The Cardiff City F.C. Player of the Year award is voted for annually by Cardiff City's supporters, in recognition of the best overall performance by an individual player throughout the football season. The award is set up by the Cardiff City Supporters' Club during the 1997–98 season.
The fans of Cardiff City Football Club vote for the Player of the Year. Towards the end of the season, the fans are invited to vote either by post, by the hand where it is handed into the Supporter Club's shop or by e-mail. The fans get three choices and each of their choices get points based on their position on the voting slip, 1st = 3 points, 2nd = 2 points and 3rd = 1 point. The fans can also vote for the Young Player of the Year as well.
Players in bold are still at the club.
| Season | Player | Position | Nationality | Caps | Notes | ||
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| Goalkeeper | — | Won the award in his first season with Cardiff | |||||
| Forward | — | Won the award in his first season with Cardiff | |||||
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| 5 | |||||||
| 6 | Second Award | ||||||
| 8 | |||||||
| 11 | |||||||
| 76 | |||||||
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| 24 | |||||||
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| — | |||||||
| — | Second Award | ||||||
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| 4 | |||||||
| — | Second Award | ||||||
| — | |||||||
| 11 | |||||||
| 41 | Won the award in his first season with Cardiff | ||||||
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| 70 | |||||||
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| 62 | |||||||
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| 18 | Won the award in his first season with Cardiff | ||||||
| — | Won the award whilst on loan with Cardiff | ||||||
| Perry Ng | — | ||||||
| Perry Ng | — | Second Award |
| width=8% | Nationality ! | width=5% | Number of winners |
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| align=center | 5 | ||
| align=center | 2 | ||
| align=center | 1 | ||
| align=center | 1 | ||
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Players in bold are still at the club.
| Season | Player | Position | Nationality | Caps | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Christian Roberts | Midfielder | — | Won the award in his first season with Cardiff | ||
| 1999 | Robert Earnshaw | Forward | — | |||
| 2000 | Robert Earnshaw | Forward | — | Second Award | ||
| 2001 | Robert Earnshaw | Forward | — | Third Award | ||
| 2002 | Danny Gabbidon | Defender | 1 | |||
| 2003 | James Collins | Defender | — | |||
| 2004 | James Collins | Defender | 2 | Second Award | ||
| 2005 | Joe Ledley | Midfielder | — | |||
| 2006 | Joe Ledley | Midfielder | 1 | Second Award | ||
| 2007 | Chris Gunter | Defender | 1 | |||
| 2008 | Aaron Ramsey | Midfielder | — | |||
| 2009 | Ross McCormack | Forward | 3 | |||
| 2010 | No Presentations took place | |||||
| 2011 | Tom Heaton | Goalkeeper | — | |||
| 2012 | Joe Mason | Forward |  Ireland | — | Won the award in his first season with Cardiff | |
| 2014 | Declan John | Defender | 2 | |||
| 2015 | Joe Ralls | Midfielder | — | |||
| 2016 | Joe Ralls | Midfielder | — | Second Award | ||
| 2017 | Kenneth Zohore | Forward |  Denmark | — | ||
| 2018 | Callum Paterson | Defender | 7 | |||
| 2019 | Callum Paterson | Defender | 11 | Second Award | ||
| 2020 | No Presentations took place | |||||
| 2021 | ||||||
| 2022 | Cody Drameh | Defender | — | Won the award whilst on loan with Cardiff | ||
| 2023 | Jaden Philogene | Winger | — | Won the award whilst on loan with Cardiff | ||
| 2024 | Rubin Colwill | Forward | 9 | |||