Bruno Fernandes is the Premier League player of the season
The Premier League's Bruno Fernandes award announcement says Bruno Fernandes was named Premier League player of the season after creating 132 chances in the competition. The same award item says he is the first Manchester United player to win the award.
As of June 9, 2026, this is a recent end-of-season Premier League honour, not an ongoing award race.
Why Fernandes won it
The award material points first to Fernandes’ chance creation: 132 in the Premier League this season, which is 43 more than the second-best figure in the league.
That second-best total belongs to Liverpool’s Dominik Szoboszlai. The numbers are simple: Fernandes led the category by a clear margin, and that is the main reason his name sits at the top of the player award conversation.
Fernandes’ 132 chances tell the story
Fernandes’ output is the defining stat here. Creating 132 chances across a Premier League season is a major creative return, and it is the figure the award announcement uses to explain why he was selected.
Szoboszlai’s total sits at 89, leaving Fernandes 43 clear at the top. That gap is the clearest way to read the award.
Fernandes vs Dominik Szoboszlai
The Bruno Fernandes award material gives only two verified figures for this comparison, so the table stays limited to those totals.
| Player | Club | Premier League chances created | Gap to leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bruno Fernandes | Manchester United | 132 | 0 |
| Dominik Szoboszlai | Liverpool | 89 | 43 |
What it says about Manchester United
Fernandes being the first Manchester United player to win the award gives United’s season a clear individual high point. It says the club’s standout league-level return came through one player’s creative output rather than a broader awards sweep.
That fits the shape of the season in this narrow sense: Fernandes was the league’s leading chance creator, and United’s representative in the award was the player driving that metric. It is a direct, individual marker for the club’s campaign.
Player award, not manager award
This is the Premier League player honour, not the Manager of the Season award. The league also runs a separate manager prize, which is a different category entirely, so this piece is focused only on Fernandes’ individual award.