# Bolton Wanderers F.C. Player of the Year

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

Players in bold are still playing for Bolton Wanderers.
| Season | Name | Nationality | Position | Notes |
| 2001–02 | Simon Charlton | England | Defender | |
| 2002–03 | Jay-Jay Okocha | Nigeria | Midfielder | First winner from outside England |
| 2003–04 | Kevin Davies | England | Forward | |
| 2004–05 | Bruno Ngotty | France | Defender | First winner from mainland Europe |
| 2005–06 | Ricardo Gardner | Jamaica | Midfielder | First winner from CONCACAF |
| 2006–07 | Jussi Jääskeläinen | Finland | Goalkeeper | |
| 2007–08 | Kevin Davies | England | Forward | First player to win the award twice |
| 2008–09 | Kevin Davies | England | Forward | First player to retain the award |
| 2009–10 | Lee Chung-yong | South Korea | Midfielder | First winner from Asia |
| 2010–11 | Stuart Holden | United States | Midfielder | First winner from North America |
| 2011–12 | Ádám Bogdán | Hungary | Goalkeeper | |
| 2012–13 | Jay Spearing | England | Midfielder | First on loan player to win award |
| 2013–14 | Tim Ream | United States | Defender | |
| 2014–15 | Tim Ream | United States | Defender | |
| 2015–16 | Rob Holding | England | Defender | First player to come through the youth team to win award |
| 2016–17 | David Wheater | England | Defender | |
| 2017–18 | Ben Alnwick | England | Goalkeeper | |
| 2018–19 | Gary O'Neil | England | Midfielder | |
| 2019–20 | N/A | N/A | N/A | Season ended early because of the COVID-19 pandemic |
| 2020–21 | Ricardo Santos | Portugal | Defender | |
| 2021–22 | Oladapo Afolayan | England | Midfielder | |
| 2022–23 | Conor Bradley | Northern Ireland | Defender | |
| 2023–24 | Josh Sheehan | Wales | Midfielder | |

### Wins by player

| Winner | Total wins | Year(s) |
| Kevin Davies | 3 | 2004, 2008, 2009 |
| Tim Ream | 2 | 2014, 2015 |
| Simon Charlton | 1 | 2002 |
| Jay-Jay Okocha | 1 | 2003 |
| Bruno Ngotty | 1 | 2005 |
| Ricardo Gardner | 1 | 2006 |
| Jussi Jääskeläinen | 1 | 2007 |
| Lee Chung-yong | 1 | 2010 |
| Stuart Holden | 1 | 2011 |
| Ádám Bogdán | 1 | 2012 |
| Jay Spearing | 1 | 2013 |
| Rob Holding | 1 | 2016 |
| David Wheater | 1 | 2017 |
| Ben Alnwick | 1 | 2018 |
| Gary O'Neil | 1 | 2019 |
| Ricardo Santos | 1 | 2021 |
| Oladapo Afolayan | 1 | 2022 |
| Conor Bradley | 1 | 2023 |
| Josh Sheehan | 1 | 2024 |

### Wins by playing position

| Position | Number of wins |
| Goalkeeper | 3 |
| Defender | 8 |
| Midfielder | 8 |
| 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 |
| Wales | 1 |