
TheStoke City Player of the Year award is an award presented to theStoke City fans' player of the season. Towards the end of each season, fans are invited to cast their votes for this award. The winner is generally announced at an end-of-season awards dinner at either thebet365 Stadium or the King's Hall inStoke-on-Trent.[1]
The inaugural award was made toHoward Kendall in 1978.Peter Fox has won the award a record three times,Mickey Thomas andJack Butland are the only other players to have won the award more than once. There have been 13 different nationalities to have won the award.





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| Goalkeeper | 9 |
| Defender | 19 |
| Midfielder | 15 |
| Forward | 6 |
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