UNFP Player of the Month

The UNFP Player of the Month trophy is an award that recognises the best Ligue 1 player each month of the season. The winner is chosen by a combination of an online public vote, which contributes to 50% of the final tally, and the players of each Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 clubs.^[1]

A similar award goes to the best player in Ligue 2.

Winners

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As of April 2025 award^[2]

Contents
2003–04 · 2004–05 · 2005–06 · 2006–07 · 2007–08 · 2008–09 · 2009–10 2010–11 · 2011–12 · 2012–13 · 2013–14 · 2014–15 · 2015–16 · 2016–17 · 2017–18 · 2018–19 · 2019–20 · 2020–21 · 2021–22 · 2022–23 · 2023–24 · 2024–25

Key

GK	Goalkeeper
DF	Defender
MF	Midfielder
FW	Forward

Month	Year[nb 1]	Nationality	Player	Team	Position
August	2003.62003	DR Congo	Shabani Nonda	Monaco	FW
September	2003.72003	France	Ludovic Giuly	Monaco	FW
October	2003.82003	Portugal	Pauleta	Paris Saint-Germain	FW
November	2003.92003	France	Ludovic Giuly	Monaco	FW
December	2003.102003	France	Djibril Cissé	Auxerre	FW
January	2004.12004	Ivory Coast	Didier Drogba	Marseille	FW
February	2004.22004	Serbia and Montenegro	Danijel Ljuboja	Paris Saint-Germain	FW
March	2004.32004	Romania	Viorel Moldovan	Nantes	FW
April	2004.42004	Argentina	Juan Pablo Sorín	Paris Saint-Germain	DF
May	2004.52004	Ivory Coast	Didier Drogba	Marseille	FW
August	2004.62004	France	Franck Ribéry	Metz	FW
September	2004.72004	France	Fabien Barthez	Marseille	GK
October	2004.82004	Ghana	Michael Essien	Lyon	MF
November	2004.92004	France	Camel Meriem	Bordeaux	MF
December	2004.102004	France	Frédéric Piquionne	Saint-Étienne	FW
January	2005.12005	France	Péguy Luyindula	Marseille	FW
February	2005.22005	Brazil	Juninho	Lyon	MF
March	2005.32005	Brazil	Juninho	Lyon	MF
April	2005.42005	Republic of the Congo	Matt Moussilou	Lille	FW
May	2005.52005	Senegal	Mamadou Niang	Strasbourg	FW
August	2005.62005	France	Jérôme Leroy	Lens	MF
September	2005.72005	France	Grégory Coupet	Lyon	GK
October	2005.82005	France	Franck Ribéry	Marseille	FW
November	2005.92005	France	Franck Ribéry	Marseille	FW
December	2005.102005	Senegal	Mamadou Niang	Marseille	FW
January	2006.12006	Japan	Daisuke Matsui	Le Mans	MF
February	2006.22006	Nigeria	John Utaka	Rennes	FW
March	2006.32006	France	Yoann Gourcuff	Rennes	MF
April	2006.42006	France	Franck Ribéry	Marseille	FW
August	2006.62006	France	Steve Savidan	Valenciennes	FW
September	2006.72006	France	Jérémie Janot	Saint-Étienne	GK
October	2006.82006	Brazil	Juninho	Lyon	MF
November	2006.92006	France	Florent Malouda	Lyon	MF
December	2006.102006	France	Frédéric Piquionne	Saint-Étienne	FW
January	2007.12007	France	Bafétimbi Gomis	Saint-Étienne	FW
February	2007.22007	Sweden	Johan Elmander	Toulouse	FW
March	2007.32007	France	Samir Nasri	Marseille	MF
April	2007.42007	France	Péguy Luyindula	Paris Saint-Germain	FW
August	2007.62007	France	David Bellion	Bordeaux	FW
September	2007.72007	France	Jérôme Rothen	Paris Saint-Germain	MF
October	2007.82007	France	Jérôme Leroy	Rennes	MF
November	2007.92007	France	Sébastien Puygrenier	Nancy	DF
December	2007.102007	Senegal	Mamadou Niang	Marseille	FW
January	2008.12008	France	Karim Benzema	Lyon	FW
February	2008.22008	France	Steve Mandanda	Marseille	GK
March	2008.32008	Ivory Coast	Kader Keïta	Lyon	FW
April	2008.42008	France	Karim Benzema	Lyon	FW
August	2008.62008	France	Steve Mandanda	Marseille	GK
September	2008.72008	France	André-Pierre Gignac	Toulouse	FW
October	2008.82008	France	Guillaume Hoarau	Paris Saint-Germain	FW
November	2008.92008	France	Olivier Echouafni	Nice	MF
December	2008.102008	Benin	Stéphane Sessègnon	Paris Saint-Germain	MF
January	2009.12009	France	Péguy Luyindula	Paris Saint-Germain	FW
February	2009.22009	France	Guillaume Hoarau	Paris Saint-Germain	FW
March	2009.32009	France	André-Pierre Gignac	Toulouse	FW
