Individual
Henry has received many plaudits and awards in his football career. He was runner-up for the 2003 and 2004 FIFA World Player of the Year awards; in those two seasons, he also won back-to-back PFA Players' Player of the Year titles. Henry is the only player ever to have won the FWA Footballer of the Year three times (2003, 2004, 2006), and the French Player of the Year on a record four occasions. Henry was voted into the Premier League Overseas Team of the Decade in the 10 Seasons Awards poll in 2003, and in 2004 he was named by football legend Pelé as one of the top 125 greatest living footballers.
In terms of goal-scoring awards, Henry was the European Golden Boot winner in 2004 and 2005 (sharing it with Villarreal's Diego Forlán in 2005) and is the first ever player to retain the award. Henry was also the top goal-scorer in the Premier League for a record four seasons (2002, 2004, 2005, 2006). In 2006, he became the first player to score more than 20 goals in the league for five consecutive seasons (2002 to 2006). Henry is currently third in the list of all-time Premier League goal-scorers, behind Alan Shearer and Andy Cole. Given his accomplishments, France's all-time goal-scorer was in his prime regarded by many coaches, footballers and pundits as one of the best footballers in the world. In November 2007, he was ranked 33rd on the Association of Football Statisticians' compendium for "Greatest Ever Footballers". Arsenal fans honoured their former player in 2008, declaring Henry the greatest Arsenal player. In two other 2008 surveys, Henry emerged as the favourite Premier League player of all time among 32,000 people surveyed in the Barclays 2008 Global Fan Report. In 2009, Henry was voted the best Premier League player of the 2000s. On 10 December 2011, Arsenal unveiled a bronze statue of Henry at the Emirates Stadium as part of its 125th anniversary celebrations.
A summary of Henry's individual awards is as follows:
- UNFP Ligue 1 Young Player of the Year (1): 1996–97
- PFA Players' Player of the Year (2): 2002–03, 2003–04
- PFA Team of the Year (6): 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06
- FWA Footballer of the Year (3): 2002–03, 2003–04, 2005–06
- Premier League Golden Boot (4): 2001–02, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06.
- Golden Boot Landmark Award 10 (1): 2004–05
- Golden Boot Landmark Award 20 (1): 2004–05
- Premier League Player of the Month (4): April 2000, September 2002, January 2004, April 2004
- Goal of the Season (1): 2002–03
- UEFA Team of the Year (5): 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006
- MLS Best XI (2): 2011, 2012
- MLS Player of the Month (1): March 2012
- Onze d'Or (2): 2003, 2006
- European Golden Boot (2): 2003–04, 2004–05
- French Player of the Year (5): 2000, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
- IFFHS World's Top Goal Scorer of the Year (1): 2003
- FIFA FIFPro World XI (1): 2006
- FIFA World Cup All-Star Team (1): Germany 2006
- FIFA Confederations Cup Golden Ball (1): France 2003
- FIFA Confederations Cup Golden Shoe (1): France 2003
- UEFA European Football Championship Team of the Tournament (1): 2000
- FIFA 100 : 2004
- Time 100 Heroes & Pioneers no.16 : 2007
- English Football Hall of Fame : 2008
- Premier League 10 Seasons Awards (1992–93 – 2001–02)
- Overseas Team of the Decade
- Premier League 20 Seasons Awards
- Fantasy Team (Panel choice)
- Fantasy Team (Public choice)
- Légion d'Honneur : 1998
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