Footballer of the Year in Russia is an annual award given by Sport-Express daily to the Russian Premier League player of the season. The title is awarded according to the results of a poll conducted by the newspaper. 11 players of each Premier League club are polled.^{[citation needed]}

Brazilian Daniel Carvalho became the first foreign player to win the award in 2005.^{[citation needed]}

List of winners

Year	Winner	Club
1991	Igor Korneev	CSKA Moscow
1992	Igor Ledyakhov	Spartak Moscow
1993	Viktor Onopko	Spartak Moscow
1994	Igor Simutenkov	Dynamo Moscow
1995	Ilya Tsymbalar	Spartak Moscow
1996	Andrey Tikhonov	Spartak Moscow
1997	Dmitri Alenichev	Spartak Moscow
1998	Yegor Titov	Spartak Moscow
1999	Alexei Smertin	Lokomotiv Moscow
2000	Yegor Titov	Spartak Moscow
2001	Ruslan Nigmatullin	Lokomotiv Moscow
2002	Dmitri Loskov	Lokomotiv Moscow
2003	Dmitri Loskov	Lokomotiv Moscow
2004	Dmitri Sychev	Lokomotiv Moscow
2005	Daniel Carvalho	CSKA Moscow
2006	Andrei Arshavin	Zenit Saint Petersburg
2007	Konstantin Zyryanov	Zenit Saint Petersburg
2008	Vágner Love	CSKA Moscow
2009	Alejandro Domínguez	Rubin Kazan
2010	Danny	Zenit Saint Petersburg
2011	Seydou Doumbia	CSKA Moscow
2012–13	Igor Akinfeev	CSKA Moscow
2013–14	No voting
2014–15	Hulk	Zenit Saint Petersburg
2015–16	Fyodor Smolov	Krasnodar
2016–17	Fyodor Smolov	Krasnodar
2017–18	Fyodor Smolov	Krasnodar
2018–19	Artem Dzyuba	Zenit Saint Petersburg
2019–20	Artem Dzyuba	Zenit Saint Petersburg