Named after Jack Williams, an early stalwart of the Supporters’ Association, the Player of the Year Trophy has been an institution at The Racecourse since the mid-seventies. The votes of the fans determine the winner and, as you can see, their selections contain a number of men who are guaranteed their place in any list of Wrexham greats.
Four players have won the award twice, Mike Williams, Kevin Russell, Gary Bennett and Luke Young, while Neil Roberts achieved an unwanted and rather peculiar feat in 2008 when he was named as Player of the Season and immediately released by Brian Little!
Paul Mullin won the Player of the Season award in 2022-23, as well as scooping the same honour for the entire National League. Technically, he was the first “Welsh” player to be Wrexham’s player of the year since Marc Williams in 2009, and only the second striker to win it since Williams.
Having propelled Wrexham into League Two with his goals, Mullin then overcame a horrible pre-season injury to become the first Wrexham player to win the award for a third time.
| Winning Season | Wxm Career | ||||
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| 1975/6 | Brian Lloyd | 61 | 0 | 333 | 0 |
| 1976/7 | Graham Whittle | 56(3) | 35 | 371(23) | 117 |
| 1977/8 | Gareth Davies | 65 | 3 | 604(8) | 22 |
| 1978/9 | John Roberts | 50 | 0 | 189(2) | 6 |
| 1979/80 | Dixie McNeil | 49 | 21 | 210(2) | 88 |
| 1980/1 | Steve Fox | 44(4) | 11 | 173(8) | 18 |
| 1981/2 | Eddie Niedzwiecki | 54 | 0 | 141 | 0 |
| 1982/3 | Robbie Savage | 34 | 13 | 34 | 13 |
| 1983/4 | Dave Gregory | 57(1) | 24 | 184(10) | 45 |
| 1984/5 | Jack Keay | 50 | 4 | 199 | 11 |
| 1985/6 | Mike Williams | 33(2) | 0 | 232(6) | 5 |
| 1986/7 | Mike Williams | 62 | 1 | ||
| 1987/8 | Kevin Russell | 48 | 25 | 328(34) | 79 |
| 1988/9 | Kevin Russell | 60 | 27 | ||
| 1989/90 | Nigel Beaumont | 55 | 3 | 150(5) | 4 |
| 1990/1 | Mark Morris | 55 | 0 | 137 | 0 |
| 1991/2 | Andy Thackeray | 57 | 5 | 183(17) | 18 |
| 1992/3 | Tony Humes | 48 | 0 | 247(8) | 10 |
| 1993/4 | Gary Bennett | 51 | 39 | 175(2) | 114 |
| 1994/5 | Gary Bennett | 65 | 47 | ||
| 1995/6 | Waynne Phillips | 53(2) | 5 | 285(36) | 23 |
| 1996/7 | Andy Marriott | 56 | 0 | 261 | 0 |
| 1997/8 | Brian Carey | 57 | 2 | 333(8) | 17 |
| 1998/9 | Dean Spink | 43(11) | 3 | 105(20) | 12 |
| 1999/00 | Darren Ferguson | 47 | 6 | 192(1) | 24 |
| 2000/01 | Mark McGregor | 53 | 7 | 309(9) | 14 |
| 2001/02 | Jim Whitley | 39 | 0 | 91 | 2 |
| 2002/03 | Andy Morrell | 51 | 39 | 192(75) | 96 |
| 2003/4 | Dennis Lawrence | 51 | 5 | 96220(10) | 19 |
| 2004/5 | Andy Holt | 58 | 7 | 97(1) | 10 |
| 2005/6 | Danny Williams | 51 | 4 | 192(7) | 13 |
| 2006/7 | Steve Evans | 39(1) | 2 | 88(5) | 7 |
| 2007/8 | Neil Roberts | 37(2) | 9 | 137(29) | 40 |
| 2008/9 | Marc Williams | 25(4) | 17 | 62(32) | 21 |
| 2009/10 | Andy Fleming | 39(2) | 1 | 70(6) | 1 |
| 2010/11 | Jay Harris | 42(2) | 5 | 208(11) | 20 |
| 2011/12 | Neil Ashton | 51 | 1 | 243 (1) | 16 |
| 2012/13 | Danny Wright | 43(4) | 18 | 74(12) | 25 |
| 2013/14 | Mark Carrington | 41(1) | 2 | 108(12) | 5 |
| 2014/15 | Manny Smith | 61 | 2 | 108 | 4 |
| 2015/16 | Connor Jennings | 48 | 14 | 95 (7) | 23 |
| 2016/17 | Martin Riley | 31(1) | 0 | 73 (3) | 0 |
| 2017/18 | Shaun Pearson | 45 | 5 | 140 (1) | 12 |
| 2018/19 | Rob Lainton | 50 | 0 | 143 | 0 |
| 2019/20 | Luke Young | 39(2) | 3 | ||
| 2020/21 | Luke Young | 43 | 11 | 223(36) | 23 |
| 2021/22 | Paul Mullin | 43(1) | 32 | ||
| 2022/23 | Paul Mullin | 52(1) | 47 | ||
| 2023/24 | Paul Mullin | 38(5) | 26 | 133(7) | 105 |
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Yes-it’s not the TV pundit: he was on loan from Liverpool.