Every Player of the Season award winner in history after Bruno Fernandes triumph



Bruno Fernandes was named Player of the Season for the 2025/26 Premier League campaign.

The Manchester United midfielder won the award ahead of Arsenal’s Declan Rice and Manchester City’s Erling Haaland.

The Player of the Season award is given to the standout performer in a Premier League campaign.

The award has been in existence since 1994/95, when Alan Shearer won the inaugural award.

However, five players have won it a record two times, while Fernandes is the current holder.

Here is every Player of the Season award winner in the history of the Premier League after Fernandes’ triumph:

1994/95 – Alan Shearer

1995/96 – Peter Schmeichel

1996/97 – Juninho

1997/98 – Michael Owen

1998/99 – Dwight Yorke

1999/00 – Kevin Phillips –

2000/01 – Patrick Vieira

2001/02 – Freddie Ljungberg

2002/03 – Ruud van Nistelrooy

2003/04 – Thierry Henry

2004/05 – Frank Lampard

2005/06 – Thierry Henry

2006/07 – Cristiano Ronaldo

2007/08 – Cristiano Ronaldo

2008/09 – Nemanja Vidic

2009/10 – Wayne Rooney

2010/11 – Nemanja Vidic

2011/12 – Vincent Kompany

2012/13 – Gareth Bale

2013/14 – Luis Suarez

2014/15 – Eden Hazard

2015/16 Jamie Vardy

2016/17 – N’Golo Kante

2017/18 – Mohamed Salah

2018/19 – Virgil van Dijk

2019/20 – Kevin De Bruyne

2020/21 – Ruben Dias

2021/22 – Kevin De Bruyne

2022/23 – Erling Haaland

2023/24 – Phil Foden

2024/25 – Mohamed Salah

2025/26 – Bruno Fernandes