PFA Footballer of the Year Awards

The Alex Tobin OAM Medal is selected by the PFA Executive to a current or former player who demonstrates four outstanding attributes: leadership, achievement as a player, commitment to one's fellow professionals, and service and dedication to the game.^[1] The medal is named after the PFA's longest-serving president, Alex Tobin.^[2]

The Men's Footballer of the Year Award is awarded to Australia's best professional player playing overseas or in the A-League. Performances for national teams are also taken into account. The votes are cast monthly by all current male players who are PFA members. A final group of nominees is announced at the end of the season, the player with the highest number of votes becoming the eventual winner.

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Year	Player	Club	Ref
2009	Tim Cahill	Everton	[13]
2010	Mark Schwarzer	Fulham	[14]
2011	Matt McKay	Brisbane Roar Rangers	[15]
2012	Brett Holman	AZ	[16]
2013	Robbie Kruse	Fortuna Düsseldorf	[17]
2014	Mile Jedinak	Crystal Palace	[18]
2015	Mathew Ryan	Club Brugge	[19]
2016	Aaron Mooy	Melbourne City Manchester City Huddersfield Town	[20]
2017	Aaron Mooy (2)	Huddersfield Town	[21]
2018	Aaron Mooy (3)	Huddersfield Town	[10]
2019	Mathew Ryan (2)	Brighton & Hove Albion	[22]
2020	Mathew Ryan (3)	Brighton & Hove Albion	[23]
2021	Jamie Maclaren	Melbourne City	[24]
2022	Tom Rogic	Celtic	[25]
2023	Craig Goodwin	Adelaide United	[26]
2024	Jackson Irvine	FC St. Pauli	[27]

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The PFA Women's Footballer of the Year is voted for by all current women's players who are PFA members, on a 3-2-1 basis.

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Year	Player	Club	Ref
2010	Servet Uzunlar	Sydney FC	[28]
2011	Elise Kellond-Knight	Brisbane Roar Fortuna Hjørring	[28]
2012	Lydia Williams	Canberra United	[28]
2013	Sam Kerr	Sydney FC Western New York Flash	[28]
2014	Katrina Gorry	Brisbane Roar FC Kansas City	[28]
2015	Elise Kellond-Knight (2)	Brisbane Roar Turbine Potsdam	[29]
2016	Lydia Williams (2)	Canberra United Houston Dash	[20]
2017	Sam Kerr (2)	Perth Glory Sky Blue FC	[21]
2018	Sam Kerr (3)	Perth Glory Sky Blue FC Chicago Red Stars	[10]
2019	Sam Kerr (4)	Perth Glory Chicago Red Stars	[30]
2020	Steph Catley	Arsenal Melbourne City	[31]
2021	Ellie Carpenter	Olympique Lyonnais	[32]
2022	Sam Kerr (5)	Chelsea	[33]
2023	Sam Kerr (6)	Chelsea	[34]
2024	Steph Catley (2)	Arsenal	[27]

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The Harry Kewell Medal is awarded to Australia's best male professional Under-23 player playing overseas or player of any nationality playing in the A-League. Performances for national teams are also taken into account. The votes are cast monthly by all current male players who are PFA members. A final group of nominees is announced at the end of the season, the player with the highest number of votes becoming the eventual winner. The medal is named after one of Australia's most famous and successful players, Harry Kewell.^[28]

