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UNFP Player of the Month

Award for the best Ligue 1 player each month of the season

Award for the best Ligue 1 player each month of the season

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.

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

Ligue 1

Winners

|- 2003–042004–052005–062006–072007–082008–092009–10 2010–112011–122012–132013–142014–152015–162016–172017–182018–192019–202020–212021–222022–232023–242024–252025–26 |}

GKDFMFFW
Goalkeeper
Defender
Midfielder
Forward
MonthYearEach year is linked to an article on the particular season associated with the month of that year.NationalityPlayerTeamPosition
2003–04}}2003DR CongoMonacoFW
2003]]FranceMonacoFW
2003]]Portugal{{sortnamePauletaPauleta}}Paris Saint-Germain
2003]]FranceMonacoFW
2003]]FranceAuxerreFW
2004]]Ivory CoastMarseilleFW
2004]]Serbia and MontenegroParis Saint-GermainFW
2004]]RomaniaNantesFW
2004]]ArgentinaParis Saint-GermainDF
May2003–04}}2004Ivory CoastMarseilleFW
2004–05}}2004FranceMetzFW
2004]]FranceMarseille
2004]]GhanaLyon
2004]]FranceBordeaux
2004]]FranceSaint-ÉtienneFW
2005]]FranceMarseilleFW
2005]]Brazil{{sortnameJuninhoJuninho Pernambucano}}Lyon
2005]]Brazil{{sortnameJuninhoJuninho Pernambucano}}Lyon
2005]]Republic of the CongoLilleFW
2005]]SenegalStrasbourgFW
2005–06}}2005FranceLens
2005]]FranceLyon
2005]]FranceMarseilleFW
2005]]FranceMarseilleFW
2005]]SenegalMarseilleFW
2006]]JapanLe Mans
2006]]NigeriaRennesFW
2006]]FranceRennes
2006]]FranceMarseilleFW
2006–07}}2006FranceValenciennesFW
2006]]FranceSaint-Étienne
2006]]Brazil{{sortnameJuninhoJuninho Pernambucano}}Lyon
2006]]FranceLyon
2006]]FranceSaint-ÉtienneFW
2007]]FranceSaint-ÉtienneFW
2007]]SwedenToulouseFW
2007]]FranceMarseille
2007]]FranceParis Saint-GermainFW
2007–08}}2007FranceBordeauxFW
2007]]FranceParis Saint-Germain
2007]]FranceRennes
2007]]FranceNancyDF
2007]]SenegalMarseilleFW
2008]]FranceLyonFW
2008]]FranceMarseille
2008]]Ivory CoastLyonFW
2008]]FranceLyonFW
2008–09}}2008FranceMarseille
2008]]FranceToulouseFW
2008]]FranceParis Saint-GermainFW
2008]]FranceNice
2008]]BeninParis Saint-Germain
2009]]FranceParis Saint-GermainFW
2009]]FranceParis Saint-GermainFW
2009]]FranceToulouseFW
2009]]FranceBordeaux
2009–10}}2009ArgentinaLyonFW
2009]]FranceLyon
2009]]PolandAuxerreFW
2009]]FranceMarseille
2009]]FranceSaint-Étienne
2010]]MoroccoMontpellierFW
2010]]FranceMarseille
2010]]BelgiumLille
2010]]ArgentinaMarseille
2010]]FranceSaint-Étienne
2010]]FranceBrest
2010]]FranceParis Saint-Germain
2010]]Brazil{{sortnameNenêNenê (footballer, born 1981)}}Paris Saint-Germain
2011]]FranceSochaux
2011]]FranceLille
2011]]BelgiumLille
2011]]FranceParis Saint-GermainDF
2011]]ArgentinaParis Saint-Germain
2011]]Brazil{{sortnameNenêNenê (footballer, born 1981)}}Paris Saint-Germain
2011]]MoroccoMontpellier
2011]]ItalyParis Saint-Germain
2012]]SerbiaParis Saint-GermainDF
2012]]GabonSaint-ÉtienneFW
2012]]BelgiumLille
2012]]BelgiumLille
2012–13}}2012SwedenParis Saint-GermainFW
2012]]GabonSaint-ÉtienneFW
2012]]FranceSaint-Étienne
2012]]ArgentinaNiceFW
2013]]ItalyParis Saint-Germain
2013]]GabonSaint-ÉtienneFW
2013]]BrazilParis Saint-GermainDF
2013]]Ivory CoastLilleFW
2013–14}}2013ItalyParis Saint-Germain
2013–14}}2013NigeriaLille
2013–14}}2013NigeriaLille
2013–14}}2013Ivory CoastLilleFW
2013–14}}2014SwedenParis Saint-GermainFW
2013–14}}2014SwedenParis Saint-GermainFW
2014]]SwedenParis Saint-GermainFW
2013–14}}2014BulgariaMonacoFW
2014–15}}2014FranceMarseilleFW
2014–15}}2014BrazilParis Saint-GermainFW
2014–15}}2014ArgentinaParis Saint-Germain
2014–15}}2014FranceLyonFW
2014–15}}2015FranceLyonFW
2014–15}}2015ArgentinaCaenFW
2014–15}}2015ArgentinaParis Saint-Germain
2014–15}}2015ArgentinaParis Saint-Germain
2015–16}}2015FranceMarseille
2015–16}}2015BelgiumMarseilleFW
2015–16}}2015SwedenParis Saint-GermainFW
2015–16}}2015ArgentinaParis Saint-Germain
2015–16}}2016FranceNice
2015–16}}2016BelgiumNantes
2015–16}}2016FranceRennesFW
2015–16}}2016MoroccoLille
2016–17}}2016FranceLyonFW
2016–17}}2016UruguayParis Saint-GermainFW
2016–17}}2016UruguayParis Saint-GermainFW
2016–17}}2016FranceMonaco
2016–17}}2016FranceMarseille
2016–17}}2017PortugalMonaco
2016–17}}2017ItalyParis Saint-Germain
2016–17}}2017FranceMarseilleFW
2016–17}}2017FranceMonacoFW
2017–18}}2017ColombiaMonacoFW
2017–18}}2017FranceMarseille
2017–18}}2017FranceLyonFW
2017–18}}2017FranceMarseilleFW
2017–18}}2017Brazil{{sortnameNeymarNeymar}}Paris Saint-Germain
2017–18}}2018FranceMarseilleFW
2017–18}}2018FranceSaint-ÉtienneDF
2017–18}}2018FranceParis Saint-GermainFW
2017–18}}2018NetherlandsLyonFW
2018–19}}2018FranceParis Saint-GermainFW
2018–19}}2018Ivory CoastLilleFW
2018–19}}2018ArgentinaNantesFW
2018–19}}2018TunisiaSaint-ÉtienneFW
2018–19}}2018FranceStrasbourgDF
2018–19}}2019Ivory CoastLilleFW
2018–19}}2019FranceParis Saint-GermainFW
2018–19}}2019ItalyMarseilleFW
2018–19}}2019FranceLilleFW
2019–20}}2019FranceRennes
2019–20}}2019NigeriaLilleFW
2019–20}}2019BrazilParis Saint-GermainDF
2019–20}}2019FranceLyon
2019–20}}2019FranceMonacoFW
2019–20}}2020Brazil{{sortnameNeymarNeymar}}Paris Saint-Germain
2020–21}}2020SenegalMetzFW
2020–21}}2020FranceLilleFW
2020–21}}2020AlgeriaMontpellierFW
2020–21}}2020TurkeyLille
2020–21}}2021AlgeriaMetz
2020–21}}2021FranceParis Saint-GermainFW
2020–21}}2021Costa RicaParis Saint-Germain
2020–21}}2021TurkeyLilleFW
2021–22}}2021FranceParis Saint-GermainFW
2021–22}}2021Ivory CoastLens
2021–22}}2021BrazilLyon
2021–22}}2021FranceRennesFW
2021–22}}2021FranceMontpellier
2021–22}}2022FranceMonacoFW
2021–22}}2022FranceParis Saint-GermainFW
2021–22}}2022FranceRennesFW
2021–22}}2022FranceRennes
2022–23}}2022Brazil{{sortnameNeymarNeymar}}Paris Saint-Germain
2022–23}}2022ArgentinaParis Saint-GermainFW
2022–23}}2022FranceRennesFW
2022–23}}2022FranceParis Saint-GermainFW
2022–23}}2023FranceMonacoFW
2022–23}}2023FranceParis Saint-GermainFW
2022–23}}2023BelgiumLensFW
2022–23}}2023BelgiumLensFW
2023–24}}2023JapanMonaco
2023–24}}2023PolandNice
2023–24}}2023FranceParis Saint-GermainFW
2023–24}}2023FranceParis Saint-GermainFW
2023–24}}2023GabonMarseilleFW
2023–24}}2024FranceRennesFW
2023–24}}2024FranceBrest
2023–24}}2024KosovoLille
2023–24}}2024FranceLyonFW
2024–25}}2024FranceParis Saint-GermainFW
2024–25}}2024GeorgiaSaint-ÉtienneFW
2024–25}}2024CanadaLilleFW
2024–25}}2024EnglandMarseilleFW
2024–25}}2025FranceParis Saint-GermainFW
2024–25}}2025AlgeriaMarseilleFW
2024–25}}2025FranceParis Saint-GermainFW
2024–25}}2025EnglandMarseilleFW
2025–26}}2025AlgeriaParis FCFW
2025–26}}2025FranceLensFW
2025–26}}2025EnglandMarseilleFW
2025–26}}2025FranceLensFW

