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.

GAA/GPA Footballer of the Year
Aidan O'Mahony of Kerry (left) and Eoin Bradley of Derry (right) in action at Croke Park during the final of the 2009 National Football League.
Awarded for	Excellence in Gaelic football
Sponsored by	PwC
Location	Convention Centre Dublin
Country	Ireland
Presented by	Gaelic Athletic Association/Gaelic Players Association
First award	1995
Currently held by	Paul Conroy
Website	Broadcast partner
Television/radio coverage
Network	RTÉ One
Runtime	51 minutes

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	Ref(s)
1995	Peter Canavan ‡	Tyrone
1996	Trevor Giles ‡	Meath
1997	Maurice Fitzgerald ‡	Kerry
1998	Jarlath Fallon ‡	Galway
1999	Trevor Giles ‡	Meath

2000s

Year	Player	County	Ref(s)
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	[1]
2006	Kieran Donaghy ‡	Kerry
2007	Marc Ó Sé ‡	Kerry	[2][3]
	Colm Cooper	Kerry
	Declan O'Sullivan	Kerry
2008	Seán Cavanagh ‡	Tyrone	[4][5]
	Colm Cooper	Kerry
	Brian Dooher	Tyrone
2009	Paul Galvin ‡	Kerry	[6]
	Graham Canty	Cork
	Tomás Ó Sé	Kerry

2010s

Year	Player	County	Ref(s)
2010	Bernard Brogan ‡	Dublin	[7]
	Danny Hughes	Down
	Michael Shields	Cork
2011	Alan Brogan ‡	Dublin	[8][9]
	Stephen Cluxton	Dublin
	Darran O'Sullivan	Kerry
2012	Karl Lacey ‡	Donegal	[10]
	Colm McFadden	Donegal
	Frank McGlynn	Donegal
2013	Michael Darragh MacAuley ‡	Dublin	[11][12]
	Stephen Cluxton	Dublin
	Lee Keegan	Mayo
2014	James O'Donoghue ‡	Kerry	[13][14]
	Diarmuid Connolly	Dublin
	Neil McGee	Donegal
2015	Jack McCaffrey ‡	Dublin	[15][16]
	Bernard Brogan	Dublin
	Philly McMahon	Dublin
2016	Lee Keegan ‡	Mayo	[17][18]
	Brian Fenton	Dublin
	Ciarán Kilkenny	Dublin
2017	Andy Moran ‡	Mayo	[19][20]
	David Clarke	Mayo
	Stephen Cluxton	Dublin
	James McCarthy	Dublin
2018	Brian Fenton ‡	Dublin	[21][22]
	Ciarán Kilkenny	Dublin
	Jack McCaffrey	Dublin
2019	Stephen Cluxton ‡	Dublin	[23][24]
	Jack McCaffrey	Dublin
	Con O'Callaghan	Dublin

2020s

Year	Player	County	Ref(s)
2020	Brian Fenton ‡	Dublin	[25][26]
	Ciarán Kilkenny	Dublin
	Cillian O'Connor	Mayo
2021	Kieran McGeary ‡	Tyrone	[27][28]
	Lee Keegan	Mayo
	Conor Meyler	Tyrone
2022	David Clifford ‡	Kerry	[29][30]
	Cillian McDaid	Galway
	Shane Walsh	Galway
2023	David Clifford ‡	Kerry	[31][32]
	Brian Fenton	Dublin
	Brendan Rogers	Derry
2024	Paul Conroy ‡	Galway	[33]
	John Maher	Galway
	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

Player	Number of wins	Winning years
David Clifford	2	2022, 2023
Brian Fenton	2	2018, 2020
Trevor Giles	2	1996, 1999

Brothers

Two sets of brothers have won the award. They are:

• Brogan: Bernard and Alan of Dublin
• Ó Sé: Tomás and Marc of Kerry