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Year	Player	Club	Ref
2009	Nikita Rukavytsya	Perth Glory	[13]
2010	Mitch Langerak	Melbourne Victory	[14]
2011	Robbie Kruse	Melbourne Victory	[15]
2012	Mathew Ryan	Central Coast Mariners	[18]
2013	Marco Rojas	Melbourne Victory	[17]
2014	Mathew Ryan (2)	Club Brugge	[18]
2015	Mathew Ryan (3)	Club Brugge	[19]
2016	Jamie Maclaren	Brisbane Roar	[20]
2017	Alex Gersbach	Rosenborg	[21]
2018	Daniel Arzani	Melbourne City	[10]
2019	Chris Ikonomidis	Perth Glory	[22]
2020	Liberato Cacace	Wellington Phoenix	[35]
2021	Connor Metcalfe	Melbourne City	[36]
2022	Denis Genreau	Toulouse	[37]
2023	Jordan Bos	Melbourne City	[38]
2024	Alex Paulsen	Wellington Phoenix	[39]
2025	Nicolas Milanovic	Aberdeen FC

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The A-League Men Team of the Season is awarded to the league's best players selected in a 4-3-3 formation with the best coach also selected. The team is selected by the PFA Awards Committee, a group of former Socceroos, football analysts and journalists.

2008–09

GK	Eugene Galekovic	Adelaide United
RB	Tarek Elrich	Newcastle Jets
CB	Craig Moore	Brisbane Roar
CB	Sasa Ognenovski	Adelaide United
LB	Scott Jamieson	Adelaide United
DM	Mile Jedinak	Central Coast Mariners
AM	Travis Dodd	Adelaide United
AM	Charlie Miller	Brisbane Roar
RW	Shane Smeltz	Wellington Phoenix
LW	Archie Thompson	Melbourne Victory
FW	Eugene Dadi	Perth Glory

Substitutes:

GK	Michael Theoklitos	Melbourne Victory
CB	Kevin Muscat	Melbourne Victory
DM	Paul Reid	Adelaide United
CM	Billy Celeski	Melbourne Victory
FW	Nikita Rukavytsya	Perth Glory

Manager: Aurelio Vidmar, Adelaide United

Referee: Strebre Delovski

2009–10

GK	Eugene Galekovic	Adelaide United
RB	Matthew Kemp	Melbourne Victory
CB	Simon Colosimo	Sydney FC
CB	Kevin Muscat	Melbourne Victory
LB	Dean Heffernan	Central Coast Mariners
CM	Jason Culina	Gold Coast United
CM	Matt Thompson	Newcastle Jets
AM	Carlos Hernández	Melbourne Victory
RW	Archie Thompson	Melbourne Victory
LW	Alex Brosque	Sydney FC
FW	Shane Smeltz	Gold Coast United

Substitutes:

GK	Danny Vukovic	Central Coast Mariners
CB	Nikolai Topor-Stanley	Newcastle Jets
LW	Tommy Oar	Brisbane Roar
AM	Steve Corica	Sydney FC
RW	Paul Ifill	Wellington Phoenix

Manager: Vitezslav Lavicka, Sydney FC

Referee: Strebre Delovski

2010–11

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GK	Michael Theoklitos	Brisbane Roar
RB	Ivan Franjic	Brisbane Roar
CB	Matt Smith	Brisbane Roar
CB	Luke DeVere	Brisbane Roar
LB	Cássio	Adelaide United
AM	Marcos Flores	Adelaide United
CM	Matt McKay (captain)	Brisbane Roar
AM	Thomas Broich	Brisbane Roar
RW	Kosta Barbarouses	Brisbane Roar
LW	Robbie Kruse	Melbourne Victory
FW	Sergio van Dijk	Adelaide United

Substitutes:

GK	Glen Moss	Gold Coast United
LB	Joshua Rose	Central Coast Mariners
CM	Kasey Wehrman	Newcastle Jets
AM	Carlos Hernández	Melbourne Victory
FW	Jean Carlos Solórzano	Brisbane Roar

Manager: Ange Postecoglou, Brisbane Roar

Referee: Gerard Parsons

2011–12

GK	Mathew Ryan	Central Coast Mariners
RB	Michael Marrone	Melbourne Heart
CB	Patrick Zwaanswijk	Central Coast Mariners
LB	Joshua Rose	Central Coast Mariners
CM	Fred	Melbourne Heart
CM	Mitch Nichols	Brisbane Roar
AM	Thomas Broich	Brisbane Roar
AM	Aziz Behich	Melbourne Heart
RW	Paul Ifill	Wellington Phoenix
LW	Archie Thompson	Melbourne Victory
FW	Besart Berisha	Brisbane Roar

