The PFA player awards and recognition program acknowledges the outstanding achievements of PFA members in the many different dimensions of a footballer’s life.
The program rewards members who have achieved on field excellence, excelled in areas away from the field of play, contributed to other areas of Australian football or made contributions to fellow professionals that have transformed the career paths enjoyed by the footballers of today.
Alex Tobin OAM Medal
Established in 2008 to honour former Socceroos captain and long serving PFA President Alex Tobin OAM, the Tobin Medal is the PFA’s highest honour.
The awards recognises a current or former player who demonstrated four outstanding attributes during their career: leadership, achievement as a player, commitment to fellow professionals, and service and dedication to the game.
Recipients
Mile Jedinak
2023
Melissa Barbieri
2023
Paul Okon
2018
Cheryl Salisbury
2017
Harry Kewell
2016
Mark Schwarzer
2014
Frank Farina
2012
Mark Viduka
2011
Craig Johnston
2009
Johnny Warren
2008
Joe Marston
2008
PFA Players’ Awards
The prestigious player-voted awards consider the performances of any player playing in the A-Leagues as well as Australians playing overseas. The awards recognise and celebrate Australia’s most outstanding players through peer recognition.
2024 Winners
Women’s Footballer of the Year
Steph Catley
Men’s Footballer of the Year
Jackson Irvine
Young Women’s Footballer of the Year
Mary Fowler
Harry Kewell Medal
Alex Paulsen
PFA Team of the Season
Based on peer recognition, selection in the PFA Team of the Season remains one of the highest accolades a professional footballer can receive in Australia.
At the end of each season, PFA members from the A-Leagues are asked to vote on their best XI.
The composition of the team is based on the number of votes tallied for each player in each position, with the substitutes bench comprising those players who finished below those in the starting XI positions.
The player with the most votes is determined the Team of the Season’s captain.
Life Members
The PFA Life Member designation is awarded to any person who has rendered outstanding service or exceptional support to the PFA.
1999
Kimon Taliadoros
2000
Francis Awaritefe
2001
Andrew Harper
Robert Hooker
2002
Alex Tobin OAM
2003
Craig Foster
Brendan Schwab
Stan Lazaridis
2006
Zeljko Kalac
2008
Greg Brown
Frank Farina OAM
Brad Maloney
John Didulica
Kevin Muscat
2009
Ross Aloisi
Simon Colosimo
Ante Milicic
David Zdrilic
2011
John Aloisi
Clint Bolton
2014
Robbie Gaspar
2016
Matt McKay
Harry Kewell
Cheryl Salisbury
Vince Grella
2017
Ante Covic
Kate Gill
Josip Skoko
2019
Carl Valeri
Mile Jedinak
Alex Brosque
Rodrigo Vargas
Melissa Barbieri
Kim Carroll
2020
Tim Cahill
Dianne Alagich
Joanne Peters
Tal Karp
Glen Moss
John Poulakakis
2021
Amy Chapman
Laura Brock
Nigel Boogaard
Jon McKain
2022
Michelle Heyman
Grace Gill
Travis Dodd
Matt Simon
Tommy Oar
2023
Liam Reddy
Scott Jamieson
Ellie Brush
Claire Coelho
Alex Wilkinson
Nikolai Topor-Stanley
Renaye Iserief
2024
Leigh Broxham
Natasha Rigby
Jason Hoffman
Emma Checker
Mark Milligan
