Premier League Player of the Month: Most wins and nominations

  • The Premier League has crowned a Player of the Month since the start of the 1994/95 season
  • Harry Kane and Sergio Aguero have won the award a joint-record seven times
  • Manchester United has had the most POTM winners
Harry Kane has won the joint-most Premier League Player of the Month awards
Harry Kane has won the joint-most Premier League Player of the Month awards / Christopher Lee/GettyImages
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Like the division itself, the Premier League Player of the Month award has evolved considerably since its inception.

The emergence and subsequent prominence of social media has turned the crowning of the monthly award into somewhat of an event.

The award is significant enough to make it onto a player's individual honours list on Wikipedia and there's almost a guarantee that disgruntled supporters will vent their frustrations at their favourite player being pipped to the post by an undoubtedly more suitable alternative.

From Diafra Sakho to Erling Haaland and Mickey Evans to Thierry Henry, the Player of the Month award celebrates both unlikely purple patches and sustained brilliance.

Here's everything you need to know about the Premier League's Player of the Month award.


History of the Premier League Player of the Month award

Jürgen Klinsmann
Jurgen Klinsmann became the first player to win the Premier League Player of the Month award / Gary M. Prior/GettyImages

The Premier League Player of the Month award has been handed out to the month's standout performer since the start of the 1994/95 season, a year after the inaugural Manager of the Month award was handed out.

Tottenham striker Jurgen Klinsmann became the first-ever Premier League Player of the Month in August 1994.

The award has since been received by some of the all-time Premier League greats, including Cristiano Ronaldo, Steven Gerrard and Wayne Rooney. The honour has also been shared on six occasions, with teammates taking co-honours in five of these instances. However, there hasn't been a joint-Player of the Month since April 2014.

For sponsorship purposes, the award has been called the EA Sports Player of the Month since 2016 and was previously known as the Carling Premiership Player of the Month (1994–2001), the Barclaycard Premiership Player of the Month (2001–2004) and the Barclays Player of the Month (2004–2016).


How does voting for Player of the Month work?

There are typically six players shortlisted for the Premier League Player of the Month award. A winner is then chosen by a combination of a public vote and the opinions of an 'expert panel'.

However, to avoid bias swinging the vote too heavily in a particular player's favour, the public vote accounts for just 10% of the overall decision. Thus, the award is pretty much decided by the experts - a panel made up of former players, journalists, referees and the captains of every Premier League club.


Who has won the Premier League Player of the Month award the most?

Sergio Aguero
Sergio Aguero racked up seven Player of the Month wins / Getty Images/GettyImages

The two current leaders regarding most Premier League Player of the Month wins are no longer plying their trade in the English top flight.

Sergio Aguero departed Manchester City having won the award seven times and his tally was matched by Harry Kane before he left Tottenham for Bayern Munich in 2023. While Aguero is fully retired, there's a chance Kane returns to the Premier League in a bid to break Alan Shearer's all-time goal record before he hangs up his boots.

Steven Gerrard and Cristiano Ronaldo were both crowned the league's Player of the Month on six occasions, while Mohamed Salah has the most wins among current Premier League players.


