Everton F.C. Player of the Season

The Everton Player of the Season award is an official award given by Everton Football Club to the best performing player from the club over the course of the season. The award is given based on votes by Everton supporters on the club's website.[1]

The inaugural award was given to Spanish midfielder Mikel Arteta in 2006 and it has been presented every season since.[2] The award has been given to 13 different players over the course of 19 seasons, with four players being awarded on more than one occasion. Of these four players, only Jordan Pickford has won the award four times, in 2018 and in three consecutive seasons between 2022 and 2024.[3][4] In 2010, South African winger Steven Pienaar became the first player from outside of Europe to win the award.[5]

Player of the Season Award

Winners

The Fans' Player of the season is determined through a vote on the EFC website in which 5 candidates are nominated by the club. Fans are then free to vote for their player of choice. The player with the greatest number of votes wins the award. This award has been presented from 2006 onward.

Season Name Position
2005–06 Spain Mikel Arteta Midfielder
2006–07 Spain Mikel Arteta Midfielder
2007–08 England Joleon Lescott Defender
2008–09 England Phil Jagielka Defender
2009–10 South Africa Steven Pienaar Forward
2010–11 England Leighton Baines Defender
2011–12 Netherlands John Heitinga Defender
2012–13 England Leighton Baines Defender
2013–14 Republic of Ireland Séamus Coleman Defender
2014–15 England Phil Jagielka Defender
2015–16 England Gareth Barry Midfielder
2016–17 Belgium Romelu Lukaku Forward
2017–18 England Jordan Pickford Goalkeeper
2018–19 France Lucas Digne Defender
2019–20 Brazil Richarlison Forward
2020–21 England Dominic Calvert-Lewin Forward
2021–22 England Jordan Pickford Goalkeeper
2022–23 England Jordan Pickford Goalkeeper
2023–24 England Jordan Pickford Goalkeeper
  • Notes: Players in bold are still playing for Everton.
  • Source:[6]

Wins by player

Winner Total wins Year(s)
England Jordan Pickford 4 2018, 2022, 2023, 2024
Spain Mikel Arteta 2 2006, 2007
England Phil Jagielka 2 2009, 2015
England Leighton Baines 2 2011, 2013
England Joleon Lescott 1 2008
South Africa Steven Pienaar 1 2010
Netherlands John Heitinga 1 2012
Republic of Ireland Séamus Coleman 1 2014
England Gareth Barry 1 2016
Belgium Romelu Lukaku 1 2017
France Lucas Digne 1 2019
Brazil Richarlison 1 2020
England Dominic Calvert-Lewin 1 2021

Wins by playing position

Position Number of wins
Defender 8
Goalkeeper 4
Forward 4
Midfielder 3

Wins by nationality

Winner Number of winners
 England 11
 Spain 2
 South Africa 1
 Netherlands 1
 Republic of Ireland 1
 Belgium 1
 France 1
 Brazil 1

Players' Player of the Season Award

The Players' player of the season award is given to the player at the club with the greatest number of votes from teammates. This award has been presented from the 2005–06 season onwards.

Season Name Position
2005–06 Spain Mikel Arteta Midfielder
2006–07 England Joleon Lescott Defender
2007–08 England Joleon Lescott Defender
2008–09 England Phil Jagielka Defender
2009–10 England Leighton Baines Defender
2010–11 England Leighton Baines Defender
2011–12 France Sylvain Distin Defender
2012–13 England Leighton Baines Defender
2013–14 Republic of Ireland Séamus Coleman Defender
2014–15 England Phil Jagielka Defender
2015–16 England Gareth Barry Midfielder
2016–17 Belgium Romelu Lukaku Forward
2017–18 England Jordan Pickford Goalkeeper
2018–19 France Lucas Digne
Senegal Idrissa Gueye 		Defender
Midfielder
2019–20 England Mason Holgate Defender
2020–21 England Dominic Calvert-Lewin Forward
2021–22 England Anthony Gordon Forward
2022–23 Nigeria Alex Iwobi Midfielder
2023–24 England Jarrad Branthwaite Defender
  • Notes: Players in bold are still playing for Everton.
  • Source:[6]

Young Player of the Season Award

Season Name Position
2005–06 Scotland James McFadden Forward
2006–07 England James Vaughan Forward
2007–08 Nigeria Victor Anichebe Forward
2008–09 England Marouane Fellaini Midfielder
2009–10 England Jack Rodwell Defender
2010–11 Republic of Ireland Séamus Coleman Defender
2011–12 Greece Apostolos Vellios Forward
2012–13 England Ross Barkley Midfielder
2013–14 England Ross Barkley Midfielder
2014–15 England John Stones Defender
2015–16 Belgium Romelu Lukaku Forward
2016–17 England Tom Davies Midfielder
2017–18 England Jordan Pickford Goalkeeper
2018–19 Brazil Richarlison Forward
2019–20 England Mason Holgate Defender
2020–21 England Ben Godfrey Defender
2021–22 England Anthony Gordon Forward
2022–23 England Dwight McNeil Midfielder
2023–24 England Jarrad Branthwaite Defender
  • Notes: Players in bold are still playing for Everton.
  • Source:[6]

Greatest Ever team

At the start of the 2003–04 season, as part of the club's official celebration of their 125th anniversary, supporters cast votes to determine the greatest ever Everton team.[7]

Name Position Playing career
Wales Neville Southall GK 1981–97
England Gary Stevens RB 1982–89
England Brian Labone CB 1958–71
Wales Kevin Ratcliffe CB 1980–91
England Ray Wilson LB 1964–69
England Trevor Steven MF 1983–90
England Alan Ball MF 1966–71
England Peter Reid MF 1982–89
Republic of Ireland Kevin Sheedy MF 1982–92
England Dixie Dean FW 1925–37
Scotland Graeme Sharp FW 1980–91

Source:[7]

Notes

References

  1. ^ "Vote For Your Player, Young Player And Goal Of The Season". www.evertonfc.com. 14 July 2020. Retrieved 2024-08-23.
  2. ^ "Player of the Season". www.toffeeweb.com. Retrieved 2024-08-23.
  3. ^ Boyland, Patrick. "Everton's player of the season - James Tarkowski". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-08-23.
  4. ^ Mallows, Tom (2024-05-22). "Branthwaite and Pickford among winners at Everton end of season awards". Royal Blue Mersey. Retrieved 2024-08-23.
  5. ^ "Player of the Year Steven Pienaar pledges loyalty to Everton". espn.co.uk. 5 May 2010. Retrieved 24 August 2024.
  6. ^ a b c "Honours". Everton F.C. Archived from the original on 13 November 2020. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
  7. ^ a b "Greatest Ever Everton team". Everton F.C. Archived from the original on 4 February 2012. Retrieved 22 August 2006.