The 24-year-old caught the eye in the centre of defence to help the Magpies secure an impressive top-half finish in their first season back in the Premier League.

Lascelles made decisive contributions against both Swansea City and Stoke City in September, and United only mustered a single point during his six-week absence at the beginning of the winter.

He takes over the accolade from Ciaran Clark – the man whom he partnered in the heart of the backline during the Magpies’ Championship-winning campaign last time out.

We’ve added Lascelles’ name to the list of previous winners, which we’ve published in full below.

1975/76 Alan Gowling1976/77 Micky Burns1977/78 Irving Nattrass1978/79 Peter Withe1979/80 Alan Shoulder1980/81 Kevin Carr1981/82 Mick Martin1982/83 Kevin Keegan1983/84 Kevin Keegan1984/85 Peter Beardsley1985/86 Peter Beardsley1986/87 Paul Goddard1987/88 Paul Gascoigne1988/89 John Hendrie1989/90 Mick Quinn1990/91 John Burridge1991/92 Gavin Peacock1992/93 Lee Clark1993/94 Andy Cole1994/95 Barry Venison1995/96 Darren Peacock1996/97 Steve Watson1997/98 David Batty1998/99 Alan Shearer1999/00 Alan Shearer2000/01 Shay Given2001/02 Nobby Solano2002/03 Alan Shearer2003/04 Olivier Bernard2004/05 Shay Given2005/06 Shay Given2006/07 Nicky Butt2007/08 Habib Beye2008/09 Sebastian Bassong2009/10 José Enrique2010/11 Fabricio Coloccini2011/12 Tim Krul2012/13 Davide Santon2013/14 Mike Williamson2014/15 Daryl Janmaat2015/16 Rob Elliot2016/17 Ciaran Clark2017/18 Jamaal Lascelles