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.
The inaugural award was made to Howard Kendall in 1978. Peter Fox has won the award a record three times, Mickey Thomas and Jack Butland are the only other players to have won the award more than once. There have been 13 different nationalities to have won the award.
Player of the Year winners Key denotes multiple recipients in the same season Player (X) denotes the number of times a player has won the award
YearNameNationalityPosition1978Midfielder1979Defender1980Defender1981Goalkeeper1982 (2)Goalkeeper1983Midfielder1984Defender1985Midfielder1986Forward1987Defender1988Defender1989Defender1990 (3)Goalkeeper1991 (2)Midfielder1992Forward1993Forward1994Midfielder1995Defender1996Mark PrudhoeGoalkeeperDefender1997Defender1998Defender1999Midfielder2000Midfielder2001Midfielder2002Defender2003Defender2004Forward2005Defender2006Defender2007Defender2008Midfielder2009 Defender2010 Midfielder2011 Defender2012Forward2013Goalkeeper2014Defender2015Midfielder2016Goalkeeper2017Goalkeeper2018Midfielder2019 (2)Goalkeeper2020Midfielder2021Midfielder2022Forward2023Defender2024Midfielder2025Goalkeeper2026Midfielder
Wins by playing position PositionNumber of winnersGoalkeeper9Defender19Midfielder16Forward6
Wins by nationality NationalityNumber of winners284321111111111111
References
External links Stoke City Player of the Year at stokecityfc.com