The Bolton Wanderers F.C. Player of the Year is an award presented to the Bolton Wanderers fans' player of the season.

The first winner of the award was Simon Charlton in 2002. Since then, fourteen more players have won the award with one player, Kevin Davies, winning the award three times and another, Tim Ream, winning it twice. Davies was the only player to retain the trophy, winning it in 2008 and 2009 until Ream retained it himself in 2014 and 2015.

Voting takes place towards the end of each season, usually in April, and is open to anyone. Fans can click on a link on the Bolton Wanderers website.

Winners

Kevin Davies is the only player to win the award three times
Tim Ream is one of only two players to retain the award

Players in bold are still playing for Bolton Wanderers.

Season Name Nationality Position Notes Ref(s)
2001–02 Simon Charlton EnglandDefender[1]
2002–03 Jay-Jay Okocha NigeriaMidfielderFirst winner from outside England[1]
2003–04 Kevin Davies EnglandForward[1]
2004–05 Bruno Ngotty FranceDefenderFirst winner from mainland Europe[1]
2005–06 Ricardo Gardner JamaicaMidfielderFirst winner from CONCACAF[1]
2006–07 Jussi Jääskeläinen FinlandGoalkeeper[1]
2007–08 Kevin Davies EnglandForwardFirst player to win the award twice[1]
2008–09 Kevin Davies EnglandForwardFirst player to retain the award[1]
2009–10 Lee Chung-yong South KoreaMidfielderFirst winner from Asia[1]
2010–11 Stuart Holden United StatesMidfielderFirst winner from North America[1]
2011–12 Ádám Bogdán HungaryGoalkeeper[1]
2012–13 Jay Spearing EnglandMidfielderFirst on loan player to win award[1]
2013–14 Tim Ream United StatesDefender[1]
2014–15 Tim Ream United StatesDefender[1]
2015–16 Rob Holding EnglandDefenderFirst player to come through the youth team to win award[2]
2016–17 David Wheater EnglandDefender[3]
2017–18 Ben Alnwick EnglandGoalkeeper[4]
2018–19 Gary O'Neil EnglandMidfielder[5]
2019–20 N/AN/AN/ASeason ended early because of the COVID-19 pandemic
2020–21 Ricardo Santos PortugalDefender[6]
2021–22 Oladapo Afolayan EnglandMidfielder[7]
2022–23 Conor Bradley Northern IrelandDefender[8]

Wins by player

Winner Total wins Year(s)
England Kevin Davies 32004, 2008, 2009
United States Tim Ream 22014, 2015
England Simon Charlton 12002
Nigeria Jay-Jay Okocha 12003
France Bruno Ngotty 12005
Jamaica Ricardo Gardner 12006
Finland Jussi Jääskeläinen 12007
South Korea Lee Chung-yong 12010
United States Stuart Holden 12011
Hungary Ádám Bogdán 12012
England Jay Spearing 12013
England Rob Holding 12016
England David Wheater 12017
England Ben Alnwick 12018
England Gary O'Neil 12019
Portugal Ricardo Santos 12021
England Oladapo Afolayan 12022
Northern Ireland Conor Bradley 12023

Wins by playing position

Position Number of wins
Goalkeeper 3
Defender 8
Midfielder 7
Forward 3

Wins by nationality

Nationality Number of winners
 England 10
 United States 3
 Nigeria 1
 France 1
 Jamaica 1
 Finland 1
 South Korea 1
 Hungary 1
 Portugal 1
 Northern Ireland 1

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 BWFC, Official (21 April 2016). "Voting now open for Player of the Year award". bwfc.co.uk. Bolton Wanderers. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
  2. ↑ BWFC, Official (29 April 2016). "Rob Holding wins Player of the Year for 2015/16". bwfc.co.uk. Bolton Wanderers. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
  3. ↑ "End of Season Awards Dinner - The Winners".
  4. ↑ "Ben Alnwick named Bolton Wanderers' 2017/18 Player of the Year". Bolton Wanderers F.C. 4 May 2018. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
  5. ↑ "Gary O'Neil named as Wanderers' 2018/19 Player of the Year". Bolton Wanderers FC. 3 May 2019. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
  6. ↑ Bolton Wanderers: "Ricardo Almeida Santos Named As Bolton Wanderers’ 2020/21 Player Of The Year"
  7. ↑ [https://www.bwfc.co.uk/news/2022/may/afolayan-named-player-of-the-year/ BWFC: "Afolayan Named Player of the Year"
  8. ↑ "Bradley Is Season Star"
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