We’re reaching the end of the 2025/26 Premier League season. It has been a fascinating campaign to cover and enjoy – but who will win the PFA Premier League Player of the Year award?
This is not a subjective list. Taking odds from Bet365, we listed the five players who are most likely to win the award at the end of the season.
This list features players from Manchester City, Manchester United and Arsenal – who would be your pick for Premier League Player of the Year?
Rayan Cherki
Rayan Cherki has made a meteoric impact in his debut Premier League campaign. With four goals and ten assists in 27 Premier League appearances, he has been a fantastic creative lynchpin for Manchester City.
Cherki is a natural dribbler – such an attribute is increasingly rare in the modern game. With that being said, it is reductive to call him a ‘flair player’, as he has much more to offer than just silky skills.
Should City win the Premier League at the end of the season, Cherki would be in with an excellent shout of winning the award – however, he will have to contend with the two other Sky Blues players in this league. As things stand, he is 8/1 to win the Player of the Year award.
Erling Haaland
As the Premier League’s leading goalscorer, one would have expected Erling Haaland to land a little higher in the list. Nevertheless, as things stand, Bet365 has given him odds of 9/2 to win the Premier League Player of the Year award.
Haaland has scored 23 Premier League goals this season. This hasn’t been his best season at City, but he has still been head and shoulders above every other striker in the division.
He has won the Player of the Year award before, scooping up the trophy in 2023 – he is the only player on this list to have won it previously.
Bernardo Silva
This may seem like a left-field choice, but the bookies certainly don’t think so – Bernardo Silva is rated at 4/1 to win the Premier League Player of the Year award.
Siova has scored four goals and has registered two assists in the Premier League for City this season. These aren’t particularly inspiring stats, but it’s important to remember that he has been ever-present for the Citizens this season.
He has played in every game for them over the course of the 2025/26 campaign – as their captain, he deserves recognition.
Declan Rice
Is Declan Rice the best midfielder in the world right now? We’ve asked this question several times ourselves – he is certainly the best central midfielder in the Premier League right now.
If Arsenal fail to win the Premier League, we expect Rice’s chances of winning the Premier League Player of the Year award to fall. At the moment, however, he has odds of 7/2 to win the prize.
Rice has shown his completeness this season. A technical master with excellent physicality and intelligence on the pitch, Rice has scored four goals and has notched up five assists in the Premier League this season.
Bruno Fernandes
Where would Manchester United be without Bruno Fernandes? He has been a constant beacon of light during their darkest Premier League hours – this season might be the Portuguese international’s best to date.
He has scored eight goals and has notched up 18 assists in the Premier League this season, many of which came from central midfield whilst under the stewardship of Ruben Amorim.
As such, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that he is the favoruite to win the Player of the Season award – Bet365 has given him odds of 7/4.