LPFP Primeira Liga Player of the Year


The Portuguese League for Professional Football Primeira Liga Player of the Year is an annual award given to the player who is adjudged to have been the best of the year in Primeira Liga. Between 2006 and 2010 the winner was chosen only by a vote amongst the members of Sports National Press Club. Since 2011, thanks to new sponsorship agreements, all the awards related to football belong to Portuguese League for Professional Football and are chosen by a vote amongst their associated.
The award has been presented officially since the 2005–06 season, when the inaugural winner was Ricardo Quaresma. That trophy was delivered during the celebration of Sports National Press Club 40th anniversary. Since the 2011–12 season, the award ceremony takes place at Palácio do Freixo, in Porto, Portugal. All Primeira Liga draws are also performed during the same event. The first non-Portuguese to win the award was Lisandro López after the 2007–08 season. In 2012, Hulk became the first player to win the award twice, followed by Jonas in 2016 and Bruno Fernandes in 2019.

Winners

List of winners

This award has been presented on 18 occasions as of 2023, with 15 different winners. The table indicates the winners and their information, including country, club and position. Every winner was playing for one of the Big Three.
SeasonPlayerNationalityClubPositionSourcesNotes
2005–06Ricardo QuaresmaPortoWinger
2006–07Simão SabrosaBenficaWinger
2007–08Lisandro LópezPortoStriker
2008–09Bruno AlvesPortoCentre back
2009–10David LuizBenficaCentre back
2010–11HulkPortoWinger
2011–12HulkPortoWinger
2012–13Nemanja MatićBenficaMidfielder
2013–14Enzo PérezBenficaMidfielder
2014–15JonasBenficaStriker
2015–16JonasBenficaStriker
2016–17PizziBenficaMidfielder
2017–18Bruno FernandesSporting CPMidfielder
2018–19Bruno FernandesSporting CPMidfielder
2019–20Jesús CoronaPortoWinger
2020–21Sebastián CoatesSporting CPCentre back
2021–22Darwin NúñezBenficaStriker
2022–23OtávioPortoMidfielder
2023–24Viktor GyökeresSporting CPStriker
2024–25Viktor GyökeresSporting CPStriker

Breakdown of winners

;By country
RankCountryNumber of winsWinning years
172006, 2007, 2009, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2023
252010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016
322008, 2014
322021, 2022
512013
512020
512024

;By club
RankClubNumber of winsWinning years
1Benfica82007, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2022
2Porto72006, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2020, 2023
3Sporting CP42018, 2019, 2021, 2024