The Bolton Wanderers F.C. Player of the Year is an award presented to the Bolton Wanderers fans' player of the season.
The first winner of the award was Simon Charlton in 2002. Since then, fourteen more players have won the award with one player, Kevin Davies, winning the award three times and another, Tim Ream, winning it twice. Davies was the only player to retain the trophy, winning it in 2008 and 2009 until Ream retained it himself in 2014 and 2015.
Voting takes place towards the end of each season, usually in April, and is open to anyone. Fans can click on a link on the Bolton Wanderers website.
Winners
Players in bold are still playing for Bolton Wanderers.
SeasonNameNationalityPositionNotesRef(s)2001–02 2002–03 First winner from outside England 2003–04 2004–05 First winner from mainland Europe2005–06 First winner from CONCACAF 2006–07 2007–08 First player to win the award twice2008–09 First player to retain the award 2009–10 First winner from Asia 2010–11 First winner from North America2011–12 2012–13 First on loan player to win award 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 First player to come through the youth team to win award2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20N/AN/AN/ASeason ended early because of the COVID-19 pandemic 2020–21Ricardo Santos Bolton Wanderers: "Ricardo Almeida Santos Named As Bolton Wanderers’ 2020/21 Player Of The Year"2021–22Oladapo Afolayan BWFC: "Afolayan Named Player of the Year"2022–23Conor Bradley "Bradley is season star"2023–24Josh Sheehan "Double Delight For Sheehan"2024–25Aaron Collins "Collins Is Player Of The Year"2025–26Sam Dalby Dalby Is Player Of The Year
Wins by player WinnerTotal winsYear(s) Kevin Davies32004, 2008, 2009 Tim Ream22014, 2015 Simon Charlton12002 Jay-Jay Okocha12003 Bruno Ngotty12005 Ricardo Gardner12006 Jussi Jääskeläinen12007 Lee Chung-yong12010 Stuart Holden12011 Ádám Bogdán12012 Jay Spearing12013 Rob Holding12016 David Wheater12017 Ben Alnwick12018 Gary O'Neil12019 Ricardo Santos12021 Oladapo Afolayan12022 Conor Bradley12023 Josh Sheehan12024 Aaron Collins12025 Sam Dalby12026
Wins by playing position PositionNumber of winsGoalkeeper3Defender8Midfielder8Forward5
Wins by nationality NationalityNumber of winners113211111111
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