Premier League Player of the Month
The Player of the Month is an association football award that recognises the best Premier League player each month of the season. The recipient is chosen by a panel assembled by the League's sponsor, and announced alongside the Manager of the Month on the first or second Friday of the following month.[1] It has been called the Carling Premiership Player of the Month (1994–2001), the Barclaycard Premiership Player of the Month (2001–2004) and presently it is the Barclays Player of the Month.[2]
The Premier League was formed in 1992, when the members of the First Division resigned from The Football League. These clubs then set up a new commercially independent league that negotiated its own broadcast and sponsorship agreements.[3] The inaugural season had no sponsor until Carling agreed to a four-year deal for £12 million that started the following season.[4] Carling introduced new Manager of the Month and Manager of the Season awards for the 1993–94 season,[5] supplementing the existing Football Writers' Association and Professional Footballers' Association Player of the Year awards. For the 1994–95 season they introduced the Player of the Month award, which was first awarded to Jürgen Klinsmann for his performances in August 1994.[6]
Steven Gerrard has been Player of the Month the most with six awards. Five players have won the award in consecutive months; Robbie Fowler (1995–96), Dennis Bergkamp (1997), Cristiano Ronaldo (2006), Harry Kane (2015) and Jamie Vardy (2015).[7] Nine individuals have won two awards in a season: Ryan Giggs, Ruud van Nistelrooy, Thierry Henry, Wayne Rooney, Peter Odemwingie, Robin van Persie, Daniel Sturridge, Luis Suárez and Ashley Young, who is also the only player to win the award three times in a calendar year.[8] Robbie Keane has won the award while playing for three different clubs (Coventry City, Leeds United and Tottenham Hotspur). Nine other players have won the award playing for two different clubs. The award has been shared on six occasions: by Blackburn Rovers's Alan Shearer and Chris Sutton in November 1994, Liverpool's Robbie Fowler and Stan Collymore in January 1996, Southampton's Kevin Davies and Manchester United's Andy Cole in November 1997, Arsenal's Dennis Bergkamp and Edu in February 2004, Tottenham Hotspur strikers Dimitar Berbatov and Robbie Keane in April 2007 and Liverpool duo Steven Gerrard and Luis Suárez in April 2014.[9] Almost half of the Player of the Month awards have gone to English players,[nb 1] and the majority of foreign winners have been French or Dutch. Manchester United has had more Player of the Month awards than any other club.
As of November 2015[update], the most recent recipient of the award is Leicester City striker Jamie Vardy.
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Winners
Contents |
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1994–95 · 1995–96 · 1996–97 · 1997–98 · 1998–99 · 1999–2000 |
Award was shared with another player | |
GK | Goalkeeper |
DF | Defender |
MF | Midfielder |
FW | Forward |
Multiple winners
The below table lists those who have won on more than one occasion.
Indicates current Premier League player | |
Italics | Indicates players still playing professional football |
Awards won by position
- As of 11 September 2015
Position | Wins |
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Forward | 101[nb 10] |
Midfielder | 73[nb 11] |
Defender | 12 |
Goalkeeper | 8 |
Awards won by nationality
- As of 11 December 2015
Country | Wins |
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England | 90[nb 12] |
France | 17 |
Netherlands | 15[nb 13] |
Spain | 8 |
Ireland | 6[nb 14] |
Wales | 6 |
Portugal | 5 |
Argentina | 4 |
Nigeria | 4 |
Brazil | 3[nb 15] |
Italy | 3 |
Scotland | 3 |
Trinidad and Tobago | 3 |
Belgium | 3 |
Ghana | 3 |
Bulgaria | 2[nb 16] |
Czech Republic | 2 |
Finland | 2 |
Russia | 2 |
Senegal | 2 |
Sweden | 2 |
Uruguay | 2 |
Australia | 1 |
Austria | 1 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 |
Costa Rica | 1 |
Croatia | 1 |
Germany | 1 |
Iceland | 1 |
Jamaica | 1 |
Paraguay | 1 |
Serbia | 1 |
Turkey | 1 |
Awards won by club
- As of 11 December 2015
Footnotes
- ↑ 87 English wins, 191 awards: 87⁄191 = 45.5%
- ↑ Each year is linked to an article on the particular season associated with the month of that year.
- ↑ Gerrard shared his March 2014 award with teammate Luis Suárez.
- ↑ Bergkamp shared his February 2004 award with teammate Edu.
- ↑ Shearer shared his November 1994 award with teammate Chris Sutton.
- ↑ Keane shared his April 2007 award with teammate Dimitar Berbatov.
- ↑ Fowler shared his January 1996 award with teammate Stan Collymore.
- ↑ Suarez shared his March 2014 award with teammate Steven Gerrard.
- ↑ Sutton shared his November 1994 award with teammate Alan Shearer.
- ↑ Of the forwards' 100 awards of which 10 have been shared.
- ↑ Of the midfielders' 73 awards of which 2 has been shared.
- ↑ Of the English players' 86 awards, 7 have been shared; Chris Sutton and Alan Shearer in November 1994, Stan Collymore and Robbie Fowler in January 1996, Andy Cole and Kevin Phillips in November 1997, and Steven Gerrard (With Uruguay striker Luis Suárez) in March 2014.
- ↑ Netherlands' Dennis Bergkamp shared his February 2004 award with teammate Edu.
- ↑ Ireland's Robbie Keane shared his April 2007 award with teammate Dimitar Berbatov.
- ↑ Brazil's Edu shared his February 2004 award with teammate Dennis Bergkamp.
- ↑ Bulgaria's Dimitar Berbatov shared his April 2007 award with teammate Robbie Keane.
- ↑ In November 1997, Andy Cole shared his award with Southampton's Kevin Davies.
- ↑ Two awards for Arsenal were shared by Dennis Bergkamp and Edu in February 2004.
- ↑ Two awards for Liverpool were shared by Stan Collymore and Robbie Fowler in January 1996.
- ↑ Two awards for Liverpool were shared by Steven Gerrard and Luis Suárez in April 2014.
- ↑ Two awards for Tottenham Hotspur were shared by Robbie Keane and Dimitar Berbatov in April 2007.
- ↑ In November 1997, Andy Cole shared his award with Southampton's Kevin Davies.
- ↑ Two awards for Blackburn were shared by Chris Sutton and Alan Shearer in November 1994.
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