Everton F.C. Player of the Season

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]

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.

Season	Name	Position
2005–06	Mikel Arteta	Midfielder
2006–07	Mikel Arteta	Midfielder
2007–08	Joleon Lescott	Defender
2008–09	Phil Jagielka	Defender
2009–10	Steven Pienaar	Forward
2010–11	Leighton Baines	Defender
2011–12	John Heitinga	Defender
2012–13	Leighton Baines	Defender
2013–14	Séamus Coleman	Defender
2014–15	Phil Jagielka	Defender
2015–16	Gareth Barry	Midfielder
2016–17	Romelu Lukaku	Forward
2017–18	Jordan Pickford	Goalkeeper
2018–19	Lucas Digne	Defender
2019–20	Richarlison	Forward
2020–21	Dominic Calvert-Lewin	Forward
2021–22	Jordan Pickford	Goalkeeper
2022–23	Jordan Pickford	Goalkeeper
2023–24	Jordan Pickford	Goalkeeper

• Notes: Players in bold are still playing for Everton.
• Source: ^[6]

Wins by player

Winner	Total wins	Year(s)
Jordan Pickford	4	2018, 2022, 2023, 2024
Mikel Arteta	2	2006, 2007
Phil Jagielka	2	2009, 2015
Leighton Baines	2	2011, 2013
Joleon Lescott	1	2008
Steven Pienaar	1	2010
John Heitinga	1	2012
Séamus Coleman	1	2014
Gareth Barry	1	2016
Romelu Lukaku	1	2017
Lucas Digne	1	2019
Richarlison	1	2020
Dominic Calvert-Lewin	1	2021

Wins by playing position

Position	Number of wins
Defender	8
Goalkeeper	4
Forward	4
Midfielder	3

Wins by nationality

Winner	Number of winners
England	11
Spain	2
South Africa	1
Netherlands	1
Republic of Ireland	1
Belgium	1
France	1
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.

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

• Notes: Players in bold are still playing for Everton.
• Source: ^[6]

Young Player of the Season Award

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

• Notes: Players in bold are still playing for Everton.
• Source: ^[6]

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]

Name	Position	Playing career
Neville Southall	GK	1981–97
Gary Stevens	RB	1982–89
Brian Labone	CB	1958–71
Kevin Ratcliffe	CB	1980–91
Ray Wilson	LB	1964–69
Trevor Steven	MF	1983–90
Alan Ball	MF	1966–71
Peter Reid	MF	1982–89
Kevin Sheedy	MF	1982–92
Dixie Dean	FW	1925–37
Graeme Sharp	FW	1980–91

Source: ^[7]

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. "Honours". Everton F.C. Archived from the original on 13 November 2020. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
7. "Greatest Ever Everton team". Everton F.C. Archived from the original on 4 February 2012. Retrieved 22 August 2006.