BBC Goal of the Month

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Wayne Rooney
Wayne Rooney won the honour a record eight times.

The Goal of the Month is a monthly segment on BBC's Match of the Day television programme, in honour of the best goal scored each month.[1] The segment has been featured on the programme since the 1970–71 season.[citation needed] Typically, a selection of eight or ten goals from the month are shown before the Goal of the Month is decided. Until the 2006–07 season, viewers were given the chance to win a prize by selecting the correct winner and the winner would be decided by a vote firstly by post then by text and phone votes. For the majority of the 2007–08 season, the BBC did not allow any competitions due to a money-for-competitions-entry scandal, but towards the end of the season and for the goal of the season competition, normal service was resumed.[2] When Match of the Day moved to Match of the Day 2 when Colin Murray presented the winner was decided by the subjective opinion of one of the pundits, such as Alan Hansen, Mark Lawrenson or Alan Shearer. From October 2013, BBC Match of the Day 2 viewers have picked the Goal of the Month in a poll conducted by voting on the BBC Sport website or sending the hashtag of the viewers favourite goal via Twitter.

The award of Goal of the Month was usually given as first-, second- and third-best goal of the month on Match of the Day up until the BBC lost the right to show Premier League highlights from 2000 to 2001. When highlights returned to the BBC for 2004–05, the format was reduced to only the best goal of the month being announced. Contending goals used to feature from other competitions which the BBC had the broadcasting rights for, most usually from the FA Cup, this was up to 2007–08 when its rights were transferred to ITV. Once the FA Cup returned to the BBC from 2014 to 2015, Goal of the Month remained exclusively a Premier League affair. The winners usually go forth to contest the Goal of the Season.

From the 2016–17 season, the Premier League has run its own Goal of the Month award, whose winners can conflict with the Match of the Day accolade, as had happened six times in its maiden season.

Records[edit]

  • During the period in which a top three was announced each month, Dennis Bergkamp was the only player to have achieved the deemed first, second, and third best goals of the month in one calendar month, August 1997. Only two goals came from his hat-trick against Leicester City — not all three as is widely cited. The third was from a previous game against Southampton.[3]
  • The record for the number of players having more than one nomination for GOTS in a season is three. This has happened twice, the first time in 1992–93 when Ryan Giggs (September and May), Dalian Atkinson (October and December) and Dwight Yorke (February and March) each won two Goal of The Month awards. The second was in 1995–96 with Tony Yeboah (August and September); Ian Wright (October and January) and Alan Shearer (December and April) each having two goals in contention.
  • There have been numerous occasions where two players have been nominated twice, but as of 2019–20, no player has yet had three goals selected in a Premier League season.
  • Kevin De Bruyne is the last player to have had two goals selected, in the 2019–20 season.
  • Consecutive GOTM wins has occurred only three times. The players to have achieved this are: Yorke in 1992–93 (February and March); Yeboah in 1995–96 (August and September) and Gareth Bale in 2012–13 (January and February).
  • May 1995 is the only instance, where Goal of the Month was awarded to foreign team's player, namely Nayim of Real Zaragoza for his goal against Arsenal in UEFA Cup Winners' Cup final.
  • Since the advent of the Premier League in 1992–93, Jack Wilshere is the only player to have won GOTS in consecutive seasons (2013–14 and 2014–15), although his latter win was controversial.
  • Wayne Rooney is the player with the most GOTS wins in the Premier League era, having won the award three times: 2004–05, 2006–07 and 2010–11.

Winners[edit]

1992–93[edit]

[citation needed]

Key:   Goal of the Season

Month Scorer For Against Stadium Competition Date
September Wales Ryan Giggs Manchester United Tottenham Hotspur White Hart Lane Premiership 19 September 1992
October England Dalian Atkinson Aston Villa Wimbledon Selhurst Park 3 October 1992
November England Clive Freeman Altrincham Chester City Moss Lane FA Cup 25 November 1992
December England Dalian Atkinson Aston Villa Sheffield Wednesday Hillsborough Premiership 5 December 1992
January England Julian Joachim Leicester City Barnsley Oakwell FA Cup 20 January 1993
February Trinidad and Tobago Dwight Yorke Aston Villa Ipswich Town Villa Park Premiership 6 February 1993
March Sheffield Wednesday 17 March 1993
April Wales Ian Rush Liverpool Oldham Athletic Anfield 10 April 1993
May Wales Ryan Giggs Manchester United Blackburn Rovers Old Trafford 3 May 1993

1993–94[edit]

[citation needed]

Key:   Goal of the Season

Month Scorer For Against Stadium Competition Date
August Wales Jeremy Goss Norwich City Leeds United Elland Road Premiership 21 August 1993
September Nigeria Efan Ekoku Everton Goodison Park 25 September 1993
October England Matt Le Tissier Southampton Newcastle United The Dell 24 October 1993
November England Darren Anderton Tottenham Hotspur Queens Park Rangers Loftus Road 27 November 1993
December England Ian Wright Arsenal Swindon Town County Ground 27 December 1993
January Wales Mark Hughes Manchester United Sheffield United Bramall Lane FA Cup 9 January 1994
February France Eric Cantona Wimbledon Selhurst Park 20 February 1994
March England Ian Wright Arsenal Southampton The Dell Premiership 19 March 1994
April England Rod Wallace Leeds United Tottenham Hotspur Elland Road 17 April 1994
May Wales Barry Horne Everton Wimbledon Goodison Park 7 May 1994

