PFA Women's Players' Player of the Year

{{short description|Annual English women's football (soccer) award}}

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File:Khadija Shaw.jpg]]

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.{{cite web|url=http://www.englandfootballonline.com/TeamHons/HonsPFAPlyr.html|title=England Player Honours – Professional Footballers' Association Players' Players of the Year|publisher=England Football Online|access-date=14 March 2008|date=19 June 2007}} The award has been presented since the 2012–13 season{{cite news |last1=Riach |first1=James |title=Tottenham's Gareth Bale wins PFA player of year award for second time |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2013/apr/28/tottenham-gareth-bale-pfa-player-of-year |access-date=26 October 2020 |work=The Guardian |date=29 April 2013}} 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 Khadija Shaw who won the award on 20 August 2024. The first winner of the award was Arsenal midfielder Kim Little in 2013.{{cite web|title=PFA Awards: Arsenal's Kim Little named Women's Player of Year|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/22333698|publisher=BBC|access-date=2 May 2014|date=3 May 2013}}

Every spring, each member of the association votes for two players.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/4935884.stm|title=Gerrard named player of the year|publisher=BBC|access-date=14 March 2008|date=23 April 2006}} 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.{{cite news|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/article1660489.ece|title=United trio lead nominations for PFA award|work=The Times|access-date=14 March 2008|date=16 April 2007 | location=London}}{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

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),{{Cite web|url=http://footballwriters.co.uk/news/fran-kirby-is-fwa-womens-footballer-of-the-year/|title=Fran Kirby is FWA Women's Footballer of the Year {{!}} Football Writers' Association|website=footballwriters.co.uk|language=en-US|access-date=1 May 2018}} PFA Fans' Women's Player of the Year award (FPY),{{cite web|url=http://www.givemefootball.com/rolls_of_honour/fansplayerofyearroll.html|title=PFA's Official Fan's Player of the Year: Previous Winners|publisher=The Professional Footballers' Association|access-date=14 March 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080220145853/http://www.givemefootball.com/rolls_of_honour/fansplayerofyearroll.html |archive-date = 20 February 2008}} and the PFA Women's Young Player of the Year award.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/1287799.stm|title=Too much too young?|publisher=BBC|access-date=17 March 2008|date=20 April 2001|author=Frank Keogh}}

File:Kim little.jpg was the first player to win the Player of the Year in 2013.]]

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Year

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ClubAlso wonclass="unsortable" align=center|Notes
2012–13{{sort|ENG|{{flagicon|SCO}}}}align=left| {{sortname|Kim|Little}}align=left| Arsenal
2013–14{{sort|ENG|{{flagicon|ENG}}}}align=left|{{sortname|Lucy|Bronze}}align=left| Liverpool
2014–15{{sort|KOR|{{flagicon|KOR}}}}align=left|{{sortname|Ji|So-yun}}align=left| Chelsea
2015–16{{sort|ENG|{{flagicon|ENG}}}}align=left|{{sortname|Izzy|Christiansen|Isobel Christiansen}}align=left| Manchester City
2016–17{{sort|ENG|{{flagicon|ENG}}}}align=left|{{sortname|Lucy|Bronze}}align=left| Manchester City
2017–18{{sort|ENG|{{flagicon|ENG}}}}align=left|{{sortname|Fran|Kirby}}{{cite news|title=Chelsea's Fran Kirby wins PFA Women's Player of the Year prize|url=http://www.skysports.com/amp/football/news/28508/11343476/chelseas-fran-kirby-wins-pfa-womens-player-of-the-year-prize|access-date=22 April 2018|work=Sky Sports|language=en}}align=left| ChelseaFWA

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2018–19{{sort|NED|{{flagicon|NED}}}}align=left|{{sortname|Vivianne|Miedema}}align=left| Arsenal|
2019–20{{sort|ENG|{{flagicon|ENG}}}}align=left|{{sortname|Bethany|England}}{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/54044861|title=PFA Player of the Year: Kevin de Bruyne and Beth England named 2020 winners |work=BBC Sport |date=8 September 2020|access-date=8 September 2020}}align=left| Chelsea|
2020–21{{sort|ENG|{{flagicon|ENG}}}}align=left|{{sortname|Fran|Kirby}}{{cite news|title=Fran Kirby wins PFA Player of the Year|language=en|work=PFA official website|url=https://www.thepfa.com/news/2021/6/6/fran-kirby-pfa-players-player-of-the-year|access-date=6 June 2021}}align="left" | ChelseaFWA

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2021–22{{sort|AUS|{{flagicon|AUS}}}}align=left|{{sortname|Sam|Kerr}}{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/61736732|title=Mohamed Salah and Sam Kerr win PFA player of year awards |work=BBC Sport |date=9 June 2022|access-date=9 June 2022}}align=left| ChelseaFWA

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2022–23{{sort|ENG|{{flagicon|ENG}}}}align=left|{{sortname|Rachel|Daly}}{{cite web |title=Rachel Daly PFA Players' Player of the Year |url=https://www.thepfa.com/news/2023/8/29/pfa-players-player-of-the-year-rachel-daly |website=Professional Fooballers' Association |access-date=29 August 2023 |date=29 August 2023}}align=left| Aston Villa
2023–24{{sort|JAM|{{flagicon|JAM}}}}align=left|{{sortname|Khadija|Shaw}}{{cite web |title=Lionesses star Lauren James beaten to Women’s PFA Players’ Player of the Year by Khadija Shaw with Manchester City striker recognised for sensational WSL goal tally |url=https://www.goal.com/en-us/lists/lionesses-star-lauren-james-beaten-women-s-pfa-players-player-year-khadija-shaw-manchester-city-striker/blt515a8c2e76946ba5 |website=Goal.com |access-date=20 August 2024 |date=20 August 2024}}align=left| Manchester CityFWA

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Breakdown of winners

=By country=

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CountryNumber of winsWinning years
{{flagicon|ENG}} England{{center|7}}2013–14, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2022–23
{{flagicon|SCO}} Scotland{{center|1}}2012–13
{{flagicon|KOR}} South Korea{{center|1}}2014–15
{{flagicon|NED}} Netherlands{{center|1}}2018–19
{{flagicon|AUS}} Australia{{center|1}}2021–22
{{flagicon|JAM}} Jamaica{{Center|1}}2023–24

=By club=

class="wikitable sortable"
ClubNumber of winsclass="unsortable"|Winning years
Chelsea{{center|5}}2014–15, 2017–18, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22
Manchester City{{center|3}}2015–16, 2016–17, 2023–24
Arsenal{{center|2}}2012–13, 2018–19
Liverpool{{center|1}}2013–14
Aston Villa{{center|1}}2022–23

See also

References

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