Arsenal midfielder Declan Rice has been crowned BBC Sport\u2019s first ever Premier League Player of the Year as BBC Sport launched the new BBC Football Awards – a brand-new digital awards show streamed across the new BBC Football YouTube channel and the BBC Sport website today.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Alongside Rice\u2019s win, Khadija Shaw was named Women\u2019s Super League Player of the Year following another exceptional campaign for Manchester City.<\/p>\n
The brand-new awards saw BBC Sport pundits, commentators and journalists vote to crown the standout players, managers and moments from the 2025\/26 season across the Premier League, Scottish Premiership, Women\u2019s Super League, EFL Championship, League One and League Two.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Other big winners included:<\/p>\n
Mikel Arteta winning Premier League Manager of the Year\u00a0
\nNico O’Reilly named Premier League Breakthrough Player of the Year\u00a0
\nHarrison Reed winning Goal of the Season for Fulham\u2019s stunning strike against Liverpool\u00a0
\nHearts pair Claudio Braga and Derek McInnes taking the top Scottish Premiership honours\u00a0
\nAndr\u00e9e Jeglertz named Women\u2019s Super League Manager of the Year\u00a0
\nFrank Lampard and Alex Neil jointly awarded EFL Championship Manager of the Year\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Some of the biggest names across BBC Sport football coverage contributed to the voting including Dion Dublin, Chris Sutton, Danny Murphy, Shay Given, Nedum Onuoha, Theo Walcott, Steph Houghton and Ellen White, alongside BBC Sport reporters and journalists.<\/p>\n
The stream kicked off at 6pm and was hosted by BBC Sport presenter Sam Harris alongside BBC Sport journalist Alex Fletcher, sports presenter Georgina Chadwick and content creator Watson Hirschfield, who debated the season\u2019s defining moments and gave their own verdicts on the biggest winners of the year.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Premier League\u00a0<\/p>\n
Player of the year: Declan Rice (Arsenal)\u00a0<\/p>\n
Breakthrough Player of the year: Nico O’Reilly (Manchester City)\u00a0<\/p>\n
Goal of the Season: Reed v Liverpool\u00a0<\/p>\n
Manager of the Year: Mikel Arteta (Arsenal)\u00a0<\/p>\n
Best signing: Granit Xhaka (Sunderland)\u00a0<\/p>\n
Biggest surprise: Tottenham’s relegation battle\u00a0<\/p>\n
Worst prediction: Liverpool to challenge for the title\/win the league\u00a0<\/p>\n
Most predictable manager sacking: Ange Postecoglou at Forest\u00a0<\/p>\n
Team of the Year: David Raya (Arsenal), Jurri\u00ebn Timber (Arsenal), Gabriel Magalh\u00e3es (Arsenal), William Saliba (Arsenal), Nico O’Reilly (Manchester City), Declan Rice (Arsenal), Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United), Elliot Anderson (Nottingham Forrest), Igor Thiago (Brentford), Erling Haaland (Manchester City), Antoine Semenyo (Manchester City)\u00a0<\/p>\n
Scottish Premiership\u00a0<\/p>\n
Player of the year:\u00a0Claudio Braga (Hearts)<\/p>\n
Breakthrough Player:\u00a0Barney Stewart & Findlay Curtis\u00a0<\/p>\n
Goal of the season: Youssef Chermiti’s overhead kick for Rangers v Celtic<\/p>\n
Manager of the year:\u00a0Derek McInnes (Hearts)<\/p>\n
Team of the Year: Calum Ward (Motherwell), Filip Lissah (Falkirk), Craig Halkett (Hearts), Emmanuel Fernandez (Rangers), Harry Milne (Hearts), Elijah Just (Motherwell), Cammy Devlin (Hearts), Benjamin Nygren (Celtic), Lawrence Shankland (Hearts), Tawanda Maswanhise (Motherwell), Claudio Braga (Hearts)\u00a0<\/p>\n
Women\u2019s Super League\u00a0<\/p>\n
Player of the Year: Khadija Shaw (Manchester City)\u00a0<\/p>\n
Breakthrough Player of the Year: Veerle Buurman (Chelsea)\u00a0<\/p>\n
Manager of the Year: Andree Jeglertz (Manchester City)<\/p>\n
Team of the Year: Ayaka Yamashita (Man City), Kerstin Casparij (Man City), Jade Rose (Man City), Katie McCabe (Arsenal), Yui Hasegawa (Man City), Jess Park (Man Utd), Olivia Holdt (Tottenham), Khadija Shaw (Man City), Alessia Russo (Arsenal), Lauren Hemp (Man City)\u00a0<\/p>\n
EFL Championship\u00a0<\/p>\n
Player of the Year: Hayden Hackney (Middlesbrough)\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Manager of the Year: Frank Lampard (Coventry City) & Alex Neil (Millwall)<\/p>\n
EFL Championship Team of the Year: Carl Rushworth (Coventry), Milan van Ewijk (Coventry), Taylor Harwood-Bellis (Southampton), Tristan Crama (Millwall), Dara O’Shea (Ipswich), Haji Wright (Coventry), Hayden Hackney (Middlesbrough), Matt Grimes (Coventry), Oli McBurnie (Hull), \u017dan Vipotnik (Swansea), Femi Azeez (Millwall)\u00a0<\/p>\n
EFL League One\u00a0<\/p>\n
Player of the Year: Dom Ballard (Leyton Orient)\u00a0<\/p>\n
Manager of the Year: Michael Skubala (Lincoln City)\u00a0<\/p>\n
Team of the Year: George Wickens (Lincoln), Tendayi Darikwa (Lincoln), Sonny Bradley (Lincoln), Dylan Lawlor (Cardiff), Joel Bagan (Cardiff), Oliver Norwood (Stockport), Amario Cozier-Duberry (Bolton), Owen Bailey (Doncaster), Dom Ballard (Leyton Orient), Kyle Wootton (Stockport), Lorent Tolaj (Plymouth)<\/p>\n
EFL League Two\u00a0<\/p>\n
Player of the Year: Aaron Drinan (Swindon Town)\u00a0<\/p>\n
Manager of the Year: Andy Woodman (Bromley)<\/p>\n
League Two TOTY: Matthew Hudson (Oldham), Liam Bennett (Cambridge), Omar Sowunmi (Bromley), Kelland Watts (Cambridge), Luke Garbutt (Salford), Mitch Pinnock (Bromley), Isaac Hutchinson (Bristol Rovers), Tommi O’Reilly (Crewe), Callum Paterson (MK Dons), Aaron Drinan (Swindon), Jaze Kabia (Grimsby)\u00a0<\/p>\n
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