List of Winners at PFA Awards 2026

Manchester United's captain Bruno Fernandes and Manchester City's Khadija "Bunny" Shaw were the big winners at the 2026 Professional Footballers’ Association Awards. They were named the men’s and women’s Players’ Player of the Year on Tuesday.

Details are available on the PFA website.

These awards are voted for by professional footballers. They highlight the best individual performances in English football.

Nico O’Reilly from Manchester City won the men’s Young Player of the Year. Arsenal’s Olivia Smith took home the women’s Young Player of the Year award.

The ceremony took place at the Manchester Opera House. Legendary former Liverpool manager Sir Kenny Dalglish and former England international Karen Carney also received PFA Merit Awards.

Here is the complete list of major individual award winners and the divisional Teams of the Year:

PFA major individual awards

Men’s PFA Players’ Player of the Year: Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United)

Women’s PFA Players’ Player of the Year: Khadija "Bunny" Shaw (Manchester City)

Men’s PFA Young Player of the Year: Nico O’Reilly (Manchester City)

Women’s PFA Young Player of the Year: Olivia Smith (Arsenal)

PFA Merit Award recipients: Sir Kenny Dalglish and Karen Carney OBE

PFA EFL Players of the Year

Championship Player of the Year: Hayden Hackney (Middlesbrough)

League One Player of the Year: Dom Ballard (Leyton Orient)

League Two Player of the Year: Aaron Drinan (Swindon Town)

PFA divisional Teams of the Year

The PFA also released its Teams of the Year for the Premier League, Championship, League One, and League Two. These teams recognize players who excelled in their divisions.

Premier League Team of the Year

David Raya; Gabriel Magalhães, Nico O’Reilly, William Saliba, Jurrien Timber; Bruno Fernandes, Declan Rice, Rayan Cherki; Erling Haaland, Antoine Semenyo, Igor Thiago.

Championship Team of the Year

Carl Rushworth; Milan van Ewijk, Bobby Thomas, Tom Crama, Taylor Harwood-Bellis; Hayden Hackney, Matt Grimes, Jack Rudoni; Žan Vipotnik, Haji Wright, Femi Azeez.

League One Team of the Year

George Wickens; Sonny Bradley, Tendayi Darikwa, Perry Ng, Carl Piergianni; Oliver Norwood, Lewis Wing, Jack Moylan; Dom Ballard, Kyle Wootton, Amario Cozier-Duberry.

League Two Team of the Year

Max Hudson; Omar Sowunmi, K. Watts, J. Sanders, J. Gibbons; Alex Gilbey, Mike Pinnock, Sammy Braybrooke; Aaron Drinan, Macauley Cheek, C. Paterson.

The PFA Awards are voted for by players. This makes the awards special as they show recognition from footballers for their peers’ performances during the season.