Player of the year or season is an annual award given to the player who is adjudged to have been the best of the year in the particular country’s league.

How is the Player of the season decided?
The recipient is chosen by a panel assembled by the league’s sponsors consisting of members of “football’s governing bodies, the media and fans”.

English premier league
1995 – 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿Alan Shearer
1996- 🇩🇰 Peter Schmeichel
1997- 🇧🇷 Juninho Paulista
1898- 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿Michael Owen
1999- Dwight Yorke
2000- 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Kevin Phillips
2001- Teddy Sheringham
2002 – 🇫🇷Robert Pirès
2003- 🇫🇷 Thierry Henry
2004- 🇫🇷 Thierry Henry
2005- 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Frank Lampard
2006- 🇫🇷 Thierry Henry
2007- 🇵🇹 Cristiano Ronaldo
2008-🇵🇹 Cristiano Ronaldo
2009 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Steven Gerrard
2010 – 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Wayne Rooney
2011 – 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Scott Parker
2012 – 🇳🇱 Robin van Persie
2013. -🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Gareth Bale
2014- 🇺🇾 Luis Suárez
2015 – 🇧🇪 Eden Hazard
2016 -🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jamie Vardy
2017 – 🇫🇷 N’Golo Kanté
2018 – 🇪🇬 Mohamed Salah
2019 – 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Raheem Sterling
2020 – 🇧🇪 Kevin De Bruyne
2020 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jordan Henderson
2021 – 🇧🇪 Kevin De Bruyne
2021- 🇵🇹 Rúben Dias
2022 -🇪🇬 Mohamed Salah
2023 – 🇳🇴 Erling Haaland
2024- 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Phil Foden
2025- 🇪🇬 Mohamed Salah

List of Serie A
1997 Roberto Mancini 🇮🇹
1998. Ronaldo 🇧🇷
1999 Christian Vieri 🇮🇹
2000 Francesco Totti 🇮🇹
2001 Zinedine Zidane 🇫🇷
2002 David Trezeguet 🇫🇷
2003 Pavel Nedvěd Czech
Forward Francesco Totti 🇮🇹
2004 Kaká 🇧🇷
2005 Alberto Gilardino 🇮🇹
2006 Fabio Cannavaro 🇮🇹
2007 Kaká 🇧🇷
2008 Zlatan Ibrahimović 🇸🇪
2009 Zlatan Ibrahimovic 🇸🇪
2010 Diego Milito 🇦🇷
2011 Zlatan Ibrahimović 🇸🇪
2012 Andrea Pirlo 🇮🇹
2013 Andrea Pirlo 🇮🇹
2014 Andrea Pirlo 🇮🇹 Juventus
2015 Carlos Tevez 🇦🇷Juventus
2016Leonardo Bonucci 🇮🇹
2017 Gianluigi Buffon 🇮🇹
2018 Mauro Icardi 🇦🇷
2019 Cristiano Ronaldo 🇵🇹
2020 Cristiano Ronaldo 🇵🇹
2021 Romelu Lukaku 🇧🇪
2022 Rafael Leão 🇵🇹
2023 Victor Osimhen 🇳🇬
2024 Lautaro Martínez 🇦🇷
2025 Yann Sommer 🇨🇭 Gk

List of Bundesliga’s

1999Lothar Matthäus 🇩🇪
2000 Oliver Kahn 🇩🇪
2001 Oliver Kahn 🇩🇪
2002 Michael Ballack 🇩🇪
2003 Michael Ballack 🇩🇪
2004 Aílton 🇧🇷
2005 Michael Ballack 🇩🇪
2006 Miroslav Klose 🇩🇪
2007 Mario Gómez 🇩🇪
2008 Franck Ribéry 🇫🇷
2009 Grafite 🇧🇷
2010 Arjen Robben 🇳🇱
2011 Manuel Neuer 🇩🇪
2012 Marco Reuse 🇩🇪
2013 Bastian Schweinsteiger 🇩🇪
2014 Manuel Neuer Germany🇩🇪
2015 Kevin De Bruyne 🇧🇪
2016 Jérôme Boateng 🇩🇪
2017 Philipp Lahm 🇩🇪
2018 Toni Kroos 🇩🇪
2019 Marco Reus 🇩🇪
2020 Robert Lewandowski 🇵🇱
2021Robert Lewandowski 🇵🇱
2022 Christopher Nkunku 🇫🇷
2023 İlkay Gündoğan 🇩🇪
2024 Florian Wirtz 🇩🇪
2025 Harry Kane 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

La Liga officially started to reward the best player of the season through a gala night since 2008-09.

2008-09 Lionel Messi 🇦🇷
2009-10 Lionel Messi 🇦🇷
2010-11 Lionel Messi. 🇦🇷
2011-12 Lionel Messi 🇦🇷
2012-13 Lionel Messi 🇦🇷
2013-14 Cristiano Ronaldo 🇵🇹
2014-15 Lionel Messi 🇦🇷
2015-16Antoine Griezmann 🇫🇷
2016-17 Lionel Messi 🇦🇷
2017-18 Lionel Messi 🇦🇷
2018-19 Lionel Messi 🇦🇷
2019-20 Karim Benzema 🇫🇷
2020-21 Jan Oblak Slovenia.
2021-22 Karim Benzema 🇫🇷
2022-23Marc-André ter steg🇩🇪
2023-24 Jude Bellingham 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
2024-25 Raphinha

🇫🇷 Ligue 1 — Player of the Year

1994 — 🇫🇷 David Ginola
1995 — 🇫🇷 Vincent Guérin
1996 — 🇫🇷 Zinedine Zidane
1997 — 🇧🇷 Sonny Anderson
1998 — 🇮🇹 Marco Simone
1999 — 🇩🇿 Ali Benarbia
2000 — 🇦🇷 Marcelo Gallardo
2001 — 🇫🇷 Eric Carrière
2002 — 🇵🇹 Pauleta
2003 — 🇵🇹 Pauleta
2004 — 🇨🇮 Didier Drogba
2005 — 🇬🇭 Michael Essien
2006 — 🇧🇷 Juninho
2007 — 🇫🇷 Florent Malouda
2008 — 🇫🇷 Karim Benzema
2009 — 🇫🇷 Yoann Gourcuff
2010 — 🇦🇷 Lisandro López
2011 — 🇧🇪 Eden Hazard
2012 — 🇧🇪 Eden Hazard
2013 — 🇸🇪 Zlatan Ibrahimović
2014 — 🇸🇪 Zlatan Ibrahimović
2015 — 🇫🇷 Alexandre Lacazette
2016 — 🇸🇪 Zlatan Ibrahimović
2017 — 🇺🇾 Edinson Cavani
2018 — 🇧🇷 Neymar
2019 — 🇫🇷 Kylian Mbappé
2020 — 🏴 Not awarded
2021 — 🇫🇷 Kylian Mbappé
2022 — 🇫🇷 Kylian Mbappé
2023 — 🇫🇷 Kylian Mbappé
2024 — 🇫🇷 Kylian Mbappé
2025 — 🇫🇷 Ousmane Dembélé