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The Professional Footballers' Association Women's Young Player of the Year (commonly referred to as PFA Young Player of the Year) is an annual award given to the player who is voted to have been the best of the year in English women's football. The award has been presented since the 2013–14 season and the winner is chosen by a vote amongst the members of the players' trade union, the Professional Footballers' Association (PFA).

The current holder is Grace Clinton.

Winners

The women's award has been presented since 2014 while the men's PFA Players' Player of the Year has been awarded since 1974. The table below also indicates where the winning player also won one or more of the other major "player of the year" awards in English women's football, namely the PFA Women's Players' Player of the Year award.

Year		Player	Club	Also won	Notes
2013–14		Martha Harris	Liverpool
2014–15		Leah Williamson	Arsenal
2015–16		Beth Mead	Sunderland
2016–17		Jess Carter	Birmingham City
2017–18		Lauren Hemp	Bristol City
2018–19		Georgia Stanway	Manchester City
2019–20		Lauren Hemp	Manchester City
2020–21		Lauren Hemp	Manchester City
2021–22		Lauren Hemp	Manchester City
2022–23		Lauren James	Chelsea
2023–24		Grace Clinton	Tottenham Hotspur

Breakdown of winners

By country

Country	Number of wins	Winning years
England	11	2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24

By club

See also

• List of sports awards honoring women

References

1. "England Player Honours – Professional Footballers' Association Players' Players of the Year". England Football Online. 19 June 2007. Retrieved 14 March 2008.
2. "New titles for women at PFA Awards Dinner in 2014". The FA. 13 March 2014. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
3. Frank Keogh (20 April 2001). "Too much too young?". BBC. Retrieved 17 March 2008.
4. "Women's PFA Young Player of the Year: Martha Harris". Professional Fooballers' Association. 27 April 2014. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
5. "Williamson humbled by Young Player of the Year award". The FA. 27 April 2015. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
6. Verschueren, Gianni (24 April 2016). "PFA Winners 2016: Full Awards List, Voting Results and Twitter Reaction". Bleacher Report. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
7. "Jess Carter wins PFA Young Player of the Year". The PFA. 23 April 2017. Archived from the original on 7 October 2023. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
8. "Lauren Hemp crowned PFA Young Player of the Year". Bristol City Football Club. 22 April 2018. Archived from the original on 22 June 2018. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
9. "Georgia Stanway wins PFA Young Player of the Year". Professional Fooballers' Association. 28 April 2019. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
10. "Hemp and Alexander-Arnold win PFA Young Player of the Year". Professional Fooballers' Association. 8 September 2020. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
11. "Manchester City Score a Hattrick at the 2021 PFA Awards". Professional Fooballers' Association. 6 June 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
12. "Lauren Hemp named PFA Young Player of the Year". Professional Fooballers' Association. 9 June 2022. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
13. "Lauren James PFA Young Player of the Year 2023". Professional Fooballers' Association. 29 August 2023. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
14. Clark, Gill (20 August 2024). "Lionesses midfielder Grace Clinton fends off competition from Lauren James to win Women's PFA Young Player of the Year following breakout campaign on loan at Tottenham". Goal.com. Retrieved 20 August 2024.

External links

• Official website

• English women's football trophies and awards
• Awards established in 2014
• 2014 establishments in England
• Women's association football trophies and awards