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

Clint Mathis was the first player to win the award twice in one season.

Carlos Vela won the award three times in the 2019 season.

Nick Rimando is the goalkeeper with the most Player of the Month awards with three.

Month	Year[a]	Player	Nationality	Pos.	Club	Ref.
April	1996.41996	Mauricio Cienfuegos	El Salvador	MF	Los Angeles Galaxy	[3]
May	1996.51996	Carlos Valderrama	Colombia	MF	Tampa Bay Mutiny	[4]
June	1996.61996	Eduardo Hurtado	Ecuador	FW	Los Angeles Galaxy	[5]
July	1996.71996	Jason Kreis	United States	FW	Dallas Burn	[5]
August	1996.81996	Marco Etcheverry	Bolivia	MF	D.C. United	[6]
September	1996.91996	Brad Friedel	United States	GK	Columbus Crew	[7]
April	1997.41997	Jaime Moreno	Bolivia	MF	D.C. United	[8]
May	1997.51997	Alain Sutter	Switzerland	MF	Dallas Burn	[9]
June	1997.61997	John Harkes	United States	MF	D.C. United	[10]
July	1997.71997	Wélton	Brazil	FW	Los Angeles Galaxy	[11]
August	1997.81997	Brad Friedel	United States	GK	Columbus Crew	[7]
September	1997.91997	Walter Zenga	Italy	GK	New England Revolution	[12]
March	1998.31998	Cobi Jones	United States	MF	Los Angeles Galaxy	[13]
April	1998.41998	Juergen Sommer	United States	GK	Columbus Crew	[14]
May	1998.51998	Piotr Nowak	Poland	MF	Chicago Fire	[15]
June	1998.61998	Ross Paule	United States	MF	Colorado Rapids	[16]
July	1998.71998	Roy Lassiter	United States	FW	D.C. United	[17]
August	1998.81998	Stern John	Trinidad and Tobago	FW	Columbus Crew	[18]
September	1998.91998	Diego Serna	Colombia	FW	Miami Fusion	[19]
March	1999.31999	Ante Razov	United States	FW	Chicago Fire	[20]
April	1999.41999	Musa Shannon	United States[b]	FW	Tampa Bay Mutiny	[21]
May	1999.51999	Roy Lassiter	United States	FW	D.C. United	[17]
June	1999.61999	Jason Kreis	United States	FW	Dallas Burn	[9]
July	1999.71999	Raúl Díaz Arce	El Salvador	FW	Tampa Bay Mutiny	[22]
August	1999.81999	Matt Jordan	United States	GK	Dallas Burn	[9]
September	1999.91999	Ronald Cerritos	El Salvador	FW	San Jose Clash	[23]
April	2000.42000	Miklos Molnar	Denmark	FW	Kansas City Wizards	[24]
May	2000.52000	Tony Meola	United States	GK	Kansas City Wizards	[24]
June	2000.62000	Clint Mathis	United States	MF	MetroStars	[25]
July	2000.72000	Dante Washington	United States	FW	Columbus Crew	[26]
August	2000.82000	Clint Mathis	United States	MF	MetroStars	[25]
September	2000.92000	Diego Serna	Colombia	FW	Miami Fusion	[19]
April	2001.42001	Alex Pineda Chacón	Honduras	MF	Miami Fusion	[27]
May	2001.52001	Clint Mathis	United States	MF	MetroStars	[28]
June	2001.62001	Diego Serna	Colombia	FW	Miami Fusion	[19]
July	2001.72001	Hristo Stoichkov	Bulgaria	FW	Chicago Fire	[29]
August	2001.82001	Brian Maisonneuve	United States	MF	Columbus Crew	[30]
April	2002.42002	Carlos Ruiz	Guatemala	FW	Los Angeles Galaxy	[25]
May	2002.52002	Taylor Twellman	United States	FW	New England Revolution	[31]
June	2002.62002	Ariel Graziani	Ecuador	FW	San Jose Earthquakes	[32]
July	2002.72002	Carlos Ruiz	Guatemala	FW	Los Angeles Galaxy	[25]
August	2002.82002	Edson Buddle	United States	FW	Columbus Crew	[33]
April	2003.42003	Landon Donovan	United States	FW	San Jose Earthquakes	[25]
May	2003.52003	Preki	United States	MF	Kansas City Wizards	[34]
June	2003.62003	Ante Razov	United States	FW	Chicago Fire	[20]
July	2003.72003	Mark Chung	United States	MF	Colorado Rapids	[35]
August	2003.82003	Carlos Ruiz	Guatemala	FW	Los Angeles Galaxy	[9]
September	2003.92003	Landon Donovan	United States	FW	San Jose Earthquakes	[25]
October	2003.102003	Pat Noonan	United States	FW	New England Revolution	[36]