Substitutes:

GK	Clint Bolton	Melbourne Heart
CD	Andrew Durante	Wellington Phoenix
CM	Nicky Carle	Sydney FC
AM	Carlos Hernández	Melbourne Victory
FW	Harry Kewell	Melbourne Victory

Manager: Graham Arnold, Central Coast Mariners

Referee: Strebre Delovski

2012–13

GK	Ante Covic	Western Sydney Wanderers
RB	Jérome Polenz	Western Sydney Wanderers
CB	Trent Sainsbury	Central Coast Mariners
CB	Nikolai Topor-Stanley	Western Sydney Wanderers
LB	Adama Traore	Melbourne Victory
CM	Mark Milligan	Melbourne Victory
AM	Shinji Ono	Western Sydney Wanderers
AM	Michael McGlinchey	Central Coast Mariners
RW	Jeremy Brockie	Wellington Phoenix
LW	Marco Rojas	Melbourne Victory
FW	Alessandro Del Piero	Sydney FC

Substitutes:

GK	Eugene Galekovic	Adelaide United
CB	Michael Thwaite	Perth Glory
AM	Marcelo Carrusca	Adelaide United
FW	Archie Thompson	Melbourne Victory
FW	Daniel McBreen	Central Coast Mariners

Manager: Tony Popovic, Western Sydney Wanderers

Referee: Strebre Delovski

2013–14

GK	Eugene Galekovic	Adelaide United
RB	Ivan Franjic	Brisbane Roar
CB	Matt Smith	Brisbane Roar
CB	Matthew Spiranovic	Western Sydney Wanderers
LB	Adama Traoré	Melbourne Victory
CM	Luke Brattan	Brisbane Roar
AM	Thomas Broich	Brisbane Roar
AM	Marcelo Carrusca	Adelaide United
FW	Adam Taggart	Newcastle Jets
FW	Besart Berisha	Brisbane Roar
FW	David Williams	Melbourne Heart

Substitutes:

GK	Danny Vukovic	Perth Glory
CB	Osama Malik	Adelaide United
CM	Mark Milligan	Melbourne Victory
AM	Carlos Hernández	Wellington Phoenix
FW	Stein Huysegems	Wellington Phoenix

Manager: Mike Mulvey, Brisbane Roar

Referee: Strebre Delovski

2014–15

GK	Eugene Galekovic	Adelaide United
RB	Tarek Elrich	Adelaide United
CB	Matthieu Delpierre	Melbourne Victory
CB	Andrew Durante	Wellington Phoenix
LB	Scott Jamieson	Perth Glory
CM	Mark Milligan	Melbourne Victory
AM	Aaron Mooy	Melbourne City
AM	Marcelo Carrusca	Adelaide United
FW	Fahid Ben Khalfallah	Melbourne Victory
FW	Marc Janko	Sydney FC
FW	Nathan Burns	Wellington Phoenix

Substitutes:

GK	Danny Vukovic	Perth Glory
CB	Nigel Boogaard	Adelaide United
CM	Miloš Dimitrijević	Sydney FC
FW	Besart Berisha	Melbourne Victory
AM	Guilherme Finkler	Melbourne Victory

2015–16

Only one player from the two finalists (Adelaide United and Western Sydney Wanderers) were picked for the starting XI.^[46]

GK	Thomas Sørensen	Melbourne City
RB	Josh Risdon	Perth Glory
CB	Jade North	Brisbane Roar
CB	Matthieu Delpierre	Melbourne Victory
LB	Scott Jamieson	Western Sydney Wanderers
MF	Corona	Brisbane Roar
MF	Aaron Mooy	Melbourne City
MF	Diego Castro	Perth Glory
FW	Jamie Maclaren	Brisbane Roar
FW	Bruno Fornaroli	Melbourne City
FW	Harry Novillo	Melbourne City

