England Player Honours - Professional Footballers' Association Young Players of the Year

The Professional Footballers' Association Young Player of the Year award, first made in 1974, goes to the young player deemed to have turned in the season's best overall performance in English league play.  The winner is chosen by vote of the Association's members based on performance in the season ending in the year the award is made.  Any player under 23 years of age in England's football leagues is eligible for the award regardless of his country of birth.  

As of 2009, the award had been made 36 times, and 22 England players had won the award 24 times, two of them (Robbie Fowler and Wayne Rooney) having gained it twice.  Not all of them had won their first senior cap when they received the award, of course.  

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