The French Player of the Year is an association football award presented annually by the French magazine France Football since 1959. Originally, only French players playing in France were eligible, but starting in 1996 French players playing abroad were in contention to win the trophy. Since 2001, former winners have elected the Player of the Year.
Angers SCO | ||
Reims | ||
Rennes | ||
Stade Français | ||
Monaco | ||
Monaco | ||
FC Nantes | ||
FC Nantes | ||
Saint-Étienne | ||
Saint-Étienne | ||
Saint-Étienne | ||
Saint-Étienne | ||
Saint-Étienne Marseille | ||
AC Ajaccio Marseille | ||
Saint-Étienne | ||
Saint-Étienne | ||
Angers SCO OGC Nice | ||
AS Nancy | ||
AS Nancy | ||
Monaco | ||
FC Nantes | ||
Saint-Étienne | ||
FC Nantes | ||
Bordeaux | ||
Bordeaux | ||
Bordeaux | ||
Paris Saint-Germain | ||
Monaco | ||
Marseille | ||
Sochaux | ||
Marseille | ||
Montpellier HSC | ||
Marseille | ||
AJ Auxerre Paris Saint-Germain | ||
Paris Saint-Germain | ||
Paris Saint-Germain | ||
Paris Saint-Germain | ||
Juventus FC | ||
Parma | ||
Juventus FC | ||
Bordeaux | ||
Arsenal | ||
Arsenal | ||
Real Madrid | ||
Arsenal | ||
Arsenal | ||
Arsenal | ||
Arsenal | ||
Marseille | ||
Bayern Munich | ||
Bordeaux | ||
Arsenal | ||
Real Madrid | ||
Real Madrid | ||
Bayern Munich | ||
Real Madrid | ||
Paris Saint-Germain | ||
Atlético Madrid | ||
Chelsea | ||
Paris Saint-Germain | ||
Paris Saint-Germain | ||
Not awarded due to the COVID-19 pandemic | ||
2021 | Karim Benzema (4) | Real Madrid |
Seasonal format replaced annual calendar format | ||
2022–23 | Kylian Mbappé (3) | Paris Saint-Germain |
2023–24 | Kylian Mbappé (4) | Paris Saint-Germain |
1 | Michel Platini | 143 |
2 | Zinedine Zidane | 121 |
3 | Raymond Kopa | 88 |
4 | Laurent Blanc | 28 |
5 | Just Fontaine | 22 |
6 | Marius Trésor | 17 |
7 | Alain Giresse | 15 |
8 | Jean-Pierre Papin | 12 |
9 | Didier Deschamps | 9 |
10 | Eric Cantona | 8 |
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