Substitutes:

GK	Mark Birighitti	Newcastle Jets
CB	Nikolai Topor-Stanley	Western Sydney Wanderers
MF	Mitch Nichols	Western Sydney Wanderers
MF	Roly Bonevacia	Wellington Phoenix
FW	Kosta Barbarouses	Melbourne Victory

Manager: Guillermo Amor, Adelaide United

Referee: Strebre Delovski

Venue of the season: Etihad Stadium

2016–17

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GK	Danny Vukovic (c)	Sydney FC
RB	Rhyan Grant	Sydney FC
CB	Alex Wilkinson	Sydney FC
CB	Michael Jakobsen	Melbourne City
LB	Michael Zullo	Sydney FC
MF	Brandon O'Neill	Sydney FC
MF	Miloš Ninković	Sydney FC
MF	James Troisi	Melbourne Victory
RW	Marco Rojas	Melbourne Victory
LW	Diego Castro	Perth Glory
FW	Besart Berisha	Melbourne Victory

Substitutes:

GK	Liam Reddy	Perth Glory
CB	Jade North	Brisbane Roar
CB	Joshua Brillante	Sydney FC
FW	Bruno Fornaroli	Melbourne City
FW	Alex Brosque (c)	Sydney FC
CB	Ruon Tongyik (U20)	Melbourne City
MF	Riley McGree (U20)	Adelaide United

Manager: Graham Arnold, Sydney FC

2017–18

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GK	Jamie Young	Brisbane Roar
RB	Luke Wilkshire	Sydney FC
CB	Alex Wilkinson	Sydney FC
CB	Rhys Williams	Melbourne Victory
LB	Michael Zullo	Sydney FC
MF	Joshua Brillante	Sydney FC
MF	Luke Brattan	Melbourne City
MF	Dimitri Petratos	Newcastle Jets
RW	Adrian Mierzejewski	Sydney FC
LW	Leroy George	Melbourne Victory
FW	Bobô	Sydney FC

Substitutes:

GK	Andrew Redmayne	Sydney FC
CB	Bart Schenkeveld	Melbourne City
MF	Isaías	Adelaide United
MF	Miloš Ninković	Sydney FC
FW	Andrew Nabbout	Newcastle Jets
CB	Thomas Deng (U23)	Melbourne Victory
MF	Daniel Arzani (U23)	Melbourne City

Manager: Graham Arnold, Sydney FC

2018–19

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GK	Filip Kurto	Wellington Phoenix
RB	Rhyan Grant	Sydney FC
CB	Bart Schenkeveld	Melbourne City
CB	Shane Lowry	Perth Glory
LB	Jason Davidson	Perth Glory
MF	Neil Kilkenny	Perth Glory
MF	Brandon O'Neill	Sydney FC
MF	Diego Castro (c)	Perth Glory
RW	Roy Krishna	Wellington Phoenix
LW	Chris Ikonomidis	Perth Glory
FW	Ola Toivonen	Melbourne Victory

Substitutes:

GK	Liam Reddy	Perth Glory
CB	Michael Jakobsen	Adelaide United
MF	Isaías	Adelaide United
MF	Miloš Ninković	Sydney FC
FW	Adam Le Fondre	Sydney FC

Manager: Tony Popovic, Perth Glory

2019–20

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GK	Jamie Young	Brisbane Roar
RB	Rhyan Grant	Sydney FC
CB	Alex Wilkinson	Sydney FC
CB	Michael Jakobsen	Adelaide United
LB	Liberato Cacace	Wellington Phoenix
MF	Ulises Dávila	Wellington Phoenix
MF	Luke Brattan	Sydney FC
MF	Alessandro Diamanti	Western United
RW	Besart Berisha	Western United
LW	Adam Le Fondre	Sydney FC
FW	Jamie Maclaren (c)	Melbourne City