1994–95[edit]

[citation needed]

Key:   Goal of the Season

Month Scorer For Against Stadium Competition Date
August England Matt Le Tissier Southampton Aston Villa Villa Park Premiership 24 August 1994
September England Andy Cole Newcastle United Chelsea St James' Park 10 September 1994
October England John Barnes Liverpool Blackburn Rovers Ewood Park 15 October 1994
November England Alan Shearer Blackburn Rovers Queens Park Rangers 26 November 1994
December England Matt Le Tissier Southampton Blackburn Rovers 10 December 1994
January Zimbabwe Peter Ndlovu Coventry City West Bromwich Albion The Hawthorns FA Cup 18 January 1995
February England Andy Clarke Wimbledon Liverpool Anfield 19 February 1995
March England Teddy Sheringham Tottenham Hotspur Liverpool 11 March 1995
April England Stan Collymore Nottingham Forest Crystal Palace Selhurst Park Premiership 29 April 1995
May Spain Nayim Real Zaragoza Arsenal Parc des Princes UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 10 May 1995

1995–96[edit]

[citation needed]

Key:   Goal of the Season

Month Scorer For Against Stadium Competition Date
August Ghana Tony Yeboah Leeds United Liverpool Elland Road Premiership 21 August 1995
September Wimbledon Selhurst Park 23 September 1995
October England Ian Wright Arsenal Leeds United Elland Road 14 October 1995
November England Teddy Sheringham Tottenham Hotspur Coventry City Highfield Road 4 November 1995
December England Alan Shearer Blackburn Rovers Tottenham Hotspur Ewood Park 30 December 1995
January England Ian Wright Arsenal Everton Highbury 20 January 1996
February England Ian Woan Nottingham Forest Tottenham Hotspur City Ground 28 February 1996
March Georgia (country) Georgi Kinkladze Manchester City Southampton Maine Road 16 March 1996
April England Alan Shearer Blackburn Rovers Wimbledon Ewood Park 17 April 1996
May England Peter Beardsley Newcastle United Nottingham Forest City Ground 2 May 1996

1996–97[edit]

[citation needed]

Key:   Goal of the Season

Month Scorer For Against Stadium Competition Date
August England David Beckham Manchester United Wimbledon Selhurst Park Premiership 17 August 1996
September Czech Republic Karel Poborský Leeds United Elland Road 7 September 1996
October France David Ginola Newcastle United Ferencváros St James' Park UEFA Cup 15 October 1996
November Netherlands Dennis Bergkamp Arsenal Tottenham Hotspur Highbury Premiership 24 November 1996
December France Eric Cantona Manchester United Sunderland Old Trafford 21 December 1996
January England Trevor Sinclair Queens Park Rangers Barnsley Loftus Road FA Cup 25 January 1997
February Italy Gianfranco Zola Chelsea Manchester United Stamford Bridge Premiership 22 February 1997
March Brazil Juninho Middlesbrough Chelsea Riverside Stadium 22 March 1997
April Italy Gianfranco Zola Chelsea Wimbledon Highbury FA Cup 13 April 1997
May Brazil Juninho Middlesbrough Manchester United Old Trafford Premiership 5 May 1997

1997–98[edit]

[citation needed]

Key:   Goal of the Season

Month Scorer For Against Stadium Competition Date
August Netherlands Dennis Bergkamp Arsenal Leicester City Filbert Street Premiership 27 August 1997
September England Steve McManaman Liverpool Celtic Celtic Park UEFA Cup 16 September 1997
October England Paul Scholes Manchester United Barnsley Old Trafford Premiership 25 October 1997
November England Kevin Davies Southampton Everton Goodison Park 2 November 1997
December England Darren Huckerby Coventry City Manchester United Highfield Road 28 December 1997
January Georgia (country) Georgi Kinkladze Manchester City West Ham United Maine Road FA Cup 25 January 1998
February Wales Ryan Giggs Manchester United Derby County Old Trafford Premiership 21 February 1998
March England Alan Thompson Bolton Wanderers Liverpool Anfield 7 March 1998
April France Patrick Vieira Arsenal Newcastle United Highbury 11 April 1998
May England Dean Gordon Crystal Palace Bolton Wanderers Reebok Stadium 2 May 1998

1998–99[edit]

