Football League Championship Player of the Month

The Player of the Month is an association football award that recognises the player adjudged the best for each month of the season in the Football League Championship, the second tier in English football. For sponsorship reasons, since its inception it has been known as the Coca-Cola Player of the Month award; Coca-Cola sponsored the Football League since 2004 and the deal ended 2010. From the 2010–11 to the 2012–13 season, the Football League was sponsored by NPower, so it was known as the NPower Player of the Month award. As of the 2013–14 season, the league has been sponsored by Skybet, so it is now the SkyBet Player of the Month award. The awards are designed and manufactured in the UK by bespoke awards company Gaudio Awards.^[1]

List of winners

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

Month	Year[nb 1]	Nationality	Player	Team	Ref
August	2004	Nigeria	Akinbiyi, AdeAde Akinbiyi	Stoke City	[2]
September	2004	England	Sidwell, SteveSteve Sidwell	Reading	[2]
October	2004	Northern Ireland	Horlock, KevinKevin Horlock	Ipswich Town	[3]
November	2004	England	Blake, RobbieRobbie Blake	Burnley	[4]
December	2004	England	Ashton, DeanDean Ashton	Crewe Alexandra	[5]
January	2005	Wales	Gabbidon, DannyDanny Gabbidon	Cardiff City	[2]
February	2005	England	Tudgay, MarcusMarcus Tudgay	Derby County	[2]
March	2005	England	Nugent, DavidDavid Nugent	Preston North End	[2]
April	2005	England	Sheringham, TeddyTeddy Sheringham	West Ham United	[2]
August	2005	England	Lescott, JoleonJoleon Lescott	Wolverhampton Wanderers	[6]
September	2005	England	Nicholls, KevinKevin Nicholls	Luton Town	[6]
October	2005	Senegal	Sonko, IbrahimaIbrahima Sonko	Reading	[6]
November	2005	Guinea	Bangoura, SambégouSambégou Bangoura	Stoke City	[6]
December	2005	England	Kitson, DaveDave Kitson	Reading	[6]
January	2006	Jamaica	King, MarlonMarlon King	Watford	[6]
February	2006	England	Wise, DennisDennis Wise	Coventry City	[6]
March	2006	Spain	Idiakez, IñigoIñigo Idiakez	Derby County	[6]
April	2006	Jamaica	Fuller, RicardoRicardo Fuller	Stoke City	[6]
August	2006	Wales	Bale, GarethGareth Bale	Southampton	[7]
September	2006	England	Chopra, MichaelMichael Chopra	Cardiff City	[7]
October	2006	Senegal	Kamara, DiomansyDiomansy Kamara	West Bromwich Albion	[7]
November	2006	England	Russell, DarelDarel Russell	Stoke City	[7]
December	2006	Wales	Koumas, JasonJason Koumas	West Bromwich Albion	[7]
January	2007	England	Nugent, DavidDavid Nugent	Preston North End	[7]
February	2007	Ireland	Ward, StephenStephen Ward	Wolverhampton Wanderers	[7]
March	2007	England	Barnes, GilesGiles Barnes	Derby County	[8]
August	2007	Wales	Eastwood, FreddyFreddy Eastwood	Wolverhampton Wanderers	[9]
September	2007	England	Henderson, DariusDarius Henderson	Watford	[9]
October	2007	England	Shawcross, RyanRyan Shawcross	Stoke City	[9]
November	2007	Scotland	Iwelumo, ChrisChris Iwelumo	Charlton Athletic	[9]
December	2007	England	Phillips, KevinKevin Phillips	West Bromwich Albion	[9]
January	2008	Jamaica	King, MarlonMarlon King	Watford	[9]
February	2008	Ireland	Lawrence, LiamLiam Lawrence	Stoke City	[9]
March	2008	England	Ebanks-Blake, SylvanSylvan Ebanks-Blake	Wolverhampton Wanderers	[9]
April	2008	England	Beattie, JamesJames Beattie	Sheffield United	[9]
August	2008	England	Chaplow, RichardRichard Chaplow	Preston North End	[10]
September	2008	Ireland	Doyle, KevinKevin Doyle	Reading	[11]
October	2008	England	Hulse, RobRob Hulse	Derby County	[12]
November	2008	Scotland	Iwelumo, ChrisChris Iwelumo	Wolverhampton Wanderers	[13]
December	2008	Ireland	Hunt, StephenStephen Hunt	Reading	[14]
January	2009	Wales	Ledley, JoeJoe Ledley	Cardiff City	[15]
February	2009	Trinidad and Tobago	Scotland, JasonJason Scotland	Swansea City	[16]
March	2009	England	Blake, RobbieRobbie Blake	Burnley	[17]
April	2009	England	Naughton, KyleKyle Naughton	Sheffield United	[18]
August	2009	England	Ameobi, SholaShola Ameobi	Newcastle United	[19]
September	2009	Ireland	Best, LeonLeon Best	Coventry City	[20]
October	2009	England	Whittingham, PeterPeter Whittingham	Cardiff City	[21]
