MLS Player of the Month

The Major League Soccer Player of Month is a monthly soccer award given to players in Major League Soccer. The honor is given to the player deemed to have had the best cumulative performance in each month by a panel of journalists from the North American Soccer Reporters organization.[1] The award was formerly voted on by the Professional Soccer Reporters Association.[2]

Chris Wondolowski has won a record seven Player of the Month awards, winning four of them in the 2012 season alone.

Winners

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Clint Mathis was the first player to win the award twice in one season.
Lionel Messi won the award three times in the 2025 season, as well as Carlos Vela in the 2019 season.
Nick Rimando is the goalkeeper with the most Player of the Month awards with three.
Chad Marshall is the defender with the most Player of the Month awards with two.
Month Year[a] Player Nationality Pos. Club Ref.
April 1996 Mauricio Cienfuegos  El Salvador MF Los Angeles Galaxy [3]
May 1996 Carlos Valderrama  Colombia MF Tampa Bay Mutiny [4]
June 1996 Eduardo Hurtado  Ecuador FW Los Angeles Galaxy [5]
July 1996 Jason Kreis  United States FW Dallas Burn [5]
August 1996 Marco Etcheverry  Bolivia MF D.C. United [6]
September 1996 Brad Friedel  United States GK Columbus Crew [7]
April 1997 Jaime Moreno  Bolivia MF D.C. United [8]
May 1997 Alain Sutter   Switzerland MF Dallas Burn [9]
June 1997 John Harkes  United States MF D.C. United [10]
July 1997 Wélton  Brazil FW Los Angeles Galaxy [11]
August 1997 Brad Friedel  United States GK Columbus Crew [7]
September 1997 Walter Zenga  Italy GK New England Revolution [12]
March 1998 Cobi Jones  United States MF Los Angeles Galaxy [13]
April 1998 Juergen Sommer  United States GK Columbus Crew [14]
May 1998 Piotr Nowak  Poland MF Chicago Fire [15]
June 1998 Ross Paule  United States MF Colorado Rapids [16]
July 1998 Roy Lassiter  United States FW D.C. United [17]
August 1998 Stern John  Trinidad and Tobago FW Columbus Crew [18]
September 1998 Diego Serna  Colombia FW Miami Fusion [19]
March 1999 Ante Razov  United States FW Chicago Fire [20]
April 1999 Musa Shannon  United States[b] FW Tampa Bay Mutiny [21]
May 1999 Roy Lassiter  United States FW D.C. United [17]
June 1999 Jason Kreis  United States FW Dallas Burn [9]
July 1999 Raúl Díaz Arce  El Salvador FW Tampa Bay Mutiny [22]
August 1999 Matt Jordan  United States GK Dallas Burn [9]
September 1999 Ronald Cerritos  El Salvador FW San Jose Clash [23]
April 2000 Miklos Molnar  Denmark FW Kansas City Wizards [24]
May 2000 Tony Meola  United States GK Kansas City Wizards [24]
June 2000 Clint Mathis  United States MF MetroStars [25]
July 2000 Dante Washington  United States FW Columbus Crew [26]
August 2000 Clint Mathis  United States MF MetroStars [25]
September 2000 Diego Serna  Colombia FW Miami Fusion [19]
April 2001 Alex Pineda Chacón  Honduras MF Miami Fusion [27]
May 2001 Clint Mathis  United States MF MetroStars [28]
June 2001 Diego Serna  Colombia FW Miami Fusion [19]
July 2001 Hristo Stoichkov  Bulgaria FW Chicago Fire [29]
August 2001 Brian Maisonneuve  United States MF Columbus Crew [30]
April 2002 Carlos Ruiz  Guatemala FW Los Angeles Galaxy [25]
May 2002 Taylor Twellman  United States FW New England Revolution [31]
June 2002 Ariel Graziani  Ecuador FW San Jose Earthquakes [32]
July 2002 Carlos Ruiz  Guatemala FW Los Angeles Galaxy [25]
August 2002 Edson Buddle  United States FW Columbus Crew [33]