April	2009.42009	France	Yoann Gourcuff	Bordeaux	MF
August	2009.62009	Argentina	Lisandro López	Lyon	FW
September	2009.72009	France	Hugo Lloris	Lyon	GK
October	2009.82009	Poland	Ireneusz Jeleń	Auxerre	FW
November	2009.92009	France	Fabrice Abriel	Marseille	MF
December	2009.102009	France	Jérémie Janot	Saint-Étienne	GK
January	2010.12010	Morocco	Karim Aït-Fana	Montpellier	FW
February	2010.22010	France	Hatem Ben Arfa	Marseille	MF
March	2010.32010	Belgium	Eden Hazard	Lille	MF
April	2010.42010	Argentina	Lucho González	Marseille	MF
September	2010.72010	France	Dimitri Payet	Saint-Étienne	MF
October	2010.82010	France	Steeve Elana	Brest	GK
November	2010.92010	France	Clément Chantôme	Paris Saint-Germain	MF
December	2010.102010	Brazil	Nenê	Paris Saint-Germain	FW
January	2011.12011	France	Marvin Martin	Sochaux	MF
February	2011.22011	France	Mickaël Landreau	Lille	GK
March	2011.32011	Belgium	Eden Hazard	Lille	MF
April	2011.42011	France	Mamadou Sakho	Paris Saint-Germain	DF
September	2011.72011	Argentina	Javier Pastore	Paris Saint-Germain	MF
October	2011.82011	Brazil	Nenê	Paris Saint-Germain	FW
November	2011.92011	Morocco	Younès Belhanda	Montpellier	MF
December	2011.102011	Italy	Salvatore Sirigu	Paris Saint-Germain	GK
January	2012.12012	Serbia	Milan Biševac	Paris Saint-Germain	DF
February	2012.22012	Gabon	Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang	Saint-Étienne	FW
March	2012.32012	Belgium	Eden Hazard	Lille	MF
April	2012.42012	Belgium	Eden Hazard	Lille	MF
September	2012.72012	Sweden	Zlatan Ibrahimović	Paris Saint-Germain	FW
October	2012.82012	Gabon	Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang	Saint-Étienne	FW
November	2012.92012	France	Stéphane Ruffier	Saint-Étienne	GK
December	2012.102012	Argentina	Darío Cvitanich	Nice	FW
January	2013.12013	Italy	Salvatore Sirigu	Paris Saint-Germain	GK
February	2013.22013	Gabon	Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang	Saint-Étienne	FW
March	2013.32013	Brazil	Thiago Silva	Paris Saint-Germain	DF
April	2013.42013	Ivory Coast	Salomon Kalou	Lille	FW
September	2013.72013	Italy	Marco Verratti	Paris Saint-Germain	MF
October	2013.82013	Nigeria	Vincent Enyeama	Lille	GK
November	2013.92013	Nigeria	Vincent Enyeama	Lille	GK
December	2013.102013	Ivory Coast	Salomon Kalou	Lille	FW
January	2014.12014	Sweden	Zlatan Ibrahimović	Paris Saint-Germain	FW
February	2014.22014	Sweden	Zlatan Ibrahimović	Paris Saint-Germain	FW
March	2014.32014	Sweden	Zlatan Ibrahimović	Paris Saint-Germain	FW
April	2014.12014	Bulgaria	Dimitar Berbatov	Monaco	FW
September	2014.72014	France	André-Pierre Gignac	Marseille	FW
October	2014.82014	Brazil	Lucas Moura	Paris Saint-Germain	FW
November	2014.92014	Argentina	Javier Pastore	Paris Saint-Germain	MF
December	2014.102014	France	Alexandre Lacazette	Lyon	FW
January	2015.12015	France	Alexandre Lacazette	Lyon	FW
February	2015.22015	Argentina	Emiliano Sala	Caen	FW
March	2015.32015	Argentina	Javier Pastore	Paris Saint-Germain	MF
April	2015.42015	Argentina	Javier Pastore	Paris Saint-Germain	MF
September	2015.72015	France	Lassana Diarra	Marseille	MF
October	2015.82015	Belgium	Michy Batshuayi	Marseille	FW
November	2015.92015	Sweden	Zlatan Ibrahimović	Paris Saint-Germain	FW
December	2015.102015	Argentina	Ángel Di María	Paris Saint-Germain	MF
January	2016.12016	France	Hatem Ben Arfa	Nice	MF
February	2016.22016	Belgium	Guillaume Gillet	Nantes	MF
March	2016.32016	France	Ousmane Dembélé	Rennes	FW
April	2016.42016	Morocco	Sofiane Boufal	Lille	MF
August	2016.62016	France	Alexandre Lacazette	Lyon	FW
September	2016.72016	Uruguay	Edinson Cavani	Paris Saint-Germain	FW
October	2016.82016	Uruguay	Edinson Cavani	Paris Saint-Germain	FW
November	2016.92016	France	Thomas Lemar	Monaco	MF
December	2016.102016	France	Maxime Lopez	Marseille	MF
January	2017.12017	Portugal	Bernardo Silva	Monaco	MF
February	2017.22017	Italy	Marco Verratti	Paris Saint-Germain	MF
