The Premier League player of the year is a prestigious award to have in your inventory. The best player in an entire year in the Premier League wins this title. Only players like Thierry Henry, Cristiano Ronaldo and Kevin De Bruyne managed to win the award twice in a row. Let us look at the list of players who have won the award in the last 10 years.

List of players to win the Premier League player of the year in last 10 years (2011-2021)

Robin Van Persie (2011-12)

The Arsenal superstar Robin Van Persie won the Premier League player of the year in the 2011-12 season. The Dutch scored 27 goals for the gunners that season. It was also the most successful campaign for him at the club. The then 28-year old Dutch International also bagged the FWA footballer of the year and the (FPY) Fans Player of the year award.

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Gareth Bale (2012-13)

Gareth Bale of the spurs was a beast in the premier league. He won the player of the year 2nd time after 2010-11. Bale won both the young player and player of the year and became the third player to do so. He enjoyed a terrific season with goals galore. He has scored 19 Premier League goals - and 24 in all competitions. Bale also bagged the PPS award in that season.

Luis Suarez (2013-14)

Luis Suarez became the first South American and non-European player to win the award. Despite being the top scorer with 30 goals in the premier league including two hat-tricks and four in one match he was criticized heavily for his actions on the field. He was heavily trolled for his actions in the previous year against Chelsea's Branislav Ivanovic, an indiscretion that resulted in a 10-match suspension. Despite all this factors, Suarez brought Liverpool so close to title since 1990. Suarez left Liverpool to join Barcelona in the following season.

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Eden Hazard (2014-15)

The Belgium winger was one of the best players to grace the pitch for the Blues. He had a massive impact on the Chelsea side which won the premier league in 2014-15. He beat stiff competition from Manchester United's David De Gea and Tottenham's Harry Kane to win the award. Hazard had a very good season with 13 goals and helping the team with 8 assists.

Riyad Mahrez (2015-16)

The fairytale finish in the history of the Premier League was when Leicester City won the Premier League defying all odds. Mahrez had an outstanding season which made him a target for big clubs. The Algerian scored 17 goals and made 11 assists in that season to help crown Leicester the kings of England. Later Mahrez was picked by Manchester City. He was also the Fans Player of the year.

N'golo Kante (2016-17)

Following the title-winning run at Leicester City, Chelsea picked up the French midfielder who played a very crucial role behind Chelsea's title-winning run. The 26-year-old beat Blues team-mate - and 2015's winner - Eden Hazard to the prize, along with Tottenham striker Harry Kane, Alexis Sanchez of Arsenal, Manchester United's Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Premier League top scorer Romelu Lukaku of Everton. He also won the PPS award for his brilliant performance as a box to box midfielder. At present Kante is one of those players who has the PL, UCL and the World Cup under his belt.

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Mohamed Salah (2017-18)

One of the main reason behind the rising Liverpool dominance was Mohamed Salah. The Egyptian impressed everybody and was even called Egyptian Messi for the time being. Salah scored a record number of 31 goals in 33 premier league games for Klopp. The £34m summer signing from Roma, was just the fifth player to register more than 40 goal involvements in a single Premier League season (31 goals, nine assists).

Virgil Van Dijk (2018-19)

Another pillar in the Liverpool defence who played a massive part in Liverpool's Champions League title was Virgil Van Dijk. The Dutch international turned things upside down for Liverpool after his arrival. Since joining Liverpool from Southampton for a world-record fee for a defender of £75m. He enlisted his name in a very special list of defenders who won the PFA player of the year award. He was the first defender to win this award since John Terry (2004-05). Van Dijk managed to keep 19 clean sheets in 39 premier league games and also contributed three goals and two assists during the campaign.

Kevin De Bruyne (2019-20, 2020-21)

One of the most promising attacking midfielders in the game has won the PFA Premier League Player of the year twice in a row now. He's only the third player to achieve this feat after Thierry Henry (2002-03, 2003-04) and Cristiano Ronaldo (2006-07, 2007-08). The captain of Manchester City led his team to the Premier League title this year but had to face a disappointing loss in the UCL final against Chelsea. His fellow teammate Ruben Dias won the premier league player of the season award and manager Pep Guardiola won the manager of the season.

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Here we take a look at the full list of winners from last night's PFA event. By the looks of it, it seems like Manchester City and Arsenal players have swiped the awards for obvious reasons. But there's a few names which might surprise you who have won the PFA awards.

