Stoke City F.C. Player of the Year

Last updated November 19, 2024

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]

Key

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

Player of the Year winners

2011 winner Robert Huth. RobertHuth.jpg — 2011 winner Robert Huth.

Year	Name	Nationality	Position
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
1996 ^†	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

Wins by playing position

Position	Number of winners
Goalkeeper	8
Defender	19
Midfielder	15
Forward	6

Wins by nationality

Nationality	Number of winners
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

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References

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

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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.

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v t e Lists of male footballers in England by club
Premier League	AFC Bournemouth Arsenal 100+ 25–99 1–24 POTY Aston Villa Brentford 100+ 25–99 1–24 Internationals Hall of Fame POTY Brighton & Hove Albion Chelsea 100+ 25–99 1–24 POTY Crystal Palace 100+ POTY Everton 100+ Internationals Hall of Fame Fulham 100+ 25–99 1–24 Ipswich Town 100+ Hall of Fame POTY Leicester City Liverpool 100+ 25–99 1–24 POTY Manchester City 100+ 25–99 1–24 Manchester United 100+ 25–99 1–24 POTY Captains Newcastle United Nottingham Forest 100+ Internationals Southampton 100+ 25–99 1–24 POTY Tottenham Hotspur West Ham United Wolverhampton Wanderers
Championship	Blackburn Rovers Bristol City Burnley 100+ Internationals Cardiff City 100+ 25–99 1–24 Captains Internationals Coventry City 100+ Internationals POTY Derby County 100+ POTY Hull City Leeds United Luton Town 100+ POTY Middlesbrough Millwall Norwich City 100+ 25–99 Hall of Fame POTY Oxford United Plymouth Argyle 100+ POTY Portsmouth Preston North End 100+ POTY Queens Park Rangers Sheffield United 100+ 25–99 Internationals POTY Sheffield Wednesday All Internationals POTY Stoke City 100+ 25–99 1–24 POTY Sunderland Swansea City 100+ Internationals Watford 50+ 1–49 POTY West Bromwich Albion
League One	Barnsley Birmingham City 100+ 25–99 1–24 Blackpool Bolton Wanderers 100+ 25–99 1–24 POTY Bristol Rovers 100+ 25–99 Internationals POTY Burton Albion Cambridge United Charlton Athletic Crawley Town Exeter City Huddersfield Town Leyton Orient Lincoln City 100+ 25–99 Mansfield Town Northampton Town Peterborough United Reading 100+ 25–99 1–24 Internationals POTY Rotherham United Shrewsbury Town Stevenage Stockport County Wigan Athletic Wrexham 100+ 25–99 1–24 Wycombe Wanderers
League Two	Accrington Stanley AFC Wimbledon Barrow Bradford City 50+ 1–49 Bromley Carlisle United Cheltenham Town Chesterfield Colchester United 100+ 25–99 1–24 POTY Crewe Alexandra Doncaster Rovers 100+ 1879–1918 Fleetwood Town Gillingham 50+ 25–49 1–24 Grimsby Town Harrogate Town Milton Keynes Dons Morecambe Newport County Notts County Port Vale 25+ 1–24 POTY Salford City Swindon Town Tranmere Rovers 100+ 1921–1939 1945–present Walsall
Non-League	Bradford (Park Avenue) Bury 100+ 25–99 1–24 Chester 100+ 25–99 1–24 Darlington 100+ 25–99 1–24 Dagenham & Redbridge Nelson Oldham Athletic 100+ 25–99 1–24 Rochdale 100+ 25–99 1–24 Southend United Torquay United Yeovil Town 100+ Internationals York City 100+ 25–99 1–24 POTY
Defunct	Halifax Town Hereford United Macclesfield Town Scarborough Wanderers Wigan Borough
Clubs are grouped by their division in the 2024–25 season. Includes the Welsh clubs where lists have been created. 'POTY' = 'Player of the Year / Season'.