Sir Matt Busby Player of the Year
The Sir Matt Busby Player of the Year, previously known as the MUFC Members Player of the Year, is an award presented to the Manchester United fans' player of the season. It is named after former Manchester United manager Sir Matt Busby, who managed the club in two spells, from 1945 to 1969 and from 1970 to 1971. The award was renamed in his honour in 1996, following his death in 1994, and a new trophy was commissioned – a scaled-down replica of the statue of Busby at the east end of Old Trafford.
The first winner of the award was Brian McClair in 1988, who became the first player to win it twice in 1992. Since then, six other players have won the award more than once, of which four have won it in consecutive seasons: Roy Keane, Ruud van Nistelrooy, Cristiano Ronaldo, and David de Gea. Ronaldo's 2008 win made him the first player to receive the award thrice, having also won in 2004. De Gea won the award in 2016 for the third consecutive year, becoming the second player after Ronaldo to do so, and the first in three consecutive seasons. After Ander Herrera won the award in 2017, David de Gea became the first player to win it four times, in 2018.
Voting takes place towards the end of each season, usually in April, and is open to anyone who has an account on the club's official website. Voting was originally done by post until the 1994–95 season, when a phone voting system was introduced. Postal voting forms were included in the club magazine, Inside United, and before that, voting was open only to members of the official supporters' club, who would receive a voting form in the post at the end of the season. Until the establishment of the official supporters' club, a separate award had been given by the members of its predecessor, the independent Manchester United Supporters Club.
Other end-of-season awards given by Manchester United include the Denzil Haroun Reserve Player of the Year Award, the Jimmy Murphy Young Player of the Year Award, the Players' Player of the Year Award, and the Goal of the Season Award. Of these, the Jimmy Murphy Young Player of the Year Award and the Players' Player of the Year Award are voted for by the players. The prizes for all five awards are given at an annual awards night, which is held near the end of the league season and broadcast live on the club's television channel, MUTV. A list of winners of the youth awards can be seen here.
Winners
Players in bold are still playing for Manchester United| Season | Name | Nationality | Position | Notes | |
| 1987–88 | |||||
| 1988–89 | First English winner | ||||
| 1989–90 | |||||
| 1990–91 | First Academy graduate to win award | ||||
| 1991–92 | First player to win the award on two occasions | ||||
| 1992–93 | |||||
| 1993–94 | First winner from outside the United Kingdom | ||||
| 1994–95 | |||||
| 1995–96 | |||||
| 1996–97 | |||||
| 1997–98 | |||||
| 1998–99 | |||||
| First player to win the award in consecutive years | |||||
| 2000–01 | |||||
| 2001–02 | |||||
| 2002–03 | |||||
| 2003–04 | |||||
| 2004–05 | First winner from outside Europe | ||||
| 2005–06 | |||||
| 2006–07 | |||||
| 2007–08 | First player to win the award on three occasions | ||||
| 2008–09 | |||||
| 2009–10 | |||||
| 2010–11 | First winner from North America | ||||
| 2011–12 | |||||
| 2012–13 | |||||
| 2013–14 | ' | First goalkeeper to win the award | |||
| 2014–15 | ' | ||||
| 2015–16 | ' | First player to win the award in three consecutive years | |||
| 2016–17 | |||||
| 2017–18 | ' | First player to win the award on four occasions | |||
| 2018–19 |