April	2004.42004	Carlos Ruiz	Guatemala	FW	Los Angeles Galaxy	[9]
May	2004.52004	Alejandro Moreno	Venezuela	FW	Los Angeles Galaxy	[24]
June	2004.62004	Chris Klein	United States	MF	Kansas City Wizards	[37]
July	2004.72004	Amado Guevara	Honduras	MF	MetroStars	[38]
August	2004.82004	Pat Onstad	Canada	GK	San Jose Earthquakes	[39]
September	2004.92004	Jon Busch	United States	GK	Columbus Crew	[40]
October	2004.102004	Andy Herron	Costa Rica	FW	Chicago Fire	[41]
April	2005.42005	Clint Dempsey	United States	FW	New England Revolution	[42]
May	2005.52005	Carlos Ruiz	Guatemala	FW	FC Dallas	[42]
June	2005.62005	Nate Jaqua	United States	FW	Chicago Fire	[42]
July	2005.72005	Ricardo Clark	United States	MF	San Jose Earthquakes	[42]
August	2005.82005	Scott Sealy	Trinidad and Tobago	FW	Kansas City Wizards	[42]
September	2005.92005	Taylor Twellman	United States	FW	New England Revolution	[43]
October	2005.102005	Dwayne De Rosario	Canada	FW	San Jose Earthquakes	[44]
April	2006.42006	Brian Ching	United States	FW	Houston Dynamo	[45]
May	2006.52006	Carlos Ruiz	Guatemala	FW	FC Dallas	[45]
June	2006.62006	José Burciaga Jr.	United States	DF	Kansas City Wizards	[45]
July	2006.72006	Jonathan Bornstein	United States	DF	Chivas USA	[45]
August	2006.82006	Jeff Cunningham	United States	FW	Real Salt Lake	[45]
September	2006.92006	Matt Pickens	United States	GK	Chicago Fire	[45]
October	2006.102006	Amado Guevara	Honduras	MF	New York Red Bulls	[45]
April	2007.42007	Eddie Johnson	United States	FW	Kansas City Wizards	[46]
May	2007.52007	Juan Pablo Ángel	Colombia	FW	New York Red Bulls	[46]
June	2007.62007	Juan Pablo Ángel	Colombia	FW	New York Red Bulls	[46]
July	2007.72007	Guillermo Barros Schelotto	Argentina	FW	Columbus Crew	[46]
August	2007.82007	Troy Perkins	United States	GK	D.C. United	[46]
September	2007.92007	Luciano Emílio	Brazil	FW	D.C. United	[46]
October	2007.102007	Matt Pickens	United States	GK	Chicago Fire	[47]
April	2008.42008	Landon Donovan	United States	FW	Los Angeles Galaxy	[48]
May	2008.52008	Cuauhtémoc Blanco	Mexico	FW	Chicago Fire	[48]
June	2008.62008	Luciano Emílio	Brazil	FW	D.C. United	[48]
July	2008.72008	Nick Rimando	United States	GK	Real Salt Lake	[48]
August	2008.82008	Guillermo Barros Schelotto	Argentina	FW	Columbus Crew	[48]
September	2008.92008	Darren Huckerby	England	FW	San Jose Earthquakes	[49]
October	2008.102008	Juan Pablo Ángel	Colombia	FW	New York Red Bulls	[50]
March	2009.32009	Fredy Montero	Colombia	FW	Seattle Sounders FC	[51]
April	2009.42009	Brian McBride	United States	FW	Chicago Fire	[51]
May	2009.52009	Conor Casey	United States	FW	Colorado Rapids	[51]
June	2009.62009	Guillermo Barros Schelotto	Argentina	FW	Columbus Crew	[51]
July	2009.72009	Landon Donovan	United States	FW	Los Angeles Galaxy	[51]
August	2009.82009	Chad Marshall	United States	DF	Columbus Crew	[51]
September	2009.92009	Jeff Cunningham	United States	FW	FC Dallas	[51]
October	2009.102009	Freddie Ljungberg	Sweden	FW	Seattle Sounders FC	[51]
April	2010.42010	Edson Buddle	United States	FW	Los Angeles Galaxy	[52]
May	2010.52010	Álvaro Saborío	Costa Rica	FW	Real Salt Lake	[52]
June	2010.62010	Nick Rimando	United States	GK	Real Salt Lake	[52]
July	2010.72010	Fredy Montero	Colombia	FW	Seattle Sounders FC	[52]
August	2010.82010	Kevin Hartman	United States	GK	FC Dallas	[53]
September	2010.92010	Omar Cummings	Jamaica	FW	Colorado Rapids	[35]
October	2010.102010	Chris Wondolowski	United States	FW	San Jose Earthquakes	[54]
March	2011.32011	Nick Rimando	United States	GK	Real Salt Lake	[55]
