Derby County F.C. Player of the Year

Winners

As of the end of the 2023–24 season.

Season	Level[a]	Name	Position[b]	Nationality	Apps[3]	Goals	Notes	Ref
1968–69	2	Roy McFarland	Defender	England	51	9	[c]	[4]
1969–70	1 ‡	John O'Hare	Forward	Scotland	49	16		[4]
1970–71	1	Dave Mackay	Defender	Scotland	47	3		[4]
1971–72	1	Colin Todd	Defender	England	49	0		[4]
1972–73	1	Kevin Hector	Forward	England	57	23		[4]
1973–74	1	Ron Webster	Defender	England	45	0		[4]
1974–75	1	Peter Daniel	Defender	England	49	3		[4]
1975–76	1	Charlie George	Forward	England	46	24		[4]
1976–77	1	Leighton James	Midfielder	Wales	55	15		[4]
1977–78	1	Dave Langan	Defender	Republic of Ireland	44	0		[4]
1978–79	1	Steve Powell	Midfielder	England	43	3		[4]
1979–80	1	Steve Buckley	Defender	England	45	0		[4]
1980–81	2 ‡	Roger Jones	Goalkeeper	England	46	0	[d]	[4]
1981–82	2	Steve Buckley (2)	Defender	England	43	5	[f]	[4]
1982–83	2	Steve Cherry	Goalkeeper	England	35	0		[4]
1983–84	2	Archie Gemmill	Midfielder	Scotland	44	2		[4]
1984–85	3 ‡	Bobby Davison	Forward	England	50	23		[4]
1985–86	3	Ross MacLaren	Defender	Scotland	58	5		[4]
1986–87	2 ‡	Geraint Williams	Midfielder	Wales	46	2		[4]
1987–88	1 ‡	Michael Forsyth	Defender	England	42	2		[4]
1988–89	1	Mark Wright	Defender	England	37	1		[4]
1989–90	1	Mark Wright (2)	Defender	England	43	6	[f][g]	[4]
1990–91	1	Dean Saunders	Forward	Wales	43	20		[4]
1991–92	2 ‡	Ted McMinn	Midfielder	Scotland	45	3		[4]
1992–93	2	Marco Gabbiadini	Forward	England	54	12		[4]
1993–94	2	Martin Taylor	Goalkeeper	England	53	0		[4]
1994–95	2	Craig Short	Defender	England	42	3		[4]
1995–96	2	Dean Yates	Defender	England	42	2		[4]
1996–97	1 ‡	Chris Powell	Defender	England	39	0		[4]
1997–98	1	Francesco Baiano	Forward	Italy	36	13	[h]	[4]
1998–99	1	Jacob Laursen	Defender	Denmark	44	0		[4]
1999–2000	1	Mart Poom	Goalkeeper	Estonia	29	0		[4]
2000–01	1	Chris Riggott	Defender	England	36	5		[4]
2001–02	1	Danny Higginbotham	Defender	Gibraltar	40	1		[4]
2002–03	2 ‡	Giorgi Kinkladze	Midfielder	Georgia	30	4		[4]
2003–04	2	Youl Mawéné	Defender	France	31	0		[4]
2004–05	2	Iñigo Idiakez	Midfielder	Spain	46	10		[4]
2005–06	2	Tommy Smith	Midfielder	England	46	10		[4]
2006–07	2	Steve Howard	Forward	Scotland	51	19	[i]	[4]
2007–08	1 ‡	The Fans					[j]	[4]
2008–09	2 ‡	Rob Hulse	Forward	England	54	18		[4]
2009–10	2	Shaun Barker	Defender	England	38	5		[4]
2010–11	2	John Brayford	Defender	England	48	1		[4]
2011–12	2	Craig Bryson	Midfielder	Scotland	46	6		[4]
2012–13	2	Richard Keogh	Defender	Republic of Ireland	49	4		[5]
2013–14	2	Craig Bryson (2)	Midfielder	Scotland	49	16		[5]
2014–15	2	Will Hughes	Midfielder	England	47	3		[5]
2015–16	2	Richard Keogh (2)	Defender	Republic of Ireland	49	1		[5]
2016–17	2	Scott Carson	Goalkeeper	England	50	0		[5]
2017–18	2	Matěj Vydra	Forward	Czech Republic	44	22		[6]
2018–19	2	Fikayo Tomori	Defender	England	49	2		[7]
2019–20	2	Matthew Clarke	Defender	England	35	1		[8]
2020–21	2	Graeme Shinnie	Midfielder	Scotland	43	3		[9]
2021–22	2	Curtis Davies	Defender	Sierra Leone	47	4		[10]
2022–23	3 ‡	David McGoldrick	Striker	Republic of Ireland	45	25		[11]
2023–24	3	Curtis Nelson †	Defender	England	51	2		[12]

⁺ Cited sources as at and subsequent to Derby County's 1968–69 season.

Wins by playing position

Wins by nationality

Nationality	Individuals	Total
England	28	30
Scotland	8	9
Republic of Ireland	3	4
Wales	3	3
Czech Republic	1	1
Denmark	1	1
Estonia	1	1
France	1	1
Georgia	1	1
Gibraltar	1	1
Italy	1	1
Sierra Leone	1	1
Spain	1	1

Footnotes

References

General

• Mortimer, Gerald (2006). Derby County: The Complete Record. Breedon Books. ISBN 978-1-85983-633-0.
• "Derby County". Soccerbase.

Specific