Key:   Goal of the Season

Month Scorer For Against Stadium Competition Date
August England Michael Owen Liverpool Newcastle United St James' Park Premiership 30 August 1998
September England Emile Heskey Leicester City Arsenal Filbert Street 12 September 1998
October Turkey Muzzy Izzet Tottenham Hotspur 19 October 1998
November England Steve Froggatt Coventry City Everton Highfield Road 16 November 1998
December Netherlands Dennis Bergkamp Arsenal Aston Villa Villa Park 13 December 1998
January England Darren Huckerby Coventry City Nottingham Forest Highfield Road 9 January 1999
February England Darren Anderton Tottenham Hotspur Leeds United White Hart Lane FA Cup 24 February 1999
March France David Ginola Barnsley Oakwell 16 March 1999
April Wales Ryan Giggs Manchester United Arsenal Villa Park 14 April 1999
May France Emmanuel Petit Arsenal Tottenham Hotspur White Hart Lane Premiership 5 May 1999

1999–2000[edit]

[citation needed]

Key:   Goal of the Season

Month Scorer For Against Stadium Competition Date
August Uruguay Gus Poyet Chelsea Sunderland Stamford Bridge Premiership 7 August 1999
September Latvia Marians Pahars Southampton Manchester United Old Trafford 25 September 1999
October Republic of Ireland Stephen Carr Tottenham Hotspur White Hart Lane 23 October 1999
November England Andy Cole Manchester United Leicester City Old Trafford 6 November 1999
December France David Ginola Tottenham Hotspur Watford White Hart Lane 26 December 1999
January Italy Benito Carbone Aston Villa Leeds United Villa Park FA Cup 30 January 2000
February England Andy Cole Manchester United Coventry City Old Trafford Premiership 5 February 2000
March Italy Paolo Di Canio West Ham United Wimbledon Upton Park 26 March 2000
April England Paul Scholes Manchester United Middlesbrough Riverside Stadium 10 April 2000
May Brazil Sylvinho Arsenal Sheffield Wednesday Highbury 9 May 2000

2000–01[edit]

[citation needed]

Key:   Goal of the Season

Month Scorer For Against Stadium Competition Date
August Croatia Mario Stanić Chelsea West Ham United Stamford Bridge Premiership 19 August 2000
September Brazil Sylvinho Arsenal Chelsea 6 September 2000
October France Thierry Henry Manchester United Highbury 1 October 2000
November England Andy Cole Manchester United Coventry City Highfield Road 4 November 2000
December England Trevor Sinclair West Ham United Derby County Upton Park 26 December 2000
January Colombia Hámilton Ricard Middlesbrough Bradford City Valley Parade FA Cup 8 January 2001
February Netherlands Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink Chelsea Arsenal Highbury 18 February 2001
March England Steven Gerrard Liverpool Manchester United Anfield Premiership 31 March 2001
April South Africa Shaun Bartlett Charlton Athletic Leicester City The Valley 1 April 2001
May England Paul Merson Aston Villa Coventry City Villa Park 2 May 2001

2001–02[edit]

Awarded by ITV Sport's The Premiership.

Key:   Goal of the Season

Month Scorer For Against Stadium Competition Date Ref
March Netherlands Dennis Bergkamp Arsenal Newcastle United St James' Park Premiership 2 March 2002 [4]

2002–03[edit]

[citation needed]

Awarded by ITV Sport's The Premiership.

Key:   Goal of the Season

Month Scorer For Against Stadium Competition Date
August France Sylvain Wiltord Arsenal Birmingham City Highbury Premiership 18 August 2002
September Italy Paolo Di Canio West Ham United Chelsea Stamford Bridge 28 September 2002
October England Wayne Rooney Everton Arsenal Goodison Park 19 October 2002
November France Thierry Henry Arsenal Tottenham Hotspur Highbury 16 November 2002
December England Alan Shearer Newcastle United Everton St James' Park 1 December 2002
January Iceland Eiður Guðjohnsen Chelsea Leeds United Stamford Bridge 28 January 2003
February Cameroon Geremi Middlesbrough Liverpool Anfield 8 February 2003
March Netherlands Ruud van Nistelrooy Manchester United Fulham Old Trafford 22 March 2003
April Nigeria Jay-Jay Okocha Bolton Wanderers West Ham United Reebok Stadium 19 April 2003

2003–04[edit]

Awarded by ITV Sport's The Premiership.


Key:   Goal of the Season

Month Scorer For Against Stadium Competition Date
September Scotland Alex Rae Wolverhampton Wanderers Bolton Wanderers Reebook Stadium Premiership 27 September 2003
March Germany Dietmar Hamann Liverpool Portsmouth Anfield 17 March 2004

2004–05[edit]

Key:   Goal of the Season

Month Scorer For Against Stadium Competition Date Ref.
August Czech Republic Patrick Berger Portsmouth Charlton Athletic The Valley Premiership 21 August 2004 [5]
September England Lee Hendrie Aston Villa Crystal Palace Villa Park 25 September 2004
October France Thierry Henry Arsenal Charlton Athletic Highbury 2 October 2004
November Spain Xabi Alonso Liverpool Arsenal Anfield 28 November 2004
December Netherlands Arjen Robben Chelsea Norwich City Stamford Bridge 18 December 2004
January England Wayne Rooney Manchester United Middlesbrough Old Trafford FA Cup 29 January 2005
February France Thierry Henry Arsenal Crystal Palace Highbury Premiership 14 February 2005
March Greece Stelios Giannakopoulos Bolton Wanderers Norwich City Reebok Stadium 19 March 2005
April England Wayne Rooney Manchester United Newcastle United Old Trafford 24 April 2005
May France Patrick Vieira Arsenal Everton Highbury 11 May 2005