Multiple winners

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

ItalicsIndicates player still playing professional football
RankPlayerWins
1stKylian Mbappé11
2ndZlatan Ibrahimović5
Florian Thauvin
4thPierre-Emerick Aubameyang4
Eden Hazard
Alexandre Lacazette
Javier Pastore
Franck Ribéry
9thWissam Ben Yedder3
André-Pierre Gignac
Mason Greenwood
Juninho
Peguy Luyindula
Steve Mandanda
Neymar
Mamadou Niang
Martin Terrier
18thJonathan Bamba2
Hatem Ben Arfa
Karim Benzema
Edinson Cavani
Ousmane Dembélé
Didier Drogba
Vincent Enyeama
Ludovic Giuly
Yoann Gourcuff
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

CountryWins
France94
Argentina
Brazil
Belgium
Ivory Coast
Sweden
Italy
Algeria
Gabon
Nigeria
Senegal
England
Morocco
Japan
Poland
Portugal
SerbiaDanijel Ljuboja played for Serbia and Montenegro when he was rewarded in 2004, which was renamed as Serbia in 2006.
Turkey
Uruguay
Benin
Bulgaria
Canada
Colombia
Republic of the Congo
Costa Rica
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Georgia
Ghana
Kosovo
Netherlands
Romania
Tunisia

Awards won by club

ClubWins
Paris Saint-Germain
Marseille
Lille
Lyon
Saint-Étienne
Monaco
Rennes
Lens
Montpellier
Nice
Bordeaux
Metz
Nantes
Toulouse
Auxerre
Brest
Strasbourg
Caen
Le Mans
Nancy
Paris FC
Sochaux
Valenciennes

Footnotes

References

References

  1. "Les Trophées UNFP Par le Menu…".
  2. "Palmarès".
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