2026 PFA Awards: Complete List of Winners

The 53rd edition of the Professional Footballers’ Association (PFA) Awards took place on Tuesday evening at the Manchester Opera House. This event celebrates the top male and female soccer players across England’s Premier League, EFL Championship, League One, League Two, Women’s Super League (WSL), and Women’s Super League 2 for the 2025–26 season. The winners are selected by their fellow players.

Top Honors in Men's and Women's Football

Bruno Fernandes, the Manchester United midfielder, earned the men’s Player of the Year title after setting a Premier League record with 21 assists in one season. He became the first Manchester United player since Wayne Rooney in 2010 to win this award.

Khadija “Bunny” Shaw of Manchester City secured her second women’s Player of the Year award. She made history as the first to claim three consecutive WSL golden boots, netting 21 goals in 22 matches to lead her team to the championship.

Complete List of Award Winners

• Men’s Player of the Year: Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United)
• Women’s Player of the Year: Bunny Shaw (Manchester City)
• Men’s Young Player of the Year: Nico O’Reilly (Manchester City)
• Women’s Young Player of the Year: Olivia Smith (Arsenal)
• Premier League Team of the Year: David Raya (GK, Arsenal), Gabriel Magalhães (D, Arsenal), Nico O’Reilly (D, Manchester City), William Saliba (D, Arsenal), Jurriën Timber (D, Arsenal), Bruno Fernandes (M, Manchester United), Declan Rice (M, Arsenal), Rayan Cherki (M, Manchester City), Erling Haaland (F, Manchester City), Antoine Semenyo (F, Manchester City), Igor Thiago (F, Brentford)
• WSL Team of the Year: Hannah Hampton (GK, Chelsea), Kerstin Casparij (D, Manchester City), Tōko Koga (D, Tottenham Hotspur), Ellie Carpenter (D, Chelsea), Emily Fox (D, Arsenal), Yui Hasegawa (M, Manchester City), Mariona Caldentey (M, Arsenal), Jessica Park (M, Manchester United), Bunny Shaw (F, Manchester City), Alessia Russo (F, Arsenal), Lauren James (F, Chelsea)
• Championship Player of the Year: Hayden Hackney (Everton, formerly Middlesbrough)
• Championship Team of the Year: Carl Rushworth (GK, Coventry City), Milan van Ewijk (D, Coventry City), Bobby Thomas (D, Coventry City), Tristan Crama (D, Millwall), Taylor Harwood-Bellis (D, Southampton), Hayden Hackney (M, Middlesbrough), Matt Grimes (M, Coventry City), Jack Rudoni (M, Coventry City), Žan Vipotnik (F, Swansea City), Haji Wright (F, Coventry City), Femi Azeez (F, Millwall)
• WSL2 Player of the Year: Lily Crosthwaite (Birmingham City)
• League One Player of the Year: Dom Ballard (Bristol City, formerly Leyton Orient)
• League Two Player of the Year: Aaron Drinan (Swindon Town)

Men’s Player of the Year Nominees

• Erling Haaland (Manchester City)
• Rayan Cherki (Manchester City)
• Gabriel Magalhães (Arsenal)
• David Raya (Arsenal)
• Declan Rice (Arsenal)

Women’s Player of the Year Nominees

• Kirsty Hanson (Aston Villa)
• Yui Hasegawa (Manchester City)
• Lauren James (Chelsea)
• Jess Park (Manchester United)
• Alessia Russo (Arsenal)

Men’s Young Player of the Year Nominees

• Rayan Cherki (Manchester City)
• Max Dowman (Arsenal)
• Junior Kroupi (Bournemouth)
• Kobbie Mainoo (Manchester United)
• Rio Ngumoha (Liverpool)

Women’s Young Player of the Year Nominees

• Laura Blindkilde Brown (Manchester City)
• Veerle Buurman (Chelsea)
• Freya Godfrey (London City Lionesses)
• Tōko Koga (Tottenham Hotspur)
• Alyssa Thompson (Chelsea)