March	2017.32017	France	Florian Thauvin	Marseille	FW
April	2017.42017	France	Kylian Mbappé	Monaco	FW
August	2017.62017	Colombia	Radamel Falcao	Monaco	FW
September	2017.72017	France	Steve Mandanda	Marseille	GK
October	2017.82017	France	Nabil Fekir	Lyon	FW
November	2017.92017	France	Florian Thauvin	Marseille	FW
December	2017.102017	Brazil	Neymar	Paris Saint-Germain	FW
January	2018.12018	France	Florian Thauvin	Marseille	FW
February	2018.22018	France	Mathieu Debuchy	Saint-Étienne	DF
March	2018.32018	France	Kylian Mbappé	Paris Saint-Germain	FW
April	2018.42018	Netherlands	Memphis Depay	Lyon	FW
August	2018.62018	France	Kylian Mbappé	Paris Saint-Germain	FW
September	2018.72018	Ivory Coast	Nicolas Pépé	Lille	FW
October	2018.82018	Argentina	Emiliano Sala	Nantes	FW
November	2018.92018	Tunisia	Wahbi Khazri	Saint-Étienne	FW
December	2018.102018	France	Kenny Lala	Strasbourg	DF
January	2019.12019	Ivory Coast	Nicolas Pépé	Lille	FW
February	2019.22019	France	Kylian Mbappé	Paris Saint-Germain	FW
March	2019.32019	Italy	Mario Balotelli	Marseille	FW
April	2019.42019	France	Jonathan Bamba	Lille	FW
August	2019.62019	France	Eduardo Camavinga	Rennes	MF
September	2019.72019	Nigeria	Victor Osimhen	Lille	FW
October	2019.82019	Brazil	Thiago Silva	Paris Saint-Germain	DF
November	2019.92019	France	Jeff Reine-Adélaïde	Lyon	MF
December	2019.102019	France	Wissam Ben Yedder	Monaco	FW
January	2020.12020	Brazil	Neymar	Paris Saint-Germain	FW
September	2020.72020	Senegal	Ibrahima Niane	Metz	FW
October	2020.82020	France	Jonathan Bamba	Lille	FW
November	2020.92020	Algeria	Andy Delort	Montpellier	FW
December	2020.102020	Turkey	Yusuf Yazıcı	Lille	MF
January	2021.12021	Algeria	Farid Boulaya	Metz	MF
February	2021.22021	France	Kylian Mbappé	Paris Saint-Germain	FW
March	2021.32021	Costa Rica	Keylor Navas	Paris Saint-Germain	GK
April	2021.42021	Turkey	Burak Yılmaz	Lille	FW
August	2021.62021	France	Kylian Mbappé	Paris Saint-Germain	FW
September	2021.72021	Ivory Coast	Seko Fofana	Lens	MF
October	2021.82021	Brazil	Lucas Paquetá	Lyon	MF
November	2021.92021	France	Gaëtan Laborde	Rennes	FW
December	2021.102021	France	Téji Savanier	Montpellier	MF
January	2022.12022	France	Wissam Ben Yedder	Monaco	FW
February	2022.22022	France	Kylian Mbappé	Paris Saint-Germain	FW
March	2022.32022	France	Martin Terrier	Rennes	FW
April	2022.42022	France	Benjamin Bourigeaud	Rennes	MF
August	2022.62022	Brazil	Neymar	Paris Saint-Germain	FW
September	2022.72022	Argentina	Lionel Messi	Paris Saint-Germain	FW
October	2022.82022	France	Martin Terrier	Rennes	FW
November/December	2022.92022	France	Kylian Mbappé	Paris Saint-Germain	FW
January	2023.12023	France	Wissam Ben Yedder	Monaco	FW
February	2023.22023	France	Kylian Mbappé	Paris Saint-Germain	FW
March	2023.32023	Belgium	Loïs Openda	Lens	FW
April	2023.42023	Belgium	Loïs Openda	Lens	FW
August	2023.62023	Japan	Takumi Minamino	Monaco	MF
September	2023.72023	Poland	Marcin Bułka	Nice	GK
October	2023.82023	France	Kylian Mbappé	Paris Saint-Germain	FW
November	2023.92023	France	Kylian Mbappé	Paris Saint-Germain	FW
December	2023.102023	Gabon	Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang	Marseille	FW
January	2024.12024	France	Martin Terrier	Rennes	FW
February	2024.22024	France	Pierre Lees-Melou	Brest	MF
March	2024.32024	Kosovo	Edon Zhegrova	Lille	MF
April	2024.42024	France	Alexandre Lacazette	Lyon	FW
September	2024.72024	France	Bradley Barcola	Paris Saint-Germain	FW
October	2024.82024	Georgia	Zuriko Davitashvili	Saint-Étienne	FW
November	2024.92024	Canada	Jonathan David	Lille	FW
December	2024.102024	England	Mason Greenwood	Marseille	FW
January	2025.12025	France	Ousmane Dembélé	Paris Saint-Germain	FW
February	2025.22025	Algeria	Amine Gouiri	Marseille	FW
March	2025.32025	France	Désiré Doué	Paris Saint-Germain	FW
April	2025.42025	England	Mason Greenwood	Marseille	FW