2005–06[edit]

Key:   Goal of the Season

Month Scorer For Against Stadium Competition Date Ref.
August Norway Morten Gamst Pedersen Blackburn Rovers Fulham Ewood Park Premiership 20 August 2005 [6]
September England Kevin Nolan Bolton Wanderers Portsmouth Reebok Stadium 24 September 2005
October England Matthew Taylor Portsmouth Sunderland Stadium of Light 29 October 2005
November Netherlands Collins John Fulham Middlesbrough Riverside Stadium 20 November 2005
December Republic of Ireland Steven Reid Blackburn Rovers Wigan Athletic JJB Stadium 31 December 2005
January Republic of Ireland Liam Lawrence Sunderland Fulham Craven Cottage 2 January 2006
February Peru Nolberto Solano Newcastle United Everton St James' Park 25 February 2006
March Senegal Henri Camara Wigan Athletic Sunderland Stadium of Light 11 March 2006
April Wales Craig Bellamy Blackburn Rovers Portsmouth Fratton Park 8 April 2006
May England Steven Gerrard Liverpool West Ham United Millennium Stadium FA Cup 13 May 2006

2006–07[edit]

[citation needed]

Key:   Goal of the Season

Month Scorer For Against Stadium Competition Date
August Denmark Daniel Agger Liverpool West Ham United Anfield Premiership 26 August 2006
September Netherlands Robin van Persie Arsenal Charlton Athletic The Valley 29 September 2006
October England Gareth Barry Aston Villa Tottenham Hotspur Villa Park 14 October 2006
November France Nicolas Anelka Bolton Wanderers Arsenal Reebok Stadium 25 November 2006
December England Paul Scholes Manchester United Aston Villa Villa Park 23 December 2006
January England Wayne Rooney Portsmouth Old Trafford FA Cup 27 January 2007
February Netherlands Denny Landzaat Wigan Athletic Arsenal Emirates Stadium Premiership 11 February 2007
March England Wayne Rooney Manchester United Bolton Wanderers Old Trafford 17 March 2007
April Scotland James McFadden Everton Charlton Athletic Goodison Park 15 April 2007
May England Craig Gardner Aston Villa Bolton Wanderers Reebok Stadium 13 May 2007

2007–08[edit]

[citation needed]

Key:   Goal of the Season

Month Scorer For Against Stadium Competition Date
August France Charles N'Zogbia Newcastle United Middlesbrough Riverside Stadium Premier League 26 August 2007
September Togo Emmanuel Adebayor Arsenal Tottenham Hotspur White Hart Lane 15 September 2007
October Argentina Carlos Tevez Manchester United Middlesbrough Old Trafford 27 October 2007
November England Luke Young Middlesbrough Tottenham Hotspur Riverside Stadium 3 November 2007
December Turkey Tuncay Derby County Pride Park 15 December 2007
January Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo Manchester United Portsmouth Old Trafford 30 January 2008
February Republic of Ireland Daryl Murphy Sunderland Wigan Athletic Stadium of Light 9 February 2008
March Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo Manchester United Aston Villa Old Trafford 29 March 2008
April Bulgaria Stiliyan Petrov Aston Villa Derby County Pride Park 12 April 2008
May Brazil Fábio Rochemback Middlesbrough Manchester City Riverside Stadium 11 May 2008

2008–09[edit]

[citation needed]

Key:   Goal of the Season

Month Scorer For Against Stadium Competition Date
August Jamaica Ricardo Fuller Stoke City Aston Villa Britannia Stadium Premier League 23 August 2008
September Brazil Geovanni Hull City Arsenal Emirates Stadium 27 September 2008
October England David Bentley Tottenham Hotspur 29 October 2008
November England Glen Johnson Portsmouth Hull City Fratton Park 22 November 2008
December Netherlands Robin van Persie Arsenal Liverpool Emirates Stadium 21 December 2008
January England Paul Konchesky Fulham West Ham United Upton Park 18 January 2009
February Wales Ryan Giggs Manchester United 8 February 2009
March England Carlton Cole West Ham United Wigan Athletic JJB Stadium 4 March 2009
April Spain Fernando Torres Liverpool Blackburn Rovers Anfield 11 April 2009
May Turkey Tuncay Middlesbrough Aston Villa Riverside Stadium 16 May 2009

2009–10[edit]

[citation needed]

Key:   Goal of the Season

Month Scorer For Against Stadium Competition Date
August England Carlton Cole West Ham United Tottenham Hotspur Upton Park Premier League 23 August 2009
September Wales Craig Bellamy Manchester City Manchester United Old Trafford 20 September 2009
October Ivory Coast Didier Drogba Chelsea Bolton Wanderers Reebok Stadium 31 October 2009
November England Cameron Jerome Birmingham City Liverpool Anfield 9 November 2009
December Honduras Maynor Figueroa Wigan Athletic Stoke City Britannia Stadium 12 December 2009
January England Ashley Cole Chelsea Sunderland Stamford Bridge 16 January 2010
February Republic of Ireland Damien Duff Fulham Birmingham City Craven Cottage 21 February 2010
March Spain Fernando Torres Liverpool Sunderland Anfield 28 March 2010
April England Danny Rose Tottenham Hotspur Arsenal White Hart Lane 14 April 2010
May England Tom Huddlestone Bolton Wanderers 1 May 2010

