Ada empat pemain Leicester dalam daftar, yaitu Jamie Vardy, N’Golo Kante, Riyad Mahrez, dan Wes Morgan. Spurs juga empat pemain, mereka adalah Harry Kane, Dele Alli, Danny Rose, dan Toby Alderweireld.
Sedangkan tiga pemain lain yang melengkapi Best XI berasal dari tiga tim berbeda. Mereka adalah David De Gea (Manchester United), Dimitri Payet (West Ham United), dan Hector Bellerin (Arsenal).
Dominasi Spurs dan Leicester dalam Team of the Year memang beralasan, karena dua klub tersebut tengah bersaing ketat untuk meraih gelar juara Liga Utama Inggris. Leicester di peringkat pertama dengan keunggulan lima poin atas Spurs saat liga hanya tersisa empat pertandingan.
PFA Teams of the Year
Premier League: David De Gea (Man United); Hector Bellerin (Arsenal), Wes Morgan (Leicester), Toby Alderweireld (Tottenham), Danny Rose (Tottenham); Riyad Mahrez (Leicester), Dele Alli (Tottenham), N’Golo Kante (Leicester), Dimitri Payet (West Ham); Jamie Vardy (Leicester), Harry Kane (Tottenham)
Championship: Tom Heaton (Burnley); Bruno (Brighton), Daniel Ayala/Michael Dawson (Middlesbrough/Hull), Will Keane (Burnley), George Friend (Middlesbrough); Adam Clayton (Middlesbrough), Alan Judge (Brentford), Joey Barton (Burnley), Barry Bannan (Sheff Wed); Andre Gray (Burnley), Ross McCormack (Fulham)
League One: Jon McLaughlin (Bradford); Reece Wabara (Wigan), John Egan (Gillingham), Craig Morgan (Wigan), Rico Henry (Walsall); Yanic Wildschut (Wigan), Bradley Dack (Gillingham), Romaine Sawyers (Walsall), Mark Duffy (Burton); Will Grigg (Wigan), Adam Armstrong (Coventry)
League Two: Adam Smith (Northampton); George Baldock (Oxford), Curtis Nelson (Plymouth), Aaron Pierre (Wycombe), Joe Jacobson (Wycombe); Ricky Holmes (Northampton), John-Joe O’Toole (Northampton), Matt Crooks (Accrington), Kemar Roofe (Oxford); Jay Simpson (Leyton Orient), Matty Taylor (Bristol Rovers)
WSL: Hedvig Lindahl (Chelsea); Lucy Bronze (Man City), Casey Stoney (Arsenal), Niamh Fahey (Chelsea), Alex Greenwood (Notts County, now Liverpool); Jo So-yun (Chelsea), Vicky Losada (Arsenal), Jill Scott (Man City), Isobel Christiansen (Chelsea); Beth Mead (Sunderland), Danielle Carter (Arsenal)