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West Ham United FC Player of the Year 1958 – 2019

his is a table 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		Andy Malcolm		–
1959		Ken Brown		–
1960		Malcolm Musgrove		–
1961		Bobby Moore		–
1962		Lawrie Leslie		John Dick
1963		Bobby Moore		Jim Standen
1964		Johnny Byrne		Bobby Moore
1965		Martin Peters		Bobby Moore
1966		Geoff Hurst		Martin Peters
1967		Geoff Hurst		Bobby Moore
1968		Bobby Moore		Trevor Brooking
1969		Geoff Hurst		Billy Bonds
1970		Bobby Moore		Billy Bonds
1971		Billy Bonds		Bobby Moore
1972		Trevor Brooking		Bobby Ferguson
1973		Pop Robson		Trevor Brooking
1974		Billy Bonds		Mervyn Day
1975		Billy Bonds		Mervyn Day
1976		Trevor Brooking		Graham Paddon
1977		Trevor Brooking		Alan Devonshire
1978		Trevor Brooking		–
1979		Alan Devonshire		Pop Robson
1980		Alvin Martin		Ray Stewart
1981		Phil Parkes		Geoff Pike
1982		Alvin Martin		Trevor Brooking
1983		Alvin Martin		Phil Parkes
1984		Trevor Brooking		Tony Cottee
1985		Paul Allen		Tony Cottee
1986		Tony Cottee		Frank McAvennie
1987		Billy Bonds		Mark Ward
1988		Stewart Robson		Billy Bonds
1989		Paul Ince		Julian Dicks
1990		Julian Dicks		Stuart Slater
1991		Luděk Mikloško		George Parris
1992		Julian Dicks		Steve Potts
1993		Steve Potts		Kevin Keen
1994		Trevor Morley		Steve Potts
1995		Steve Potts		Tony Cottee
1996		Julian Dicks		Iain Dowie
1997		Julian Dicks		Slaven Bilić
1998		Rio Ferdinand		Steve Lomas
1999		Shaka Hislop		Ian Pearce
2000		Paolo Di Canio		Trevor Sinclair
2001		Stuart Pearce		Paolo Di Canio
2002		Sébastien Schemmel		Joe Cole
2003		Joe Cole		Jermain Defoe
2004		Matthew Etherington		Michael Carrick
2005		Teddy Sheringham		Mark Noble
2006		Danny Gabbidon		Marlon Harewood
2007		Carlos Tévez		Bobby Zamora
2008		Robert Green		George McCartney
2009		Scott Parker		Robert Green
2010		Scott Parker		Alessandro Diamanti
2011		Scott Parker		Robert Green
2012		Mark Noble		James Tomkins
2013		Winston Reid		Jussi Jääskeläinen
2014		Mark Noble		Adrián
2015		Aaron Cresswell		Adrián
2016		Dimitri Payet		Michail Antonio
2017		Michail Antonio		Manuel Lanzini
2018		Marko Arnautović		Declan Rice
2019		Lukasz Fabianski		Declan Rice