2010–11[edit]

[citation needed]

Key:   Goal of the Season

Month Scorer For Against Stadium Competition Date
August Wales Gareth Bale Tottenham Hotspur Stoke City Britannia Stadium Premier League 21 August 2010
September Bulgaria Dimitar Berbatov Manchester United Liverpool Old Trafford 19 September 2010
October Brazil Alex Chelsea Arsenal Stamford Bridge 3 October 2010
November Bulgaria Dimitar Berbatov Manchester United Blackburn Rovers Old Trafford 27 November 2010
December Netherlands Rafael van der Vaart Tottenham Hotspur Aston Villa Villa Park 26 December 2010
January Portugal Raul Meireles Liverpool Wolverhampton Wanderers Molineux Stadium 22 January 2011
February England Wayne Rooney Manchester United Manchester City Old Trafford 12 February 2011
March Scotland Charlie Adam Blackpool Blackburn Rovers Ewood Park 19 March 2011
April Republic of Ireland Simon Cox West Bromwich Albion Tottenham Hotspur White Hart Lane 23 April 2011
May Argentina Carlos Tevez Manchester City Stoke City City of Manchester Stadium 17 May 2011

2011–12[edit]

[citation needed]

Key:   Goal of the Season

Month Scorer For Against Stadium Competition Date
August Bosnia and Herzegovina Edin Džeko Manchester City Tottenham Hotspur White Hart Lane Premier League 28 August 2011
September Bulgaria Stiliyan Petrov Aston Villa Everton Goodison Park 10 September 2011
October Costa Rica Bryan Ruiz Fulham Craven Cottage 23 October 2011
November England Ryan Taylor Newcastle United St James' Park 5 November 2011
December Netherlands Robin van Persie Arsenal Emirates Stadium 10 December 2011
January Benin Stéphane Sessègnon Sunderland Swansea City Stadium of Light 21 January 2012
February England Fraizer Campbell Norwich City 1 February 2012
March England Peter Crouch Stoke City Manchester City Britannia Stadium 24 March 2012
April France Hatem Ben Arfa Newcastle United Bolton Wanderers St James' Park 9 April 2012
May Senegal Papiss Cissé Chelsea Stamford Bridge 2 May 2012

2012–13[edit]

Key:   Goal of the Season

Month Scorer For Against Stadium Competition Date
August Netherlands Robin van Persie Manchester United Fulham Old Trafford Premier League 25 August 2012
September France Hatem Ben Arfa Newcastle United Aston Villa St James' Park 2 September 2012
October Morocco Adel Taarabt Queens Park Rangers West Ham United Loftus Road 1 October 2012
November England Jermain Defoe Tottenham Hotspur White Hart Lane 22 November 2012
December England Theo Walcott Arsenal Newcastle United Emirates Stadium 29 December 2012
January Wales Gareth Bale Tottenham Hotspur Norwich City Carrow Road 30 January 2013
February West Ham United Upton Park 25 February 2013
March England Andy Carroll West Ham United West Bromwich Albion Upton Park 30 March 2013
April Netherlands Robin van Persie Manchester United Aston Villa Old Trafford 22 April 2013
May Belgium Kevin Mirallas Everton West Ham United Goodison Park 12 May 2013

2013–14[edit]

Key:   Goal of the Season

Month Scorer For Against Stadium Competition Date
August Netherlands Robin van Persie Manchester United Swansea City Liberty Stadium Premier League 17 August 2013
September England Jordon Mutch Cardiff City Fulham Craven Cottage 28 September 2013
October England Jack Wilshere Arsenal Norwich City Emirates Stadium 19 October 2013
November Wales Aaron Ramsey Liverpool 2 November 2013
December Uruguay Luis Suárez Liverpool Norwich City Anfield 4 December 2013
January England Daniel Sturridge Everton 28 January 2014
February Czech Republic Tomáš Rosický Arsenal Sunderland Emirates Stadium 22 February 2014
March England Wayne Rooney Manchester United West Ham United Upton Park 22 March 2014
April England Jonjo Shelvey Swansea City Aston Villa Liberty Stadium 26 April 2014
May England Ross Barkley Everton Manchester City Goodison Park 3 May 2014

2014–15[edit]

