PFA Women's Young Player of the Year

The Professional Footballers' Association Women's Young Player of the Year (commonly referred to as PFA Young Player of the Year) is an annual award given to the player who is voted to have been the best of the year in English women's football.^[1] The award has been presented since the 2013–14 season^[2] and the winner is chosen by a vote amongst the members of the players' trade union, the Professional Footballers' Association (PFA).

The current holder is Olivia Smith.

The women's award has been presented since 2014 while the men's PFA Players' Player of the Year has been awarded since 1974. The table below also indicates where the winning player also won one or more of the other major "player of the year" awards in English women's football, namely the PFA Women's Players' Player of the Year award.^[3]

Year		Player	Club	Also won	Notes
2013–14		Martha Harris	Liverpool		[4]
2014–15		Leah Williamson	Arsenal		[5]
2015–16		Beth Mead	Sunderland		[6]
2016–17		Jess Carter	Birmingham City		[7]
2017–18		Lauren Hemp	Bristol City		[8]
2018–19		Georgia Stanway	Manchester City		[9]
2019–20		Lauren Hemp	Manchester City		[10]
2020–21		Lauren Hemp	Manchester City		[11]
2021–22		Lauren Hemp	Manchester City		[12]
2022–23		Lauren James	Chelsea		[13]
2023–24		Grace Clinton	Tottenham Hotspur		[14]
2024–25		Olivia Smith	Liverpool		[15]

By country

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Country	Number of wins	Winning years
England	11	2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24
Canada	1	2024–25

By club

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Club	Number of wins	Winning years
Manchester City	4	2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22
Liverpool	2	2013–14, 2024–25
Arsenal	1	2014–15
Sunderland	1	2015–16
Birmingham City	1	2016–17
Bristol City	1	2017–18
Chelsea	1	2022–23
Tottenham Hotspur	1	2023–24