FULL LIST: Winners at PFA Awards 2026
August 26, 2026 7:15 am
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.
Details on the PFA website revealed this.
The awards, voted for by fellow professional footballers, recognise outstanding individual performances across English professional football.
Manchester 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.
The 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.
Here is the full list of the major individual award winners and 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 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.
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, giving the honours a unique distinction as recognition from footballers of their peers’ performances during the season.
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