Each year, the EPF Executive Committee selects one male and one female lifter in both classic and equipped powerlifting as the European Powerlifter of the Year.
Winners are determined based on their competition results, calculated using the IPF GL formula. The lifters achieving the highest scores from their totals at the European and World Open Powerlifting Championships within the calendar year receive this honour.
| YEAR | FEMALE classic | MALE classic | FEMALE equipped | MALE equipped | ||||
| 1995 | Oxana Belova RUS | Andrazej Stanazek POL | ||||||
| 1996 | Oxana Belova RUS | Andrazej Stanazek POL | ||||||
| 1997 | Oxana Belova RUS | Andrazej Stanazek POL | ||||||
| 1998 | Ingeborg Marx BEL | Andrazej Stanazek POL | ||||||
| 1999 | Elena Zhukova UKR | Jaroslaw Olech POL | ||||||
| 2000 | Marina Kudinova RUS | Jaroslaw Olech POL | ||||||
| 2001 | Marina Kudinova RUS | Vitaliy Papasov UKR | ||||||
| 2002 | Marina Kudinova RUS | Jaroslaw Olech POL | ||||||
| 2003 | Marina Kudinova RUS | Jaroslaw Olech POL | ||||||
| 2004 | Larysa Vitsiyevska UKR | Sergey Fedosienko RUS | ||||||
| 2005 | Marina Kudinova RUS | Ravil Kazakov RUS | ||||||
| 2006 | Anna Olsson SWE | Jaroslaw Olech POL | ||||||
| 2007 | Ielja Strik NED | Jaroslaw Olech POL | ||||||
| 2008 | Gundola Bachhaus GER | Jaroslaw Olech POL | ||||||
| 2009 | Antonietta Orsini ITA | Jaroslaw Olech POL | ||||||
| 2010 | Ielyzaveta Byruk UKR | Anibal Coimbra LUX | ||||||
| 2011 | Tetyana Akhmamyetyeva UKR | Jaroslaw Olech POL | ||||||
| 2012 | Ielja Strik NET | Jaroslaw Olech POL | ||||||
| 2013 | Anna Ryzhkova RUS | Kjell Egil Bakkelund NOR | ||||||
| 2014 | Anastasiya Derevyanko UKR | Carl Yngvar Christensen NOR | ||||||
| 2015 | Magdolna Petroczki BUL | Ivalo Hristov BUL | Larysa Soloviova UKR | Sergii Bilyi UKR | ||||
| 2016 | Sofia Loft SWE | Martins Kruze LAT | Victoria Karlysheva RUS | Oleksiy Rokochiy UKR | ||||
| 2017 | Olga Golubeva RUS | Krysztof Wierbicki POL | Marte Elverum NOR | Volodymyr Svistunov UKR | ||||
| 2018 | Joy Nnamani GBR | Krysztof Wierbicki POL | Karen Hesthammer NOR | Oleksiy Rysiyev UKR | ||||
| 2019 | Prescillia Bavoil FRA | Anatolii Novopismennyi UKR | Ankie Timmers NED | Kjell Egil Bakkelund NOR | ||||
| 2021 | Prescillia Bavoil FRA | Anatolii Novopismennyi UKR | Sonja Stefanie Krüger GER | Volodymyr Rysiyev UKR | ||||
| 2022 | Tiffany Chapon FRA | Emil Norling SWE | Sonja Stefanie Krüger GER | Kostiantyn Musiienko UKR | ||||
| 2023 | Sonita Kyen Muluh, BEL | Kjell Egil Bakkelund, NOR | Larysa Soloviova, UKR | Kostiantyn Musiienko, UKR | ||||
| 2024 | Sonita Kyen Muluh, BEL | Jurins Kengamu,GB | Zuzanna Kula, POL | Volodymyr Rysiyev UKR |