Substitutes:

GK	Paul Izzo	Adelaide United
CB	Steven Taylor	Wellington Phoenix
MF	Miloš Ninković	Sydney FC
MF	Riley McGree	Adelaide United
FW	Mitchell Duke	Western Sydney Wanderers

Manager: Ufuk Talay, Wellington Phoenix

2020–21

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GK	Adam Federici	Macarthur FC
RB	Rhyan Grant	Sydney FC
CB	Ruon Tongyik	Central Coast Mariners
CB	Curtis Good	Melbourne City
LB	Scott Jamieson	Melbourne City
MF	Ulises Dávila	Wellington Phoenix
MF	Oliver Bozanic	Central Coast Mariners
MF	Connor Metcalfe	Melbourne City
RW	Matt Derbyshire	Macarthur FC
LW	Craig Noone	Melbourne City
FW	Jamie Maclaren (c)	Melbourne City

Substitutes:

GK	Mark Birighitti	Central Coast Mariners
CB	Ryan McGowan	Sydney FC
RB	Ryan Strain	Adelaide United
MF	Miloš Ninković	Sydney FC
MF	Jay O'Shea	Brisbane Roar
MF	Luke Brattan	Sydney FC
FW	Matt Simon	Central Coast Mariners

Manager: Patrick Kisnorbo, Melbourne City

2021–22

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GK	Mark Birighitti	Central Coast Mariners
RB	Jason Geria	Melbourne Victory
CB	Léo Lacroix	Western United
CB	Curtis Good	Melbourne City
LB	Jason Davidson	Melbourne Victory
MF	Florin Berenguer	Melbourne City
MF	Joshua Brillante (c)	Melbourne Victory
MF	Jake Brimmer	Melbourne Victory
RW	Nick D'Agostino	Melbourne Victory
LW	Craig Goodwin	Adelaide United
FW	Jamie Maclaren	Melbourne City

Substitutes:

GK	Jamie Young	Western United
LB	Ben Garuccio	Western United
RB	Javi López	Adelaide United
MF	Connor Metcalfe	Melbourne City
MF	Ulises Dávila	Macarthur FC
MF	Daniel Penha	Newcastle Jets
MF	Neil Kilkenny	Western United

Manager: Tony Popovic, Melbourne Victory

2022–23

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GK	Joe Gauci	Adelaide United
CB	Marcelo	Western Sydney Wanderers
CB	Brian Kaltak	Central Coast Mariners
CB	Jordan Bos (c)	Melbourne City
RM	Aiden O'Neill	Melbourne City
CM	Josh Nisbet	Central Coast Mariners
CM	Calem Nieuwenhof	Western Sydney Wanderers
LM	Mathew Leckie	Melbourne City
RW	Brandon Borrello	Western Sydney Wanderers
FW	Jamie Maclaren	Melbourne City
LW	Craig Goodwin	Adelaide United

Substitutes:

GK	Lawrence Thomas	Western Sydney Wanderers
CB	Curtis Good	Melbourne City
CB	Nectarios Triantis	Central Coast Mariners
MF	Jay O'Shea	Brisbane Roar
MF	Marco Túlio	Central Coast Mariners
FW	Jason Cummings	Central Coast Mariners
FW	Marco Tilio	Melbourne City

2023–24

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GK	Alex Paulsen (c)	Wellington Phoenix
RB	Tim Payne	Wellington Phoenix
CB	Scott Wootton	Wellington Phoenix
CB	Brian Kaltak	Central Coast Mariners
LB	Jacob Farrell	Central Coast Mariners
CM	Josh Nisbet	Central Coast Mariners
CM	Alex Rufer	Wellington Phoenix
CM	Tolgay Arslan	Melbourne City
RW	Joe Lolley	Sydney FC
FW	Adam Taggart	Perth Glory
LW	Bruno Fornaroli	Melbourne Victory