Multiple winners

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

As of April 2025 award

	Indicates current Ligue 1 player
Italics	Indicates player still playing professional football

Rank	Player	Wins
1st	Kylian Mbappé	11
2nd	Zlatan Ibrahimović	5
3rd	Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang	4
	Eden Hazard
	Alexandre Lacazette
	Javier Pastore
	Franck Ribéry
8th	Wissam Ben Yedder	3
	André-Pierre Gignac
	Juninho
	Peguy Luyindula
	Steve Mandanda
	Neymar
	Mamadou Niang
	Martin Terrier
	Florian Thauvin
17th	Jonathan Bamba	2
	Hatem Ben Arfa
	Karim Benzema
	Edinson Cavani
	Ousmane Dembélé
	Didier Drogba
	Vincent Enyeama
	Ludovic Giuly
	Yoann Gourcuff
	Mason Greenwood
	Guillaume Hoarau
	Jérémie Janot
	Salomon Kalou
	Jérôme Leroy
	Nenê
	Loïs Openda
	Nicolas Pépé
	Frédéric Piquionne
	Emiliano Sala
	Thiago Silva
	Salvatore Sirigu
	Marco Verratti

Awards won by nationality

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As of April 2025 award

Country	Wins
France	92
Argentina	12
Brazil
Belgium	8
Ivory Coast
Sweden	6
Italy	5
Gabon	4
Nigeria
Senegal
Algeria	3
Morocco
England	2
Japan
Poland
Portugal
Serbia[nb 2]
Turkey
Uruguay
Benin	1
Bulgaria
Canada
Colombia
Congo
Costa Rica
DR Congo
Georgia
Ghana
Kosovo
Netherlands
Romania
Tunisia

Awards won by club

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As of April 2025 award

Club	Wins
Paris Saint-Germain	51
Marseille	28
Lille	19
Lyon
Saint-Étienne	15
Monaco	12
Rennes	10
Lens	4
Montpellier
Nice
Bordeaux	3
Metz
Nantes
Toulouse
Auxerre	2
Brest
Strasbourg
Caen	1
Le Mans
Nancy
Sochaux
Valenciennes