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Premier League

Players' Player of the Year

Erling Haaland - Manchester City

Young Player of the Year

Bukayo Saka - Arsenal

Team of the Year

• Aaron Ramsdale : Arsenal
• Ruben Dias : Manchester City
• John Stones : Manchester City
• Kieran Trippier : Newcastle United
• William Saliba : Arsenal
• Rodri : Manchester City
• Kevin De Bruyne : Manchester City
• Martin Odegaard : Arsenal
• Bukayo Saka : Arsenal
• Harry Kane : Tottenham Hotspur
• Erling Haaland : Manchester City

Fans' Player of the Year

Marcus Rashford : Manchester United

Women's Super League

Players' Player of the Year

Rachel Daly : Aston Villa

Young Player of the Year

Lauren James : Chelsea

Team of the Year

• Mary Earps : Manchester United
• Ona Battle : Manchester United
• Maya Le Tissier : Manchester United
• Alex Greenwood : Manchester City
• Raffaele Souza : Arsenal
• Guro Reiten : Chelsea
• Frida Maanum : Arsenal
• Yui Hasegawa : Manchester City
• Rachel Daly : Aston Villa
• Khadija Shaw : Manchester City
• Sam Kerr : Chelsea

Fans' Player of the Year

Ona Battle : Manchester United

Championship

Players' Player of the Year

Chuba Akpom : Middlesbrough

Team of the Year

• Arijanet Muric : Burnley
• Connor Roberts : Burnley
• Anel Ahmedhozic : Sheffield United
• Tom Lockyer : Luton Town
• Ian Maatsen : Burnley
• Josh Brownhill : Burnley
• Iliman Ndiaye : Sheffield United
• Nathan Tella : Burnley
• Chuba Akpom : Middlesbrough
• Viktor Gyokeres : Coventry
• Carlton Morris : Luton Town

Fans' Player of the Year

Amad Diallo : Sunderland

League One

Players' Player of the Year

Conor Chaplin

Team of the Year

• James Trafford
• Leif Davis
• Bali Mumba
• Ricardo Santos
• Mads Juel Andersen
• Barry Bannan
• Sam Morsy
• Luca Connell
• Conor Chaplin
• David McGoldrick
• Jonson Clarke-Harris

Fans' Player of the Year

David McGoldrick

League Two

Players' Player of the Year

Andy Cook

Team of the Year

• Lawrence Vigouroux
• Carl Piergianni
• Omar Beckles
• Junior Tchamadeu
• Ibou Touray
• Owen Moxon
• Elliot Watt
• Idris El Mizouni
• Andy Cook
• Sam Hoskins
• Paul Smyth

Fans' Player of the Year

Elliot Watt

Fans' Goal of the season

Brad Potts : Preston North End

Fans' Save of the Season

Neil Etheridge : Birmingham City

PFA Merit Award

Ian Wright

The Professional Footballers' Association (PFA) 2023 awards was hosted last night and it was a blast as usual. All the winners were well deserved and brilliant figures of the game. They made football look really simple to the naked eyes which is definitely not the case in real life. So here we take a look at the PFA Premier League team of the year and for obvious reasons it's filled with Arsenal and Manchester City players.

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Team of the Year

Aaron Ramsdale

In front of the goal we have future England No.1 Aaron Ramsdale, who was vital in Arsenal's unexpected success last season. Although Arsenal crumbled during the final weeks of the campaign, but Aaron Ramsdale's performances was never going to be overshadowed by that.

The Englishman's best match was against Tottenham(away) and Liverpool(away). He pulled off fine saves and made life very difficult for the strikers. To top things off, he also has 14 clean sheets to his name.

John Stones

John Stones is one of the most underrated players in the Premier League. He played as a centre-back for Pep's team and was very critical for their treble winning success. This season he was given a new role of venturing forward and finding spaces in the midfield too, which improved his game a lot.

He has been seen in the final third of the pitch a lot and is expected to do the same this season too. John Stones was also responsible for City conceding the joint fewest goals in the top flight.

Ruben Dias

The Portuguese defender returned back to form last season after experiencing a dropoff in his performance. He has been extraordinary at the back and was equally responsible for City conceding the joint fewest goals in the Premier League.

He acted as a leader on the pitch and outside of the pitch when his team needed him the most. Ruben Dias has been among the top defenders at the moment and a treble to his name just solidified how good he is.

William Saliba

The Frenchman, who's often been referred to as "Rolls Royce" by the Arsenal fans, has also been named in the PFA Premier League team of the year. He has been one of the greatest revelations of the season.

He returned to Arsenal from a loan move in the French league, where he was also named in the team of the year, and has been one of the biggest influences on the team. Saliba was vital to Arteta's project, so vital that when he got injured Arsenal fell off the cliff and lost the title to Manchester City in the final weeks of the campaign.

Kieran Trippier

Kieran Tripper is one of the two players outside of Arsenal and City's squad who was included in the PFA Premier League team of the year. He captained Newcastle United to great heights last season and it was an unbelievable leap from being on the verge of relegation to Champions League qualification.