Substitutes:

GK	Danny Vukovic	Central Coast Mariners
CB	Damien Da Silva	Melbourne Victory
CB	Marcelo	Western Sydney Wanderers
MF	Jake Girdwood-Reich	Sydney FC
MF	Anthony Caceres	Sydney FC
WI	Kosta Barbarouses	Wellington Phoenix
FW	Apostolos Stamatelopoulos	Newcastle Jets

Manager: Giancarlo Italiano, Wellington Phoenix

2024–25

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GK	Alex Paulsen (c)	Auckland FC
RB	Hiroki Sakai	Auckland FC
CB	Nathaniel Atkinson	Melbourne City
CB	Kai Trewin	Melbourne City
LB	Francis de Vries	Auckland FC
CM	Louis Verstraete	Auckland FC
CM	Ryan Teague	Melbourne Victory
CM	Angus Thurgate	Western United
RW	Nicolas Milanovic	Western Sydney Wanderers
FW	Archie Goodwin	Adelaide United
LW	Adrian Segecic	Sydney FC

Substitutes:

GK	Lawrence Thomas	Western Sydney Wanderers
LB	Aziz Behich	Melbourne City
CB	Nando Pijnaker	Auckland FC
MF	Anthony Caceres	Sydney FC
WI	Marco Tilio	Melbourne City
FW	Noah Botic	Western United
FW	Guillermo May	Auckland FC

Manager: Steve Corica, Auckland FC

2025–26

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GK	Harrison Devenish-Meares (c)	Sydney FC
RB	Nathaniel Atkinson	Melbourne City
CB	Panagiotis Kikianis	Adelaide United
CB	Mark Natta	Newcastle Jets
LB	Francis de Vries	Auckland FC
CM	Ethan Alagich	Adelaide United
CM	Juan Mata	Melbourne Victory
CM	Max Burgess	Newcastle Jets
RW	Clayton Taylor	Newcastle Jets
FW	Sam Cosgrove	Auckland FC
LW	Jesse Randall	Auckland FC

Substitutes:

GK	James Delianov	Newcastle Jets
LB	Daniel Wilmering	Newcastle Jets
LB	Aziz Behich	Melbourne City
CM	Lachlan Bayliss	Newcastle Jets
DM	Paul Okon-Engstler	Sydney FC
WI	Eli Adams	Newcastle Jets
WI	Marcus Younis	Melbourne City

The Team of the Decade covers the first ten seasons of the A-League. i.e. 2005–06 to 2014–15.^[68]

GK	Eugene Galeković
RB	Ivan Franjić
CB	Kevin Muscat
CB	Patrick Zwaanswijk
LB	Cássio
MF	Thomas Broich
MF	Matt McKay
MF	Carlos Hernández
FW	Archie Thompson
FW	Besart Berisha
FW	Shane Smeltz

Substitutes

GK	Michael Theo
DF	Adama Traoré
DF	Mark Milligan
MF	Steve Corica
FW	Alessandro Del Piero

Manager: Ange Postecoglou

Referee: Strebre Delovski

On 1 October 2025, the PFA announced the Team of the Second Decade, covering seasons from 2015–16 to 2024–25.^[69]

GK	Danny Vukovic
RB	Rhyan Grant
CB	Alex Wilkinson (c)
CB	Curtis Good
LB	Scott Jamieson
MF	Miloš Ninković
MF	Luke Brattan
MF	Diego Castro
FW	Kosta Barbarouses
FW	Jamie Maclaren
FW	Craig Goodwin

Substitutes

GK	Jamie Young
DF	Nikolai Topor-Stanley
DF	Aziz Behich
MF	Anthony Caceres
MF	Isaías
FW	Bruno Fornaroli
FW	Besart Berisha

Manager: Steve Corica

Referee: Alex King