PFA Merit Award


The Professional Footballers' Association Merit Award is an award given by the Professional Footballers' Association for meritorious service to football.
The award was first given in 1974, and was won by Bobby Charlton and Cliff Lloyd. The first woman to win the award was Steph Houghton in 2019. In 2022, the award was separated into two: women's and men's.
The most recent winners of the award are Sir Gareth Southgate and Emma Hayes.

List of winners

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s

Breakdown of winners

Winners by country