Stoke City F.C. Player of the Year

2025 winner, Viktor Johansson

The Stoke City Player of the Year award is an award presented to the Stoke City fans' player of the season. Towards the end of each season, fans are invited to cast their votes for this award. The winner is generally announced at an end-of-season awards dinner at either the bet365 Stadium or the King's Hall in Stoke-on-Trent.[1]

The inaugural award was made to Howard Kendall in 1978. Peter Fox has won the award a record three times, Mickey Thomas and Jack Butland are the only other players to have won the award more than once. There have been 13 different nationalities to have won the award.

## Player of the Year winners

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Key

*   denotes multiple recipients in the same season
* Player (X) denotes the number of times a player has won the award

2011 winner Robert Huth. Belgian defender Carl Hoefkens won the 2006 award. Winger Matthew Etherington won the award in 2010. Academy product James O'Connor won the award in 2000. 2024 winner, Bae Jun-ho Year  | Name  | Nationality  | Position

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1978 | Howard Kendall |  England | Midfielder
1979 | Mike Doyle |  England | Defender
1980 | Alan Dodd |  England | Defender
1981 | Peter Fox |  England | Goalkeeper
1982 | Peter Fox (2) |  England | Goalkeeper
1983 | Mickey Thomas |  Wales | Midfielder
1984 | Steve Bould |  England | Defender
1985 | Sammy McIlroy |  Northern Ireland | Midfielder
1986 | Keith Bertschin |  England | Forward
1987 | Lee Dixon |  England | Defender
1988 | Steve Parkin |  England | Defender
1989 | Chris Kamara |  England | Defender
1990 | Peter Fox (3) |  England | Goalkeeper
1991 | Mickey Thomas (2) |  Wales | Midfielder
1992 | Wayne Biggins |  England | Forward
1993 | Mark Stein |  South Africa | Forward
1994 | Ian Cranson |  England | Midfielder
1995 | Lárus Sigurðsson |  Iceland | Defender
1996† | Mark Prudhoe |  England | Goalkeeper
Ray Wallace |  England | Defender
1997 | Andy Griffin |  England | Defender
1998 | Justin Whittle |  England | Defender
1999 | Kevin Keen |  England | Midfielder
2000 | James O'Connor |  Republic of Ireland | Midfielder
2001 | Brynjar Gunnarsson |  Iceland | Midfielder
2002 | Wayne Thomas |  England | Defender
2003 | Sergei Shtanuk |  Belarus | Defender
2004 | Ade Akinbiyi |  Nigeria | Forward
2005 | Clint Hill |  England | Defender
2006 | Carl Hoefkens |  Belgium | Defender
2007 | Danny Higginbotham |  Gibraltar | Defender
2008 | Liam Lawrence |  Republic of Ireland | Midfielder
2009 | Abdoulaye Faye[2] |  Senegal | Defender
2010 | Matthew Etherington[3] |  England | Midfielder
2011 | Robert Huth[4] |  Germany | Defender
2012 | Peter Crouch[5] |  England | Forward
2013 | Asmir Begović[6] |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | Goalkeeper
2014 | Ryan Shawcross[7] |  England | Defender
2015 | Steven Nzonzi[8] |  France | Midfielder
2016 | Jack Butland[9] |  England | Goalkeeper
2017 | Lee Grant[10] |  England | Goalkeeper
2018 | Joe Allen[11] |  Wales | Midfielder
2019 | Jack Butland[12] (2) |  England | Goalkeeper
2020 | James McClean[13] |  Republic of Ireland | Midfielder
2021 | Nick Powell[14] |  England | Midfielder
2022 | Jacob Brown[15] |  Scotland | Forward
2023 | Ben Wilmot[16] |  England | Defender
2024 | Bae Jun-ho[17] |  South Korea | Midfielder
2025 | Viktor Johansson[18] |  Sweden | Goalkeeper

### Wins by playing position

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Position  | Number of winners

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Goalkeeper | 9
Defender | 19
Midfielder | 15
Forward | 6

### Wins by nationality

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Nationality  | Number of winners

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England | 28
Wales | 3
Republic of Ireland | 3
Iceland | 2
Belarus | 1
Belgium | 1
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1
France | 1
Germany | 1
Gibraltar | 1
Nigeria | 1
Northern Ireland | 1
Senegal | 1
Scotland | 1
South Africa | 1
South Korea | 1
Sweden | 1

## References

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1. ^ "Live Coverage Of The Awards Dinner". Stoke City F.C. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
2. ^ "Faye wins twice at Stoke awards". BBC Sport. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
3. ^ "Matthew Etherington named Stoke's player of the year". BBC Sport. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
4. ^ "Robert Huth named Stoke City's player of the year". BBC Sport. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
5. ^ "Crouch Bags Hat-Trick Of Awards". Stoke City F.C. Archived from the original on 11 May 2012. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
6. ^ "Asmir Begovic sweeps the board at club awards night". The Sentinel. Retrieved 15 May 2013.
7. ^ "Stoke City: Ryan Shawcross is voted club's player of the year". Stoke Sentinel. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
8. ^ "Nzonzi Steals The Show". Stoke City. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
9. ^ "Jack Butland leads the way at awards night". Stoke Sentinel. Archived from the original on 11 May 2016. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
10. ^ "Lee Grant cleans up at Stoke City player-of-the-year awards". Stoke Sentinel. Retrieved 17 May 2017.[permanent dead link]
11. ^ "Joe Allen named Stoke City player-of-the-year at gala dinner tonight". Stoke Sentinel. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
12. ^ "BUTLAND LANDS TOP HONOUR". Stoke City. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
13. ^ "McClean lands top honour". Stoke City. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
14. ^ "Powell named Player of the Year". Stoke City. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
15. ^ "Brown named Player of the Season". Stoke City. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
16. ^ "Wilmot named Player of the Season". Stoke City. Retrieved 30 April 2023.
17. ^ "Bae Junho bags Player of the Season award". Stoke City. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
18. ^ "City's super Swede scoops Player of the Season award". Stoke City. Retrieved 8 May 2024.

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* Stoke City Player of the Year at stokecityfc.com

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* 1978: Kendall
* 1979: Doyle
* 1980: Dodd
* 1981: Fox
* 1982: Fox
* 1983: M. Thomas
* 1984: Bould
* 1985: McIlroy
* 1986: Bertschin
* 1987: Dixon
* 1988: Parkin
* 1989: Kamara
* 1990: Fox
* 1991: M. Thomas
* 1992: Biggins
* 1993: Stein
* 1994: Cranson
* 1995: Sigurðsson
* 1996: Wallace & Prudhoe
* 1997: Griffin
* 1998: Whittle
* 1999: Keen
* 2000: O'Connor
* 2001: Gunnarsson
* 2002: W. Thomas
* 2003: Shtanuk
* 2004: Akinbiyi
* 2005: Hill
* 2006: Hoefkens
* 2007: Higginbotham
* 2008: Lawrence
* 2009: Faye
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* 2012: Crouch
* 2013: Begović
* 2014: Shawcross
* 2015: Nzonzi
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* 2017: Grant
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