April	2011.42011	Brad Davis	United States	MF	Houston Dynamo	[55]
May	2011.52011	Landon Donovan	United States	FW	LA Galaxy	[55]
June	2011.62011	Graham Zusi	United States	MF	Sporting Kansas City	[55]
July	2011.72011	Kevin Hartman	United States	GK	FC Dallas	[55]
August	2011.82011	Dwayne De Rosario	Canada	FW	D.C. United	[55]
September	2011.92011	Sébastien Le Toux	France	FW	Philadelphia Union	[55]
October	2011.102011	Chris Wondolowski	United States	FW	San Jose Earthquakes	[56]
March	2012.32012	Thierry Henry	France	FW	New York Red Bulls	[57]
April	2012.42012	Chris Wondolowski	United States	FW	San Jose Earthquakes	[57]
May	2012.52012	Dwayne De Rosario	Canada	FW	D.C. United	[57]
June	2012.62012	Chris Wondolowski	United States	FW	San Jose Earthquakes	[57]
July	2012.72012	Robbie Keane	Republic of Ireland	FW	LA Galaxy	[57]
August	2012.82012	Patrice Bernier	Canada	MF	Montreal Impact	[57]
September	2012.92012	Chris Wondolowski	United States	FW	San Jose Earthquakes	[57]
October	2012.92012	Chris Wondolowski	United States	FW	San Jose Earthquakes	[57]
March	2013.32013	Mike Magee	United States	FW	LA Galaxy	[58]
April	2013.42013	Jack McInerney	United States	FW	Philadelphia Union	[58]
May	2013.52013	Jack McInerney	United States	FW	Philadelphia Union	[58]
June	2013.62013	Mike Magee	United States	FW	LA Galaxy	[58]
July	2013.72013	Camilo Sanvezzo	Brazil	FW	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	[58]
August	2013.82013	Robbie Keane	Republic of Ireland	FW	LA Galaxy	[58]
September	2013.92013	Dominic Oduro	Ghana	FW	Columbus Crew	[59]
October	2013.102013	Camilo Sanvezzo	Brazil	FW	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	[60]
March	2014.32014	Mauro Díaz	Argentina	MF	FC Dallas	[61]
April	2014.42014	Clint Dempsey	United States	FW	Seattle Sounders FC	[62]
May	2014.52014	Dom Dwyer	England[c]	FW	Sporting Kansas City	[63]
June	2014.62014	Eric Kronberg	United States	GK	Sporting Kansas City	[64]
July	2014.72014	Benny Feilhaber	United States	MF	Sporting Kansas City	[65]
August	2014.82014	Landon Donovan	United States	FW	LA Galaxy	[66]
September	2014.92014	Obafemi Martins	Nigeria	FW	Seattle Sounders FC	[67]
October	2014.102014	Lee Nguyen	United States	MF	New England Revolution	[68]
March	2015.32015	Octavio Rivero	Uruguay	FW	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	[69]
April	2015.42015	Benny Feilhaber	United States	MF	Sporting Kansas City	[70]
May	2015.52015	Krisztián Németh	Hungary	FW	Sporting Kansas City	[71]
June	2015.62015	David Ousted	Denmark	GK	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	[72]
July	2015.72015	Sebastian Giovinco	Italy	FW	Toronto FC	[73]
August	2015.82015	Sebastian Giovinco	Italy	FW	Toronto FC	[74]
September	2015.92015	Didier Drogba	Ivory Coast	FW	Montreal Impact	[75]
October	2015.102015	Didier Drogba	Ivory Coast	FW	Montreal Impact	[76]
March	2016.32016	Joao Plata	Ecuador	FW	Real Salt Lake	[77]
April	2016.42016	Fanendo Adi	Nigeria	FW	Portland Timbers	[78]
May	2016.52016	Bradley Wright-Phillips	England	FW	New York Red Bulls	[79]
June	2016.62016	Yura Movsisyan	Armenia	FW	Real Salt Lake	[80]
July	2016.72016	Frank Lampard	England	MF	New York City FC	[81]
August	2016.82016	Nicolás Lodeiro	Uruguay	MF	Seattle Sounders FC	[82]
September	2016.92016	Chad Marshall	United States	DF	Seattle Sounders FC	[83]
October	2016.102016	Justin Meram	Iraq	MF	Columbus Crew SC	[84]
March	2017.32017	Josef Martínez	Venezuela	FW	Atlanta United FC	[85]
April	2017.42017	Joe Bendik	United States	GK	Orlando City SC	[86]
