Football Writers Award Winners 1947 - Present Day
| Year | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2009–10 | Wayne Rooney | Manchester United |
| 2008–09 | Steven Gerrard | Liverpool |
| 2007–08 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Manchester United |
| 2006–07 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Manchester United |
| 2005–06 | Thierry Henry | Arsenal |
| 2004–05 | Frank Lampard | Chelsea |
| 2003–04 | Thierry Henry | Arsenal |
| 2002–03 | Thierry Henry | Arsenal |
| 2001–02 | Robert Pirès | Arsenal |
| 2000–01 | Teddy Sheringham | Manchester United |
| 1999–00 | Roy Keane | Manchester United |
| 1998–99 | David Ginola | Tottenham Hotspur |
| 1997–98 | Dennis Bergkamp | Arsenal |
| 1996–97 | Gianfranco Zola | Chelsea |
| 1995–96 | Eric Cantona | Manchester United |
| 1994–95 | Jürgen Klinsmann | Tottenham Hotspur |
| 1993–94 | Alan Shearer | Blackburn Rovers |
| 1992–93 | Chris Waddle | Sheffield Wednesday |
| 1991–92 | Gary Lineker | Tottenham Hotspur |
| 1990–91 | Gordon Strachan | Leeds United |
| 1989–90 | John Barnes | Liverpool |
| 1988–89 | Steve Nicol | Liverpool |
| 1987–88 | John Barnes | Liverpool |
| 1986–87 | Clive Allen | Tottenham Hotspur |
| 1985–86 | Gary Lineker | Everton |
| 1984–85 | Neville Southall | Everton |
| 1983–84 | Ian Rush | Liverpool |
| 1982–83 | Kenny Dalglish | Liverpool |
| 1981–82 | Steve Perryman | Tottenham Hotspur |
| 1980–81 | Frans Thijssen | Ipswich Town |
| 1979–80 | Terry McDermott | Liverpool |
| 1978–79 | Kenny Dalglish | Liverpool |
| 1977–78 | Kenny Burns | Nottingham Forest |
| 1976–77 | Emlyn Hughes | Liverpool |
| 1975–76 | Kevin Keegan | Liverpool |
| 1974–75 | Alan Mullery | Fulham |
| 1973–74 | Ian Callaghan | Liverpool |
| 1972–73 | Pat Jennings | Tottenham Hotspur |
| 1971–72 | Gordon Banks | Stoke City |
| 1970–71 | Frank McLintock | Arsenal |
| 1969–70 | Billy Bremner | Leeds United |
| 1968–69 | Dave Mackay & Tony Book | Derby County & Man City |
| 1967–68 | George Best | Manchester United |
| 1966–67 | Jack Charlton | Leeds United |
| 1965–66 | Bobby Charlton | Manchester United |
| 1964–65 | Bobby Collins | Leeds United |
| 1963–64 | Bobby Moore | West Ham United |
| 1962–63 | Stanley Matthews | Stoke City |
| 1961–62 | Jimmy Adamson | Burnley |
| 1960–61 | Danny Blanchflower | Tottenham Hotspur |
| 1959–60 | Bill Slater | Wolverhampton Wanderers |
| 1958–59 | Syd Owen | Luton Town |
| 1957–58 | Danny Blanchflower | Tottenham Hotspur |
| 1956–57 | Tom Finney | Preston North End |
| 1955–56 | Bert Trautmann | Manchester City |
| 1954-55 | Don Revie | Manchester City |
| 1953-54 | Tom Finney | Preston North End |
| 1952–53 | Nat Lofthouse | Bolton Wanderers |
| 1951–52 | Billy Wright | Wolverhampton Wanderers |
| 1950–51 | Harry Johnston | Blackpool |
| 1949–50 | Joe Mercer | Arsenal |
| 1948–49 | Johnny Carey | Manchester United |
| 1947–48 | Stanley Matthews | Blackpool |