November	2009	England	Ambrose, DarrenDarren Ambrose	Crystal Palace	[22]
December	2009	England	Camp, LeeLee Camp	Nottingham Forest	[23]
January	2010	Scotland	Adam, CharlieCharlie Adam	Blackpool	[24]
February	2010	Scotland	Gallagher, PaulPaul Gallagher	Leicester City	[25]
March	2010	Iceland	Sigurdsson, GylfiGylfi Sigurðsson	Reading	[26]
April	2010	England	Nolan, KevinKevin Nolan	Newcastle United	[27]
August	2010	Morocco	Taarabt, AdelAdel Taarabt	Queens Park Rangers	[28]
September	2010	Scotland	Mackie, JamieJamie Mackie	Queens Park Rangers	[29]
October	2010	England	Bothroyd, JayJay Bothroyd	Cardiff City	[30]
November	2010	England	Hayter, JamesJames Hayter	Doncaster Rovers	[31]
December	2010	England	Graham, DannyDanny Graham	Watford	[32]
January	2011	England	Wellens, RichieRichie Wellens	Leicester City	[33]
February	2011	England	Wickham, ConnorConnor Wickham	Ipswich Town	[34]
March	2011	Ireland	Harte, IanIan Harte	Reading	[35]
April	2011	Canada	Jackson, SimeonSimeon Jackson	Norwich City	[36]
August	2011	Netherlands	Emnes, MarvinMarvin Emnes	Middlesbrough	[37]
September	2011	England	Bates, MatthewMatthew Bates	Middlesbrough	[38]
October	2011	England	Clyne, NathanielNathaniel Clyne	Crystal Palace	[39]
November	2011	England	Sharp, BillyBilly Sharp	Doncaster Rovers	[40]
December	2011	Scotland	Pearce, AlexAlex Pearce	Reading	[41]
January	2012	England	Davies, CurtisCurtis Davies	Birmingham City	[42]
February	2012	Australia	Federici, AdamAdam Federici	Reading	[43]
March	2012	England	Mccleary, GarathGarath McCleary	Nottingham Forest	[44]
April	2012	Portugal	Vaz Tê, RicardoRicardo Vaz Tê	West Ham United	[45]
August	2012	England	Ince, TomTom Ince	Blackpool	[46]
September	2012	England	Murray, GlennGlenn Murray	Crystal Palace	[47]
October	2012	England	Austin, CharlieCharlie Austin	Burnley	[48]
November	2012	Nigeria	Aluko, SoneSone Aluko	Hull City	[49]
December	2012	England	Gayle, DwightDwight Gayle	Peterborough United	[49]
January	2013	Czech Republic	Vydra, MatějMatěj Vydra	Watford	[49]
February	2013	England	Campbell, FraizerFraizer Campbell	Cardiff City	[49]
March	2013	Scotland	Boyd, GeorgeGeorge Boyd	Hull City	[49]
April	2013	England	Vaughan, JamesJames Vaughan	Huddersfield Town	[49]
August	2013	England	Vaughan, JamesJames Vaughan	Huddersfield Town	[50]
September	2013	England	McGoldrick, DavidDavid McGoldrick	Ipswich Town	[51]
October	2013	England	Ings, DannyDanny Ings	Burnley	[52]
November	2013	Scotland	McCormack, RossRoss McCormack	Leeds United	[53]
December	2013	England	Drinkwater, DannyDanny Drinkwater	Leicester City	[54]
January	2014	England	le Fondre, AdamAdam le Fondre	Reading	[55]
February	2014	Wales	Vokes, SamSam Vokes	Burnley	[56]
March	2014	England	Morrison, RavelRavel Morrison	Queens Park Rangers	[57]
April	2014	Benin	Gestede, RudyRudy Gestede	Blackburn Rovers	[58]
August	2014	Angola	Vetokele, IgorIgor Vetokele	Charlton Athletic	[59]
September	2014	England	Mings, TyroneTyrone Mings	Ipswich Town	[60]
October	2014	England	Wilson, CallumCallum Wilson	Bournemouth	[61]
November	2014	England	Gray, AndreAndre Gray	Brentford	[62]
December	2014	Ireland	Murphy, DarylDaryl Murphy	Ipswich Town	[63]
January	2015	England	Tomlin, LeeLee Tomlin	Middlesbrough	[64]
February	2015	England	Lansbury, HenriHenri Lansbury	Nottingham Forest	[65]
March	2015	England	Deeney, TroyTroy Deeney	Watford	[66]
April	2015	England	Ince, TomTom Ince	Derby County	[67]
August	2015	DR Congo	LuaLua, KazengaKazenga LuaLua	Brighton & Hove Albion	[68]
September	2015	Scotland	Wallace, RossRoss Wallace	Sheffield Wednesday	[69]
October	2015	Ireland	Judge, AlanAlan Judge	Brentford	[70]
November	2015	Ireland	Murphy, DarylDaryl Murphy	Ipswich Town	[71]
December	2015	England	Byram, SamSam Byram	Leeds United	[72]
January	2016	Uruguay	Hernández, AbelAbel Hernández	Hull City	[73]
February	2016	England	Aden Flint	Bristol City	[74]
March	2016	Wales	Sam Vokes	Burnley	[75]
April	2016	France	Anthony Knockaert	Brighton & Hove Albion	[76]
August	2016	Ireland	Conor Hourihane	Barnsley	[77]
September	2016	England	Scott Hogan	Brentford	[78]
October	2016	Nigeria	Sone Aluko	Fulham	[79]

