West Ham United Player of the Year

West Ham United Player of the Year Award Winners 1958-2023

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This is a list of the “Hammer of the Year” award won by West Ham United players.
Trevor Brooking was the first player for West Ham United to have been honoured with the title of ‘Hammer of the Year’ three times in a row (1976, 1977 and 1978).
Scott Parker repeated this feat in 2009–2011.
Brooking has won the award the most times, on five occasions (1972, 1976, 1977, 1978 and 1984).
Bobby Moore, Billy Bonds and Julian Dicks have won it four times each.
Bobby Moore has been runner-up four times, while Billy Bonds and Tony Cottee have both been runner-up three times.
Billy Bonds and Trevor Brooking’s wins are notable in the amount of time between first and last “Hammer of the Year Award”.
Bonds has sixteen years separating his wins whilst Brooking has twelve.

Year Winner Runner-Up
1958

England Football

Andy Malcolm
1959

England Football

Ken Brown
1960

England Football

Malcolm Musgrove
1961

England Football

Bobby Moore
1962

Scotland football

Lawrie Leslie

Scotland football

John Dick
1963

England Football

Bobby Moore

England Football

Jim Standen
1964

England Football

Johnny Byrne

England Football

Bobby Moore
1965

England Football

Martin Peters

England Football

Bobby Moore
1966

England Football

Geoff Hurst

England Football

Martin Peters
1967

England Football

Geoff Hurst

England Football

Bobby Moore
1968

England Football

Bobby Moore

England Football

Trevor Brooking
1969

England Football

Geoff Hurst

England Football

Billy Bonds
1970

England Football

Bobby Moore

England Football

Billy Bonds
1971

England Football

Billy Bonds

England Football

Bobby Moore
1972

England Football

Trevor Brooking

Scotland football

Bobby Ferguson
1973

England Football

Pop Robson

England Football

Trevor Brooking
1974

England Football

Billy Bonds

England Football

Mervyn Day
1975

England Football

Billy Bonds

England Football

Mervyn Day
1976

England Football

Trevor Brooking

England Football

Graham Paddon
1977

England Football

Trevor Brooking

England Football

Alan Devonshire
1978

England Football

Trevor Brooking
1979

England Football

Alan Devonshire

England Football

Pop Robson
1980

England Football

Alvin Martin

Scotland football

Ray Stewart
1981

England Football

Phil Parkes

England Football

Geoff Pike
1982

England Football

Alvin Martin

England Football

Trevor Brooking
1983

England Football

Alvin Martin

England Football

Phil Parkes
1984

England Football

Trevor Brooking

England Football

Tony Cottee
1985

England Football

Paul Allen

England Football

Tony Cottee
1986

England Football

Tony Cottee

Scotland football

Frank McAvennie
1987

England Football

Billy Bonds

England Football

Mark Ward
1988

England Football

Stewart Robson

England Football

Billy Bonds
1989

England Football

Paul Ince

England Football

Julian Dicks
1990

England Football

Julian Dicks

England Football

Stuart Slater
1991

Czech Football

Luděk Mikloško

England Football

George Parris
1992

England Football

Julian Dicks

England Football

Steve Potts
1993

England Football

Steve Potts

England Football

Kevin Keen
1994

England Football

Trevor Morley

England Football

Matty Holmes
1995

England Football

Steve Potts

England Football

Tony Cottee
1996

England Football

Julian Dicks

Northern Ireland football

Iain Dowie
1997

England Football

Julian Dicks

croatia football

Slaven Bilić
1998

England Football

Rio Ferdinand

Northern Ireland football

Steve Lomas
1999

TRINIDAD & TOBAGO Football

Shaka Hislop

England Football

Ian Pearce
2000

Italy Football

Paolo Di Canio

England Football

Trevor Sinclair
2001

England Football

Stuart Pearce

Italy Football

Paolo Di Canio
2002

France Football

Sébastien Schemmel

England Football

Joe Cole
2003

England Football

Joe Cole

England Football

Jermain Defoe
2004

England Football

Matthew Etherington

England Football

Michael Carrick
2005

England Football

Teddy Sheringham

England Football

Mark Noble
2006

Wales Football

Danny Gabbidon

England Football

Marlon Harewood
2007

Argentina Football

Carlos Tévez

England Football

Bobby Zamora
2008

England Football

Robert Green

Northern Ireland football

George McCartney
2009

England Football

Scott Parker

England Football

Robert Green
2010

England Football

Scott Parker

Italy Football

Alessandro Diamanti
2011

England Football

Scott Parker

England Football

Robert Green
2012

England Football

Mark Noble

England Football

James Tomkins
2013

New Zealand Football

Winston Reid

Spain Football

Jussi Jääskeläinen
2014

England Football

Mark Noble

Spain Football

Adrián
2015

England Football

Aaron Cresswell

Spain Football

Adrián
2016

France Football

Dimitri Payet

England Football

Michail Antonio
2017

Jamaica football

Michail Antonio

Argentina Football

Manuel Lanzini
2018

Austria Football

Marko Arnautović

England Football

Declan Rice
2019

Poland Football

Lukasz Fabianski

England Football

Declan Rice
2020

England Football

Declan Rice

Italy Football

Angelo Ogbonna
2021

Czech Football

Tomáš Souček

England Football

Declan Rice
2022

England Football

Declan Rice

England Football

Jarrod Bowen
2023

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