April 2003 Landon Donovan  United States FW San Jose Earthquakes [25]
May 2003 Preki  United States MF Kansas City Wizards [34]
June 2003 Ante Razov  United States FW Chicago Fire [20]
July 2003 Mark Chung  United States MF Colorado Rapids [35]
August 2003 Carlos Ruiz  Guatemala FW Los Angeles Galaxy [9]
September 2003 Landon Donovan  United States FW San Jose Earthquakes [25]
October 2003 Pat Noonan  United States FW New England Revolution [36]
April 2004 Carlos Ruiz  Guatemala FW Los Angeles Galaxy [9]
May 2004 Alejandro Moreno  Venezuela FW Los Angeles Galaxy [24]
June 2004 Chris Klein  United States MF Kansas City Wizards [37]
July 2004 Amado Guevara  Honduras MF MetroStars [38]
August 2004 Pat Onstad  Canada GK San Jose Earthquakes [39]
September 2004 Jon Busch  United States GK Columbus Crew [40]
October 2004 Andy Herron  Costa Rica FW Chicago Fire [41]
April 2005 Clint Dempsey  United States FW New England Revolution [42]
May 2005 Carlos Ruiz  Guatemala FW FC Dallas [42]
June 2005 Nate Jaqua  United States FW Chicago Fire [42]
July 2005 Ricardo Clark  United States MF San Jose Earthquakes [42]
August 2005 Scott Sealy  Trinidad and Tobago FW Kansas City Wizards [42]
September 2005 Taylor Twellman  United States FW New England Revolution [43]
October 2005 Dwayne De Rosario  Canada FW San Jose Earthquakes [44]
April 2006 Brian Ching  United States FW Houston Dynamo [45]
May 2006 Carlos Ruiz  Guatemala FW FC Dallas [45]
June 2006 José Burciaga Jr.  United States DF Kansas City Wizards [45]
July 2006 Jonathan Bornstein  United States DF Chivas USA [45]
August 2006 Jeff Cunningham  United States FW Real Salt Lake [45]
September 2006 Matt Pickens  United States GK Chicago Fire [45]
October 2006 Amado Guevara  Honduras MF New York Red Bulls [45]
April 2007 Eddie Johnson  United States FW Kansas City Wizards [46]
May 2007 Juan Pablo Ángel  Colombia FW New York Red Bulls [46]
June 2007 Juan Pablo Ángel  Colombia FW New York Red Bulls [46]
July 2007 Guillermo Barros Schelotto  Argentina FW Columbus Crew [46]
August 2007 Troy Perkins  United States GK D.C. United [46]
September 2007 Luciano Emílio  Brazil FW D.C. United [46]
October 2007 Matt Pickens  United States GK Chicago Fire [47]
April 2008 Landon Donovan  United States FW Los Angeles Galaxy [48]
May 2008 Cuauhtémoc Blanco  Mexico FW Chicago Fire [48]
June 2008 Luciano Emílio  Brazil FW D.C. United [48]
July 2008 Nick Rimando  United States GK Real Salt Lake [48]
August 2008 Guillermo Barros Schelotto  Argentina FW Columbus Crew [48]
September 2008 Darren Huckerby  England FW San Jose Earthquakes [49]
October 2008 Juan Pablo Ángel  Colombia FW New York Red Bulls [50]
March 2009 Fredy Montero  Colombia FW Seattle Sounders FC [51]
April 2009 Brian McBride  United States FW Chicago Fire [51]
May 2009 Conor Casey  United States FW Colorado Rapids [51]
June 2009 Guillermo Barros Schelotto  Argentina FW Columbus Crew [51]
July 2009 Landon Donovan  United States FW Los Angeles Galaxy [51]
August 2009 Chad Marshall  United States DF Columbus Crew [51]
September 2009 Jeff Cunningham  United States FW FC Dallas [51]
October 2009 Freddie Ljungberg  Sweden FW Seattle Sounders FC [51]
April 2010 Edson Buddle  United States FW Los Angeles Galaxy [52]
May 2010 Álvaro Saborío  Costa Rica FW Real Salt Lake [52]
June 2010 Nick Rimando  United States GK Real Salt Lake [52]
July 2010 Fredy Montero  Colombia FW Seattle Sounders FC [52]
August 2010 Kevin Hartman  United States GK FC Dallas [53]
