Ligue 1 Young Player of the Year

The Ligue 1 Young Player of the Year is an award given to the player aged 23 years or under at the start of the season whose performances are considered to be the best, playing in Ligue 1. The award has been presented since the 1993–94 season and the first winner of the award was Bordeaux midfielder Zinedine Zidane. The current holder is Kylian Mbappé, who won the award for his performances throughout the 2018–19 season for Paris Saint-Germain. Kylian Mbappé is the only player to have won this award three times.

Winners

This award has been presented 23 times as of 2016, with all winners being different save for Eden Hazard, who won in the 2008–09 and 2009–10. He was also the first foreign player to win the award until Younès Belhanda won the award in 2011–12 followed by Marco Verratti in 2013–14

Year		Player	Club	Also won	Notes
1993–94		Zinedine Zidane	Bordeaux
1994–95		Florian Maurice	Lyon
1995–96		Robert Pires	Metz
1996–97		Thierry Henry	Monaco
1997–98		David Trezeguet	Monaco
1998–99		Olivier Monterrubio	Nantes
1999–2000		Philippe Christanval	Monaco
2000–01		Sidney Govou	Lyon
2001–02		Djibril Cissé	Auxerre
2002–03		Lionel Mathis	Auxerre
2003–04		Patrice Evra	Monaco
2004–05		Jérémy Toulalan	Nantes
2005–06		Franck Ribéry	Marseille
2006–07		Samir Nasri	Marseille
2007–08		Hatem Ben Arfa	Lyon
2008–09		Eden Hazard	Lille
2009–10		Eden Hazard	Lille
2010–11		Mamadou Sakho	Paris Saint-Germain
2011–12		Younès Belhanda	Montpellier
2012–13		Florian Thauvin	Bastia
2013–14		Marco Verratti	Paris Saint-Germain
2014–15		Nabil Fekir	Lyon
2015–16		Ousmane Dembélé	Rennes
2016-17		Kylian Mbappé	Monaco
2017-18		Kylian Mbappé	Paris Saint-Germain

Breakdown of winners

By country

Country	Number of wins	Winning years
France	21	1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005-06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2010–11, 2012–13, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18
Belgium	2	2008–09, 2009–10
Italy	1	2013–14
Morocco	1	2011–12