The PFA has launched the shortlists for its Males’s and Ladies’s Participant of the 12 months awards.
Within the males’s class, three members of Arsenal’s Premier League title-winning squad – Gabriel Magalhaes, David Raya and Declan Rice – make up half of the shortlist.
They’re joined by Man Utd’s Bruno Fernandes – who has already scooped the Soccer Writers Affiliation Participant of the 12 months award – and Man Metropolis duo Rayan Cherki and Erling Haaland – the latter of whom gained his third Premier League Golden Boot award in 2025/26 after hitting 27 league objectives.
Within the ladies’s class are Chelsea’s Lauren James, Arsenal’s Alessia Russo and 2023/24 winner Bunny Shaw – who signed a brand new four-year deal at Man Metropolis final month.
Shaw’s team-mate Yui Hasegawa can also be nominated alongside Jess Park of Manchester United and Aston Villa ahead Kirsty Hanson.
The awards ceremony will happen on Tuesday August 25 at The Opera Home in Manchester.
PFA Males’s Participant of the 12 months shortlist in full
- Rayan Cherki, Man Metropolis
- Bruno Fernandes, Man Utd
- Erling Haaland, Man Metropolis
- Gabriel Magalhaes, Arsenal
- David Raya, Arsenal
- Declan Rice, Arsenal
PFA Ladies’s Participant of the 12 months shortlist in full
- Kirsty Hanson, Aston Villa
- Yui Hasegawa, Man Metropolis
- Lauren James, Chelsea
- Jess Park, Man Utd
- Alessia Russo, Arsenal
- Bunny Shaw, Man Metropolis