September 2010 Omar Cummings  Jamaica FW Colorado Rapids [35]
October 2010 Chris Wondolowski  United States FW San Jose Earthquakes [54]
March 2011 Nick Rimando  United States GK Real Salt Lake [55]
April 2011 Brad Davis  United States MF Houston Dynamo [55]
May 2011 Landon Donovan  United States FW LA Galaxy [55]
June 2011 Graham Zusi  United States MF Sporting Kansas City [55]
July 2011 Kevin Hartman  United States GK FC Dallas [55]
August 2011 Dwayne De Rosario  Canada FW D.C. United [55]
September 2011 Sébastien Le Toux  France FW Philadelphia Union [55]
October 2011 Chris Wondolowski  United States FW San Jose Earthquakes [56]
March 2012 Thierry Henry  France FW New York Red Bulls [57]
April 2012 Chris Wondolowski  United States FW San Jose Earthquakes [57]
May 2012 Dwayne De Rosario  Canada FW D.C. United [57]
June 2012 Chris Wondolowski  United States FW San Jose Earthquakes [57]
July 2012 Robbie Keane  Republic of Ireland FW LA Galaxy [57]
August 2012 Patrice Bernier  Canada MF Montreal Impact [57]
September 2012 Chris Wondolowski  United States FW San Jose Earthquakes [57]
October 2012 Chris Wondolowski  United States FW San Jose Earthquakes [57]
March 2013 Mike Magee  United States FW LA Galaxy [58]
April 2013 Jack McInerney  United States FW Philadelphia Union [58]
May 2013 Jack McInerney  United States FW Philadelphia Union [58]
June 2013 Mike Magee  United States FW LA Galaxy [58]
July 2013 Camilo Sanvezzo  Brazil FW Vancouver Whitecaps FC [58]
August 2013 Robbie Keane  Republic of Ireland FW LA Galaxy [58]
September 2013 Dominic Oduro  Ghana FW Columbus Crew [59]
October 2013 Camilo Sanvezzo  Brazil FW Vancouver Whitecaps FC [60]
March 2014 Mauro Díaz  Argentina MF FC Dallas [61]
April 2014 Clint Dempsey  United States FW Seattle Sounders FC [62]
May 2014 Dom Dwyer  England[c] FW Sporting Kansas City [63]
June 2014 Eric Kronberg  United States GK Sporting Kansas City [64]
July 2014 Benny Feilhaber  United States MF Sporting Kansas City [65]
August 2014 Landon Donovan  United States FW LA Galaxy [66]
September 2014 Obafemi Martins  Nigeria FW Seattle Sounders FC [67]
October 2014 Lee Nguyen  United States MF New England Revolution [68]
March 2015 Octavio Rivero  Uruguay FW Vancouver Whitecaps FC [69]
April 2015 Benny Feilhaber  United States MF Sporting Kansas City [70]
May 2015 Krisztián Németh  Hungary FW Sporting Kansas City [71]
June 2015 David Ousted  Denmark GK Vancouver Whitecaps FC [72]
July 2015 Sebastian Giovinco  Italy FW Toronto FC [73]
August 2015 Sebastian Giovinco  Italy FW Toronto FC [74]
September 2015 Didier Drogba  Ivory Coast FW Montreal Impact [75]
October 2015 Didier Drogba  Ivory Coast FW Montreal Impact [76]
March 2016 Joao Plata  Ecuador FW Real Salt Lake [77]
April 2016 Fanendo Adi  Nigeria FW Portland Timbers [78]
May 2016 Bradley Wright-Phillips  England FW New York Red Bulls [79]
June 2016 Yura Movsisyan  Armenia FW Real Salt Lake [80]
July 2016 Frank Lampard  England MF New York City FC [81]
August 2016 Nicolás Lodeiro  Uruguay MF Seattle Sounders FC [82]
September 2016 Chad Marshall  United States DF Seattle Sounders FC [83]
October 2016 Justin Meram  Iraq MF Columbus Crew SC [84]
March 2017 Josef Martínez  Venezuela FW Atlanta United FC [85]
April 2017 Joe Bendik  United States GK Orlando City SC [86]
May 2017 Nemanja Nikolić  Hungary FW Chicago Fire [87]
June 2017 David Villa  Spain FW New York City FC [88]
July 2017 Daniel Royer  Austria MF New York Red Bulls [89]
August 2017 Ignacio Piatti  Argentina MF Montreal Impact [90]
