6. Frank Lampard
It would not be unheard of for Frank Lampard, in seemingly his final season with Chelsea, to win the PFA Player of the Year Award. He is the top scorer for Chelsea in the League this year with a dozen goals, and plays like a spectacular player a decade younger than him. Admittedly, he has never required much pace, but the fact that he is able to get into goalscoring positions as often as he does is still remarkable. Lampard has really set the benchmark for any Premier League midfielder, and will hopefully soon cement his place in Chelsea folklore by becoming the club's all-time leading goalscorer. However, this season he has seen his appearances limited to only seventeen starts, with the new blood in midfield such as Ramires, Hazard and Oscar becoming the new centre of Chelsea, which has rightly fuelled suspicion that he will be moving away from his home since 2001. It is absolutely atrocious handling by Chelsea, who have yet to officially announce a decision on his contract situation, and has drawn a great deal of ire towards the directors and Rafa Benitez, who already has enough to deal with. But what makes Lampard's chances more hopeful is what I have termed the "Giggs Boson" principle. This is where a player has not featured particularly regularly by his side, but has done well enough to garner acclaim from pundits and is well-revered enough for his accomplishments that he merits this award at least once in his career. Lampard has done more than Giggs did in his winning season, and so it wouldn't be beyond the realm of imagination to award it to Lampard and let the Footballers' Writer's Award handle the actual best footballer of the year.
Chances of winning: Reliant on the precedent set in 2009