Sir Matt Busby Player of the Year

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Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox sports award The Sir Matt Busby Player of the Year, previously known as the MUFC Members Player of the Year (1988–1995), is an award presented to the Manchester United fans' player of the season. It is named after former Manchester United manager Sir Matt Busby, who managed the club in two spells, from 1945 to 1969 and from 1970 to 1971. The award was renamed in his honour in 1996, following his death in 1994, and a new trophy was commissioned – a scaled-down replica of the statue of Busby at the east end of Old Trafford.

The first winner of the award was Brian McClair in 1988, who also became the first player to win it twice, having also won it in 1992. Since then, seven other players have won the award more than once, of which five have won it in consecutive seasons: Roy Keane (1999, 2000), Ruud van Nistelrooy (2002, 2003), Cristiano Ronaldo (2007, 2008), David de Gea (2014, 2015, 2016), and Bruno Fernandes (2020, 2021). Ronaldo's 2008 win made him the first player to receive the award three times, having also won in 2004. De Gea won the award in 2016 for the third consecutive year, becoming the second player after Ronaldo to do so, and the first in three consecutive seasons. De Gea won the award for a fourth time in 2018, the first player to do so, and Ronaldo joined him after winning his fourth in 2022.

Voting takes place towards the end of each season, usually in April, and is open to anyone who has an account on the club's official website. Voting was originally done by post until the 1994–95 season, when a phone voting system was introduced.[1] Postal voting forms were included in the club magazine, Inside United, and before that, voting was open only to members of the official supporters' club, who would receive a voting form in the post at the end of the season. Until the establishment of the official supporters' club, a separate award had been given by the members of its predecessor, the independent Manchester United Supporters Club.

Other end-of-season awards given by Manchester United include the Denzil Haroun Reserve Player of the Year Award, the Jimmy Murphy Young Player of the Year Award, the Players' Player of the Year Award, and the Goal of the Season Award. Of these, the Jimmy Murphy Young Player of the Year Award and the Players' Player of the Year Award are voted for by the players. The prizes for all five awards are given at an annual awards night, which is held near the end of the league season and broadcast live on the club's television channel, MUTV. A list of winners of the youth awards can be seen here.

Winners

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Brian McClair won the inaugural award in 1988.
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Cristiano Ronaldo is the one of only two outfield players to have won the award four times.
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David de Gea holds the joint record for most wins with four, and was the first to win the award in three consecutive seasons.

Players in bold are still playing for Manchester United

Season Name Nationality Position Notes Ref.
1987–88 Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Fba Script error: No such module "sort". [2]
1988–89 Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Fba Script error: No such module "sort". First English winner
1989–90 Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Fba Script error: No such module "sort". [2]
1990–91 Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Fba Script error: No such module "sort". First Academy graduate to win award [3]
1991–92 Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Fba Script error: No such module "sort". First player to win the award on two occasions
1992–93 Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Fba Script error: No such module "sort".
1993–94 Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Fba Script error: No such module "sort". First winner from outside the United Kingdom
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1995–96 Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Fba Script error: No such module "sort".
1996–97 Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Fba Script error: No such module "sort".
1997–98 Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Fba Script error: No such module "sort". [4]
1998–99 Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Fba Script error: No such module "sort".
1999–2000 Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Fba Script error: No such module "sort". First player to win the award in consecutive years
2000–01 Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Fba Script error: No such module "sort". [5]
2001–02 Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Fba Script error: No such module "sort". [2]
2002–03 Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Fba Script error: No such module "sort".
2003–04 Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Fba Script error: No such module "sort". [2]
2004–05 Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Fba Script error: No such module "sort". First winner from outside Europe [2]
2005–06 Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Fba Script error: No such module "sort". [5]
2006–07 Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Fba Script error: No such module "sort". [6]
2007–08 Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Fba Script error: No such module "sort". First player to win the award on three occasions [5][7]
2008–09 Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Fba Script error: No such module "sort". [8]
2009–10 Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Fba Script error: No such module "sort". [5]
2010–11 Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Fba Script error: No such module "sort". First winner from North America [2]
2011–12 Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Fba Script error: No such module "sort". [9]
2012–13 Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Fba Script error: No such module "sort". [10]
2013–14 Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Fba Script error: No such module "sort". First goalkeeper to win the award [11]
2014–15 Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Fba Script error: No such module "sort". [12]
2015–16 Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Fba Script error: No such module "sort". First player to win the award in three consecutive years [13]
2016–17 Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Fba Script error: No such module "sort".
2017–18 Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Fba Script error: No such module "sort". First player to win the award on four occasions [14]
2018–19 Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Fba Script error: No such module "sort". [15]
2019–20 Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Fba Script error: No such module "sort". [16]
2020–21 Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Fba Script error: No such module "sort". [17]
2021–22 Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Fba Script error: No such module "sort". Record-equalling fourth award [18]
2022–23 Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Fba Script error: No such module "sort". [19]
2023–24 Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Fba Script error: No such module "sort". [20]
2024–25 Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Fba Script error: No such module "sort". Record-equalling fourth award [21]

