FULL LIST: Winners at PFA Awards 2026

Manchester United captain Bruno Fernandes and Manchester City forward Khadija “Bunny” Shaw were among the biggest winners at the 2026 Professional Footballers’ Association Awards, after being named the men’s and women’s Players’ Player of the Year respectively on Tuesday.
n nDetails on the PFA website revealed this.
nThe awards, voted for by fellow professional footballers, recognise outstanding individual performances across English professional football.
n nManchester City’s Nico O’Reilly was named the men’s Young Player of the Year, while Arsenal’s Olivia Smith won the women’s Young Player of the Year award.
nThe ceremony, held at the Manchester Opera House, also saw legendary former Liverpool manager Sir Kenny Dalglish and former England international Karen Carney receive PFA Merit Awards.
nHere is the full list of the major individual award winners and divisional Teams of the Year:
nPFA major individual awards
nMen’s PFA Players’ Player of the Year: Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United)
nWomen’s PFA Players’ Player of the Year: Khadija “Bunny” Shaw (Manchester City)
nMen’s PFA Young Player of the Year: Nico O’Reilly (Manchester City)
nWomen’s PFA Young Player of the Year: Olivia Smith (Arsenal)
nPFA Merit Award recipients: Sir Kenny Dalglish and Karen Carney OBE
nPFA EFL Players of the Year
nChampionship Player of the Year: Hayden Hackney (Middlesbrough)
nLeague One Player of the Year: Dom Ballard (Leyton Orient)
nLeague Two Player of the Year: Aaron Drinan (Swindon Town)
nPFA divisional Teams of the Year
nThe PFA also unveiled its Teams of the Year for the Premier League, Championship, League One and League Two, recognising players who stood out across the respective divisions.
nPremier League Team of the Year
nDavid Raya; Gabriel Magalhães, Nico O’Reilly, William Saliba, Jurrien Timber; Bruno Fernandes, Declan Rice, Rayan Cherki; Erling Haaland, Antoine Semenyo, Igor Thiago.
nChampionship Team of the Year
nCarl Rushworth; Milan van Ewijk, Bobby Thomas, Tom Crama, Taylor Harwood-Bellis; Hayden Hackney, Matt Grimes, Jack Rudoni; Žan Vipotnik, Haji Wright, Femi Azeez.
nLeague One Team of the Year
nGeorge Wickens; Sonny Bradley, Tendayi Darikwa, Perry Ng, Carl Piergianni; Oliver Norwood, Lewis Wing, Jack Moylan; Dom Ballard, Kyle Wootton, Amario Cozier-Duberry.
nLeague Two Team of the Year
nMax Hudson; Omar Sowunmi, K. Watts, J. Sanders, J. Gibbons; Alex Gilbey, Mike Pinnock, Sammy Braybrooke; Aaron Drinan, Macauley Cheek, C. Paterson.
nThe PFA Awards are voted for by players, giving the honours a unique distinction as recognition from footballers of their peers’ performances during the season.
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