Who won 2025 PFA Player of the Year? Mo Salah sets record with third Premier League top individual award

The PFA Player of the Year is one of the most coveted awards a footballer in the Premier League can have bestowed upon them.

With legends such as Thierry Henry, Dennis Bergkamp, Alan Shearer, Cristiano Ronaldo, and many more having won previously, every year a new award winner joins the pantheon of greats that came before.

The award is chosen by the Professional Footballers’ Association, which is the trade union for players in England and Wales.

The Sporting News breaks down who is up for the award and all previous winners to have been selected.

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Who won the 2024/25 PFA Premier League Player of the Year?

The 2024/25 PFA Men’s Player of the Year, announced on Tuesday, August 19 in a ceremony at Manchester Opera House, was won by Mohamed Salah of Liverpool.

It is Salah’s third PFA Player of the Year award, becoming the first player since the award’s inception in 1974 to win three times. Six other players have won twice.

Other winners included:

• Mariona Caldenty of Arsenal won PFA Women’s Player of the Year
• PFA Premier League Team of the Season:
  • GK: Matz Sels
  • DEF: Virgil van Dijk, Milos Kerkez, William Saliba, Gabriel
  • MID: Delcan Rice, Alexis Mac Allister, Ryan Gravenberch
  • FWD: Mohamed Salah, Alexander Isak, Chris Wood
• Gareth Southgate won PFA Merit Award

This page will be updated when the winner is announced, alongside awards for Women’s Player of the Year, and Men’s and Women’s Young Player of the Year.

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— PFA (@PFA) August 19, 2025

PFA Player of the Year nominees for 2024/25 Premier League

The PFA nominated six players for the Player of the Year award across the 2024/25 season.

Of the six nominees, two of them are forwards and four of are midfielders, with no defenders nominated. Five clubs are represented, with only Liverpool earning multiple nominees.

PFA Player of the Season all-time winners

The following players have won PFA Player of the Season each year since the inception of the Premier League in 1992.