Ligue 1 Player of the Year

French football award

Ligue 1 Player of the season

Kylian Mbappé won the award five times playing for Paris Saint-Germain.

Sport| Association football
League| Ligue 1
Awarded for| being the best performing player in a Ligue 1 season.
Country| France
Presented by| Union Nationale des Footballeurs Professionnels
History
First award| 1994; 31 years ago (1994)
Editions| 30 (as of 2024)
First winner|  David Ginola
Most wins|  Kylian Mbappé (5 awards)
Most recent|  Kylian Mbappé

The UNFP Ligue 1 Player of the Year is an official award given by the Union Nationale des Footballeurs Professionnels (UNFP) to the Ligue 1 player whose performances are considered to be the best of the season. The award has been presented since the 1993–94 season and the first winner of the award was Paris Saint-Germain winger David Ginola. The current holder and record winner is Kylian Mbappé, who won the award for his performances throughout the 2023–24 campaign for Paris Saint-Germain, his fifth consecutive award.

## Key

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* Player (X) denotes the number of times a player has won the award (if more than one)
* § Clubs with this background and symbol were Ligue 1 champions in the same season

## Winners

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David Ginola won the inaugural award in 1994. Kylian Mbappé has the most wins by a single player in the history of the awards, with five.

This award has been presented 29 times as of 2023, with all winners being different aside from Pauleta who was the first two-time winner in 2001–02 and 2002–03, as well as the only other multiple-time winners Eden Hazard (in 2010–11 and 2011–12), Zlatan Ibrahimović (2012–13, 2013–14 and 2015–16) and Kylian Mbappé (a record five consecutive awards in 2018–19, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, and 2023–24).

Season  | Player  | Position  | Nationality  | Club  | Ref.

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1993–94 | David Ginola | Forward |  France | Paris Saint-Germain§ | [1]
1994–95 | Vincent Guérin | Midfielder |  France | Paris Saint-Germain | [1]
1995–96 | Zinedine Zidane | Midfielder |  France | Bordeaux | [1]
1996–97 | Sonny Anderson | Forward |  Brazil | Monaco§ | [1]
1997–98 | Marco Simone | Forward |  Italy | Paris Saint-Germain | [1]
1998–99 | Ali Benarbia | Midfielder |  Algeria | Bordeaux§ | [1]
1999–2000 | Marcelo Gallardo | Midfielder |  Argentina | Monaco§ | [1]
2000–01 | Eric Carrière | Midfielder |  France | Nantes§ | [1]
2001–02 | Pauleta | Forward |  Portugal | Bordeaux | [1]
2002–03 | Pauleta (2)  | Forward |  Portugal | Bordeaux | [1]
2003–04 | Didier Drogba | Forward |  Ivory Coast | Marseille | [1]
2004–05 | Michael Essien | Midfielder |  Ghana | Lyon§ | [1]
2005–06 | Juninho | Midfielder |  Brazil | Lyon§ | [1]
2006–07 | Florent Malouda | Midfielder |  France | Lyon§ | [1]
2007–08 | Karim Benzema | Forward |  France | Lyon§ | [1]
2008–09 | Yoann Gourcuff | Midfielder |  France | Bordeaux§ | [1]
2009–10 | Lisandro López | Forward |  Argentina | Lyon | [1]
2010–11 | Eden Hazard | Midfielder |  Belgium | Lille§ | [1]
2011–12 | Eden Hazard (2)  | Midfielder |  Belgium | Lille | [2]
2012–13 | Zlatan Ibrahimović | Forward |  Sweden | Paris Saint-Germain§ |
2013–14 | Zlatan Ibrahimović (2)  | Forward |  Sweden | Paris Saint-Germain§ |
2014–15 | Alexandre Lacazette | Forward |  France | Lyon | [3]
2015–16 | Zlatan Ibrahimović (3)  | Forward |  Sweden | Paris Saint-Germain§ | [4]
2016–17 | Edinson Cavani | Forward |  Uruguay | Paris Saint-Germain | [5]
2017–18 | Neymar | Forward |  Brazil | Paris Saint-Germain§ | [6]
2018–19 | Kylian Mbappé | Forward |  France | Paris Saint-Germain§ | [7]
2019–20 | Not awarded due to COVID-19 Pandemic | [8]
2020–21 | Kylian Mbappé (2)  | Forward |  France | Paris Saint-Germain | [9]
2021–22 | Kylian Mbappé (3)  | Forward |  France | Paris Saint-Germain§ | [10]
2022–23 | Kylian Mbappé (4)  | Forward |  France | Paris Saint-Germain§ | [11]
2023–24 | Kylian Mbappé (5)  | Forward |  France | Paris Saint-Germain§ | [12]

## Breakdown of winners

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### By country

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Sonny Anderson was the first winner from outside of France. Country  | Wins  | Winning seasons

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France |

| 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 2000–01, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2014–15, 2018–19, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24
Brazil |

| 1996–97, 2005–06, 2017–18
Sweden |

| 2012–13, 2013–14, 2015–16
Belgium |

| 2010–11, 2011–12
Portugal |

| 2001–02, 2002–03
Argentina |

| 1999–2000, 2009–10
Ivory Coast |

| 2004–05
Ghana |

| 2005–06
Italy |

| 1997–98
Algeria |

| 1998–99
Uruguay |

| 2016–17

### By club

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Eden Hazard won the award twice in two consecutive seasons playing for Lille. Club  | Wins  | Winning seasons

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Paris Saint-Germain |

| 1993–94, 1994–95, 1997–98, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24
Lyon |

| 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2009–10, 2014–15,
Bordeaux |

| 1995–96, 1998–99, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2008–09
Monaco |

| 1996–97, 1999–2000
Lille |

| 2010–11, 2011–12
Marseille |

| 2003–04
Nantes |

| 2000–01

## See also

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* French Player of the Year
* Trophées UNFP du football

## References

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1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r "Palmares Trophées UNFP - Oscars du football - Meilleur joueur de Ligue 1 ( > Football > Trophées > Trophées UNFP - Oscars du foot) sur SportPalmares, tous les palmares du sport se trouvent ici !!". Sportpalmares.eu. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
2. ^ "Player of year Hazard chooses Manchester". Ligue1.com. 15 May 2012. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
3. ^ "Lacazette wins player of year". Ligue1.com. 18 May 2015. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
4. ^ "Ibrahimovic named Player of the Year". Ligue1.com. 8 May 2016. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
5. ^ "Edinson Cavani and Kylian Mbappe scoop up top Ligue 1 awards". ESPN. 15 May 2017. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
6. ^ "Neymar voted player of the year". Ligue1.com. 14 May 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
7. ^ "Mbappé wins awards double". Ligue1.com. 19 May 2019. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
8. ^ "UNFP awards cancelled". Ligue1.com. 20 May 2020. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
9. ^ "Kylian Mbappé élu meilleur joueur de Ligue 1" [Kylian Mbappé elected best player in Ligue 1] (in French). Eurosport. 23 May 2021. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
10. ^ "Kylian Mbappé (PSG) élu meilleur joueur de Ligue 1 aux trophées UNFP pour la troisième fois" [Kylian Mbappé (PSG) elected best player in Ligue 1] (in French). L'Équipe. 15 May 2022. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
11. ^ "Puissance 4 !" [Power 4!] (in French). National Union of Professional Footballers. 28 May 2023. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
12. ^ "Kylian Mbappé (PSG) sacré pour la cinquième fois meilleur joueur de Ligue 1 aux Trophées UNFP". L'Équipe (in French). 13 May 2024. Retrieved 13 May 2024.

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