Benjamin David Pearson (born 4 January 1995) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for EFL Championship club Stoke City.

[4] After playing youth football with Boundary Park Juniors he joined Manchester United's academy as a nine-year-old in July 2004.

[5] Pearson was a regular for the Manchester United under-18s, and his performances earned him the Jimmy Murphy Young Player of the Year award for 2012–13.

[16] In 2016–17 Preston again finished in 11th position with Pearson missing six matches due being shown a yellow card 16 times.

[19] Pearson was booked 15 times in 35 appearances in 2017–18 as North End missed out on a play-off spot on the final day of the season.

[25][26] Pearson made 20 appearances for the Cherries in 2020–21 as they finished in sixth place but lost in the Championship play-offs to Brentford.

[29] Pearson made 26 appearances with most of them coming from the substitute bench as he was behind Philip Billing, Lewis Cook and Jefferson Lerma in the pecking order.

[31] Pearson joined Stoke City on loan for the remainder of the 2022–23 season on 31 January 2023, linking up with former Preston manager Alex Neil.

[41][42] He made one appearance for the England Under-20s in October 2014, a 3–2 win over the Netherlands, in which he was substituted by Harrison Reed in the first minute of injury time.