Chosen by the players, the WSL2 and EFL Top Six shortlists for the 2025/26 PFA Awards have been announced. The winners will be honoured on Tuesday 25 August at the 53rd annual PFA Awards Ceremony in Manchester.
PFA PLAYERS’ PLAYER OF THE YEAR TOP SIX SHORTLISTS
PFA members have voted for their season’s best performers. Players only vote for fellow players within their same league, and each division’s eventual winner will be determined from the Top Six shortlists below.
The 2026 PFA Awards Top Six shortlists will be announced across two days, with the PFA Players' Player of the Year and PFA Young Player of the Year shortlists revealed tomorrow:
Friday 5 June
- Men’s Players’ Player of the Year – 9:00am
- Women’s Players’ Player of the Year – 9:30am
- Men’s Young Player of the Year – 10:00am
- Women’s Young Player of the Year – 10:30am
WSL2 PFA Players’ Player of the Year | Top Six
- Ellie Brazil, Southampton
- Lily Crosthwaite, Birmingham City
- Abbie Larkin, Crystal Palace
- Emily Syme, Bristol City
- Ashleigh Weerden, Crystal Palace
- Sophie Whitehouse, Charlton Athletic
Championship PFA Players’ Player of the Year | Top Six
- Matt Grimes, Coventry City
- Hayden Hackney, Middlesbrough
- Jack Rudoni, Coventry City
- Carl Rushworth, Coventry City
- Žan Vipotnik, Swansea City
- Haji Wright, Coventry City
League One PFA Players’ Player of the Year | Top Six
- Dom Ballard, Leyton Orient
- Amario Cozier-Duberry, Bolton Wanderers
- David McGoldrick, Barnsley
- Jack Moylan, Lincoln City
- Oliver Norwood, Stockport County
- Kyle Wootton, Stockport County
League Two PFA Players’ Player of the Year | Top Six
- Sammy Braybrooke, Chesterfield
- Michael Cheek, Bromley
- Aaron Drinan, Swindon Town
- Callum Paterson, MK Dons
- Mitch Pinnock, Bromley
- Omar Sowunmi, Bromley
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