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2026 PFA Awards: Complete List of Winners

The 53rd edition of the Professional Footballers’ Association (PFA) Awards took place Tuesday night at the Manchester Opera House, spotlighting the finest players from across English football for the 2025–26 season. Players from the Premier League, EFL Championship, League One and Two, alongside the Women’s Super League (WSL) and WSL2, were honored based on votes cast by their peers.

Bruno Fernandes secured the men’s Player of the Year award after setting a new Premier League record with 21 assists in a single season, marking the first Manchester United player to win this since Wayne Rooney in 2010. Meanwhile, Khadija “Bunny” Shaw earned her second women’s Player of the Year trophy, making history as the first to claim three consecutive WSL golden boots by netting 21 goals in 22 games, driving Manchester City to the title.

Full List of Award Winners for 2026 PFA Awards

  • Men’s Player of the Year: Bruno Fernandes
  • Women’s Player of the Year: Bunny Shaw
  • Men’s Young Player of the Year: Nico O’Reilly
  • Women’s Young Player of the Year: Olivia Smith
  • Premier League Team of the Year
  • WSL Team of the Year
  • Championship Player of the Year: Hayden Hackney
  • Championship Team of the Year
  • WSL2 Player of the Year: Lily Crosthwaite
  • League One Player of the Year: Dom Ballard
  • League Two Player of the Year: Aaron Drinan

Men’s Player of the Year

Manchester United midfielder Bruno Fernandes was voted the PFA Players’ Player of the Year, adding to his earlier Football Writers’ Association award in May.

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

Women’s Player of the Year

Bunny Shaw claimed the women’s Player of the Year award, also winning the Football Writers’ Association version earlier this 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

Nico O’Reilly, a versatile 21-year-old from Manchester City, earned the 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

Arsenal forward Olivia Smith won the award for the second year running.

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

Premier League Team of the Year

  • Goalkeeper: David Raya (Arsenal)
  • Defenders: Gabriel Magalhães (Arsenal), Nico O’Reilly (Manchester City), William Saliba (Arsenal), Jurriën Timber (Arsenal)
  • Midfielders: Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United), Declan Rice (Arsenal), Rayan Cherki (Manchester City)
  • Forwards: Erling Haaland (Manchester City), Antoine Semenyo (Manchester City), Igor Thiago (Brentford)

WSL Team of the Year

  • Goalkeeper: Hannah Hampton (Chelsea)
  • Defenders: Kerstin Casparij (Manchester City), Tōko Koga (Tottenham Hotspur), Ellie Carpenter (Chelsea), Emily Fox (Arsenal)
  • Midfielders: Yui Hasegawa (Manchester City), Mariona Caldentey (Arsenal), Jessica Park (Manchester United)
  • Forwards: Bunny Shaw (Manchester City), Alessia Russo (Arsenal), Lauren James (Chelsea)

Championship Player of the Year

Hayden Hackney, formerly of Middlesbrough and now with Everton, was named the best player in the Championship.

Championship Team of the Year

  • Goalkeeper: Carl Rushworth (Coventry City)
  • Defenders: Milan van Ewijk (Coventry City), Bobby Thomas (Coventry City), Tristan Crama (Millwall), Taylor Harwood-Bellis (Southampton)
  • Midfielders: Hayden Hackney (Middlesbrough), Matt Grimes (Coventry City), Jack Rudoni (Coventry City)
  • Forwards: Žan Vipotnik (Swansea City), Haji Wright (Coventry City), Femi Azeez (Millwall)

WSL2 Player of the Year

Birmingham City’s Lily Crosthwaite became the first-ever recipient of the WSL2 Player of the Year award.

League One Player of the Year

Dom Ballard, once a Leyton Orient striker and now with Bristol City, earned the League One top player award.

League Two Player of the Year

Aaron Drinan of Swindon Town took home the League Two Player of the Year honor.

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