May	2017.52017	Nemanja Nikolić	Hungary	FW	Chicago Fire	[87]
June	2017.62017	David Villa	Spain	FW	New York City FC	[88]
July	2017.72017	Daniel Royer	Austria	MF	New York Red Bulls	[89]
August	2017.82017	Ignacio Piatti	Argentina	MF	Montreal Impact	[90]
September	2017.92017	Josef Martínez	Venezuela	FW	Atlanta United FC	[91]
March	2018.32018	Felipe Gutiérrez	Chile	MF	Sporting Kansas City	[92]
April	2018.42018	Miguel Almirón	Paraguay	MF	Atlanta United FC	[93]
May	2018.52018	Zack Steffen	United States	GK	Columbus Crew SC	[94]
June	2018.62018	Adama Diomande	Norway	FW	Los Angeles FC	[95]
July	2018.72018	Josef Martínez	Venezuela	FW	Atlanta United FC	[96]
August	2018.82018	Josef Martínez	Venezuela	FW	Atlanta United FC	[97]
September	2018.92018	Luciano Acosta	Argentina	MF	D.C. United	[98]
October	2018.102018	Wayne Rooney	England	FW	D.C. United	[99]
March	2019.32019	Carlos Vela	Mexico	FW	Los Angeles FC	[100]
April	2019.42019	Carlos Vela	Mexico	FW	Los Angeles FC	[101]
May	2019.52019	Chris Wondolowski	United States	FW	San Jose Earthquakes	[102]
June	2019.62019	Maximiliano Moralez	Argentina	MF	New York City FC	[103]
July	2019.72019	Josef Martínez	Venezuela	FW	Atlanta United FC	[104]
August	2019.82019	Josef Martínez	Venezuela	FW	Atlanta United FC	[105]
September	2019.92019	Carlos Vela	Mexico	FW	Los Angeles FC	[106]
August	2020.82020	Daryl Dike	United States	FW	Orlando City SC	[107]
September	2020.92020	Alejandro Pozuelo	Spain	MF	Toronto FC	[108]
October & November	2020.102020	Taty Castellanos	Argentina	FW	New York City FC	[109]
April & May	2021.42021	Javier Hernández	Mexico	FW	LA Galaxy	[110]
June	2021.62021	Carles Gil	Spain	MF	New England Revolution	[111]
July	2021.72021	Gustavo Bou	Argentina	FW	New England Revolution	[112]
August	2021.82021	Taty Castellanos	Argentina	FW	New York City FC	[113]
September	2021.92021	Javier Eduardo López	Mexico	MF	San Jose Earthquakes	[114]
February & March	2022.22022	Lucas Zelarayán	Armenia	MF	Columbus Crew	[115]
April	2022.42022	Sebastián Driussi	Argentina	FW	Austin FC	[116]
May	2022.52022	Paul Arriola	United States	MF	FC Dallas	[117]
June	2022.62022	Luciano Acosta	Argentina	MF	FC Cincinnati	[118]
July	2022.72022	Sebastián Driussi	Argentina	FW	Austin FC	[119]
August	2022.82022	Hany Mukhtar	Germany	MF	Nashville SC	[120]
September & October	2022.92022	Brenner	Brazil	FW	FC Cincinnati	[121]
February & March	2023.22023	Thiago Almada	Argentina	MF	Atlanta United FC	[122]
April	2023.42023	Cristian Espinoza	Argentina	MF	San Jose Earthquakes	[123]
May	2023.52023	Hany Mukhtar	Germany	MF	Nashville SC	[124]
June	2023.62023	Alan Pulido	Mexico	FW	Sporting Kansas City	[125]
July	2023.72023	Luciano Acosta	Argentina	MF	FC Cincinnati	[126]
August	2023.82023	Luciano Acosta	Argentina	MF	FC Cincinnati	[127]
September	2023.92023	Cucho Hernández	Colombia	FW	Columbus Crew	[128]
October	2023.102023	Denis Bouanga	Gabon	FW	Los Angeles FC	[129]
February & March	2024.22024	Luis Suárez	Uruguay	FW	Inter Miami CF	[130]
April	2024.42024	Lionel Messi	Argentina	FW	Inter Miami CF	[24]
May	2024.52024	Luciano Acosta	Argentina	MF	FC Cincinnati	[131]
June	2024.62024	Mateusz Bogusz	Poland	MF	Los Angeles FC	[132]
July	2024.72024	Cucho Hernández	Colombia	FW	Columbus Crew	[133]
August & September	2024.82024	Evander	Brazil	MF	Portland Timbers	[134]
October	2024.102024	Lionel Messi	Argentina	FW	Inter Miami CF	[135]
February & March	2025.22025	Tai Baribo	Israel	FW	Philadelphia Union	[136]
April	2025.42025	Brian White	United States	FW	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	[137]

