# GAA/GPA Footballer of the Year

The Gaelic Athletic Association & Gaelic Player's Association All Stars Footballer of the Year — known for sponsorship reasons as the PwC GAA/GPA Footballer of the Year — is a Gaelic football award. It is presented annually to the footballer who performed outstandingly in that year's All-Ireland Senior Football Championship.

## History

Created in 1995, the award is part of the All Stars Awards, which selects a "fantasy team", comprising the best players from that year's All-Ireland Senior Football Championship. Voting for the award is undertaken by a select group of journalists from television and the print media.

## Winners and nominees

Table key :
| ‡ | Indicates the winner |

### 1990s

| Year | Player | County |
| 1995 | Peter Canavan ‡ | Tyrone |
| 1996 | Trevor Giles ‡ | Meath |
| 1997 | Maurice Fitzgerald ‡ | Kerry |
| 1998 | Jarlath Fallon ‡ | Galway |
| 1999 | Trevor Giles ‡ | Meath |

### 2000s

| Year | Player | County |
| 2000 | Seamus Moynihan ‡ | Kerry |
| 2001 | Declan Meehan ‡ | Galway |
| 2002 | Kieran McGeeney ‡ | Armagh |
| 2003 | Steven McDonnell ‡ | Armagh |
| 2004 | Tomás Ó Sé ‡ | Kerry |
| 2005 | Stephen O'Neill ‡ | Tyrone |
| 2006 | Kieran Donaghy ‡ | Kerry |
| 2007 | Marc Ó Sé ‡ | Kerry |
| 2007 | Colm Cooper | Kerry |
| 2007 | Declan O'Sullivan | Kerry |
| 2008 | Seán Cavanagh ‡ | Tyrone |
| 2008 | Colm Cooper | Kerry |
| 2008 | Brian Dooher | Tyrone |
| 2009 | Paul Galvin ‡ | Kerry |
| 2009 | Graham Canty | Cork |
| 2009 | Tomás Ó Sé | Kerry |

### 2010s

| Year | Player | County |
| 2010 | Bernard Brogan ‡ | Dublin |
| 2010 | Danny Hughes | Down |
| 2010 | Michael Shields | Cork |
| 2011 | Alan Brogan ‡ | Dublin |
| 2011 | Stephen Cluxton | Dublin |
| 2011 | Darran O'Sullivan | Kerry |
| 2012 | Karl Lacey ‡ | Donegal |
| 2012 | Colm McFadden | Donegal |
| 2012 | Frank McGlynn | Donegal |
| 2013 | Michael Darragh MacAuley ‡ | Dublin |
| 2013 | Stephen Cluxton | Dublin |
| 2013 | Lee Keegan | Mayo |
| 2014 | James O'Donoghue ‡ | Kerry |
| 2014 | Diarmuid Connolly | Dublin |
| 2014 | Neil McGee | Donegal |
| 2015 | Jack McCaffrey ‡ | Dublin |
| 2015 | Bernard Brogan | Dublin |
| 2015 | Philly McMahon | Dublin |
| 2016 | Lee Keegan ‡ | Mayo |
| 2016 | Brian Fenton | Dublin |
| 2016 | Ciarán Kilkenny | Dublin |
| 2017 | Andy Moran ‡ | Mayo |
| 2017 | David Clarke | Mayo |
| 2017 | Stephen Cluxton | Dublin |
| 2017 | James McCarthy | Dublin |
| 2018 | Brian Fenton ‡ | Dublin |
| 2018 | Ciarán Kilkenny | Dublin |
| 2018 | Jack McCaffrey | Dublin |
| 2019 | Stephen Cluxton ‡ | Dublin |
| 2019 | Jack McCaffrey | Dublin |
| 2019 | Con O'Callaghan | Dublin |

### 2020s

| Year | Player | County |
| 2020 | Brian Fenton ‡ | Dublin |
| 2020 | Ciarán Kilkenny | Dublin |
| 2020 | Cillian O'Connor | Mayo |
| 2021 | Kieran McGeary ‡ | Tyrone |
| 2021 | Lee Keegan | Mayo |
| 2021 | Conor Meyler | Tyrone |
| 2022 | David Clifford ‡ | Kerry |
| 2022 | Cillian McDaid | Galway |
| 2022 | Shane Walsh | Galway |
| 2023 | David Clifford ‡ | Kerry |
| 2023 | Brian Fenton | Dublin |
| 2023 | Brendan Rogers | Derry |
| 2024 | Paul Conroy ‡ | Galway |
| 2024 | John Maher | Galway |
| 2024 | Barry McCambridge | Armagh |

## Winners listed by province

| Province | Number of wins | Winning years |
| Leinster | 9 | 1996, 1999, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2020 |
| Munster | 9 | 1997, 2000, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2014, 2022, 2023 |
| Ulster | 7 | 1995, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2008, 2012, 2021 |
| Connacht | 5 | 1998, 2001, 2016, 2017, 2024 |

## Multiple Winners

Three players have won the award on more than one occasion. They are:
* Trevor Giles of Meath in 1996 and 1999.
* Brian Fenton of Dublin in 2018 and 2020.
* David Clifford of Kerry in 2022 and 2023.

## Brothers

Two sets of brothers have won the award. They are:
* Brogan: Bernard and Alan of Dublin
* Ó Sé: Tomás and Marc of Kerry