The Football League Apprentice of the Year is an annual award in English football, awarded by the League Football Education. To be eligible the players must be under-18 or turn 18 during the current season.

Awards

Championship

Season	Player	Nationality	Club	Ref
2005–06	Lewin Nyatanga	Wales	Derby County	[1]
2006–07	Chris Gunter	Wales	Cardiff City	[1]
2007–08	Mark Beevers	England	Sheffield Wednesday	[1]
2008–09	Sean Scannell	Republic of Ireland	Crystal Palace	[1]
2009–10	Adam Matthews	Wales	Cardiff City	[1]
2010–11	Connor Wickham	England	Ipswich Town	[1]
2011–12	Gaël Bigirimana	Burundi	Coventry City	[1]
2012–13	Dimitar Evtimov	Bulgaria	Nottingham Forest	[1]
2013–14	Mason Bennett	England	Derby County	[2]
2014–15	Lewis Cook	England	Leeds United	[3]
2015–16	Ademola Lookman	Nigeria	Charlton Athletic	[4]
2016–17	Ben Brereton Díaz	Chile	Nottingham Forest	[5]
2017–18	Ryan Sessegnon	England	Fulham	[6]
2018–19	Max Bird	England	Derby County	[7]
2019–20	Jude Bellingham	England	Birmingham City	[8]
2020–21	Will Trueman	England	Sheffield Wednesday	[9]
2021–22	Ryan Howley	Wales	Coventry City	[10]
2022–23	Ashley Phillips	England	Blackburn Rovers	[11]

League One

Season	Player	Nationality	Club	Ref
2005–06	Scott Golbourne	England	Bristol City	[1]
2006–07	Joe Skarz	England	Huddersfield Town	[1]
2007–08	Daniel Broadbent	England	Huddersfield Town	[1]
2008–09	Tom Aldred	Scotland	Carlisle United	[1]
2009–10	Tom Adeyemi	England	Norwich City	[1]
2010–11	Dale Jennings	England	Tranmere Rovers	[1]
2011–12	Jordan Cousins	Jamaica	Charlton Athletic	[1]
2012–13	Luke James	England	Hartlepool United	[1]
2013–14	Brendan Galloway	Zimbabwe	MK Dons	[12]
2014–15	George Cooper	England	Crewe Alexandra	[13]
2015–16	James Bree	England	Barnsley	[14]
2016–17	Lewis Butroid	England	Scunthorpe United	[15]
2017–18	Anthony Hartigan	England	AFC Wimbledon	[16]
2018–19	Daniel Adshead	England	Rochdale	[17]
2019–20	Luke Matheson	England	Rochdale	[18]
2020–21	Lewis Johnson	England	MK Dons	[19]
2021–22	Deji Elerewe	England	Charlton Athletic	[20]
2022–23	Zach Mitchell	England	Charlton Athletic	[21]

League Two

Season	Player	Nationality	Club	Ref
2005–06	Ikechi Anya	Scotland	Wycombe Wanderers	[1]
2006–07	Joe Thompson	England	Rochdale	[1]
2007–08	Ryan Bennett	England	Grimsby Town	[1]
2008–09	Matt Phillips	Scotland	Wycombe Wanderers	[1]
2009–10	Kyle Haynes	England	Cheltenham Town	[1]
2010–11	Kadeem Harris	England	Wycombe Wanderers	[1]
2011–12	Nick Powell	England	Crewe Alexandra	[1]
2012–13	George Sykes	England	Barnet	[1]
2013–14	Brad Walker	England	Hartlepool United	[22]
2014–15	Conor Chaplin	England	Portsmouth	[23]
2015–16	Ben Godfrey	England	York City	[24]
2016–17	Myles Judd	England	Leyton Orient	[25]
2017–18	Ben Wilmot	England	Stevenage	[26]
2018–19	Arthur Iontton	England	Stevenage	[27]
2019–20	Scott Pollock	England	Northampton Town	[28]
2020–21	Felix Miles	England	Cheltenham Town	[29]
2021–22	Junior Tchamadeu	England	Colchester United	[30]
2022–23	Josh Tomlinson	England	Northampton Town	[31]

Winners by club

As of 2023 awards

Winners by nationality

As of 2023 awards

Country	Total
England	40
Wales	4
Scotland	3
Bulgaria	1
Burundi	1
Chile	1
Jamaica	1
Nigeria	1
Republic of Ireland	1
Zimbabwe	1