Multiple winners

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.

Rank	Player	Wins
1st	Chris Wondolowski	7
2nd	Landon Donovan	6
	Josef Martínez
	Carlos Ruiz
5th	Luciano Acosta	5
6th	Juan Pablo Ángel	3
	Guillermo Barros Schelotto
	Dwayne De Rosario
	Clint Mathis
	Nick Rimando
	Diego Serna
	Carlos Vela
13th	Edson Buddle	2
	Taty Castellanos
	Jeff Cunningham
	Clint Dempsey
	Sebastián Driussi
	Didier Drogba
	Luciano Emílio
	Benny Feilhaber
	Brad Friedel
	Sebastian Giovinco
	Amado Guevara
	Kevin Hartman
	Cucho Hernández
	Robbie Keane
	Jason Kreis
	Roy Lassiter
	Mike Magee
	Chad Marshall
	Jack McInerney
	Lionel Messi
	Fredy Montero
	Hany Mukhtar
	Matt Pickens
	Ante Razov
	Camilo Sanvezzo
	Taylor Twellman

Awards won by nationality

Carlos Ruiz has won all of Guatemala's six awards.

As of April 2025

Nationality	Players	Wins
United States	50	79
Argentina	10	20
Colombia	5	11
Brazil	5	7
Mexico	5	7
Venezuela	2	7
Guatemala	1	6
England	5	5
Canada	3	5
Ecuador	3	3
El Salvador	3	3
Spain	3	3
Uruguay	3	3
Honduras	2	3
Italy	2	3
Armenia	2	2
Bolivia	2	2
Costa Rica	2	2
Denmark	2	2
France	2	2
Hungary	2	2
Nigeria	2	2
Poland	2	2
Trinidad and Tobago	2	2
Germany	1	2
Ivory Coast	1	2
Republic of Ireland	1	2
Austria	1	1
Bulgaria	1	1
Chile	1	1
Gabon	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

As of April 2025

Club	Players	Wins
LA Galaxy[d]	11	19
Columbus Crew	13	18
San Jose Earthquakes[e]	10	17
Sporting Kansas City[f]	14	15
D.C. United	9	12
Chicago Fire FC	9	11
FC Dallas[g]	8	11
New York Red Bulls[h]	7	11
New England Revolution	7	8
Atlanta United FC	3	8
Real Salt Lake	5	7
Seattle Sounders FC	6	7
Los Angeles FC	4	6
New York City FC	4	5
Vancouver Whitecaps FC	3	5
FC Cincinnati	2	5
Colorado Rapids	4	4
CF Montréal[i]	3	4
Philadelphia Union	3	4
Miami Fusion[j]	2	4
Tampa Bay Mutiny[j]	3	3
Inter Miami CF	2	3
Toronto FC	2	3
Houston Dynamo FC	2	2
Orlando City SC	2	2
Portland Timbers	2	2
Austin FC	1	2
Nashville SC	1	2
Chivas USA[k]	1	1

Awards won by position

As of April 2025

Position	Wins
Forward	126
Midfielder	51
Goalkeeper	20
Defender	4

Notes

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. Dissolved in 2002.
11. Dissolved in 2014.