Only Sir Stanley Matthews, Sir Tom Finney, Danny Blanchflower, Kenny Dalglish, John Barnes and Gary Lineker have won the award twice since it began in 1947-48 and never back-to-back.

• 历史上从1947/1948赛季开始评选以来，只有马休斯爵士，芬尼爵士，布兰奇福勒尔，达格利什，巴恩斯和莱因克尔获得过两次这些荣誉，但是从来没有人蝉联过。