Every Premier League Player of the Month winner

Month

Year

Winner

Club

August

1994

Jurgen Klinsmann

Tottenham

September

1994

Rob Lee

Newcastle

October

1994

Paul Ince

Manchester United

November

1994

Alan Shearer & Chris Sutton

Blackburn Rovers

December

1994

Matt Le Tissier

Southampton

January

1995

Chris Waddle

Sheffield Wednesday

February

1995

Duncan Ferguson

Everton

March

1995

Tony Yeboah

Leeds

April

1995

David Seaman

Arsenal

August

1995

David Ginola

Newcastle

September

1995

Tony Yeboah

Leeds

October

1995

Trevor Sinclair

QPR

November

1995

Rob Lee

Newcastle

December

1995

Robbie Fowler

Liverpool

January

1996

Stan Collymore & Robbie Fowler

Liverpool

February

1996

Dwight Yorke

Aston Villa

March

1996

Eric Cantona

Manchester United

April

1996

Andrei Kanchelskis

Everton

August

1996

David Beckham

Manchester United

September

1996

Patrick Berger

Liverpool

October

1996

Matt Le Tissier

Southampton

November

1996

Ian Wright

Arsenal

December

1996

Gianfranco Zola

Chelsea

January

1997

Tim Flowers

Blackburn Rovers

February

1997

Robbie Earle

Wimbledon

March

1997

Juninho

Middlesbrough

April

1997

Mickey Evans

Southampton

August

1997

Dennis Bergkamp

Arsenal

September

1997

Dennis Bergkamp

Arsenal

October

1997

Paulo Wanchope

Derby County

November

1997

Andy Cole & Kevin Davies

Manchester United & Southampton

December

1997

Steve McManaman

Liverpool

January

1998

Dion Dublin

Coventry

February

1998

Chris Sutton

Blackburn Rovers

March

1998

Alex Manninger

Arsenal

April

1998

Emmanuel Petit

Arsenal

August

1998

Michael Owen

Liverpool

September

1998

Alan Shearer

Newcastle

October

1998

Roy Keane

Manchester United

November

1998

Dion Dublin

Aston Villa

December

1998

David Ginola

Tottenham

January

1999

Dwight Yorke

Manchester United

February

1999

Nicolas Anelka

Arsenal

March

1999

Ray Parlour

Arsenal

April

1999

Kevin Campbell

Everton

August

1999

Robbie Keane

Coventry

September

1999

Muzzy Izzet

Leicester

October

1999

Kevin Phillips

Sunderland

November

1999

Sami Hyypia

Liverpool

December

1999

Roy Keane

Manchester United

January

2000

Gareth Southgate

Aston Villa

February

2000

Paul Merson

Aston Villa

March

2000

Dwight Yorke

Manchester United

April

2000

Thierry Henry

Arsenal

August

2000

Alan Smith

Leeds

September

2000

Tim Flowers

Leicester

October

2000

Teddy Sheringham

Manchester United

November

2000

Paul Robinson

Leeds

December

2000

James Beattie

Southampton

January

2001

Robbie Keane

Leeds

February

2001

Stuart Pearce

West Ham

March

2001

Steven Gerrard

Liverpool

April

2001

Gary McAllister

Liverpool

August

2001

Louis Saha

Fulham

September

2001

Juan Sebastian Veron

Manchester United

October

2001

Rio Ferdinand

Leeds

November

2001

Danny Murphy

Liverpool

December

2001

Ruud van Nistelrooy

Manchester United

January

2002

Marcus Bent

Ipswich Town

February

2002

Ruud van Nistelrooy

Manchester United

March

2002

Dennis Bergkamp

Arsenal

April

2002

Freddie Ljungberg

Arsenal

August

2002

Sylvain Wiltord

Arsenal

September

2002

Thierry Henry

Arsenal

October

2002

Gianfranco Zola

Chelsea

November

2002

James Beattie

Southampton

December

2002

Alan Shearer

Newcastle

January

2003

Paul Scholes

Manchester United

February

2003

Robert Pires

Arsenal

March

2003

Steven Gerrard

Liverpool

April

2003

Ruud van Nistelrooy

Manchester United

August

2003

Teddy Sheringham

Portsmouth

September

2003

Frank Lampard

Chelsea

October

2003

Alan Shearer

Newcastle

November

2003

Jay-Jay Okocha

Bolton

December

2003

Paul Scholes

Manchester United

January

2004

Thierry Henry

Arsenal

February

2004

Dennis Bergkamp & Edu

Arsenal

March

2004

Mikael Forssell

Birmingham

April

2004

Thierry Henry

Arsenal

August

2004

Jose Antonio Reyes

Arsenal

September

2004

Ledley King

Tottenham

October

2004

Andrew Johnson

Crystal Palace

November

2004

Arjen Robben

Chelsea

December

2004

Steven Gerrard

Liverpool

January

2005

John Terry

Chelsea

February

2005

Wayne Rooney

Manchester United

March

2005

Joe Cole

Chelsea

April

2005

Frank Lampard

Chelsea

August

2005

Darren Bent

Charlton

September

2005

Danny Murphy

Charlton

October

2005

Frank Lampard

Chelsea

November

2005

Robin van Persie

Arsenal

December

2005

Wayne Rooney

