Cardiff City F.C. Player of the Year
The Cardiff City F.C. Player of the Year award is voted for annually by Cardiff City's supporters, in recognition of the best overall performance by an individual player throughout the football season. The award is set up by the Cardiff City Supporters' Club during the 1997-98 season.
Voting mechanism
The fans of Cardiff City Football Club vote for the Player of the Year. Towards the end of the season, the fans are invited to vote either by post, by the hand where it is handed into the Supporter Club's shop or by e-mail. The fans get three choices and each of their choices get points based on their position on the voting slip, 1st = 3 points, 2nd = 2 points and 3rd = 1 point. The fans can also vote for the Young Player of the Year as well.List of winners
Players in bold are still at the club.| Season | Name | Position | Nationality | Caps | Notes |
| 1995 | David Williams | Goalkeeper | — | Won the award in his first season with Cardiff | |
| 1998 | Jon Hallworth | Forward | — | Won the award in his first season with Cardiff | |
| 1999 | Kevin Nugent | Goalkeeper | — | ||
| 2000 | Andy Legg | Midfielder/Defender | 5 | ||
| 2001 | Andy Legg | Midfielder | 6 | Second Award | |
| 2002 | Graham Kavanagh | Midfielder | 8 | ||
| 2003 | Robert Earnshaw | Forward | 11 | ||
| 2004 | Tony Vidmar | Defender | 76 | ||
| 2005 | Chris Barker | Defender | — | ||
| 2006 | Jason Koumas | Midfielder | 24 | ||
| 2007 | Michael Chopra | Forward | — | ||
| 2008 | Roger Johnson | Defender | — | ||
| 2009 | Roger Johnson | Defender | — | Second Award | |
| 2010 | Peter Whittingham | Midfielder | — | ||
| 2011 | Kevin McNaughton | Defender | 4 | ||
| 2012 | Peter Whittingham | Midfielder | — | Second Award | |
| 2013 | Mark Hudson | Defender | — | ||
| 2014 | David Marshall | Goalkeeper | 11 | ||
| 2015 | Bruno Ecuele Manga | Defender | 41 | Won the award in his first season with Cardiff | |
| 2016 | Matthew Connolly | Defender | — | ||
| 2017 | Aron Gunnarsson | Midfielder | 70 | ||
| 2018 | Sean Morrison | Defender | — | ||
| 2019 | Neil Etheridge | Goalkeeper | 62 |
Summary of wins by nationality
Young Player of the Year
Players in bold are still at the club.Footnotes
- Caps are correct to when the player won the award.
- During the 2009-10 season, no presentations took place, but Peter Whittingham was handed the 2010 Player of the Year the following year.