Key:   Goal of the Season

Month Scorer For Against Stadium Competition Date
August Germany André Schürrle Chelsea Burnley Turf Moor Premier League 18 August 2014
September Argentina Ángel Di María Manchester United Leicester City King Power Stadium 21 September 2014
October Spain David Silva Manchester City West Ham United Upton Park 25 October 2014
November Spain Ayoze Pérez Newcastle United West Bromwich Albion The Hawthorns 9 November 2014
December England Ross Barkley Everton Queens Park Rangers Goodison Park 15 December 2014
January England Harry Kane Tottenham Hotspur Chelsea White Hart Lane 1 January 2015
February Brazil Philippe Coutinho Liverpool Southampton St Mary's Stadium 22 February 2015
March Spain Juan Mata Manchester United Liverpool Anfield 22 March 2015
April Scotland Charlie Adam Stoke City Chelsea Stamford Bridge 4 April 2015
May England Jack Wilshere Arsenal West Bromwich Albion Emirates Stadium 24 May 2015

2015–16[edit]

Key:   Goal of the Season

Month Scorer For Against Stadium Competition Date
August Brazil Philippe Coutinho Liverpool Stoke City Britannia Stadium Premier League 9 August 2015
September Belgium Christian Benteke Manchester United Old Trafford 12 September 2015
October Chile Alexis Sánchez Arsenal Emirates Stadium 4 October 2015
November England Adam Smith Bournemouth Everton Vitality Stadium 28 November 2015
December Curaçao Cuco Martina Southampton Arsenal St. Mary's Stadium 26 December 2015
January England Dele Alli Tottenham Hotspur Crystal Palace Selhurst Park 23 January 2016
February England Jamie Vardy Leicester City Liverpool King Power Stadium 2 February 2016
March England Harry Kane Tottenham Hotspur Arsenal White Hart Lane 5 March 2016
April France Dimitri Payet West Ham United Crystal Palace Upton Park 2 April 2016
May Belgium Eden Hazard Chelsea Tottenham Hotspur Stamford Bridge 2 May 2016

2016–17[edit]

Key:   Goal of the Season

Month Scorer For Against Stadium Competition Date
August Senegal Sadio Mané Liverpool Arsenal Emirates Stadium Premier League 14 August 2016
September England Jordan Henderson Chelsea Stamford Bridge 16 September 2016
October Uruguay Gastón Ramírez Middlesbrough Bournemouth Riverside Stadium 29 October 2016
November France Paul Pogba Manchester United Swansea City Liberty Stadium 6 November 2016
December[a] Armenia Henrikh Mkhitaryan Sunderland Old Trafford 26 December 2016
January France Olivier Giroud Arsenal Crystal Palace Emirates Stadium 1 January 2017
February Belgium Eden Hazard Chelsea Arsenal Stamford Bridge 7 February 2017
March Netherlands Georginio Wijnaldum Liverpool Anfield 4 March 2017
April Brazil Roberto Firmino Stoke City Bet365 Stadium 8 April 2017
May Germany Emre Can Watford Vicarage Road 1 May 2017

2017–18[edit]

Key:   Goal of the Season

Month Scorer For Against Stadium Competition Date
August England Charlie Daniels Bournemouth Manchester City Vitality Stadium Premier League 26 August 2017
September Ecuador Antonio Valencia Manchester United Everton Old Trafford 17 September 2017
October Morocco Sofiane Boufal Southampton West Bromwich Albion St Mary's Stadium 21 October 2017
November England Wayne Rooney Everton West Ham United Goodison Park 29 November 2017
December Egypt Mohamed Salah Liverpool Everton Anfield 10 December 2017
January Equatorial Guinea Pedro Obiang West Ham United Tottenham Hotspur Wembley Stadium 4 January 2018
February Egypt Mohamed Salah Liverpool Anfield 4 February 2018
March England Jamie Vardy Leicester City West Bromwich Albion The Hawthorns 10 March 2018
April Belgium Kevin De Bruyne Manchester City Swansea City Etihad Stadium 22 April 2018

2018–19[edit]

Key:   Goal of the Season

Month Scorer For Against Stadium Competition Date
August Ivory Coast Jean Michaël Seri Fulham Burnley Craven Cottage Premier League 25 August 2018
September England Daniel Sturridge Liverpool Chelsea Stamford Bridge 29 September 2018
October Wales Aaron Ramsey Arsenal Fulham Craven Cottage 7 October 2018
November Canada Junior Hoilett Cardiff City Wolverhampton Wanderers Cardiff City Stadium 30 November 2018
December England Andros Townsend Crystal Palace Manchester City Etihad Stadium 22 December 2018
January Germany André Schürrle Fulham Burnley Turf Moor 12 January 2019
February Switzerland Fabian Schär Newcastle United St James' Park 26 February 2019
March Brazil Andreas Pereira Manchester United Southampton Old Trafford 2 March 2019
April Egypt Mohamed Salah Liverpool Chelsea Anfield 14 April 2019
May Belgium Vincent Kompany Manchester City Leicester City Etihad Stadium 6 May 2019

2019–20[edit]

