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The Ligue 1 Player of the Year, is an award given to the player whose performances are considered to be the best, playing in Ligue 1. The award has been presented since the 1993–94 season and the first winner of the award was Paris Saint-Germain Winger David Ginola. The current holder is Zlatan Ibrahimović, who won the award for his performances throughout the 2015–16 campaign for Paris Saint-Germain scoring 38 goals (A new league record), and assisting 13.
Winners
This award has been presented 23 times as of 2016, with all winners being different aside from Pauleta who was the first two-time winner in 2001-02 and 2002-03, as well as the only two mulitiple time winners Eden Hazard and Zlatan Ibrahimović, who has won the award a record three times in 2012-13, 2013-14 and in 2015-16.