| Roll of Honour |
| 1974 |
Sir Bobby Charlton CBE/OBE and Cliff Lloyd OBE |
| 1975 |
Denis Law |
| 1976 |
George Eastham OBE |
| 1977 |
Jack Taylor OBE |
| 1978 |
Bill Shankly OBE |
| 1979 |
Tom Finney OBE |
| 1980 |
Sir Matt Busby OBE |
| 1981 |
John Trollope MBE |
| 1982 |
Joe Mercer OBE |
| 1983 |
Bob Paisley OBE |
| 1984 |
Bill Nicholson |
| 1985 |
Ron Greenwood CBE |
| 1986 |
England World Cup squad 1966 |
| 1987 |
Sir Stanley Matthews CBE |
| 1988 |
Billy Bonds MBE |
| 1989 |
Nat Lofthouse |
| 1990 |
Peter Shilton OBE/MBE |
| 1991 |
Tommy Hutchison |
| 1992 |
Brian Clough MBE |
| 1993 |
Man United European Cup squad: 1968 and Eusebio |
| 1994 |
Billy Bingham MBE |
| 1995 |
Gordon Strachan OBE |
| 1996 |
Pelé |
| 1997 |
Peter Beardsley MBE |
| 1998 |
Steve Ogrizovic |
| 1999 |
Tony Ford MBE |
| 2000 |
Gary Mabbutt MBE |
| 2001 |
Jimmy Hill OBE |
| 2002 |
Niall Quinn |
| 2003 |
Sir Bobby Robson CBE |
| 2004 |
Dario Gradi MBE |
| 2005 |
Shaka Hislop |
| 2006 |
The Late George Best |
| 2007 |
Sir Alex Ferguson CBE |
