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Season awards · Premier League

The 2025/26 awards

Decided by numbers, not votes. The Team of the Season and the best in each role come from our role rankings, where every player is judged only against others doing the same job. The other awards are straight counts from the league season.

Champions: Arsenal, 85 points from 38 matches.

Team of the Season

The highest role score in each position of a 4-3-3, from players who played at least 900 minutes with a clear main role. The number is the role score: how far ahead of the league’s other players in that role he finished.

  1. 95Donnarumma
  2. 83Romero
  3. 77Mavropanos
  4. 90Aït-Nouri
  5. 81Williams
  6. 87Caicedo
  7. 75Bruno Guimarães
  8. 72Rice
  9. 88Doku
  10. 86Saka
  11. 97Haaland
  1. GKG. DonnarummaManchester City · #1 of 24 goalkeepers95
  2. CBC. RomeroTottenham · #1 of 64 centre-backs83
  3. CBK. MavropanosWest Ham · #2 of 64 centre-backs77
  4. FBR. Aït-NouriManchester City · #1 of 53 full-backs90
  5. FBN. WilliamsNottingham Forest · #2 of 53 full-backs81
  6. CDMM. CaicedoChelsea · #1 of 34 defensive midfielders87
  7. CMBruno GuimarãesNewcastle · #1 of 16 central midfielders75
  8. CMD. RiceArsenal · #2 of 16 central midfielders72
  9. WINGJ. DokuManchester City · #1 of 33 wingers88
  10. WINGB. SakaArsenal · #2 of 33 wingers86
  11. STE. HaalandManchester City · #1 of 32 strikers97

The season’s standouts

Golden Boot

Most league goals

E. Haaland

Manchester City

27 goals

  1. 2. Thiago (Brentford)22 goals
  2. 3. O. Watkins (Aston Villa)16 goals

Playmaker

Most league assists

Bruno Fernandes

Manchester United

21 assists

  1. 2. R. Cherki (Manchester City)12 assists
  2. 3. J. Bowen (West Ham)11 assists

Ball-winner

Most tackles and interceptions

J. Garner

Everton

177 won back

  1. 2. A. Truffert (Bournemouth)151 won back
  2. 3. M. Caicedo (Chelsea)146 won back

Ever-present

Most league minutes

J. Pickford

Everton

3,432 minutes

  1. 2. V. van Dijk (Liverpool)3,431 minutes
  2. 3. B. Leno (Fulham)3,429 minutes

Breakout player

Highest role score aged 21 or under

L. Hall

Newcastle

71 role score, age 21

  1. 2. A. Heaven (Manchester United)69 role score, age 19
  2. 3. M. Kayode (Brentford)67 role score, age 21

The best in each role

The top three on each role board at the end of 2025/26. Each full board, with every measure and percentile, is on the role pages: switch them to 2025/26.

Goalkeepers

of 24

G. Donnarumma

Manchester City · 95

  1. 2. K. Darlow83
  2. 3. E. Martínez82

Centre-backs

of 64

C. Romero

Tottenham · 83

  1. 2. K. Mavropanos77
  2. 3. S. Botman75

Full-backs

of 53

R. Aït-Nouri

Manchester City · 90

  1. 2. N. Williams81
  2. 3. Matheus Nunes75

Defensive midfielders

of 34

M. Caicedo

Chelsea · 87

  1. 2. J. Garner83
  2. 3. Rodri81

Central midfielders

of 16

Bruno Guimarães

Newcastle · 75

  1. 2. D. Rice72
  2. 3. A. Stach64

Attacking midfielders

of 14

R. Cherki

Manchester City · 87

  1. 2. M. Gibbs-White70
  2. 3. K. Dewsbury-Hall70

Wingers

of 33

J. Doku

Manchester City · 88

  1. 2. B. Saka86
  2. 3. A. Semenyo74

Strikers

of 32

E. Haaland

Manchester City · 97

  1. 2. Thiago83
  2. 3. B. Šeško82

Data from API-Football. Role scores and the Team of the Season use the role model described on Player Roles, as it stands today: when the model changes, past seasons are rebuilt with it, so these awards can change too.