# Ipswich Town F.C. Player of the Year

The Ipswich Town Player of the Year award is voted for annually by Ipswich Town's supporters in recognition of the best overall performance by an individual player throughout the football season. Towards the end of each season, fans are invited to cast their votes for this award either on-line or with one of the volunteers outside the stadium prior to a home game. The winner is the player who polls the most votes. The recipient is awarded a rosebowl trophy, presented at an awards ceremony immediately after one of the last home games of the season.
The inaugural award was made to Kevin Beattie in 1973 and he retained it the following season. Since then, four other players have won the award on more than one occasion: Terry Butcher and Matt Holland have received the honour twice, goalkeeper Bartosz Białkowski has won it three times, while John Wark has been presented with the award a record four times. Only one winner has gone on to manage the club full-time, George Burley, who won in 1977, although John Wark did act as joint caretaker-manager of the club with Paul Goddard for three matches in 1994.

## Winners

| * | Ipswich Town Hall of Fame Inductee |
| ‡ | Player still on the playing staff of the club |
Recipients of the Ipswich Town F.C. Player of the Year :
| Season | Level | Name | Position | Nationality | International caps |
| 1973 | 1 | Kevin Beattie* | Defender | England | 9 |
| 1974 | 1 | Kevin Beattie* | Defender | England | 9 |
| 1975 | 1 | Colin Viljoen | Midfielder | England | 2 |
| 1976 | 1 | Allan Hunter* | Defender | Northern Ireland | 53 |
| 1977 | 1 | George Burley* | Defender | Scotland | 11 |
| 1978 | 1 | Mick Mills* | Defender | England | 42 |
| 1979 | 1 | Arnold Mühren* | Midfielder | Netherlands | 23 |
| 1980 | 1 | Frans Thijssen* | Midfielder | Netherlands | 14 |
| 1981 | 1 | Paul Cooper* | Goalkeeper | England | — |
| 1982 | 1 | Alan Brazil* | Striker | Scotland | 13 |
| 1983 | 1 | Paul Mariner* | Striker | England | 35 |
| 1984 | 1 | Trevor Putney | Midfielder | England | — |
| 1985 | 1 | Terry Butcher* | Defender | England | 77 |
| 1986 | 1 | Terry Butcher* | Defender | England | 77 |
| 1987 | 2 | Romeo Zondervan | Midfielder | Netherlands | 1 |
| 1988 | 2 | Frank Yallop* | Defender | Canada | 52 |
| 1989 | 2 | John Wark* | Midfielder | Scotland | 29 |
| 1990 | 2 | John Wark* | Midfielder | Scotland | 29 |
| 1991 | 2 | David Linighan* | Defender | England | — |
| 1992 | 2 | John Wark* | Midfielder | Scotland | 29 |
| 1993 | 1 | Mick Stockwell* | Midfielder | England | — |
| 1994 | 1 | John Wark* | Midfielder | Scotland | 29 |
| 1995 | 1 | Craig Forrest | Goalkeeper | Canada | 56 |
| 1996 | 2 | Simon Milton* | Midfielder | England | — |
| 1997 | 2 | Mauricio Taricco | Defender | Argentina | — |
| 1998 | 2 | Matt Holland* | Midfielder | Republic of Ireland | 49 |
| 1999 | 2 | Jamie Clapham | Defender | England | — |
| 2000 | 2 | James Scowcroft* | Striker | England | — |
| 2001 | 1 | Marcus Stewart* | Striker | England | — |
| 2002 | 1 | Mark Venus | Defender | England | — |
| 2003 | 2 | Matt Holland* | Midfielder | Republic of Ireland | 49 |
| 2004 | 2 | Ian Westlake | Midfielder | England | — |
| 2005 | 2 | Shefki Kuqi | Striker | Finland | 62 |
| 2006 | 2 | Fabian Wilnis* | Defender | Netherlands | — |
| 2007 | 2 | Sylvain Legwinski | Midfielder | France | — |
| 2008 | 2 | Jonathan Walters | Striker | Republic of Ireland | 54 |
| 2009 | 2 | Richard Wright | Goalkeeper | England | 2 |
| 2010 | 2 | Gareth McAuley | Defender | Northern Ireland | 80 |
| 2011 | 2 | Jimmy Bullard | Midfielder | England | — |
| 2012 | 2 | Aaron Cresswell | Defender | England | 3 |
| 2013 | 2 | Tommy Smith | Defender | New Zealand | 56 |
| 2014 | 2 | Christophe Berra | Defender | Scotland | 41 |
| 2015 | 2 | Daryl Murphy | Striker | Republic of Ireland | 32 |
| 2016 | 2 | Bartosz Białkowski | Goalkeeper | Poland | 1 |
| 2017 | 2 | Bartosz Białkowski | Goalkeeper | Poland | 1 |
| 2018 | 2 | Bartosz Białkowski | Goalkeeper | Poland | 1 |
| 2019 | 2 | Luke Chambers | Defender | England | — |
| 2020 | 3 | Not awarded | — | — | — |
| 2021 | 3 | James Wilson | Defender | Wales | 1 |
| 2022 | 3 | Wes Burns‡ | Midfielder | Wales | 10 |
| 2023 | 3 | Conor Chaplin‡ | Forward | England | — |
| 2024 | 2 | Sam Morsy‡ | Midfielder | Egypt | 9 |

## Wins by playing position

Ipswich Town F.C. Player of the Year winners by playing position :
| Position | Number of winners |
| Goalkeeper | 6 |
| Defender | 19 |
| Midfielder | 17 |
| Striker | 8 |

## Wins by nationality

Ipswich Town F.C. Player of the Year winners by nationality :
| Nationality | Number of winners |
| England | 22 |
| Scotland | 7 |
| Ireland | 4 |
| Netherlands | 4 |
| Poland | 3 |
| Northern Ireland | 2 |
| Canada | 2 |
| Wales | 2 |
| Argentina | 1 |
| Finland | 1 |
| France | 1 |
| New Zealand | 1 |
| Egypt | 1 |