Honours

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Club

Manchester United

• Premier League: 1992–93, 1993–94, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2010–11, 2012–13^[162]
• FA Cup: 1993–94, 1995–96, 1998–99, 2003–04
• Football League Cup: 1991–92, 2005–06, 2008–09
• FA Community Shield: 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2013
• UEFA Champions League: 1998–99, 2007–08
• UEFA Super Cup: 1991
• Intercontinental Cup: 1999
• FIFA Club World Cup: 2008

Individual

• PFA Young Player of the Year: 1991–92, 1992–93
• PFA Team of the Year: 1992–93 Premier League, 1997–98 Premier League, 2000–01 Premier League, 2001–02 Premier League, 2006–07 Premier League, 2008–09 Premier League
• PFA Team of the Century: 1997–2007^[163]
• PFA Players' Player of the Year: 2008–09
• PFA Merit Award: 2016
• FWA Tribute Award: 2007
• Bravo Award: 1993
• BBC Sports Personality of the Year: 2009
• BBC Wales Sports Personality of the Year: 1996, 2009
• GQ Sportsman of the Year: 2010^[164]
• Sir Matt Busby Player of the Year: 1997–98
• Jimmy Murphy Young Player of the Year: 1990–91, 1991–92
• Manchester United Players' Player of the Year: 2005–06^[165]
• Premier League 10 Seasons Awards (1992–93 to 2001–02): Overall Team of the Decade
• Premier League 20 Seasons Awards (1992–93 to 2011–12): Best Player
• Premier League 20 Seasons Awards (1992–93 to 2011–12): Fantasy Teams of the 20 Seasons public and panel choice
• Premier League 20 Seasons Awards (1992–93 to 2011–12): Most Player Appearances (596)
• UEFA Champions League 10 Seasons Dream Team (1992 to 2002): 2002
• Wales Player of the Year Award: 1996, 2006
• Premier League Player of the Month: August 2006, February 2007^[162]
• BBC Goal of the Season: 1998–99
• Intercontinental Cup Most Valuable Player of the Match Award: 1999^[166]
• English Football Hall of Fame Inductee: 2005
• UEFA Champions League top assist provider: 2009–10^[167]
• Golden Foot: 2011
• IFFHS Legends^[168]

State and civic honours

• OBE for services to football: 2007^[169]
• Honorary Master of Arts degree from Salford University for contributions to football and charity work in developing countries: 2008^[170]
• Freedom of the City of Salford: 7 January 2010.^[171] He is the 22nd person to receive the Freedom of the City of Salford.^[171]

Records

Ryan Giggs with the Premier League trophy in 2008

• Most decorated player in football history with 34 trophies.
• Has won a record 13 top division English league titles as a player, and only Manchester United player to have winner's medals from all 13 Premier League title wins.
• Most Premier League appearances for a player, with 632^[172] (since surpassed by Gareth Barry).
• Most Premier League assists for a player, with 162.^[172]
• Only player to have played in 22 successive Premier League seasons.
• Only player to have scored in 21 successive Premier League seasons.
• Only player to have scored in 17 different Champions League tournaments (includes 11 consecutive tournaments, 1996–97 to 2006–07; only Raúl has a better record with 14)
• Most goals by a British player in the Champions League/European Cup proper history, and 14th overall (not including preliminary rounds).^[173]
• Most appearances by a Manchester United player.
• Most starts by a Manchester United player, started in 794 games.
• First player to score 100 Premier League goals for Manchester United.
• Second midfielder to have scored 100 goals in the Premier League for a single club (first being Matt Le Tissier).
• One of four Manchester United players to win two Champions League Medals (others are Paul Scholes, Gary Neville and Wes Brown).
• Oldest (37 years, 289 days) player to score in the Champions League, when he scored against Benfica on 14 September 2011.^[88]
• One of two Manchester United Players to win at least 10 Top division medals (the other one is Paul Scholes.)
• Oldest (38 years, 243 days) player to score in the Football competition at the Summer Olympics, when he scored against United Arab Emirates on 29 July 2012.