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.
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.
Player of the Year Winners
- 1995-1996 Olle Rade
- 1996-1997 Paul McCabe
- 1997-1998 Jon Finkel
- 1998-1999 Kai Budde
- 1999-2000 Bob Maher
- 2000-2001 Kai Budde
- 2001-2002 Kai Budde
- 2002-2003 Kai Budde
- 2003-2004 Gabriel Nassif
- 2005 Kenji Tsumura
- 2006 Shouta Yasooka
- 2007 Tomoharu Saitou
- 2008 Shuhei Nakamura
- 2009 Yuuya Watanabe
- 2010 Brad Nelson
Trivia
- Kai Budde and Yuuya Watanabe are the only players to win Worlds/Player Championship, and Player of the Year in the same year.
- Through, Watanabe's record is a bit different case to Budde's, As 2012 season (that he won both awards) is the only year that Player of the Year is not decided by Pro Tour points, but the results of the Player Championship (Which means the winner will be the Player of the Year) due to event structure change.
- No player won Rookie of the Year and Player of the Year in the same year.
- In 2010, Brad Nelson and Guillaume Matignon tied in the Player of the Year race, forcing a playoff at the next Pro Tour, where Brad Nelson won.