
Chelsea
5
2014–15, 2017–18, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22
Manchester City
2
2015–16, 2016–17
Arsenal
2
2012–13, 2018–19
Liverpool
1
2013–14
Aston Villa
1
2022–23

See also


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