Coventry City F.C. Player of the Year


The Coventry City Player of the Year award is voted for annually by Coventry City's supporters, in recognition of the best overall performance by an individual player throughout the football season.
Since the inaugural award was made to Ernie Machin, seven players have won the award twice and one player has won the award three times. Just one winner has gone on to manage the club permanently; that being Gary McAllister - however Steve Ogrizovic, Trevor Peake and Richard Shaw have all been caretaker managers for short periods.

Voting mechanism

This award is voted for by the fans of the club. Toward the end of the season, fans are invited to vote, either by submitting a paper slip to the club's Ricoh Arena offices, or by email or text message, with the winner being the player that polls the most votes. A percentage of the votes from the 'Player of the Month' awards throughout the season also count towards the final votes for Player of the year.

List of winners

SeasonLevelNamePositionYears at club
1967–681 MF1962–1972
1968–691 GK1964–1975
1969–701 FW1967–1970
1970–711 MF1967–1975
1971–721 MF1968–1973
1972–731 MF1967–1975
1973–741 GK1964–1975
1974–751 DF1974–1977
1975–761 MF1972–1980
1976–771 GK1972–1982
1977–781 FW1976–1980
1978–791 DF1976–1980
1979–801 DF1978–1983
1980–811 DF1972–1983
1981–821 DF1972–1983
1982–831 DF1978–1983
1983–841 MF1983–1984
1984–851 FW1983–1986
1985–861 DF1983–1991
1986–871 GK1984–2000
1987–881 FW1987–1991
1988–891 FW1987–1991
1989–901 DF1985–1997
1990–911 FW1990–1993
1991–921 MF1991–1995
1992–931 DF1991–1994
1993–941 DF1992–1994
1994–951 DF1985–1997
1995–961 DF1995–2001
1996–971 FW1994–1998
1997–981 FW1994–1998
1998–991 DF1995–2006
1999–001 MF1996–2000 & 2002–2003
2000–011 DF1997–2002
2001–022 MF2000–2002
2002–032 DF1999–2004
2003–042 DF2003–2004
2004–052 MF2003–2011 & 2017–2019
2005–062 FW1998–2006 & 2010–2013
2006–072 GK2006–2009
2007–082 MF2006–2009
2008–092 MF2008–2011
2009–102 GK2008–2011
2010–112 FW2010–2011
2011–122 DF2010–2012
2012–133 MF2010–2014 & 2018
2013–143 FW2009–2014
2014–153 MF2014–2016
2015–163 MF2012–2016
2016–173 FW2013–2017
2017–184 FW2017–2018
2018–193 DF2017–2022
2019–203 DF2019–2023
2020–212 MF2019–2024
2021–222 MF2020–2023
2022–232 MF2020–2023
2023–242 MF2020–2025
2024–252 MF2024–

Wins by playing position

PositionNumber of winners
Goalkeeper6
Defender19
Midfielder20
Forward13