Wins by player

Winner Total wins Year(s)
Template:Fbaicon Cristiano Ronaldo 4 2004, 2007, 2008, 2022
Template:Fbaicon David de Gea 4 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018
Template:Fbaicon Bruno Fernandes 4 2020, 2021, 2024, 2025
Template:Fbaicon Brian McClair 2 1988, 1992
Template:Fbaicon Eric Cantona 2 1994, 1996
Template:Fbaicon Roy Keane 2 1999, 2000
Template:Fbaicon Ruud van Nistelrooy 2 2002, 2003
Template:Fbaicon Wayne Rooney 2 2006, 2010
Template:Fbaicon Bryan Robson 1 1989
Template:Fbaicon Gary Pallister 1 1990
Template:Fbaicon Mark Hughes 1 1991
Template:Fbaicon Paul Ince 1 1993
Template:Fbaicon Andrei Kanchelskis 1 1995
Template:Fbaicon David Beckham 1 1997
Template:Fbaicon Ryan Giggs 1 1998
Template:Fbaicon Teddy Sheringham 1 2001
Template:Fbaicon Gabriel Heinze 1 2005
Template:Fbaicon Nemanja Vidić 1 2009
Template:Fbaicon Javier Hernández 1 2011
Template:Fbaicon Antonio Valencia 1 2012
Template:Fbaicon Robin van Persie 1 2013
Template:Fbaicon Ander Herrera 1 2017
Template:Fbaicon Luke Shaw 1 2019
Template:Fbaicon Marcus Rashford 1 2023

Wins by playing position

Position Number of wins
Goalkeeper 4
Defender 4
Midfielder 16
Forward 14

Wins by nationality

Nationality Number of winners
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Players' Player of the Year

Season Name Nationality Position Notes Ref.
2005–06 Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Fba Script error: No such module "sort". Inaugural winner [22]
2006–07 Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Fba Script error: No such module "sort". First non-British winner
2007–08 Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Fba Script error: No such module "sort". First player to win the award in consecutive years
2008–09 Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Fba Script error: No such module "sort".
2009–10 Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Fba Script error: No such module "sort". First English winner
2010–11 Nani Template:Fba Script error: No such module "sort".
2011–12 Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Fba Script error: No such module "sort". First non-European winner
2012–13 Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Fba Script error: No such module "sort".
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2014–15 Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Fba Script error: No such module "sort".
2015–16 Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Fba Script error: No such module "sort".
2016–17 Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Fba Script error: No such module "sort".
2017–18 Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Fba Script error: No such module "sort". First player to win the award on three occasions
2018–19 Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Fba Script error: No such module "sort".
2019–20 Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Fba Script error: No such module "sort".
2020–21 Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Fba Script error: No such module "sort".
2021–22 Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Fba Script error: No such module "sort". First player to win the award on four occasions
2022–23 Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Fba Script error: No such module "sort". [23]
2023–24 Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Fba Script error: No such module "sort". [24]
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References

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