Ligue 1 Player of the Year

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SportAssociation football
LeagueLigue 1
Awarded forbeing the best performing player in a Ligue 1 season.
CountryFrance
Ligue 1 Player of the Year
2025 winner Ousmane Dembélé
SportAssociation football
LeagueLigue 1
Awarded forbeing the best performing player in a Ligue 1 season.
CountryFrance
Presented byUnion Nationale des Footballeurs Professionnels
History
First award1994; 31 years ago (1994)
Editions31 (as of 2025)
First winnerFrance David Ginola
Most winsFrance Kylian Mbappé (5 awards)
Most recentFrance Ousmane Dembélé (2024–25)

The UNFP Ligue 1 Player of the Year is an official award given by the Union Nationale des Footballeurs Professionnels (UNFP) to the Ligue 1 player whose performances are considered to be the best of the season. The award has been presented since the 1993–94 season and the first winner was Paris Saint-Germain winger David Ginola. The record winner is Kylian Mbappé, who won five consecutive awards from 2019 to 2024, also as a member of Paris Saint-Germain.

The most recent winner is Paris Saint-Germain forward Ousmane Dembélé, who won the award for the first time.

  • Player (X) denotes the number of times a player has won the award (if more than one)
  •  §  Clubs with this background and symbol were Ligue 1 champions in the same season

Winners

David Ginola won the inaugural award in 1994.
Kylian Mbappé has the most wins by a single player in the history of the awards, with five.
Season Player Position Nationality Club Ref.
1993–94 David Ginola Forward  France Paris Saint-Germain§ [1]
1994–95 Vincent Guérin Midfielder  France Paris Saint-Germain [1]
1995–96 Zinedine Zidane Midfielder  France Bordeaux [1]
1996–97 Sonny Anderson Forward  Brazil Monaco§ [1]
1997–98 Marco Simone Forward  Italy Paris Saint-Germain [1]
1998–99 Ali Benarbia Midfielder  Algeria Bordeaux§ [1]
1999–2000 Marcelo Gallardo Midfielder  Argentina Monaco§ [1]
2000–01 Eric Carrière Midfielder  France Nantes§ [1]
2001–02 Pauleta Forward  Portugal Bordeaux [1]
2002–03 Pauleta (2) Forward  Portugal Bordeaux [1]
2003–04 Didier Drogba Forward  Ivory Coast Marseille [1]
2004–05 Michael Essien Midfielder  Ghana Lyon§ [1]
2005–06 Juninho Midfielder  Brazil Lyon§ [1]
2006–07 Florent Malouda Midfielder  France Lyon§ [1]
2007–08 Karim Benzema Forward  France Lyon§ [1]
2008–09 Yoann Gourcuff Midfielder  France Bordeaux§ [1]
2009–10 Lisandro López Forward  Argentina Lyon [1]
2010–11 Eden Hazard Midfielder  Belgium Lille§ [1]
2011–12 Eden Hazard (2) Midfielder  Belgium Lille [2]
2012–13 Zlatan Ibrahimović Forward  Sweden Paris Saint-Germain§
2013–14 Zlatan Ibrahimović (2) Forward  Sweden Paris Saint-Germain§
2014–15 Alexandre Lacazette Forward  France Lyon [3]
2015–16 Zlatan Ibrahimović (3) Forward  Sweden Paris Saint-Germain§ [4]
2016–17 Edinson Cavani Forward  Uruguay Paris Saint-Germain [5]
2017–18 Neymar Forward  Brazil Paris Saint-Germain§ [6]
2018–19 Kylian Mbappé Forward  France Paris Saint-Germain§ [7]
2019–20 Not awarded due to COVID-19 pandemic [8]
2020–21 Kylian Mbappé (2) Forward  France Paris Saint-Germain [9]
2021–22 Kylian Mbappé (3) Forward  France Paris Saint-Germain§ [10]
2022–23 Kylian Mbappé (4) Forward  France Paris Saint-Germain§ [11]
2023–24 Kylian Mbappé (5) Forward  France Paris Saint-Germain§ [12]
2024–25 Ousmane Dembélé Forward  France Paris Saint-Germain§ [13]

Breakdown of winners

See also

References

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