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Player of the Year is an award given at the end of a Pro Tour season to the Magic player with the highest number of Pro Points in that season. With the change to Mythic Points in 2019 and shift to Player Points in 2020, it appears the award has been retired - due to League weekends, the players in a Championship get only a small fraction of the points the League members do.

It is reasonably attainable to win this award without winning any Pro Tour or Grand Prix events if the player finishes high enough in enough events, but it would be incredibly unlikely without any Pro Tour Top 8s.

Player of the Year Winners

Past Player of the Year Winners
Year	Winner
1996	Olle Råde
1996–97	Paul McCabe
1997–98	Jon Finkel
1998–99	Kai Budde
1999–00	Bob Maher, Jr.
2000–01	Kai Budde
2001–02	Kai Budde
2002–03	Kai Budde
2003–04	Gabriel Nassif
2005	Kenji Tsumura
2006	Shota Yasooka
2007	Tomoharu Saito
2008	Shuhei Nakamura
2009	Yuuya Watanabe
2010	Brad Nelson
2011	Owen Turtenwald
2012	Yuuya Watanabe*
2012–13	Josh Utter-Leyton
2013–14	Jérémy Dezani
2014–15	Mike Sigrist
2015–16	Owen Turtenwald
2016–17	Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa
2017–18	Luis Salvatto
* Watanabe won the Magic Players Championship

Trivia

Kai Budde is the player who has won the most Player of the Year titles, with four.
- Two other players have won the title more than once: Yuuya Watanabe and Owen Turtenwald.
Kai Budde and Yuuya Watanabe are also the only players to have won World Championships/Players Championship and Player of the Year in the same year.
- Watanabe's record is a bit different from that of Budde's. The 2012 season was the only year during which the Player of the Year was not decided by Pro Points; instead, the winner of the 2012 Players Championship was considered the Player of the Year. However, Yuuya was also the one with the most Pro Points for the 2011–12 season,^[1] so he would have been the 2012 Player of the Year even with the old system.
No player has won Rookie of the Year and Player of the Year in the same year.
- Randy Buehler was the closest to achieving this feat when he finished second in the 1997–98 Player of the Year race.^[2]
Both the 2010 season and 2017–18 season ended with two players finishing joint first in the Player of the Year race, forcing a playoff in the following season to determine the title.
- In the 2010 season, Brad Nelson beat Guillaume Matignon in the playoff held at the Pro Tour Paris 2011.^[3]
- In 2017–18, Seth Manfield and Luis Salvatto both finished the season on 81 Pro Points, and the title was decided in a playoff at Pro Tour Guilds of Ravnica, which Salvatto won.

References

↑ 2011-2012 PLAYER OF THE YEAR STANDINGS. Wizards of the Coast. Retrieved on 2015-09-24.
↑ 1997-1998 PLAYER OF THE YEAR STANDINGS. Wizards of the Coast. Retrieved on 2015-09-24.
↑ Josh Bennett (2011-02-12). "Player of the Year Match: The Full Nelson". Wizards of the Coast. Retrieved on 2015-09-24.

[1] 2011-2012 PLAYER OF THE YEAR STANDINGS. Wizards of the Coast. Retrieved on 2015-09-24.

[poy9798-2] 1997-1998 PLAYER OF THE YEAR STANDINGS. Wizards of the Coast. Retrieved on 2015-09-24.

[poy2010playoff-3] Josh Bennett (2011-02-12). "Player of the Year Match: The Full Nelson". Wizards of the Coast. Retrieved on 2015-09-24.