Manchester United

January

2006

Anton Ferdinand

West Ham

February

2006

Kevin Nolan

Bolton

March

2006

Wayne Rooney

Manchester United

April

2006

Steven Gerrard

Liverpool

August

2006

Ryan Giggs

Manchester United

September

2006

Andrew Johnson

Everton

October

2006

Paul Scholes

Manchester United

November

2006

Cristiano Ronaldo

Manchester United

December

2006

Cristiano Ronaldo

Manchester United

January

2007

Cesc Fabregas

Arsenal

February

2007

Ryan Giggs

Manchester United

March

2007

Petr Cech

Chelsea

April

2007

Robbie Keane & Dimitar Berbatov

Tottenham

August

2007

Micah Richards

Manchester City

September

2007

Cesc Fabregas

Arsenal

October

2007

Wayne Rooney

Manchester United

November

2007

Gabriel Agbonlahor

Aston Villa

December

2007

Roque Santa Cruz

Blackburn Rovers

January

2008

Cristiano Ronaldo

Manchester United

February

2008

Fernando Torres

Liverpool

March

2008

Cristiano Ronaldo

Manchester United

April

2008

Ashley Young

Aston Villa

August

2008

Deco

Chelsea

September

2008

Ashley Young

Aston Villa

October

2008

Frank Lampard

Chelsea

November

2008

Nicolas Anelka

Chelsea

December

2008

Ashley Young

Aston Villa

January

2009

Nemanja Vidic

Manchester United

February

2009

Phil Jagielka

Everton

March

2009

Steven Gerrard

Liverpool

April

2009

Andrey Arshavin

Arsenal

August

2009

Jermain Defoe

Tottenham

September

2009

Fernando Torres

Liverpool

October

2009

Robin van Persie

Arsenal

November

2009

Jimmy Bullard

Hull

December

2009

Carlos Tevez

Manchester City

January

2010

Wayne Rooney

Manchester United

February

2010

Mark Schwarzer

Fulham

March

2010

Florent Malouda

Chelsea

April

2010

Gareth Bale

Tottenham

August

2010

Paul Scholes

Manchester United

September

2010

Peter Odemwingie

West Brom

October

2010

Rafael van der Vaart

Tottenham

November

2010

Johan Elmander

Bolton

December

2010

Samir Nasri

Arsenal

January

2011

Dimitar Berbatov

Manchester United

February

2011

Scott Parker

West Ham

March

2011

David Luiz

Chelsea

April

2011

Peter Odemwingie

West Brom

August

2011

Edin Dzeko

Manchester City

September

2011

David Silva

Manchester City

October

2011

Robin van Persie

Arsenal

November

2011

Scott Parker

Tottenham

December

2011

Demba Ba

Newcastle

January

2012

Gareth Bale

Tottenham

February

2012

Peter Odemwingie

West Brom

March

2012

Gylfi Sigurdsson

Swansea

April

2012

Nikica Jelavic

Everton

September

2012

Steven Fletcher

Sunderland

October

2012

Juan Mata

Chelsea

November

2012

Marouane Fellaini

Everton

December

2012

Robin van Persie

Manchester United

January

2013

Adam Le Fondre

Reading

February

2013

Gareth Bale

Tottenham

March

2013

Jan Vertonghen

Tottenham

April

2013

Robin van Persie

Manchester United

August

2013

Daniel Sturridge

Liverpool

September

2013

Aaron Ramsey

Arsenal

October

2013

Sergio Aguero

Manchester City

November

2013

Tim Krul

Newcastle

December

2013

Luis Suarez

Liverpool

January

2014

Adam Johnson

Sunderland

February

2014

Daniel Sturridge

Liverpool

March

2014

Luis Suarez & Steven Gerrard

Liverpool

April

2014

Connor Wickham

Sunderland

August

2014

Diego Costa

Chelsea

September

2014

Graziano Pelle

Southampton

October

2014

Diafra Sakho

West Ham

November

2014

Sergio Aguero

Manchester City

December

2014

Charlie Austin

QPR

January

2015

Harry Kane

Tottenham

February

2015

Harry Kane

Tottenham

March

2015

Olivier Giroud

Arsenal

April

2015

Christian Benteke

Aston Villa

August

2015

Andre Ayew

Swansea

September

2015

Anthony Martial

Manchester United

October

2015

Jamie Vardy

Leicester

November

2015

Jamie Vardy

Leicester

December

2015

Odion Ighalo

Watford

January

2016

Sergio Aguero

Manchester City

February

2016

Fraser Forster

Southampton

March

2016

Harry Kane

Tottenham

April

2016

Sergio Aguero

Manchester City

August

2016

Raheem Sterling

Manchester City

September

2016

Son Heung-min

Tottenham

October

2016

Eden Hazard

Chelsea

November

2016

Diego Costa

Chelsea

December

2016

Zlatan Ibrahimovic

Manchester United

January

2017

Dele Alli

Tottenham

February

2017

Harry Kane

Tottenham

March

2017

Romelu Lukaku

Everton

April

2017

Son Heung-min

Tottenham

August

2017

Sadio Mane

Liverpool

September

2017

Harry Kane

Tottenham

October

2017

