Previous Winners – Footballer of the year
1948 – Stanley Matthews (Blackpool) 1949 – Johnny Carey (Man United) 1950 – Joe Mercer (Arsenal) 1951 – Harry Johnston (Blackpool) 1952 – Billy Wright (Wolves) 1953 – Nat Lofthouse (Bolton) 1954 – Tom Finney (Preston) 1955 – Don Revie (Man City) 1956 – Bert Trautmann (Man City) 1957 – Tom Finney (Preston) 1958 – Danny Blanchflower (Spurs) 1959 – Syd Owen (Luton) 1960 – Bill Slater (Wolves) 1961 – Danny Blanchflower (Spurs) 1962 – Jimmy Adamson (Burnley) 1963 – Stanley Matthews (Stoke) 1964 – Bobby Moore (West Ham) 1965 – Bobby Collins (Leeds) 1966 – Bobby Charlton (Man Utd) 1967 – Jack Charlton (Leeds) 1968 – George Best (Man Utd) 1969 – Dave Mackay (Derby) & Tony Book (Man City) 1970 – Billy Bremner (Leeds) 1971 – Frank McLintock (Arsenal) 1972 – Gordon Banks (Stoke) 1973 – Pat Jennings (Spurs) 1974 – Ian Callaghan (Liverpool) 1975 – Alan Mullery (Fulham) 1976 – Kevin Keegan (Liverpool) 1977 – Emlyn Hughes (Liverpool) 1978 – Kenny Burns (Forest) 1979 – Kenny Dalglish (Liverpool) 1980 – Terry McDermott (Liverpool) 1981 – Frans Thijssen (Ipswich) 1982 – Steve Perryman (Spurs) 1983 – Kenny Dalglish (Liverpool) 1984 – Ian Rush (Liverpool) 1985 – Neville Southall (Everton) 1986 – Gary Lineker (Everton) 1987 – Clive Allen (Spurs) 1988 – John Barnes (Liverpool) 1989 – Steve Nicol (Liverpool) 1990 – John Barnes (Liverpool) 1991 – Gordon Strachan (Leeds) 1992 – Gary Lineker (Spurs) 1993 – Chris Waddle (Sheff Wed) 1994 – Alan Shearer (Blackburn) 1995 – Jurgen Klinsmann (Spurs) 1996 – Eric Cantona (Man Utd) 1997 – Gianfranco Zola (Chelsea) 1998 – Dennis Bergkamp (Arsenal) 1999 – David Ginola (Spurs) 2000 – Roy Keane (Man Utd) 2001 – Teddy Sheringham (Man Utd) 2002 – Robert Pires (Arsenal) 2003 – Thierry Henry (Arsenal) 2004 – Thierry Henry (Arsenal) 2005 – Frank Lampard (Chelsea) 2006 – Thierry Henry (Arsenal) 2007 – Cristiano Ronaldo (Man Utd) 2008 – Cristiano Ronaldo (Man Utd) 2009 – Steven Gerrard (Liverpool) 2010 – Wayne Rooney (Man Utd) 2011 – Scott Parker (West Ham) 2012 – Robin van Persie (Arsenal) 2013 – Gareth Bale (Spurs) 2014 – Luis Suárez (Liverpool) 2015 – Eden Hazard (Chelsea) 2016 - Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) 2017 - N'Golo Kante (Chelsea) 2018 - Mohammed Salah (Liverpool) 2019 - Raheem Sterling (Man City) 2020 - Jordan Henderson (Liverpool)