Key:   Goal of the Season

Month Scorer For Against Stadium Competition Date Ref.
August Wales Harry Wilson Bournemouth Manchester City Vitality Stadium Premier League 25 August 2019 [8]
September Egypt Mohamed Salah Liverpool Newcastle United Anfield 14 September 2019 [9]
October England Matty Longstaff Newcastle United Manchester United St James' Park 6 October 2019 [10]
November Belgium Kevin De Bruyne Manchester City Newcastle United 30 November 2019 [11]
December South Korea Son Heung-min Tottenham Hotspur Burnley Tottenham Hotspur Stadium 7 December 2019 [12]
January Iran Alireza Jahanbakhsh Brighton & Hove Albion Chelsea Falmer Stadium 1 January 2020 [13]
February France Anthony Martial Manchester United Watford Old Trafford 23 February 2020 [14]
March/June[b] Brazil Fabinho Liverpool Crystal Palace Anfield 24 June 2020 [15]
July Mexico Raúl Jiménez Wolverhampton Wanderers Burnley Turf Moor 15 July 2020 [16]
Belgium Kevin De Bruyne Manchester City Norwich City Etihad Stadium 26 July 2020

2020–21[edit]

Key:   Goal of the Season

Month Scorer For Against Stadium Competition Date Ref.
September England James Maddison Leicester City Manchester City Etihad Stadium Premier League 27 September 2020 [17]
October Argentina Manuel Lanzini West Ham United Tottenham Hotspur Tottenham Hotspur Stadium 18 October 2020 [18]
November England Danny Ings Southampton Aston Villa Villa Park 1 November 2020 [19]
December Ivory Coast Sébastien Haller West Ham United Crystal Palace London Stadium 16 December 2020 [20]
January Egypt Mohamed Salah Liverpool West Ham United 31 January 2021
February Portugal Bruno Fernandes Manchester United Everton Old Trafford 6 February 2021 [21]
March Argentina Erik Lamela Tottenham Hotspur Arsenal Emirates Stadium 14 March 2021 [22]
April England Jesse Lingard West Ham United Wolverhampton Wanderers London Stadium 5 April 2021 [23]
May Spain Ferran Torres Manchester City Newcastle United St James' Park 14 May 2021 [24]
Uruguay Edinson Cavani Manchester United Arsenal Old Trafford 18 May 2021

2021–22[edit]

Key:   Goal of the Season

Month Scorer For Against Stadium Competition Date Ref.
August England Danny Ings Aston Villa Newcastle United Villa Park Premier League 21 August 2021 [25]
September England Andros Townsend Everton Burnley Goodison Park 13 September 2021 [26]
October Egypt Mohamed Salah Liverpool Manchester City Anfield 3 October 2021 [27]
November Spain Rodri Manchester City Everton Etihad Stadium 21 November 2021 [28]
December England Trent Alexander-Arnold Liverpool Newcastle United Anfield 16 December 2021 [29]
January Croatia Mateo Kovačić Chelsea Liverpool Stamford Bridge 2 January 2022 [30]
February Senegal Sadio Mané Liverpool Norwich City Anfield 19 February 2022 [31]
March Portugal Rúben Neves Wolverhampton Wanderers Watford Molineux Stadium 10 March 2022 [32]
April Switzerland Granit Xhaka Arsenal Manchester United Emirates Stadium 23 April 2022 [33]
May Ukraine Vitaliy Mykolenko Everton Leicester City King Power Stadium 8 May 2022 [34]

2022–23[edit]

Key:   Goal of the Season

Month Scorer For Against Stadium Competition Date Ref.
August France Allan Saint-Maximin Newcastle United Wolverhampton Wanderers Molineux Stadium Premier League 28 August 2022 [35]
September South Korea Son Heung-min Tottenham Hotspur Leicester City Tottenham Hotspur Stadium 17 September 2022 [36]
October Paraguay Miguel Almirón Newcastle United Fulham Craven Cottage 1 October 2022 [37]
November/
December[c]
England Demarai Gray Everton Manchester City Etihad Stadium 31 December 2022 [38]
January England Marcus Rashford Manchester United Arsenal Emirates Stadium 22 January 2023 [39]
February Republic of Ireland Séamus Coleman Everton Leeds United Goodison Park 18 February 2023 [40]
March England Reiss Nelson Arsenal Bournemouth Emirates Stadium 4 March 2023 [41]
April England Jacob Murphy Newcastle United Everton Goodison Park 27 April 2023 [42]
May Paraguay Julio Enciso Brighton & Hove Albion Manchester City Falmer Stadium 24 May 2023 [43]

2023–24[edit]

Month Scorer For Against Stadium Competition Date Ref.
August Japan Kaoru Mitoma Brighton & Hove Albion Wolverhampton Wanderers Molineux Stadium Premier League 19 August 2023 [44]
September Portugal Bruno Fernandes Manchester United Burnley Turf Moor 23 September 2023 [45]
October England Eddie Nketiah Arsenal Sheffield United Emirates Stadium 28 October 2023 [46]
November Argentina Alejandro Garnacho Manchester United Everton Goodison Park 26 November 2023 [47]
December Argentina Alexis Mac Allister Liverpool Fulham Anfield 3 December 2023 [48]
January England Eberechi Eze Crystal Palace Sheffield United Selhurst Park 30 January 2024 [49]
February Uruguay Darwin Núñez Liverpool Brentford Gtech Community Stadium 17 February 2024 [50]
March England Marcus Rashford Manchester United Manchester City Etihad Stadium 3 March 2024 [51]

Multiple awards[edit]

The following table lists the number of awards won by players who have won at least two BBC Goal of the Month awards.