September 2017 Josef Martínez  Venezuela FW Atlanta United FC [91]
March 2018 Felipe Gutiérrez  Chile MF Sporting Kansas City [92]
April 2018 Miguel Almirón  Paraguay MF Atlanta United FC [93]
May 2018 Zack Steffen  United States GK Columbus Crew SC [94]
June 2018 Adama Diomande  Norway FW Los Angeles FC [95]
July 2018 Josef Martínez  Venezuela FW Atlanta United FC [96]
August 2018 Josef Martínez  Venezuela FW Atlanta United FC [97]
September 2018 Luciano Acosta  Argentina MF D.C. United [98]
October 2018 Wayne Rooney  England FW D.C. United [99]
March 2019 Carlos Vela  Mexico FW Los Angeles FC [100]
April 2019 Carlos Vela  Mexico FW Los Angeles FC [101]
May 2019 Chris Wondolowski  United States FW San Jose Earthquakes [102]
June 2019 Maximiliano Moralez  Argentina MF New York City FC [103]
July 2019 Josef Martínez  Venezuela FW Atlanta United FC [104]
August 2019 Josef Martínez  Venezuela FW Atlanta United FC [105]
September 2019 Carlos Vela  Mexico FW Los Angeles FC [106]
August 2020 Daryl Dike  United States FW Orlando City SC [107]
September 2020 Alejandro Pozuelo  Spain MF Toronto FC [108]
October & November 2020 Taty Castellanos  Argentina FW New York City FC [109]
April & May 2021 Javier Hernández  Mexico FW LA Galaxy [110]
June 2021 Carles Gil  Spain MF New England Revolution [111]
July 2021 Gustavo Bou  Argentina FW New England Revolution [112]
August 2021 Taty Castellanos  Argentina FW New York City FC [113]
September 2021 Javier Eduardo López  Mexico MF San Jose Earthquakes [114]
February & March 2022 Lucas Zelarayán  Armenia MF Columbus Crew [115]
April 2022 Sebastián Driussi  Argentina FW Austin FC [116]
May 2022 Paul Arriola  United States MF FC Dallas [117]
June 2022 Luciano Acosta  Argentina MF FC Cincinnati [118]
July 2022 Sebastián Driussi  Argentina FW Austin FC [119]
August 2022 Hany Mukhtar  Germany MF Nashville SC [120]
September & October 2022 Brenner  Brazil FW FC Cincinnati [121]
February & March 2023 Thiago Almada  Argentina MF Atlanta United FC [122]
April 2023 Cristian Espinoza  Argentina MF San Jose Earthquakes [123]
May 2023 Hany Mukhtar  Germany MF Nashville SC [124]
June 2023 Alan Pulido  Mexico FW Sporting Kansas City [125]
July 2023 Luciano Acosta  Argentina MF FC Cincinnati [126]
August 2023 Luciano Acosta  Argentina MF FC Cincinnati [127]
September 2023 Cucho Hernández  Colombia FW Columbus Crew [128]
October 2023 Denis Bouanga  Gabon FW Los Angeles FC [129]
February & March 2024 Luis Suárez  Uruguay FW Inter Miami CF [130]
April 2024 Lionel Messi  Argentina FW Inter Miami CF [24]
May 2024 Luciano Acosta  Argentina MF FC Cincinnati [131]
June 2024 Mateusz Bogusz  Poland MF Los Angeles FC [132]
July 2024 Cucho Hernández  Colombia FW Columbus Crew [133]
August & September 2024 Evander  Brazil MF Portland Timbers [134]
October 2024 Lionel Messi  Argentina FW Inter Miami CF [135]
February & March 2025 Tai Baribo  Israel FW Philadelphia Union [136]
April 2025 Brian White  United States FW Vancouver Whitecaps FC [137]
May 2025 Lionel Messi  Argentina FW Inter Miami CF [138]
June 2025 Anders Dreyer  Denmark FW San Diego FC [139]
July 2025 Lionel Messi  Argentina FW Inter Miami CF [140]
August 2025 Anders Dreyer  Denmark FW San Diego FC [141]
September 2025 Denis Bouanga  Gabon FW Los Angeles FC [142]
October 2025 Lionel Messi  Argentina FW Inter Miami CF [143]
February & March 2026 Sam Surridge  England FW Nashville SC [144]
April 2026 Timo Werner  Germany FW San Jose Earthquakes [145]

