The title Dutch Footballer of the Year (Voetballer van het Jaar) has been awarded in the Netherlands since 1984. The award is determined by a poll of Dutch professional footballers playing in the First (Eredivisie) and Second (Eerste Divisie) leagues.
Until 1997, it was an annual award, afterwards the prize was rewarded at the end of the football season. In 2006, the award merged with the annual prize named Golden Shoe (Gouden Schoen), awarded since 1982 by the Dutch daily De Telegraaf and the Dutch football magazine Voetbal International.
| Dutch Footballer of the year | Golden Shoe | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Player | Club | Year | Player | Club |
| 1982 | Martin Haar (NED) | HFC Haarlem | |||
| 1983 | Piet Schrijvers (NED) | Ajax | |||
| 1984 | Ruud Gullit (NED) | Feyenoord | 1984 | Johan Cruyff (NED) | Feyenoord |
| 1985 | Marco van Basten (NED) | Ajax | 1985 | Frank Rijkaard (NED) | Ajax |
| 1986 | Ruud Gullit (NED) | PSV | 1986 | Ruud Gullit (NED) | PSV |
| 1987 | Ronald Koeman (NED) | PSV | 1987 | Frank Rijkaard (NED) | Ajax |
| 1988 | Ronald Koeman (NED) | PSV | 1988 | Gerald Vanenburg (NED) | PSV |
| 1989 | Romário (BRA) | PSV | 1989 | Gerald Vanenburg (NED) | PSV |
| 1990 | Edward Sturing (NED) | Vitesse | |||
| 1991 | Dennis Bergkamp (NED) | Ajax | 1991 | Hennie Meijer (NED) | Groningen |
| 1992 | Dennis Bergkamp (NED) | Ajax | 1992 | John Metgod (NED) | Feyenoord |
| 1993 | Jari Litmanen (FIN) | Ajax | 1993 | Marc Overmars (NED) | Ajax |
| 1994 | Ronald de Boer (NED) | Ajax | 1994 | Ed de Goey (NED) | Feyenoord |
| 1995 | Luc Nilis (BEL) | PSV | 1995 | Danny Blind (NED) | Ajax |
| 1996 | Ronald de Boer (NED) | Ajax | 1996 | Danny Blind (NED) | Ajax |
| 1997 | Jaap Stam (NED) | PSV | 1997 | Jaap Stam (NED) | PSV |
| 1998 | Edwin van der Sar (NED) | Ajax | |||
| 1998–99 | Ruud van Nistelrooy (NED) | PSV | 1999 | Michael Mols (NED) | Utrecht |
| 1999–00 | Ruud van Nistelrooy (NED) | PSV | 2000 | Jerzy Dudek (POL) | Feyenoord |
| 2000–01 | Mark van Bommel (NED) | PSV | 2001 | Johann Vogel (SUI) | PSV |
| 2001–02 | Pierre van Hooijdonk (NED) | Feyenoord | 2002 | Cristian Chivu (ROM) | Ajax |
| 2002–03 | Mateja Kezman (SER) | PSV | 2003 | Dirk Kuyt (NED) | Utrecht |
| 2003–04 | Maxwell (BRA) | Ajax | 2004 | Maxwell (BRA) | Ajax |
| 2004–05 | Mark van Bommel (NED) | PSV | 2005 | Mark van Bommel (NED) | PSV |
| Awards merged | |||||
| 2005-06 | Dirk Kuyt (NED) | Feyenoord | |||
| 2006-07 | Afonso Alves (BRA) | SC Heerenveen | |||
| 2007-08 | John Heitinga (NED) | Ajax | |||
| 2008-09 | Mounir El Hamdaoui (MAR) | AZ | |||
| 2009-10 | Luis Suárez (URU) | Ajax | |||
| 2010-11 | Theo Janssen (NED) | Twente | |||
| 2011-12 | Jan Vertonghen (BEL) | Ajax | |||
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