The Gaelic Athletic Association & Gaelic Player's Association All Stars Footballer of the Year — known for sponsorship reasons as the PwC GAA/GPA Footballer of the Year — is a Gaelic football award. It is presented annually to the footballer who performed outstandingly in that year's All-Ireland Senior Football Championship.
History Created in 1995, the award is part of the All Stars Awards, which selects a "fantasy team", comprising the best players from that year's All-Ireland Senior Football Championship. Voting for the award is undertaken by a select group of journalists from television and the print media.
Winners and nominees + Table key ‡ Indicates the winner
1990s Year Player County 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
2000s Year Player County 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
2010s Year Player County 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
2020s Year Player County 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Winners listed by province
ProvinceNumber of winsWinning years Munster 1997, 2000, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2014, 2022, 2023, 2025 Leinster 1996, 1999, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2020 Ulster 1995, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2008, 2012, 2021 Connacht 1998, 2001, 2016, 2017, 2024
Multiple winners PlayerNumber of winsWinning years 2022, 2023, 2025 2018, 2020 1996, 1999
Brothers Two sets of brothers have won the award. They are: Brogan: Bernard and Alan of Dublin Ó Sé: Tomás and Marc of Kerry
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