Multiple winners

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Landon Donovan won six awards over the span of eleven seasons.

The following table lists the number of awards won by players who have won at least two Player of the Month awards. Players in bold are still active in MLS while players in italic are still active outside MLS.

Rank Player Wins
1st United States Chris Wondolowski 7
2nd United States Landon Donovan 6
Venezuela Josef Martínez
Guatemala Carlos Ruiz
5th Argentina Luciano Acosta 5
Argentina Lionel Messi
7th Colombia Juan Pablo Ángel 3
Argentina Guillermo Barros Schelotto
Canada Dwayne De Rosario
United States Clint Mathis
United States Nick Rimando
Colombia Diego Serna
Mexico Carlos Vela
14th Gabon Denis Bouanga 2
United States Edson Buddle
Argentina Taty Castellanos
United States Jeff Cunningham
United States Clint Dempsey
Denmark Anders Dreyer
Argentina Sebastián Driussi
Ivory Coast Didier Drogba
Brazil Luciano Emílio
United States Benny Feilhaber
United States Brad Friedel
Italy Sebastian Giovinco
Honduras Amado Guevara
United States Kevin Hartman
Colombia Cucho Hernández
Republic of Ireland Robbie Keane
United States Jason Kreis
United States Roy Lassiter
United States Mike Magee
United States Chad Marshall
United States Jack McInerney
Colombia Fredy Montero
Germany Hany Mukhtar
United States Matt Pickens
United States Ante Razov
Brazil Camilo Sanvezzo
United States Taylor Twellman

Awards won by nationality

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Carlos Ruiz has won all of Guatemala's six awards.
As of March 2026
Nationality Players Wins
 United States 50 79
 Argentina 10 23
 Colombia 5 11
 Brazil 5 7
 Mexico 5 7
 Venezuela 2 7
 England 6 6
 Guatemala 1 6
 Canada 3 5
 Denmark 3 4
 Ecuador 3 3
 El Salvador 3 3
 Spain 3 3
 Uruguay 3 3
 Germany 2 3
 Honduras 2 3
 Italy 2 3
 Armenia 2 2
 Bolivia 2 2
 Costa Rica 2 2
 France 2 2
 Hungary 2 2
 Nigeria 2 2
 Poland 2 2
 Trinidad and Tobago 2 2
 Gabon 1 2
 Ivory Coast 1 2
 Republic of Ireland 1 2
 Austria 1 1
 Bulgaria 1 1
 Chile 1 1
 Ghana 1 1
 Iraq 1 1
 Israel 1 1
 Jamaica 1 1
 Norway 1 1
 Paraguay 1 1
 Sweden 1 1
  Switzerland 1 1

Awards won by club

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Awards won by position

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As of April 2026
Position Wins
Forward 134
Midfielder 51
Goalkeeper 20
Defender 4

Notes

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  1. Each year is linked to an article on the particular season associated with the month of that year.
  2. Represented Liberia at international level after the award was given.
  3. Represented the United States at international level after the award was given.
  4. Formerly named Los Angeles Galaxy.
  5. Formerly named San Jose Clash.
  6. Formerly named Kansas City Wizards.
  7. Formerly named Dallas Burn.
  8. Formerly named MetroStars.
  9. Formerly named Montreal Impact.
  10. 1 2 Dissolved in 2002.
  11. Dissolved in 2014.

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  67. "Seattle Sounders forward Obafemi Martins wins Etihad Airways Player of the Month for September". Major League Soccer. October 2, 2014. Retrieved May 8, 2024.
  68. "New England Revolution's Lee Nguyen wins Etihad Airways MLS Player of the Month for October". Major League Soccer. October 30, 2014. Retrieved May 8, 2024.
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  76. "Montreal Impact's Didier Drogba wins second straight Etihad Airways Player of the Month award". Major League Soccer. October 28, 2015. Retrieved October 29, 2015.
  77. "Salt Lake's Joao Plata wins Etihad Airways Player of the Month for March". Major League Soccer. Retrieved March 31, 2016.
  78. "Portland's Fanendo Adi wins Etihad Airways Player of the Month for April". Major League Soccer. Retrieved May 5, 2016.
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  80. "RSL's Yura Movsisyan wins Etihad Airways Player of the Month for June". Major League Soccer. Retrieved July 1, 2016.
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