Leroy Sane

Manchester City

November

2017

Mohamed Salah

Liverpool

December

2017

Harry Kane

Tottenham

January

2018

Sergio Aguero

Manchester City

February

2018

Mohamed Salah

Liverpool

March

2018

Mohamed Salah

Liverpool

April

2018

Wilfried Zaha

Crystal Palace

August

2018

Lucas Moura

Tottenham

September

2018

Eden Hazard

Chelsea

October

2018

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang

Arsenal

November

2018

Raheem Sterling

Manchester City

December

2018

Virgil van Dijk

Liverpool

January

2019

Marcus Rashford

Manchester United

February

2019

Sergio Aguero

Manchester City

March

2019

Sadio Mane

Liverpool

April

2019

Jamie Vardy

Leicester

August

2019

Teemu Pukki

Norwich

September

2019

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang

Arsenal

October

2019

Jamie Vardy

Leicester

November

2019

Sadio Mane

Liverpool

December

2019

Trent Alexander-Arnold

Liverpool

January

2020

Sergio Aguero

Manchester City

February

2020

Bruno Fernandes

Manchester United

June

2020

Bruno Fernandes

Manchester United

July

2020

Michail Antonio

West Ham

September

2020

Dominic Calvert-Lewin

Everton

October

2020

Son Heung-min

Tottenham

November

2020

Bruno Fernandes

Manchester United

December

2020

Bruno Fernandes

Manchester United

January

2021

Ilkay Gundogan

Manchester City

February

2021

Ilkay Gundogan

Manchester City

March

2021

Kelechi Iheanacho

Leicester

April

2021

Jesse Lingard

West Ham

May

2021

Joe Willock

Newcastle

August

2021

Michail Antonio

West Ham

September

2021

Cristiano Ronaldo

Manchester United

October

2021

Mohamed Salah

Liverpool

November

2021

Trent Alexander-Arnold

Liverpool

December

2021

Raheem Sterling

Manchester City

January

2022

David de Gea

Manchester United

February

2022

Joel Matip

Liverpool

March

2022

Harry Kane

Tottenham

April

2022

Cristiano Ronaldo

Manchester United

August

2022

Erling Haaland

Manchester City

September

2022

Marcus Rashford

Manchester United

October

2022

Miguel Almiron

Newcastle

November/December

2022

Martin Odegaard

Arsenal

January

2023

Marcus Rashford

Manchester United

February

2023

Marcus Rashford

Manchester United

March

2023

Bukayo Saka

Arsenal

April

2023

Erling Haaland

Manchester City

August

2023

James Maddison

Tottenham

September

2023

Son Heung-min

Tottenham

October

2023

Mohamed Salah

Liverpool


Premier League Player of the Month winners by nationality

Nation

No. of different players to win POTM award

Total POTM wins

England

67

114

France

12

17

Netherlands

7

16

Portugal

3

11

Spain

7

10

Argentina

3

9

Belgium

5

6

Nigeria

4

6

Ireland

3

6

Wales

3

6


Despite the Premier League's heavy foreign influence since the start of the 21st century, the Premier League Player of the Month award has been dominated by English players.

67 different English players have won the award, ranging from Rooney to Bent (Marcus and Darren), with these wins accounting for 114 in total.

France is the most successful foreign nations but only 12 different French players have won the award - highlighting England's domination. Thierry Henry is the most successful Frenchman, winning the award four times.

The Netherlands, Portugal and Spain have each accumulated double-digit POTM wins, while Argentina's nine total wins are carried by Aguero's seven victories.


Premier League Player of the Month by club

Club

No. of different players to win POTM award

Total POTM wins

Manchester United

21

45

Liverpool

17

33

Arsenal

22

32

Tottenham

15

26

Chelsea

13

19

Manchester City

9

19

Newcastle

7

10

Everton

9

9

Aston Villa

7

9

Southampton

6

8


It's the usual suspects at the top of the tree, with the Premier League's dominant force (once upon a time), Manchester United, boasting 21 different players who have been named the league's Player of the Month.

While many of the names are from a more prosperous time, including Andy Cole, Dwight Yorke and David Beckham, both Bruno Fernandes and Marcus Rashford have won the award four times. United's winners have combined for 45 wins, with Liverpool's 33 being the next best.

Arsenal have had the most amount winners, but they've only combined for 32 POTM wins. Dennis Bergkamp matched Henry's four triumphs, but no other Gooner has won the award more than twice.


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