The Cardiff City F.C. Player of the Year award is voted for annually by Cardiff City's supporters, in recognition of the best overall performance by an individual player throughout the football season. The award was set up by the Cardiff City Supporters' Club during the 1997–98 season.
Voting mechanism The fans of Cardiff City Football Club vote for the Player of the Year. Towards the end of the season, the fans are invited to vote either by post, by the hand where it is handed into the Supporter Club's shop or by e-mail. The fans get three choices and each of their choices get points based on their position on the voting slip, 1st = 3 points, 2nd = 2 points and 3rd = 1 point. The fans can also vote for the Young Player of the Year as well.
List of winners Players in bold are still at the club. SeasonPlayerPositionNationalityCapsNotes1995 David Williams Goalkeeper—Won the award in his first season with Cardiff1998 Jon Hallworth Forward—Won the award in his first season with Cardiff1999 Kevin Nugent Forward —2000 Andy Legg Midfielder/Defender 52001 Andy Legg Midfielder 6Second Award2002 Graham Kavanagh Midfielder 82003 Robert Earnshaw Forward 112004 Tony Vidmar Defender 762005 Chris Barker Defender —2006 Jason Koumas Midfielder 242007 Michael Chopra Forward —2008 Roger Johnson Defender —2009 Roger Johnson Defender —Second Award2010 Peter Whittingham Midfielder —2011 Kevin McNaughton Defender 42012 Peter Whittingham Midfielder —Second Award2013 Mark Hudson Defender — 2014 David Marshall Goalkeeper 11 2015 Bruno Ecuele Manga Defender 41 Won the award in his first season with Cardiff2016 Matthew Connolly Defender — 2017 Aron Gunnarsson Midfielder 70 2018 Sean Morrison Defender — 2019 Neil Etheridge Goalkeeper 62 2020 Lee Tomlin Midfielder — 2021 Kieffer Moore Forward 18 Won the award in his first season with Cardiff2022 Cody Drameh Defender — Won the award whilst on loan with Cardiff2023 Perry Ng Defender — 2024 Perry Ng Defender — Second Award2025 Callum Robinson Forward — 2026 Ryan Wintle Midfielder —
Summary of wins by nationality Nationality Number of winners 17 5 2 2 1 1 1 1
Young Player of the Year Players in bold are still at the club. SeasonPlayerPositionNationalityCapsNotes1998Christian RobertsMidfielder—Won the award in his first season with Cardiff1999Robert EarnshawForward—2000Robert EarnshawForward—Second Award2001Robert EarnshawForward—Third Award2002Danny GabbidonDefender12003James CollinsDefender—2004James CollinsDefender2Second Award2005Joe LedleyMidfielder—2006Joe LedleyMidfielder1Second Award2007Chris GunterDefender12008Aaron RamseyMidfielder—2009Ross McCormackForward32010No Presentations took place2011Tom HeatonGoalkeeper—2012Joe MasonForward—Won the award in his first season with Cardiff2014Declan JohnDefender22015Joe RallsMidfielder—2016Joe Ralls Midfielder—Second Award2017Kenneth ZohoreForward—2018Callum PatersonDefender72019Callum PatersonDefender11Second Award2020No Presentations took place20212022Cody DramehDefender—Won the award whilst on loan with Cardiff2023Jaden PhilogeneWinger—Won the award whilst on loan with Cardiff2024Rubin ColwillForward92025Cian AshfordForward—2026Dylan LawlorDefender5
Footnotes Caps are correct to when the player won the award. During the 2009–10 season, no presentations took place, but Peter Whittingham was handed the 2010 Player of the Year the following year.
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