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.

For a list of all Bolton Wanderers players with a Wikipedia article, see Category:Bolton Wanderers F.C. players. For the current Bolton Wanderers first-team squad, see Bolton Wanderers F.C. § Current squad.

The first winner of the award was Simon Charlton in 2002. Since then, thirteen 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
Kevin Davies is the only player to win the award three times
Tim Ream is one of only two players to retain the award

Players in bold are still playing for Bolton Wanderers.

Season Name Nationality Position Notes Ref(s)
2001–02 Simon Charlton EnglandDefender[1]
2002–03 Jay-Jay Okocha NigeriaMidfielderFirst winner from outside England[1]
2003–04 Kevin Davies EnglandForward[1]
2004–05 Bruno N'Gotty FranceDefenderFirst winner from mainland Europe[1]
2005–06 Ricardo Gardner JamaicaMidfielderFirst winner from CONCACAF[1]
2006–07 Jussi Jääskeläinen FinlandGoalkeeper[1]
2007–08 Kevin Davies EnglandForwardFirst player to win the award twice[1]
2008–09 Kevin Davies EnglandForwardFirst player to retain the award[1]
2009–10 Lee Chung-yong South KoreaMidfielderFirst winner from Asia[1]
2010–11 Stuart Holden United StatesMidfielderFirst winner from North America[1]
2011–12 Ádám Bogdán HungaryGoalkeeper[1]
2012–13 Jay Spearing EnglandMidfielderFirst on loan player to win award[1]
2013–14 Tim Ream United StatesDefender[1]
2014–15 Tim Ream United StatesDefender[1]
2015–16 Rob Holding EnglandDefenderFirst player to come through the youth team to win award[2]
2016–17 David Wheater EnglandDefender[3]
2017–18 Ben Alnwick EnglandGoalkeeper[4]
2018–19 Gary O'Neil EnglandMidfielder[5]
2019–20 N/AN/AN/ASeason ended early because of the COVID-19 pandemic

Wins by player
Winner Total wins Year(s)
Kevin Davies 32004, 2008, 2009
Tim Ream 22014, 2015
Simon Charlton 12002
Jay-Jay Okocha 12003
Bruno N'Gotty 12005
Ricardo Gardner 12006
Jussi Jääskeläinen 12007
Lee Chung-yong 12010
Stuart Holden 12011
Ádám Bogdán 12012
Jay Spearing 12013
Rob Holding 12016
David Wheater 12017
Ben Alnwick 12018
Gary O'Neil 12019

Wins by playing position
Position Number of wins
Goalkeeper 3
Defender 6
Midfielder 6
Forward 3

Wins by nationality
Nationality Number of winners
 England 9
 United States 3
 Nigeria 1
 France 1
 Jamaica 1
 Finland 1
 South Korea 1
 Hungary 1

References
  1. BWFC, Official (21 April 2016). "Voting now open for Player of the Year award". bwfc.co.uk. Bolton Wanderers. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
  2. BWFC, Official (29 April 2016). "Rob Holding wins Player of the Year for 2015/16". bwfc.co.uk. Bolton Wanderers. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
  3. "End of Season Awards Dinner - The Winners".
  4. "Ben Alnwick named Bolton Wanderers' 2017/18 Player of the Year". Bolton Wanderers F.C. 4 May 2018. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
  5. "Gary O'Neil named as Wanderers' 2018/19 Player of the Year". Bolton Wanderers FC. 3 May 2019. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
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