La Liga Player of the Month

Diego Costa, who won the first Player of the Month award in September 2013
Diego Godín was the first player to win the award twice in a season

The Player of the Month is an association football award that recognises the best La Liga player each month of the season.

Winners

Month Year[nb 1] Nationality Player Team Position Ref
September 2013  Brazil Costa, DiegoDiego Costa[nb 2] Atlético Madrid FW [1]
October 2013  Spain Koke Atlético Madrid MF [2]
November 2013  Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo Real Madrid FW [3]
December 2013  Mexico Carlos Vela Real Sociedad FW [4]
January 2014  Croatia Ivan Rakitić Sevilla MF [5]
February 2014  Brazil Rafinha Celta Vigo MF [6]
March 2014  Costa Rica Keylor Navas Levante GK [7]
April 2014  Uruguay Diego Godín Atlético Madrid DF [8]
May 2014  Uruguay Diego Godín Atlético Madrid DF [9]
September 2014  Spain Nolito Celta Vigo FW [10]
October 2014  France Karim Benzema Real Madrid FW [11]
November 2014  Mexico Carlos Vela Real Sociedad FW [12]
December 2014  Argentina Luciano Vietto Villarreal FW [13]
January 2015  France Antoine Griezmann Atlético Madrid FW [14]
February 2015  Spain Alberto Bueno Rayo Vallecano FW [15]
March 2015  Spain Vitolo Sevilla FW [16]
April 2015  France Antoine Griezmann Atlético Madrid FW [17]
May 2015  Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo Real Madrid FW [18]
September 2015  Spain Nolito Celta Vigo FW [19]
October 2015  Spain Borja Bastón Eibar FW [20]
November 2015  Brazil Neymar Barcelona FW [21]
December 2015  Spain Lucas Pérez Deportivo La Coruña FW [22]
January 2016  Argentina Lionel Messi Barcelona FW [23]
February 2016  Venezuela Miku Rayo Vallecano FW [24]
March 2016  Spain Aritz Aduriz Athletic Bilbao FW [25]
April 2016  Spain Koke Atlético Madrid MF [26]
May 2016  Uruguay Luis Suárez Barcelona FW [27]
August 2016  Spain Jon Ander Serantes Leganés GK [28]
September 2016  France Antoine Griezmann Atlético Madrid FW [29]
October 2016  Spain Iago Aspas Celta Vigo FW [30]

Multiple winners

The below table lists those who have won on more than one occasion.

* Indicates current La Liga player
Italics Indicates players still playing professional football
Rank Player Wins
1st Antoine Griezmann 3
2nd Diego Godín 2
Koke 2
Nolito 2
Cristiano Ronaldo 2
Carlos Vela 2

Awards won by position

Position Wins
Forward 22
Midfielder 4
Defender 2
Goalkeeper 2

Awards won by nationality

Country Wins
 Spain 10
 France 4
 Brazil 3
 Uruguay 3
 Argentina 2
 Mexico 2
 Portugal 2
 Costa Rica 1
 Croatia 1
 Venezuela 1

Awards won by club

Club Wins
Atlético Madrid 8
Celta Vigo 4
Barcelona 3
Real Madrid 3
Rayo Vallecano 2
Real Sociedad 2
Sevilla 2
Athletic Bilbao 1
Deportivo La Coruña 1
Eibar 1
Leganés 1
Levante 1
Villarreal 1

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Each year is linked to an article on the particular season associated with the month of that year.
  2. ↑ Diego Costa did not play with the Spain national team when the award was given, so he is considered in that moment as Brazilian.

References

  1. ↑ Premios Liga BBVA y Liga Adelante a los mejores del mes; LFP.es, 22 October 2013 (Spanish)
  2. ↑ Premios Liga BBVA y Liga Adelante a los mejores de Octubre; LFP.es, 6 November 2013 (Spanish)
  3. ↑ Premios BBVA a los mejores de noviembre; LFP.es 10 December 2013 (Spanish)
  4. ↑ Premios BBVA a los mejores de diciembre; LFP.es 20 January 2014 (Spanish)
  5. ↑ Premios BBVA a los mejores de enero; LFP.es 5 February 2014 (Spanish)
  6. ↑ Premios BBVA a los mejores de febrero; LFP.es 27 February 2014 (Spanish)
  7. ↑ Premios BBVA a los mejores de marzo; LFP.es 7 April 2014 (Spanish)
  8. ↑ Premios BBVA a los mejores de abril; LFP.es 30 April 2014 (Spanish)
  9. ↑ Premios BBVA a los mejores de mayo; LFP.es 19 May 2014 (Spanish)
  10. ↑ Premios BBVA a los mejores de septiembre; LFP.es 6 October 2014 (Spanish)
  11. ↑ BBVA Awards for the best of October; LFP.es 12 November 2014
  12. ↑ BBVA Awards for the best of November; LFP.es 10 December 2014
  13. ↑ The BBVA Prizes for December's best; LFP.es 14 January 2015
  14. ↑ Antoine Griezmann, Liga BBVA player of the month for January; LFP.es, 5 February 2015
  15. ↑ Alberto Bueno named Liga BBVA player of the month for February; LFP.es, 4 March 2015
  16. ↑ BBVA Prizes: Vitolo, best Liga BBVA player in March; LFP.es, 1 April 2015
  17. ↑ Antoine Griezmann named April's Liga BBVA player of the month; LFP.es, 6 May 2015
  18. ↑ BBVA Awards: Cristiano Ronaldo chosen as Liga BBVA player of the month for May; LFP.es, 3 June 2015
  19. ↑ Nolito named liga BBVA player of the month for September; LFP.es 1 October 2015
  20. ↑ Borja Bastón named Liga BBVA Player of the Month for October; LFP.es 5 November 2015
  21. ↑ Neymar named Liga BBVA Player of the Month for November; LFP.es 8 December 2015
  22. ↑ Lucas Pérez, mejor jugador de la Liga BBVA en diciembre; LaLiga.es 8 January 2016 (in Spanish)
  23. ↑ Messi named Liga BBVA Player of the Month for January; LFP.es 12 February 2016
  24. ↑ Miku named Liga BBVA Player of the Month for February; LFP.es, 4 March 2016
  25. ↑ "Aduriz named Liga BBVA Player of the Month for March". LaLiga.es. 1 April 2016.
  26. ↑ "Koke named Liga BBVA Player of the Month for April". LFP.es. 19 May 2016. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
  27. ↑ "Luis Suarez named Liga BBVA Player of the Month for May". LaLiga.es. 21 May 2016. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
  28. ↑ "Jon Ander Serantes, LaLiga Santander's Player of the Month for August". LaLiga. 8 September 2016. Retrieved 8 September 2016.
  29. ↑ "Antoine Griezmann named LaLiga Santander Player of the Month for September". LaLiga.es. 14 October 2016. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
  30. ↑ "Iago Aspas named LaLiga Santander Player of the Month for October". LaLiga.es. 14 November 2016. Retrieved 14 November 2016.
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