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-'''Player of the Year''' is an award given at the end of a [[Pro Tour#Pro Tour Season|Pro Tour season]] to the ''[[Magic]]'' player with the highest number of [[Pro Points]] in that season.
+'''Player of the Year''' is an award given at the end of a [[Pro Tour#Pro Tour Season|Pro Tour season]] to the ''[[Magic]]'' player with the highest number of [[Pro Points]] in that season. With the change to [[Mythic Points]] in 2019 and shift to [[Player Points]] in 2020, it appears the award has been retired - due to League weekends, the players in a Championship get only a small fraction of the points the League members do.
-It is possible to win this award without winning any [[Pro Tour]] or [[Grand Prix]] events if the player finishes high enough in enough events.
+It is reasonably attainable to win this award without winning any [[Pro Tour]] or [[Grand Prix]] events if the player finishes high enough in enough events, but it would be incredibly unlikely without any Pro Tour Top 8s.
 ==Player of the Year Winners==
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 ! Year !! Winner
 |-
-| 1996 || {{Flagicon|SWE}} [[Olle Råde]]
+| 1996 || {{flag|SWE}} [[Olle Råde]]
 |-
-| 1996–97 || {{Flagicon|CAN}} [[Paul McCabe]]
+| 1996–97 || {{flag|CAN}} [[Paul McCabe]]
 |-
-| 1997–98 || {{Flagicon|USA}} [[Jon Finkel]]
+| 1997–98 || {{flag|USA}} [[Jon Finkel]]
 |-
-| 1998–99|| {{Flagicon|DEU}} [[Kai Budde]]
+| 1998–99|| {{flag|DEU}} [[Kai Budde]]
 |-
-| 1999–00 || {{Flagicon|USA}} [[Bob Maher, Jr.]]
+| 1999–00 || {{flag|USA}} [[Bob Maher, Jr.]]
 |-
-| 2000–01 || {{Flagicon|DEU}} [[Kai Budde]]
+| 2000–01 || {{flag|DEU}} [[Kai Budde]]
 |-
-| 2001–02 || {{Flagicon|DEU}} [[Kai Budde]]
+| 2001–02 || {{flag|DEU}} [[Kai Budde]]
 |-
-| 2002–03 || {{Flagicon|DEU}} [[Kai Budde]]
+| 2002–03 || {{flag|DEU}} [[Kai Budde]]
 |-
-| 2003–04 || {{Flagicon|FRA}} [[Gabriel Nassif]]
+| 2003–04 || {{flag|FRA}} [[Gabriel Nassif]]
 |-
-| 2005 || {{Flagicon|JPN}} [[Kenji Tsumura]]
+| 2005 || {{flag|JPN}} [[Kenji Tsumura]]
 |-
-| 2006 || {{Flagicon|JPN}} [[Shota Yasooka]]
+| 2006 || {{flag|JPN}} [[Shota Yasooka]]
 |-
-| 2007 || {{Flagicon|JPN}} [[Tomoharu Saito]]
+| 2007 || {{flag|JPN}} [[Tomoharu Saito]]
 |-
-| 2008 || {{Flagicon|JPN}} [[Shuhei Nakamura]]
+| 2008 || {{flag|JPN}} [[Shuhei Nakamura]]
 |-
-| 2009 || {{Flagicon|JPN}} [[Yuuya Watanabe]]
+| 2009 || {{flag|JPN}} [[Yuuya Watanabe]]
 |-
-| 2010 || {{Flagicon|USA}} [[Brad Nelson]]
+| 2010 || {{flag|USA}} [[Brad Nelson]]
 |-
-| 2011 || {{Flagicon|USA}} [[Owen Turtenwald]]
+| 2011 || {{flag|USA}} [[Owen Turtenwald]]
 |-
-| 2012 || {{Flagicon|JPN}} [[Yuuya Watanabe]]*
+| 2012 || {{flag|JPN}} [[Yuuya Watanabe]]*
 |-
-| 2012–13 || {{Flagicon|USA}} [[Josh Utter-Leyton]]
+| 2012–13 || {{flag|USA}} [[Josh Utter-Leyton]]
 |-
-| 2013–14 || {{Flagicon|FRA}} [[Jérémy Dezani]]
+| 2013–14 || {{flag|FRA}} [[Jérémy Dezani]]
 |-
-| 2014–15 || {{Flagicon|USA}} [[Mike Sigrist]]
+| 2014–15 || {{flag|USA}} [[Mike Sigrist]]
 |-
-| 2015–16 || {{Flagicon|USA}} [[Owen Turtenwald]]
+| 2015–16 || {{flag|USA}} [[Owen Turtenwald]]
 |-
-| 2016–17 || {{Flagicon|BRA}} [[Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa]]
+| 2016–17 || {{flag|BRA}} [[Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa]]
 |-
-| 2017–18 || {{Flagicon|ARG}} [[Luis Salvatto]]
+| 2017–18 || {{flag|ARG}} [[Luis Salvatto]]
 |-
 |colspan = "2" | * Watanabe won the Magic Players Championship
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 **Two other players have won the title more than once: [[Yuuya Watanabe]] and [[Owen Turtenwald]].
