Manchester United’s Bruno Fernandes Wins Premier League Player Of The Season Award — Check Past Winners

Manchester United captain Bruno Fernandes added another major individual honour to his season after being named the Premier League Player of the Season for the 2025-26 campaign, becoming the first Manchester United player since Nemanja Vidic in 2010-11 to win the award.

The 31-year-old has registered eight goals and 20 assists in 37 Premier League appearances, matching the single-season assist record set by Thierry Henry for Arsenal in 2002-03 and later equalled by Kevin De Bruyne for Manchester City in 2019-20.

He also finished the season with a league-high 132 chances created, nearly double the tally of Liverpool midfielder Dominik Szoboszlai, who ranked second with 74.

A season for the history books 📖@manutd‘s Bruno Fernandes is @EASPORTSFC Player of the Season ❤️ pic.twitter.com/nj0wKjlpFv

— Premier League (@premierleague) May 23, 2026

The Portuguese midfielder had also secured the Football Writers’ Association Footballer of the Year prize earlier this month and won Manchester United’s Sir Matt Busby Player of the Year award for a record fifth time this season.

The Premier League Player of the Season award is determined through a combined voting process involving fans, football experts and captains from all 20 Premier League clubs.

Fernandes emerged as the standout candidate after delivering the strongest league campaign of his career. 

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United finished third in the Premier League and secured qualification for next season’s UEFA Champions League following a strong second half of the campaign under Michael Carrick.

Fernandes beat a competitive shortlist featuring Erling Haaland, Declan Rice, Gabriel, David Raya, Morgan Gibbs-White, Igor Thiago and Antoine Semenyo to claim the award.

Fernandes has now joined an elite list of Manchester United players to win the Premier League’s top individual honour, following in the footsteps of Cristiano Ronaldo, Wayne Rooney and Nemanja Vidic. His win also ended Manchester City’s recent dominance of the award, with City players having claimed five of the previous six awards.

Premier League Player Of The Season Winners In The Last 10 Years

Bruno Fernandes joins an illustrious list of Player of the Season winners 🫶 pic.twitter.com/qP9uwOPu9l

— Premier League (@premierleague) May 23, 2026

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