Ligue 1 Player of the Year

David Ginola won the inaugural award in 1994.

The Ligue 1 Player of the Year, is an award given to the player whose performances are considered to be the best, playing in Ligue 1. The award has been presented since the 1993–94 season and the first winner of the award was Paris Saint-Germain Winger David Ginola. The current holder is Zlatan Ibrahimović, who won the award for his performances throughout the 2015–16 campaign for Paris Saint-Germain scoring 38 goals (A new league record), and assisting 13.

Winners

Zlatan Ibrahimović won the award three times playing for Paris Saint-Germain; the most wins by a single player.

This award has been presented 23 times as of 2016, with all winners being different aside from Pauleta who was the first two time winner in 2001-02 and 2002-03, as well as the only two mulitiple time winners Eden Hazard and Zlatan Ibrahimović, who has won the award a record three times in 2012-13, 2013-14 and in 2015-16.

Year		Player	Club	Also won	Notes
1993–94		Ginola, DavidDavid Ginola	Paris Saint-Germain		[1]
1994–95		Guérin, VincentVincent Guérin	Paris Saint-Germain		[1]
1995–96		Zidane, ZinedineZinedine Zidane	Bordeaux		[1]
1996–97		Anderson, SonnySonny Anderson	AS Monaco		[1]
1997–98		Simone, MarcoMarco Simone	Paris Saint-Germain		[1]
1998–99		Benarbia, AliAli Benarbia	Bordeaux		[1]
1999–2000		Gallardo, MarceloMarcelo Gallardo	AS Monaco		[1]
2000–01		Carrière, ÉricÉric Carrière	FC Nantes		[1]
2001–02		Pauleta	Bordeaux		[1]
2002–03		Pauleta	Bordeaux		[1]
2003–04		Drogba, DidierDidier Drogba	Olympique Marseille		[1]
2004–05		Essien, MichaelMichael Essien	Olympique Lyon		[1]
2005–06		Juninho	Olympique Lyon		[1]
2006–07		Malouda, FlorentFlorent Malouda	Olympique Lyon		[1]
2007–08		Benzema, KarimKarim Benzema	Olympique Lyon		[1]
2008–09		Gourcuff, YoannYoann Gourcuff	Bordeaux		[1]
2009–10		López, LisandroLisandro López	Olympique Lyon		[1]
2010–11		Hazard, EdenEden Hazard	Lille OSC		[1]
2011–12		Hazard, EdenEden Hazard	Lille OSC		[2]
2012–13		Ibrahimović, ZlatanZlatan Ibrahimović	Paris Saint-Germain
2013–14		Ibrahimović, ZlatanZlatan Ibrahimović	Paris Saint-Germain
2014–15		Lacazette, AlexandreAlexandre Lacazette	Olympique Lyon		[3]
2015–16		Ibrahimović, ZlatanZlatan Ibrahimović	Paris Saint-Germain		[4]

Breakdown of winners

By country

Country	Wins	Winning years
France	8	1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 2000–01, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2014–15
Sweden	3	2012–13, 2013-14, 2015-16
Belgium	2	2009–10, 2010-11
Brazil	2	1996–97, 2006-07
Portugal	2	2001–02, 2002-03
Argentina	2	2000–01, 2009-10
Ivory Coast	1	2004–05
Ghana	1	2005–06
Italy	1	1997–98
Algeria	1	1998-99

By club

Club	Wins	Winning years
Olympique Lyon	6	2004-05, 2005-06, 2006-07, 2007-08, 2009-10, 2014-15,
Paris Saint-Germain	6	1994–95, 1995–96, 1997–98, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2015-16
Bordeaux	5	1995–96, 1998–99, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2008–09
AS Monaco	2	1996–97, 1999–2000
Lille OSC	2	2010–11, 2011–12
Olympique Marseille	1	2003–04
FC Nantes	1	2000–01

References

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2. "Player of year Hazard chooses Manchester". Ligue1.com. 2012-05-15. Retrieved 2016-07-23.
3. "Lacazette beats Ibrahimovic to Ligue 1 award". Espn Fc. 2015-05-18. Retrieved 2016-07-23.
4. "Ibrahimovic named Player of the Year". Ligue1.com. Retrieved 2016-07-23.