Premier League Player of the Month

The Player of the Month award is a prize recognising the best Premier League player each month of the association football season. The award is announced in the first week of the following month and the winner is normally decided by the sponsors of the league, presently Barclays.

List of winners

1994–95

1997–98

2000–01

2003–04

2006–07

Leaders

*4 times: flagicon|EnglandAlan Shearer, flagicon|NetherlandsDennis Bergkamp, flagicon|EnglandWayne Rooney, flagicon|FranceThierry Henry, flagicon|EnglandSteven Gerrard, flagicon|PortugalCristiano Ronaldo
*3 times: flagicon|EnglandPaul Scholes, flagicon|NetherlandsRuud Van Nistelrooy, flagicon|EnglandFrank Lampard, flagicon|Trinidad and TobagoDwight Yorke, flagicon|IrelandRobbie Keane

Wins per nationality

"As of September 12 2008 (ties ordered alphabetically):"

Wins per club

"As of September 12 2008:"

Trivia

Robbie Fowler (1995/96), Dennis Bergkamp (in 1997) and Cristiano Ronaldo (in 2006) are the only players to have won the award in two successive months.

There has never been a Premiership season where a Manchester United player has not won a Player of the Month award.

Stuart Pearce is the only person to have won the award after winning the Manager of the Month award.

ee also

*Premier League Manager of the Month

External links

* [http://www.premierleague.com/fapl.rac?command=forwardOnly&nextPage=enSeasons The official Premier League website]