Reading F.C. Player of the Season

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

Reading Football Club are an English football club, from Reading, Berkshire. Established in 1871, the club is one of the oldest teams in England, but did not join The Football League until 1920, and had never played in the top tier of English football league system before the 2006–07 season.

Liam Moore, the 2017-18 recipient of the award.

Winners

Season	Name	Nationality	Position	Notes	Ref
1963–64	Colin Meldrum	England	Defender		[1]
1964–65	Colin Meldrum	England	Defender	First player to win the award in consecutive years
1965–66	Jimmy Wheeler	England	Forward
1966–67	George Harris	England	Midfielder
1967–68	Mike Dixon	England	Goalkeeper
1968–69	Peter Silvester	England	Forward
1969–70	Steve Death	England	Goalkeeper	Dennis Allen second; Tony Wagstaff third.
1970–71	Terry Bell	England	Forward
1971–72	Gordon Cumming	England	Midfielder
1972–73	Steve Death	England	Goalkeeper
1973–74	Steve Death	England	Goalkeeper
1974–75	Robin Friday	England	Forward
1975–76	Robin Friday	England	Forward
1976–77	Steve Death	England	Goalkeeper
1977–78	Richie Bowman	England	Midfielder
1978–79	Richie Bowman	England	Midfielder
1979–80	Mark White	England	Defender
1980–81	Steve Hetzke	England	Defender
1981–82	Jerry Williams	England	Midfielder
1982–83	Steve Richardson	England	Defender
1983–84	Steve Richardson	England	Defender
1984–85	Steve Wood	England	Defender
1985–86	Steve Wood	England	Defender
1986–87	Kevin Bremner	Scotland	Forward
1987–88	Steve Francis	England	Goalkeeper
1988–89	Trevor Senior	England	Forward
1989–90	Martin Hicks	England	Defender
1990–91	Keith McPherson	England	Defender
1991–92	Mick Gooding	England	Midfielder
1992–93	Mick Gooding	England	Midfielder
1993–94	Dylan Kerr	Malta	Defender
1994–95	Shaka Hislop	Trinidad and Tobago	Goalkeeper	First winner from outside Europe
1995–96	Mick Gooding	England	Midfielder
1996–97	Trevor Morley	England	Forward
1997–98	Phil Parkinson	England	Midfielder
1998–99	Phil Parkinson	England	Midfielder
1999–2000	Darren Caskey	England	Midfielder
2000–01	Martin Butler	England	Forward
2001–02	Graeme Murty	Scotland	Defender
2002–03	James Harper	England	Midfielder
2003–04	Graeme Murty	Scotland	Defender
2004–05	Dave Kitson	England	Forward	Ivar Ingimarsson and Marcus Hahnemann shortlisted.
2005–06	Kevin Doyle	Republic of Ireland	Forward	Bobby Convey and Glen Little shortlisted.	[2]
2006–07	Ivar Ingimarsson	Iceland	Defender	Stephen Hunt and Nicky Shorey shortlisted.
2007–08	Stephen Hunt	Republic of Ireland	Midfielder	Marcus Hahnemann and James Harper shortlisted.	[3]
2008–09	Chris Armstrong	England	Defender	Kevin Doyle and Noel Hunt shortlisted.
2009–10	Gylfi Sigurðsson	Iceland	Midfielder	Ryan Bertrand and Jimmy Kébé shortlisted.	[4]
2010–11	Shane Long	Republic of Ireland	Forward	Jimmy Kébé second; Jem Karacan third.	[5]
2011–12	Alex Pearce	Republic of Ireland	Defender	Jem Karacan second; Adam Federici third.	[6][7]
2012–13	Adam Le Fondre	England	Forward	Alex McCarthy second; Hal Robson-Kanu third.	[8]
2013–14	Jordan Obita	England	Midfielder	Chris Gunter second; Danny Williams third.	[9]
2014–15	Adam Federici	Australia	Goalkeeper	Jamie Mackie and Michael Hector shortlisted.	[10]
2015–16	Ali Al-Habsi	Oman	Goalkeeper	Paul McShane and Oliver Norwood shortlisted.	[11]
2016–17	Ali Al-Habsi	Oman	Goalkeeper	Yann Kermorgant and Liam Moore shortlisted.	[12][13]
2017–18	Liam Moore	England	Defender	Modou Barrow second; Liam Kelly third.	[14]
2018–19	Andy Rinomhota	England	Midfielder	Andy Yiadom second; Yakou Méïté third.	[15]
2019–20	Rafael Cabral	Brazil	Goalkeeper		[16]
2020–21	Josh Laurent	England	Midfielder		[17]
2021–22	Andy Yiadom	Ghana	Defender		[18]
2022–23	Tom Ince	England	Forward	Joe Lumley second; Andy Carroll third.	[19]
2023–24	Lewis Wing	England	Midfielder	Tyler Bindon second; Harvey Knibbs third.	[20]
2024–25	Tyler Bindon	New Zealand	Defender	Joel Pereira second; Harvey Knibbs third.	[21]

Wins by player

Winner	Total wins	Season(s)
Steve Death	4	1969–70, 1972–73, 1973–74, 1976–77
Mick Gooding	3	1991–92, 1992–93, 1995–96
Colin Meldrum	2	1963–64, 1964–65
Robin Friday	2	1974–75, 1975–76
Richie Bowman	2	1977–78, 1978–79
Steve Richardson	2	1982–83, 1983–84
Steve Wood	2	1984–85, 1985–86
Phil Parkinson	2	1997–98, 1998–99
Graeme Murty	2	2001–02, 2003–04
Ali Al-Habsi	2	2015–16, 2016–17
Jimmy Wheeler	1	1965–66
George Harris	1	1966–67
Mike Dixon	1	1967–68
Peter Silvester	1	1968–69
Terry Bell	1	1970–71
Gordon Cumming	1	1971–72
Mark White	1	1979–80
Steve Hetzke	1	1980–81
Jerry Williams	1	1981–82
Kevin Bremner	1	1986–87
Steve Francis	1	1987–88
Trevor Senior	1	1988–89
Martin Hicks	1	1989–90
Keith McPherson	1	1990–91
Dylan Kerr	1	1993–94
Shaka Hislop	1	1994–95
Trevor Morley	1	1996–97
Darren Caskey	1	1999–00
Martin Butler	1	2000–01
James Harper	1	2002–03
Dave Kitson	1	2004–05
Kevin Doyle	1	2005–06
Ivar Ingimarsson	1	2006–07
Stephen Hunt	1	2007–08
Chris Armstrong	1	2008–09
Gylfi Sigurðsson	1	2009–10
Shane Long	1	2010–11
Alex Pearce	1	2011–12
Adam Le Fondre	1	2012–13
Jordan Obita	1	2013–14
Adam Federici	1	2014–15
Liam Moore	1	2017–18
Andy Rinomhota	1	2018–19
Rafael Cabral	1	2019–20
Josh Laurent	1	2020–21
Andy Yiadom	1	2021–22
Tom Ince	1	2022–23
Lewis Wing	1	2023–24
Tyler Bindon	1	2024–25

Wins by playing position

Position	Number of wins
Defender	19
Midfielder	16
Forward	14
Goalkeeper	11

Wins by nationality

Nationality	Total winners	Unique winners
England	43	34
Republic of Ireland	4	4
Scotland	3	2
Iceland	2	2
Oman	2	1
Trinidad and Tobago	1	1
Australia	1	1
Brazil	1	1
Ghana	1	1
Malta	1	1
New Zealand	1	1