Manchester City striker Erling Haaland and Aston Villa star Rachel Daly have won the Professional Footballers' Association Players’ Player of the Year awards.
Haaland enjoyed a stunning debut season for Manchester City, hitting 52 goals in all competitions as they won the Premier League, FA Cup and Champions League treble last season.
The 23-year-old was voted as the Premier League's top player, seeing off competition from his team-mates John Stones and Kevin De Bruyne, as well as from Arsenal duo Bukayo Saka and Martin Odegaard and former Tottenham striker Harry Kane, now at Bayern Munich.
Saka secured the men's Young Player of the Year prize after enjoying his finest season to date, scoring 14 goals for the Gunners and contributing 11 assists.
He was also one of England’s star performers at the World Cup in Qatar last winter.
Ian Wright’s career in football was recognised with the Merit award. The 59-year-old, who starred as a striker for Arsenal, Crystal Palace and England, is now a popular broadcaster.
To mark the awards reaching a half-century, the PFA also handed out individual player prizes for the Championship, League One and League Two for the first time.
Chuba Akpom was voted as the second tier's top player, after top scoring with 28 goals for Middlesbrough. His fine form at Boro earned him a summer move to Dutch side Ajax.
Conor Chaplin, whose 26 goals spearheaded Ipswich’s promotion push from League One, won that division’s award, while Bradford’s Andy Cook was League Two’s Players’ Player of the Year.
Daly's Lionesses team-mate Lauren James won the women's Young Player of the Year award.
Jill Scott, who won 161 caps for England and retired after the Lionesses won the Euros last summer, received the women’s Merit award.
Daly’s victory in the senior women’s player category came after she hit 22 goals in the Women’s Super League for Aston Villa last season – a remarkable achievement for a player who featured at left-back in the Lionesses’ successful Euros campaign last summer.
The 31-year-old from Harrogate saw off competition from five other illustrious WSL names on the nominees list – Sam Kerr, Frida Maanum, Guro Reiten, Khadija 'Bunny' Shaw and Ona Batlle.
James, who featured in the World Cup final as a substitute after a red card in the last 16 against Nigeria meant she was suspended for the quarter-final and semi-final, was a key player for Chelsea as they won the domestic double.
Scott received the women’s merit award in recognition of a stellar career at club and international level. The 36-year-old played for Sunderland, Everton and Manchester City between 2004 and 2022. As well as her England caps, she also featured for Team GB at London 2012 and again in Tokyo in the summer of 2021.