Multiple winners

The below table lists all the people that have won on more than one occasion.

	Indicates current Championship player
Italics	Indicates players still playing professional football

Rank	Player	Wins
1st	Sone Aluko	2
	Robbie Blake
	Tom Ince
	Chris Iwelumo
	Marlon King
	David Nugent
	Daryl Murphy
	James Vaughan

Awards won by nationality

As of 11 November 2016

Country	Wins
England	60
Ireland	10
Scotland	8
Wales	7
Jamaica	3
Nigeria	3
Senegal	2
Angola	1
Australia	1
Benin	1
Canada	1
Czech Republic	1
DR Congo	1
France	1
Guinea	1
Iceland	1
Morocco	1
Netherlands	1
Northern Ireland	1
Portugal	1
Spain	1
Trinidad and Tobago	1
Uruguay	1

Awards won by club

As of 11 November 2016

Club	Wins
Reading	10
Burnley	6
Cardiff City	6
Stoke City	6
Derby County	5
Ipswich Town	5
Watford	6
Wolverhampton Wanderers	5
Brentford	3
Hull City	3
Leicester City	3
Middlesbrough	3
Preston North End	3
Queens Park Rangers	3
West Bromwich Albion	3
Blackpool	2
Brighton & Hove Albion	2
Charlton Athletic	2
Coventry City	2
Crystal Palace	2
Doncaster Rovers	2
Huddersfield Town	2
Newcastle United	2
Nottingham Forest	2
Sheffield United	2
West Ham United	2
Barnsley	1
Birmingham City	1
Blackburn Rovers	1
Bournemouth	1
Bristol City	1
Crewe Alexandra	1
Fulham	1
Leeds United	1
Luton Town	1
Norwich City	1
Peterborough United	1
Southampton	1
Swansea City	1

See also

• Football League Championship Manager of the Month
• Football League One Player of the Month
• Football League Two Player of the Month

Notes

1. Each year in the table is linked to the corresponding football season.

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External links

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