The last season was unbelievable for the Magpies and Trippier was one of the main reasons behind it. He's arguably the best right back in the league as he possesses strong defending qualities and is very good in making runs behind the winger and crossing the ball in the box.

Rodri

The Spanish midfielder was arguably the best defensive midfielder in the league and it would've been a blunder to not include him in this team. He was been in the middle of everything City did in the 2023 season.

He scored the winning goal in the Champions League final and secured City's treble. His role was a bit different this season, with John Stones going forward he was responsible for making interceptions and revive the ball, and start a new attack. But his occasionally going forward and scoring important goals for the team in clutch moments proved to be one of the main reasons behind City's triumph.

Martin Odegaard

The Arsenal captain was bound to be included in this team. He played with great passion and desire for the club and gave it his all. With finesse shots and clinical finishing he was the highest scoring midfielder in the league.

In 37 matches he scored 15 goals and 7 assists which are great numbers but his contribution to the team were not just limited to these numbers. As a young captain of a young side he brought everyone together and fought till the very end and was responsible for one of the many Arsenal comebacks.

Kevin De Bruyne

The Belgian has been featured in this team before and it seems like it has become a natural phenomenon for the midfielder. It feels like he's getting better under Pep year after year and very rarely do we see him struggling in the game.

In 32 matches, he was able to acquire 7 goals and 16 assists, more than anyone in the league. People are right to consider him as one of the best Premier league midfielders of all time as he has been at the top of his game for quite some time now.

Bukayo Saka

The Arsenal left winger was also named PFA Young Player of the year, so he was inevitably going to make this team. The Hale End prodigy excelled at his game and created noticable chaos in the right side of the pitch. He's Arsenal's starboy, which means when the team needed him the most, he always delivers, let it be a match winning goal or an equaliser.

He was one of the few players to have played in all 38 matches last season which is an achievement in itself considering how physical the game has become. Also, he has scored 14 goals and assists his teammates 11 times during the course of the season.

Harry Kane

The England captain is another player who's outside of Arsenal or Manchester City's team. He has shown last season why he's considered one of the best strikers of the game. Although his team didn't perform well and failed to qualify for Europe, which ultimately led him to leave Spurs and go to the Bundesliga, but no one could question his performances.

He scored 30 goals in a season, that too in a team where there was a drought of goal scoring opportunities. It was an extraordinary effort by the Englishman and he was unlucky not to win the golden boot. He has also been featured regularly in the PFA Premier League Team of the Year but as he left Premier League, this one could be his last one.

Erling Haaland

The PFA Player's Player of the Year, Erling Haaland concluded the list of PFA Premier League Team of the Year. He signed for City last year in the summer transfer window and became the best player in the league. There was no doubt about his goal scoring abilities, but the way he adapted to the new circumstances, was magnificent.

He scored 36 goals in 35 games, which is an believable record to have on a debut season but Erling Haaland was able to do it. There came a point in the league where he was scoring in every game which made the other strikers in the league doubt themselves.

Norway forward Erling Haaland, 23, scored 52 goals in all competitions in his debut season with Pep Guardiola's side.

Haaland beat team-mates Kevin de Bruyne and John Stones, Arsenal's Saka and Martin Odegaard and Tottenham's Harry Kane, now at Bayern Munich.

City won the Premier League, FA Cup and Champions League last season.

Erling Haaland joined City from Borussia Dortmund in a deal worth £51.2m in June 2022.

He was also nominated for the young player prize, which was awarded to England winger Saka after he scored 14 goals and contributed 11 assists in his finest season for the Gunners.

The 21-year-old beat fellow nominees Moises Caicedo, who recently joined Chelsea from Brighton, Aston Villa midfielder Jacob Ramsey, Arsenal forward Gabriel Martinelli and Brighton striker Evan Ferguson.

Meanwhile, both winners of the individual prizes were also included in the PFA Team of the Year.

Aston Villa striker Rachel Daly won the PFA women's Player of the Year award, while Chelsea's Lauren James was named Young Player of the Year.

Despite being eligible and on the shortlist, Haaland failed to win the award for Young Player of the Year; that award went to Arsenal star Bukayo Saka. However, winning the main prize means that City have now claimed it three times in the last four years after Kevin De Bruyne's double in 2020 and 2021.

The dominance of the Blues was also seen in the PFA Team of the Year, which was filled with no less than five City stars from their title- and Treble-winning team. Alongside Haaland, De Bruyne made it in as well as Ruben Dias, Rodri, and John Stones.

PFA Team of the Year: Aaron Ramsdale (Arsenal), William Saliba (Arsenal), Ruben Dias (Man City), John Stones (Man City), Kieran Trippier (Newcastle), Rodri (Man City), Martin Odegaard (Arsenal), Kevin de Bruyne (Man City), Bukayo Saka (Arsenal), Harry Kane (Tottenham), Erling Haaland (Arsenal).