BBC Goal of the Month

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. 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

  • 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

1992–93

Key:   Goal of the Season

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

1993–94

Key:   Goal of the Season

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

1994–95

Key:   Goal of the Season

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

1995–96

Key:   Goal of the Season

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

1996–97

Key:   Goal of the Season

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

1997–98

Key:   Goal of the Season

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

1998–99

Key:   Goal of the Season

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

1999–2000

Key:   Goal of the Season

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

2000–01

Key:   Goal of the Season

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

2001–02

Awarded by ITV Sport's The Premiership.

Key:   Goal of the Season

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

2002–03

Awarded by ITV Sport's The Premiership.

Key:   Goal of the Season

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

2003–04

Awarded by ITV Sport's The Premiership.


Key:   Goal of the Season

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

2004–05

Key:   Goal of the Season

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

2005–06

Key:   Goal of the Season

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

2006–07

Key:   Goal of the Season

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

2007–08

Key:   Goal of the Season

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

2008–09

Key:   Goal of the Season

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

2009–10

Key:   Goal of the Season

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

2010–11

Key:   Goal of the Season

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

2011–12

Key:   Goal of the Season

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

2012–13

Key:   Goal of the Season

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

2013–14

Key:   Goal of the Season

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

2014–15

Key:   Goal of the Season

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

2015–16

Key:   Goal of the Season

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

2016–17

Key:   Goal of the Season

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

2017–18

Key:   Goal of the Season

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

2018–19

Key:   Goal of the Season

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

2019–20

Key:   Goal of the Season

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

2020–21

Key:   Goal of the Season

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

2021–22

Key:   Goal of the Season

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

2022–23

Key:   Goal of the Season

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

2023–24

Key:   Goal of the Season

Month Scorer For Against Stadium Competition Date Ref.
August Kaoru Mitoma Brighton & Hove Albion Wolverhampton Wanderers Molineux Stadium Premier League 19 August 2023 [44]
September Bruno Fernandes Manchester United Burnley Turf Moor 23 September 2023 [45]
October Eddie Nketiah Arsenal Sheffield United Emirates Stadium 28 October 2023 [46]
November Alejandro Garnacho Manchester United Everton Goodison Park 26 November 2023 [47]
December Alexis Mac Allister Liverpool Fulham Anfield 3 December 2023 [48]
January Eberechi Eze Crystal Palace Sheffield United Selhurst Park 30 January 2024 [49]
February Darwin Núñez Liverpool Brentford Gtech Community Stadium 17 February 2024 [50]
March Marcus Rashford Manchester United Manchester City City of Manchester Stadium 3 March 2024 [51]
April Alexis Mac Allister Liverpool Sheffield United Anfield 4 April 2024 [52]

2024–25

Key:   Goal of the Season

Month Scorer For Against Stadium Competition Date Ref.
August Luis Díaz Liverpool Brentford Anfield Premier League 25 August 2024 [53]
September Jhon Durán Aston Villa Everton Villa Park 14 September 2024 [54]
October Nicolas Jackson Chelsea Newcastle United Stamford Bridge 27 October 2024 [55]
November Mohamed Salah Liverpool Brighton & Hove Albion Anfield 2 November 2024 [56]
December Amad Diallo Manchester United Manchester City City of Manchester Stadium 15 December 2024 [57]
January Cody Gakpo Liverpool Manchester United Anfield 5 January 2025 [58]
February Kaoru Mitoma Brighton & Hove Albion Chelsea Falmer Stadium 14 February 2025 [59]
March Jens Cajuste Ipswich Town Nottingham Forest Portman Road 15 March 2025 [60]
April Alexis Mac Allister Liverpool Tottenham Hotspur Anfield 27 April 2025 [61]

Multiple awards

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 April 2025 award
Rank Player Awards
1 Wayne Rooney 8
2 Mohamed Salah 7
3 Robin van Persie 6
4 Ryan Giggs 5
5 Dennis Bergkamp 4
Andy Cole
Thierry Henry
Alan Shearer
Ian Wright
10 Gareth Bale 3
Kevin De Bruyne
David Ginola
Matt Le Tissier
Alexis Mac Allister
Paul Scholes
16 Charlie Adam 2
Darren Anderton
Dalian Atkinson
Ross Barkley
Craig Bellamy
Hatem Ben Arfa
Dimitar Berbatov
Eric Cantona
Carlton Cole
Philippe Coutinho
Paolo Di Canio
Bruno Fernandes
Steven Gerrard
Eden Hazard
Darren Huckerby
Danny Ings
Juninho
Harry Kane
Georgi Kinkladze
Sadio Mané
Kaoru Mitoma
Stiliyan Petrov
Marcus Rashford
Aaron Ramsey
Cristiano Ronaldo
André Schürrle
Teddy Sheringham
Trevor Sinclair
Son Heung-min
Daniel Sturridge
Sylvinho
Carlos Tevez
Fernando Torres
Andros Townsend
Tuncay
Jamie Vardy
Patrick Vieira
Jack Wilshere
Tony Yeboah
Dwight Yorke
Gianfranco Zola

Awards won by club

As of April 2025 award
Club Players Total
Manchester United 25 45
Liverpool 26 39
Arsenal 18 33
Tottenham Hotspur 14 21
Newcastle United 15 16
Chelsea 13 15
Aston Villa 10 13
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
Brighton & Hove Albion 4 4
Sunderland 4 4
Leeds United 2 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
Ipswich Town 1 1
Real Zaragoza 1 1
Swansea City 1 1
West Bromwich Albion 1 1
Wimbledon 1 1

Awards won by nationality

As of April 2025 award
Country Players Total
 England 72 107
 France 14 22
 Netherlands 10 18
 Wales 9 17
 Brazil 9 12
 Argentina 6 9
 Spain 8 9
 Belgium 5 8
 Egypt 1 7
 Ireland 7 7
 Portugal 4 6
 Italy 3 5
 Senegal 4 5
 Uruguay 5 5
 Bulgaria 2 4
 Germany 3 4
 Scotland 3 4
 Ivory Coast 4 4
 Turkey 2 3
 Colombia 3 3
 Czech Republic 3 3
 Georgia 1 2
 Ghana 1 2
 Japan 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
 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
 Latvia 1 1
 Mexico 1 1
 Norway 1 1
 Peru 1 1
 South Africa 1 1
 Sweden 1 1
 Togo 1 1
 Ukraine 1 1
 Zimbabwe 1 1

Notes

  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

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