Cardiff City F.C. Player of the Year

The Cardiff City F.C. Player of the Year award is voted for annually by Cardiff City's supporters, in recognition of the best overall performance by an individual player throughout the football season. The award is set up by the Cardiff City Supporters' Club during the 1997–98 season.

Voting mechanism

The fans of Cardiff City Football Club vote for the Player of the Year. Towards the end of the season, the fans are invited to vote either by post, by the hand where it is handed into the Supporter Club's shop or by e-mail. The fans get three choices and each of their choices get points based on their position on the voting slip, 1st = 3 points, 2nd = 2 points and 3rd = 1 point. The fans can also vote for the Young Player of the Year as well.

List of winners

Players in bold are still at the club.

Season	Player	Position	Nationality	Caps	Notes
1995	David Williams	Goalkeeper	England	—	Won the award in his first season with Cardiff
1998	Jon Hallworth	Forward	England	—	Won the award in his first season with Cardiff
1999	Kevin Nugent	Forward	England	—
2000	Andy Legg	Midfielder/Defender	Wales	5
2001	Andy Legg	Midfielder	Wales	6	Second Award
2002	Graham Kavanagh	Midfielder	Republic of Ireland	8
2003	Robert Earnshaw	Forward	Wales	11
2004	Tony Vidmar	Defender	Australia	76
2005	Chris Barker	Defender	England	—
2006	Jason Koumas	Midfielder	Wales	24
2007	Michael Chopra	Forward	England	—
2008	Roger Johnson	Defender	England	—
2009	Roger Johnson	Defender	England	—	Second Award
2010	Peter Whittingham	Midfielder	England	—
2011	Kevin McNaughton	Defender	Scotland	4
2012	Peter Whittingham	Midfielder	England	—	Second Award
2013	Mark Hudson	Defender	England	—
2014	David Marshall	Goalkeeper	Scotland	11
2015	Bruno Ecuele Manga	Defender	Gabon	41	Won the award in his first season with Cardiff
2016	Matthew Connolly	Defender	England	—
2017	Aron Gunnarsson	Midfielder	Iceland	70
2018	Sean Morrison	Defender	England	—
2019	Neil Etheridge	Goalkeeper	Philippines	62
2020	Lee Tomlin	Midfielder	England	—
2021	Kieffer Moore	Forward	Wales	18	Won the award in his first season with Cardiff
2022	Cody Drameh	Defender	England	—	Won the award whilst on loan with Cardiff
2023	Perry Ng	Defender	England	—
2024	Perry Ng	Defender	England	—	Second Award

Summary of wins by nationality

Nationality	Number of winners
England	16
Wales	5
Scotland	2
Australia	1
Gabon	1
Iceland	1
Philippines	1
Republic of Ireland	1

Young Player of the Year

Players in bold are still at the club.

Season	Player	Position	Nationality	Caps	Notes
1998	Christian Roberts	Midfielder	Wales	—	Won the award in his first season with Cardiff
1999	Robert Earnshaw	Forward	Wales	—
2000	Robert Earnshaw	Forward	Wales	—	Second Award
2001	Robert Earnshaw	Forward	Wales	—	Third Award
2002	Danny Gabbidon	Defender	Wales	1
2003	James Collins	Defender	Wales	—
2004	James Collins	Defender	Wales	2	Second Award
2005	Joe Ledley	Midfielder	Wales	—
2006	Joe Ledley	Midfielder	Wales	1	Second Award
2007	Chris Gunter	Defender	Wales	1
2008	Aaron Ramsey	Midfielder	Wales	—
2009	Ross McCormack	Forward	Scotland	3
2010	No Presentations took place
2011	Tom Heaton	Goalkeeper	England	—
2012	Joe Mason	Forward	Ireland	—	Won the award in his first season with Cardiff
2014	Declan John	Defender	Wales	2
2015	Joe Ralls	Midfielder	England	—
2016	Joe Ralls	Midfielder	England	—	Second Award
2017	Kenneth Zohore	Forward	Denmark	—
2018	Callum Paterson	Defender	Scotland	7
2019	Callum Paterson	Defender	Scotland	11	Second Award
2020	No Presentations took place
2021
2022	Cody Drameh	Defender	England	—	Won the award whilst on loan with Cardiff
2023	Jaden Philogene	Winger	England	—	Won the award whilst on loan with Cardiff
2024	Rubin Colwill	Forward	Wales	9

Footnotes

• Caps are correct to when the player won the award.
• During the 2009–10 season, no presentations took place, but Peter Whittingham was handed the 2010 Player of the Year the following year.