The 2024-25 Premier League season will live longer in the memories of some fans compared to others. Liverpool supporters will obviously cherish being able to watch their team lift the trophy from inside Anfield for the first time in 35 years, while Nottingham Forest will look back on a campaign that surpassed even their wildest dreams, regardless of whether it finishes with qualification for the Champions League or not.
Others, like those who follow Manchester City, Manchester United and Tottenham, will be hoping to erase thoughts of their league campaigns as quickly as possible and start looking ahead to brighter days in 2025-26 as soon as the final fixtures have been played out on Sunday.
But despite some bemoaning the quality of the English top-flight over recent months, there have still been plenty of players who have risen above the rest to provide memorable performances throughout the season. Not all have been supported by their team-mates as well as others, but they all deserve celebrating for the entertainment they have provided
To mark the end of the campaign, eight GOAL writers and editors (Stephen Darwin, Krishan Davis, Mark Doyle, Richard Martin, Tom Maston, Joe Strange, Sean Walsh and James Westwood) have each ranked their best players from the Premier League season to produce this Top 50 list – and let us know who is too high, too low or who we missed in the comments!:
Bizarrely left off the Premier League’s Young Player of the Year shortlist, Myles Lewis-Skelly has been one of the most impressive teenage performers not only in England, but across Europe after breaking into the Arsenal first team around the turn of the year. The 18-year-old has locked down some of the league’s most fearsome wingers as the Gunners’ left-back, while his history of playing in midfield has allowed him to contribute in the final third too.
An England call-up in March was just reward for Lewis-Skelly after a debut campaign which also saw him provide one of the most iconic moments of 2024-25 when he mimicked Erling Haaland’s ‘Zen’ celebration after scoring in Arsenal’s 5-1 win over Manchester City in February.
After sitting out almost the entirety of his debut season at Arsenal thanks to a serious knee injury, Jurrien Timber has made up for lost time in 2024-25. With Ben White spending much of the campaign on the sidelines, the versatile Netherlands international has locked down a regular starting role at right-back for the Gunners, and there are now plenty questioning whether White will get back into Mikel Arteta’s line up next term given Timber’s performances.
Though not quite as attacking as White, Timber’s defensive solidity has marked him out as one of the toughest full-backs in England over the course of the campaign as Arsenal look set to end the season with the best defensive record in the division.
Still in with a chance of winning a second-successive Premier League Golden Glove, Raya has put any debates over his suitability for a team of Arsenal’s standing to bed with a season that has been packed with eye-catching saves from the Spain international.
Raya began the campaign by producing outrageous stops in a Gunners victory at Villa Park, while his heroics in the first half against Newcastle on the penultimate weekend of the season helped seal a win that all-but secured a second-placed finish for Mikel Arteta’s side. Factor in his ability with the all at his feet, and Raya is the full package when it comes to modern goalkeeping.
In a Premier League season that has barely risen above ‘miserable’ for Manchester United, Amad Diallo has stood out as one of few shining lights at Old Trafford after establishing himself as a regular for the Red Devils. The arrival of Ruben Amorim has taken Amad’s game to new heights after he showed some encouraging signs under Erik ten Hag, as the Ivorian adapted well to a new wing-back role.
Amad has directly contributed to 13 league goals for United, including a memorable late hat-trick to down Southampton in January, and had he not missed two-and-a-half months during the second half of the season due to an ankle injury, Amorim’s side might not have found themselves quite so low down the table heading into the final day of the campaign.