Players in bold are still active in the Premier League.

As of March 2024 award
Rank Player Awards
1 England Wayne Rooney 8
2 Egypt Mohamed Salah 6
Netherlands Robin van Persie
4 Wales Ryan Giggs 5
5 Netherlands Dennis Bergkamp 4
England Andy Cole
France Thierry Henry
England Alan Shearer
England Ian Wright
10 Wales Gareth Bale 3
Belgium Kevin De Bruyne
France David Ginola
England Matt Le Tissier
England Paul Scholes
15 Scotland Charlie Adam 2
England Darren Anderton
England Dalian Atkinson
England Ross Barkley
Wales Craig Bellamy
France Hatem Ben Arfa
Bulgaria Dimitar Berbatov
France Eric Cantona
England Carlton Cole
Brazil Philippe Coutinho
Italy Paolo Di Canio
Portugal Bruno Fernandes
England Steven Gerrard
Belgium Eden Hazard
England Darren Huckerby
England Danny Ings
Brazil Juninho
England Harry Kane
Georgia (country) Georgi Kinkladze
Senegal Sadio Mané
Bulgaria Stiliyan Petrov
England Marcus Rashford
Wales Aaron Ramsey
Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo
Germany André Schürrle
England Teddy Sheringham
England Trevor Sinclair
South Korea Son Heung-min
England Daniel Sturridge
Brazil Sylvinho
Argentina Carlos Tevez
Spain Fernando Torres
England Andros Townsend
Turkey Tuncay
England Jamie Vardy
France Patrick Vieira
England Jack Wilshere
Ghana Tony Yeboah
Trinidad and Tobago Dwight Yorke
Italy Gianfranco Zola

Awards won by club[edit]

As of March 2024 award
Club Players Total
Manchester United 24 44
Liverpool 24 34
Arsenal 18 33
Tottenham Hotspur 14 21
Newcastle United 15 16
Chelsea 12 14
Aston Villa 9 12
Manchester City 9 12
Everton 9 11
West Ham United 9 11
Middlesbrough 7 9
Southampton 6 8
Blackburn Rovers 4 6
Leicester City 5 6
Fulham 6 6
Bolton Wanderers 5 5
Coventry City 3 4
Sunderland 4 4
Leeds United 2 3
Brighton & Hove Albion 3 3
Bournemouth 3 3
Crystal Palace 3 3
Portsmouth 3 3
Stoke City 3 3
Wigan Athletic 3 3
Wolverhampton Wanderers 3 3
Cardiff City 2 2
Norwich City 2 2
Nottingham Forest 2 2
Queens Park Rangers 2 2
Altrincham 1 1
Blackpool 1 1
Birmingham City 1 1
Charlton Athletic 1 1
Hull City 1 1
Real Zaragoza 1 1
Swansea City 1 1
West Bromwich Albion 1 1
Wimbledon 1 1

Awards won by nationality[edit]

As of March 2024 award
Country Players Total
 England 72 107
 France 14 22
 Netherlands 9 17
 Wales 9 17
 Brazil 9 12
 Spain 8 9
 Belgium 5 8
 Argentina 6 7
 Ireland 7 7
 Egypt 1 6
 Portugal 4 6
 Italy 3 5
 Uruguay 5 5
 Bulgaria 2 4
 Germany 3 4
 Scotland 3 4
 Senegal 3 4
 Turkey 2 3
 Czech Republic 3 3
 Ivory Coast 3 3
 Georgia 1 2
 Ghana 1 2
 South Korea 1 2
 Trinidad and Tobago 1 2
 Croatia 2 2
 Morocco 2 2
 Nigeria 2 2
 Paraguay 2 2
  Switzerland 2 2
 Armenia 1 1
 Benin 1 1
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 1
 Cameroon 1 1
 Canada 1 1
 Chile 1 1
 Colombia 1 1
 Costa Rica 1 1
 Curaçao 1 1
 Denmark 1 1
 Ecuador 1 1
 Equatorial Guinea 1 1
 Greece 1 1
 Honduras 1 1
 Iceland 1 1
 Iran 1 1
 Jamaica 1 1
 Japan 1 1
 Latvia 1 1
 Mexico 1 1
 Norway 1 1
 Peru 1 1
 South Africa 1 1
 Togo 1 1
 Ukraine 1 1
 Zimbabwe 1 1

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Mkhitaryan's goal won the public vote, but Bradley Lowery, a then 5-year-old Sunderland fan with neuroblastoma, was given a special honour for scoring a penalty against Chelsea's Asmir Begović, during the warm-ups prior to the match with Sunderland on 14 December 2016.[7]
  2. ^ Due to the stoppage of play caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the months of March and June 2020 were combined into a single Goal of the Month award.
  3. ^ Due to the stoppage of play caused by the 2022 FIFA World Cup, the months of November and December 2022 were combined into a single Goal of the Month award.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

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