 *[[Kai Budde]] and [[Yuuya Watanabe]] are also the only players to have won [[World Championship]]s/[[2012 Players Championship|Players Championship]] and Player of the Year in the same year.
-**Watanabe's record is a bit different from that of Budde's. The 2012 season was the only year during which the Player of the Year was ''not'' decided by Pro Points; instead, the winner of the 2012 Players Championship was considered the Player of the Year. However, Yuuya was also the one with the most Pro Points for the 2011–12 season,<ref>{{cite web|title=2011-2012 PLAYER OF THE YEAR STANDINGS|url=http://magic.wizards.com/en/protour/standings/poy201112|publisher=Wizards of the Coast|accessdate=2015-09-24}}</ref> so he would have been the 2012 Player of the Year even with the old system.
+**Watanabe's record is a bit different from that of Budde's. The 2012 season was the only year during which the Player of the Year was ''not'' decided by Pro Points; instead, the winner of the 2012 Players Championship was considered the Player of the Year. However, Yuuya was also the one with the most Pro Points for the 2011–12 season,<ref>{{WebRef|title=2011-2012 PLAYER OF THE YEAR STANDINGS|url=http://magic.wizards.com/en/protour/standings/poy201112|publisher=Wizards of the Coast|accessdate=2015-09-24}}</ref> so he would have been the 2012 Player of the Year even with the old system.
 *No player has won [[Rookie of the Year]] and Player of the Year in the same year.
-**[[Randy Buehler]] was the closest to achieving this feat when he finished second in the 1997–98 Player of the Year race.<ref name="poy9798">{{cite web|title=1997-1998 PLAYER OF THE YEAR STANDINGS|url=http://magic.wizards.com/en/protour/standings/poy199798|publisher=Wizards of the Coast|accessdate=2015-09-24}}</ref>
+**[[Randy Buehler]] was the closest to achieving this feat when he finished second in the 1997–98 Player of the Year race.<ref name="poy9798">{{WebRef|title=1997-1998 PLAYER OF THE YEAR STANDINGS|url=http://magic.wizards.com/en/protour/standings/poy199798|publisher=Wizards of the Coast|accessdate=2015-09-24}}</ref>
 *Both the 2010 season and 2017–18 season ended with two players finishing joint first in the Player of the Year race, forcing a playoff in the following season to determine the title.
-**In the 2010 season, [[Brad Nelson]] beat [[Guillaume Matignon]] in the playoff held at the Pro Tour Paris 2011.<ref name="poy2010playoff">{{cite web|title=Player of the Year Match: The Full Nelson|url=http://archive.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/eventcoverage/ptpar11/feature/poy|first=Josh|last=Bennett|date=2011-02-12|publisher=Wizards of the Coast|accessdate=2015-09-24}}</ref>
+**In the 2010 season, [[Brad Nelson]] beat [[Guillaume Matignon]] in the playoff held at the Pro Tour Paris 2011.<ref name="poy2010playoff">{{WebRef|title=Player of the Year Match: The Full Nelson|url=http://archive.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/eventcoverage/ptpar11/feature/poy|author=Josh Bennett|date=2011-02-12|publisher=Wizards of the Coast|accessdate=2015-09-24}}</ref>
-**In 2017–18, [[Seth Manfield]] and [[Luis Salvatto]] both finished the season on 81 Pro Points, and the title will be decided in a playoff.
+**In 2017–18, [[Seth Manfield]] and [[Luis Salvatto]] both finished the season on 81 Pro Points, and the title was decided in a playoff at [[Pro Tour Guilds of Ravnica|Pro Tour ''Guilds of Ravnica'']], which Salvatto won.
 ==References==