Crystal Palace F.C. Player of the Year


The Crystal Palace Football Club Player of the Year is awarded at the end of each season. Since the inaugural award was made to John McCormick in 1972, 34 different players have won the award. Nine of these players have won the award for a second time, the most recent being Wilfried Zaha. Three players have received the award on more than two occasions, Zaha and Jim Cannon have won it three times and Julián Speroni four times. Paul Hinshelwood was the first to win the trophy in consecutive seasons, a feat since emulated by Andrew Johnson, Julián Speroni and Wilfried Zaha. Speroni and Zaha won it in three consecutive seasons. The current incumbent of the award is Jordan Ayew, who was the 2019–20 recipient.

Key

SeasonLevelNamePositionNationalityAppsGoalsNotes
1971–721SCO401
1972–731SCO451
1973–742 ENG336
1974–753 ENG
1975–763 ENG5216
1976–773ENG550
1977–782 SCO443
1978–792 ENG501
1979–801 ENG483
1980–811 ENG411
1981–822 ENG490
1982–832IRL362
1983–842ENG392
1984–852 SCO442
1985–862SCO450
1986–872 SCO491
1987–882ENG456
1988–892ENG5433
1989–901 ENG5018
1990–911 ENG568
1991–921IRL5110
1992–931ENG392
1993–942 WAL513
1994–951 ENG560
1995–962 ENG471
1996–972SCO4917
1997–981 ENG390
1998–992 ENG475
1999–20002ENG483
2000–012CHN361
2001–022SCO4221
2002–032 ENG523
2003–042ENG4932
2004–051 ENG3822
2005–062 BRB491
2006–072GUY387
2007–082ARG480
2008–092 ARG480
2009–102 ARG520
2010–112ENG490
2011–122NOR452
2012–132AUS463
2013–141 ARG390
2014–151 ENG374
2015–161 CIV435
2016–171 CIV377
2017–181 CIV299
2018–191ENG390
2019–201 GHA399

Statistics

Wins by playing position

PositionPlayersTotal
36
1923
914
56

Wins by nationality