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Arsenal Player of the Season
Thierry Henry has won the award four times, the most of any player
SportAssociation football
Awarded forbeing the best performing Arsenal player over the course of a season
Presented byArsenal F.C.
History
First award1967; 57 years ago (1967)
Editions56 (as of 2022)
First winnerScotland Frank McLintock
Most winsFrance Thierry Henry (4 times)
Most recentEngland Bukayo Saka (2022)

The Arsenal Player of the Season award is an official award given by Arsenal Football Club to the best performing player from the club over the course of the season. The award is given based on votes by Arsenal fans on the club's website,[1][2] it was previously based on votes by the Arsenal Supporters' Trust.[3]

The inaugural award was handed to Frank McLintock in 1967 and it has been presented every season since.[3] The 2015–16 and 2016–17 awards were officially called the Vitality Arsenal Player of the Season Award for sponsorship purposes.[4][5] The award has been given to 41 different players over the course of 56 seasons, with 11 players being awarded on more than one occasion. Of these players, only Thierry Henry has won the award four times, and he is also the only player to have won the award in three consecutive years. In 1976, Republic of Ireland international Liam Brady became the first Arsenal player from outside the United Kingdom to win the award and in 1997, Dutch international Dennis Bergkamp became the first player from outside the British Isles to receive it.[3] Following the 2014−15 season, Chilean international Alexis Sánchez was voted to become the first player from outside of Europe to win the award.[3][6]

Bukayo Saka is the most recent winner of the award, following the 2021–22 Arsenal season.[7]

Award recipients

Frank McLintock won the inaugural award in 1967.
George Armstrong won the award in 1970.
Alan Smith won the 1989 award, being the league's top scorer.[8]
Cesc Fàbregas won the award in 2007 and 2010.
Aaron Ramsey won the award in 2014 and 2018.
Robin van Persie won the award in 2009 and 2012.
Jens Lehmann won the award in 2006.
Mathieu Flamini won the award in 2008.

Players in bold are still playing for Arsenal

Award recipients
Season Player Nationality Position Ref.
1966–67 Frank McLintock  Scotland Defender [3]
1967–68 John Radford  England Forward [3]
1968–69 Peter Simpson  England Defender [3]
1969–70 George Armstrong  England Forward [3][9]
1970−71 Bob Wilson  Scotland Goalkeeper [3]
1971–72 Pat Rice  Northern Ireland Defender [3]
1972–73 John Radford (2)  England Forward [3]
1973–74 Alan Ball  England Midfielder [3]
1974–75 Jimmy Rimmer  England Goalkeeper [3][10]
1975–76 Liam Brady  Republic of Ireland Midfielder [3]
1976–77 Frank Stapleton  Republic of Ireland Forward [3]
1977–78 Liam Brady (2)  Republic of Ireland Midfielder [3]
1978–79 Liam Brady (3)  Republic of Ireland Midfielder [3]
1979–80 Frank Stapleton (2)  Republic of Ireland Forward [3]
1980–81 Kenny Sansom  England Defender [3]
1981–82 John Hollins  England Defender [3][11]
1982–83 Tony Woodcock  England Forward [3]
1983–84 Charlie Nicholas  Scotland Forward [3]
1984–85 Stewart Robson  England Midfielder [3]
1985–86 David Rocastle  England Midfielder [3]
1986–87 Tony Adams  England Defender [3]
1987–88 Michael Thomas  England Midfielder [3]
1988–89 Alan Smith  England Forward [3]
1989–90 Tony Adams (2)  England Defender [3]
1990–91 Steve Bould  England Defender [3]
1991–92 Ian Wright  England Forward [3]
1992–93 Ian Wright (2)  England Forward [3]
1993–94 Tony Adams (3)  England Defender [3]
1994–95 David Seaman  England Goalkeeper [3]
1995–96 Martin Keown  England Defender [3]
1996–97 Dennis Bergkamp  Netherlands Forward [3]
1997–98 Ray Parlour  England Midfielder [3]
1998–99 Nigel Winterburn  England Defender [3]
1999–2000 Thierry Henry  France Forward [3][6]
2000–01 Patrick Vieira  France Midfielder [3][6]
2001–02 Robert Pires  France Forward [3][6]
2002–03 Thierry Henry (2)  France Forward [3][6]
2003–04 Thierry Henry (3)  France Forward [3][6]
2004–05 Thierry Henry (4)  France Forward [3][6]
2005–06 Jens Lehmann  Germany Goalkeeper [3][6]
2006–07 Cesc Fàbregas  Spain Midfielder [6][12]
2007–08 Mathieu Flamini  France Midfielder [6][13]
2008–09 Robin van Persie  Netherlands Forward [6][14]
2009–10 Cesc Fàbregas (2)  Spain Midfielder [6][15]
2010–11 Jack Wilshere  England Midfielder [16][17]
2011–12 Robin van Persie (2)  Netherlands Forward [18][19]
2012–13 Santi Cazorla  Spain Midfielder [20][21]
2013–14 Aaron Ramsey  Wales Midfielder [22][23]
2014–15 Alexis Sánchez  Chile Forward [24][25]
2015–16 Mesut Özil  Germany Midfielder [26][21]
2016–17 Alexis Sánchez (2)  Chile Forward [4][27]
2017–18 Aaron Ramsey (2)  Wales Midfielder [28][29]
2018–19 Alexandre Lacazette  France Forward [30][31]
2019–20 Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang  Gabon Forward [32][33]
2020–21 Bukayo Saka  England Midfielder [34][35]
2021–22 Bukayo Saka (2)  England Midfielder [36][7]

Multiple wins

Players with multiple wins
Rank Winner Total wins Years won
1 France Thierry Henry 4 2000, 2003, 2004, 2005
2 Republic of Ireland Liam Brady 3 1976, 1978, 1979
England Tony Adams 3 1987, 1990, 1994
3 England John Radford 2 1968, 1973
Republic of Ireland Frank Stapleton 2 1977, 1980
England Ian Wright 2 1992, 1993
Spain Cesc Fàbregas 2 2007, 2010
Netherlands Robin van Persie 2 2009, 2012
Chile Alexis Sánchez 2 2015, 2017
Wales Aaron Ramsey 2 2014, 2018
England Bukayo Saka 2 2021, 2022

Wins by nationality

Wins by nationality
Nationality Number of wins
 England 26
 France 8
 Republic of Ireland 5
 Netherlands 3
 Scotland 3
 Spain 3
 Chile 2
 Germany 2
 Wales 2
 Gabon 1
 Northern Ireland 1

Wins by playing position

Wins by playing position
Position Number of wins
Goalkeeper 4
Defender 11
Midfielder 19
Forward 22

See also

References

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  2. ^ "Bukayo Saka named Arsenal player of the season". BBC Sport. 8 June 2022. Archived from the original on 20 October 2022. Retrieved 16 October 2022. Bukayo Saka has been named Arsenal's player of the season for the second consecutive year in a vote by fans on the club's official website.
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