Ligue 1 Player of the Year

David Ginola won the inaugural award in 1994.

The Ligue 1 Player of the Year, is an award given to the player 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 Paris Saint-Germain Winger David Ginola. The current holder is Zlatan Ibrahimović, who won the award for his performances throughout the 2015–16 campaign for Paris Saint-Germain scoring 38 goals (A new league record), and assisting 13.

Winners

Zlatan Ibrahimović won the award three times playing for Paris Saint-Germain; the most wins by a single player.

This award has been presented 23 times as of 2016, with all winners being different aside from Pauleta who was the first two time winner in 2001-02 and 2002-03, as well as the only two mulitiple time winners Eden Hazard and Zlatan Ibrahimović, who has won the award a record three times in 2012-13, 2013-14 and in 2015-16.

Year Player Club Also won Notes
1993–94 France Ginola, DavidDavid Ginola Paris Saint-Germain [1]
1994–95 France Guérin, VincentVincent Guérin Paris Saint-Germain [1]
1995–96 France Zidane, ZinedineZinedine Zidane Bordeaux [1]
1996–97 Brazil Anderson, SonnySonny Anderson AS Monaco [1]
1997–98 Italy Simone, MarcoMarco Simone Paris Saint-Germain [1]
1998–99 Algeria Benarbia, AliAli Benarbia Bordeaux [1]
1999–2000 Argentina Gallardo, MarceloMarcelo Gallardo AS Monaco [1]
2000–01 France Carrière, ÉricÉric Carrière FC Nantes [1]
2001–02 Portugal Pauleta Bordeaux [1]
2002–03 Portugal Pauleta Bordeaux [1]
2003–04 Ivory Coast Drogba, DidierDidier Drogba Olympique Marseille [1]
2004–05 Ghana Essien, MichaelMichael Essien Olympique Lyon [1]
2005–06 France Juninho Olympique Lyon [1]
2006–07 France Malouda, FlorentFlorent Malouda Olympique Lyon [1]
2007–08 France Benzema, KarimKarim Benzema Olympique Lyon [1]
2008–09 France Gourcuff, YoannYoann Gourcuff Bordeaux [1]
2009–10 Argentina López, LisandroLisandro López Olympique Lyon [1]
2010–11 Belgium Hazard, EdenEden Hazard Lille OSC [1]
2011–12 Belgium Hazard, EdenEden Hazard Lille OSC [2]
2012–13 Sweden Ibrahimović, ZlatanZlatan Ibrahimović Paris Saint-Germain
2013–14 Sweden Ibrahimović, ZlatanZlatan Ibrahimović Paris Saint-Germain
2014–15 France Lacazette, AlexandreAlexandre Lacazette Olympique Lyon [3]
2015–16 Sweden Ibrahimović, ZlatanZlatan Ibrahimović Paris Saint-Germain [4]

Breakdown of winners

By country

Country Wins Winning years
 France
8
1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 2000–01, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2014–15
 Sweden
3
2012–13, 2013-14, 2015-16
 Belgium
2
2009–10, 2010-11
 Brazil
2
1996–97, 2006-07
 Portugal
2
2001–02, 2002-03
 Argentina
2
2000–01, 2009-10
 Ivory Coast
1
2004–05
 Ghana
1
2005–06
 Italy
1
1997–98
 Algeria
1
1998-99

By club

Club Wins Winning years
Olympique Lyon
6
 2004-05, 2005-06, 2006-07, 2007-08, 2009-10, 2014-15,
Paris Saint-Germain
6
 1994–95, 1995–96, 1997–98, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2015-16
Bordeaux
5
 1995–96, 1998–99, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2008–09
AS Monaco
2
 1996–97, 1999–2000
Lille OSC
2
 2010–11, 2011–12
Olympique Marseille
1
 2003–04
FC Nantes
1
 2000–01

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 "Palmares Trophées UNFP - Oscars du football - Meilleur joueur de Ligue 1 ( > Football > Trophées > Trophées UNFP - Oscars du foot) sur SportPalmares, tous les palmares du sport se trouvent ici !!". Sportpalmares.eu. Retrieved 2016-07-23.
  2. ↑ "Player of year Hazard chooses Manchester". Ligue1.com. 2012-05-15. Retrieved 2016-07-23.
  3. ↑ "Lacazette beats Ibrahimovic to Ligue 1 award". Espn Fc. 2015-05-18. Retrieved 2016-07-23.
  4. ↑ "Ibrahimovic named Player of the Year". Ligue1.com. Retrieved 2016-07-23.
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