Everton F.C. Player of the Season

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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]

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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.

SeasonNamePosition
2005–06 Flag of Spain.svg Mikel Arteta Midfielder
2006–07 Flag of Spain.svg Mikel Arteta Midfielder
2007–08 Flag of England.svg Joleon Lescott Defender
2008–09 Flag of England.svg Phil Jagielka Defender
2009–10 Flag of South Africa.svg Steven Pienaar Forward
2010–11 Flag of England.svg Leighton Baines Defender
2011–12 Flag of the Netherlands.svg John Heitinga Defender
2012–13 Flag of England.svg Leighton Baines Defender
2013–14 Flag of Ireland.svg Séamus Coleman Defender
2014–15 Flag of England.svg Phil Jagielka Defender
2015–16 Flag of England.svg Gareth Barry Midfielder
2016–17 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Romelu Lukaku Forward
2017–18 Flag of England.svg Jordan Pickford Goalkeeper
2018–19 Flag of France.svg Lucas Digne Defender
2019–20 Flag of Brazil.svg Richarlison Forward
2020–21 Flag of England.svg Dominic Calvert-Lewin Forward
2021–22 Flag of England.svg Jordan Pickford Goalkeeper
2022–23 Flag of England.svg Jordan Pickford Goalkeeper
2023–24 Flag of England.svg Jordan Pickford Goalkeeper

Wins by player

WinnerTotal winsYear(s)
Flag of England.svg Jordan Pickford 42018, 2022, 2023, 2024
Flag of Spain.svg Mikel Arteta 22006, 2007
Flag of England.svg Phil Jagielka 22009, 2015
Flag of England.svg Leighton Baines 22011, 2013
Flag of England.svg Joleon Lescott 12008
Flag of South Africa.svg Steven Pienaar 12010
Flag of the Netherlands.svg John Heitinga 12012
Flag of Ireland.svg Séamus Coleman 12014
Flag of England.svg Gareth Barry 12016
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Romelu Lukaku 12017
Flag of France.svg Lucas Digne 12019
Flag of Brazil.svg Richarlison 12020
Flag of England.svg Dominic Calvert-Lewin 12021

Wins by playing position

PositionNumber of wins
Defender 8
Goalkeeper 4
Forward 4
Midfielder 3

Wins by nationality

WinnerNumber of winners
Flag of England.svg  England 11
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 2
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 1
Flag of Ireland.svg  Republic of Ireland 1
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 1
Flag of France.svg  France 1
Flag of Brazil.svg  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.

SeasonNamePosition
2005–06 Flag of Spain.svg Mikel Arteta Midfielder
2006–07 Flag of England.svg Joleon Lescott Defender
2007–08 Flag of England.svg Joleon Lescott Defender
2008–09 Flag of England.svg Phil Jagielka Defender
2009–10 Flag of England.svg Leighton Baines Defender
2010–11 Flag of England.svg Leighton Baines Defender
2011–12 Flag of France.svg Sylvain Distin Defender
2012–13 Flag of England.svg Leighton Baines Defender
2013–14 Flag of Ireland.svg Séamus Coleman Defender
2014–15 Flag of England.svg Phil Jagielka Defender
2015–16 Flag of England.svg Gareth Barry Midfielder
2016–17 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Romelu Lukaku Forward
2017–18 Flag of England.svg Jordan Pickford Goalkeeper
2018–19 Flag of France.svg Lucas Digne
Flag of Senegal.svg Idrissa Gueye
Defender
Midfielder
2019–20 Flag of England.svg Mason Holgate Defender
2020–21 Flag of England.svg Dominic Calvert-Lewin Forward
2021–22 Flag of England.svg Anthony Gordon Forward
2022–23 Flag of Nigeria.svg Alex Iwobi Midfielder
2023–24 Flag of England.svg Jarrad Branthwaite Defender

Young Player of the Season Award

SeasonNamePosition
2005–06 Flag of Scotland.svg James McFadden Forward
2006–07 Flag of England.svg James Vaughan Forward
2007–08 Flag of Nigeria.svg Victor Anichebe Forward
2008–09 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Marouane Fellaini Midfielder
2009–10 Flag of England.svg Jack Rodwell Defender
2010–11 Flag of Ireland.svg Séamus Coleman Defender
2011–12 Flag of Greece.svg Apostolos Vellios Forward
2012–13 Flag of England.svg Ross Barkley Midfielder
2013–14 Flag of England.svg Ross Barkley Midfielder
2014–15 Flag of England.svg John Stones Defender
2015–16 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Romelu Lukaku Forward
2016–17 Flag of England.svg Tom Davies Midfielder
2017–18 Flag of England.svg Jordan Pickford Goalkeeper
2018–19 Flag of Brazil.svg Richarlison Forward
2019–20 Flag of England.svg Mason Holgate Defender
2020–21 Flag of England.svg Ben Godfrey Defender
2021–22 Flag of England.svg Anthony Gordon Forward
2022–23 Flag of England.svg Dwight McNeil Midfielder
2023–24 Flag of England.svg Jarrad Branthwaite Defender

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]

NamePositionPlaying career
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Neville Southall GK 1981–97
Flag of England.svg Gary Stevens RB 1982–89
Flag of England.svg Brian Labone CB 1958–71
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Kevin Ratcliffe CB 1980–91
Flag of England.svg Ray Wilson LB 1964–69
Flag of England.svg Trevor Steven MF 1983–90
Flag of England.svg Alan Ball MF 1966–71
Flag of England.svg Peter Reid MF 1982–89
Flag of Ireland.svg Kevin Sheedy MF 1982–92
Flag of England.svg Dixie Dean FW 1925–37
Flag of Scotland.svg 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. 1 2 3 "Honours". Everton F.C. Archived from the original on 13 November 2020. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
    7. 1 2 "Greatest Ever Everton team". Everton F.C. Archived from the original on 4 February 2012. Retrieved 22 August 2006.