EFL Young Player of the Month

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The EFL Young Player of the Month is an award for young players in all three divisions of the English Football League. To be eligible players must be under-21 or turn 21 during the current season. It was first awarded in December 2009.[1] Victor Moses of Crystal Palace was the first winner.

List of winners

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Month Year[nb 1] Nationality Player Team Division Age[nb 2] Ref
December 2009.102009 Nigeria Victor Moses Crystal Palace Championship 19 years, 20 days [2]
January 2009.102010 England Chris Martin Norwich City League One 21 years, 89 days [3]
February 2009.102010 England Alex Smithies Huddersfield Town League One 19 years, 361 days [4]
March 2009.102010 England Charlie Austin Swindon Town League One 20 years, 270 days [5]
April 2009.102010 England Connor Wickham Ipswich Town Championship 17 years, 31 days [6]
August 2010.112010 England Sam Baldock Milton Keynes Dons League One 21 years, 170 days [7]
September 2010.112010 England Marvin Sordell Watford Championship 21 years, 226 days [8]
October 2010.112010 England Kazenga LuaLua Brighton & Hove Albion League One 19 years, 326 days [9]
November 2010.112010 England Steven Caulker Bristol City Championship 18 years, 337 days [10]
December 2010.112010 England Will Buckley Watford Championship 21 years, 33 days [11]
January 2010.112011 England Jay Rodriguez Burnley Championship 21 years, 188 days [12]
February 2010.112011 England Jon Taylor Shrewsbury Town League Two 18 years, 224 days [13]
March 2010.112011 England Alex McCarthy Reading Championship 21 years, 119 days [14]
April 2010.112011 England Danny Ings AFC Bournemouth League One 19 years, 16 days [15]
August 2011.122011 England Harry Maguire Sheffield United League One 18 years, 180 days [16]
September 2011.122011 England Gary Madine Sheffield Wednesday League One 21 years, 38 days [17]
October 2011.122011 Northern Ireland Billy Kee Burton Albion League Two 20 years, 335 days [18]
November 2011.122011 England Jonjo Shelvey Blackpool Championship 19 years, 277 days [19]
December 2011.122011 England Nick Powell Crewe Alexandra League Two 17 years, 283 days [20]
January 2011.122012 Scotland Matt Phillips Blackpool Championship 20 years, 325 days [21]
February 2011.122012 Wales Kieron Freeman Notts County League One 19 years, 356 days [22]
March 2011.122012 Ireland Sean Murray Watford Championship 18 years, 173 days [23]
April 2011.122012 England Luke Freeman Stevenage League One 20 years, 40 days [24]
August 2012.132012 England Max Clayton Crewe Alexandra League One 18 years, 23 days [25]
September 2012.132012 England George Bowerman Walsall League One 20 years, 330 days [26]
October 2012.132012 England Wilfried Zaha Crystal Palace Championship 19 years, 357 days [27]
November 2012.132012 England Will Hughes Derby County Championship 17 years, 238 days [28]
December 2012.132012 England Tendayi Darikwa Chesterfield League Two 21 years, 19 days [29]
January 2012.132013 Ireland Carl McHugh Bradford City League Two 19 years, 362 days [30]
February 2012.132013 England George Long Sheffield United League One 19 years, 116 days [31]
March 2012.132013 England Sam Byram Leeds United Championship 19 years, 197 days [32]
April 2012.132013 England Nathaniel Chalobah Watford Championship 18 years, 138 days [33]
August 2013.142013 England Britt Assombalonga Peterborough United League One 20 years, 269 days [34]
September 2013.142013 England Liam Moore Leicester City Championship 20 years, 243 days [35]
October 2013.142013 England Jordan Cousins Charlton Athletic Championship 19 years, 240 days [36]
November 2013.142013 England Ollie Banks Chesterfield League Two 21 years, 71 days [37]
December 2013.142013 England Patrick Bamford Milton Keynes Dons League One 20 years, 118 days [38]
January 2013.142014 England Jake Bidwell Brentford League One 20 years, 326 days [39]
February 2013.142014 United States Will Packwood Birmingham City Championship 20 years, 284 days [40]
March 2013.142014 England Dale Jennings Barnsley Championship 21 years, 101 days [41]
April 2013.142014 England Moses Odubajo Leyton Orient League One 20 years, 277 days [42]
August 2014.152014 England Dele Alli Milton Keynes Dons League One 18 years, 143 days [43]
September 2014.152014 England Matt Ingram Wycombe Wanderers League Two 20 years, 287 days [44]
October 2014.152014 England Marcus Maddison Peterborough United League One 21 years, 36 days [45]
November 2014.152014 England Alex Mowatt Leeds United Championship 19 years, 291 days [46]
December 2014.152014 England Demarai Gray Birmingham City Championship 18 years, 187 days [47]
January 2014.152015 England Dominic Iorfa Wolverhampton Wanderers Championship 19 years, 208 days [48]
February 2014.152015 England Joe Bryan Bristol City League One 21 years, 165 days [49]
March 2014.152015 England Scott Harrison Hartlepool United League Two 21 years, 210 days [50]
April 2014.152015 England Dan Bentley Southend United League Two 21 years, 292 days [51]
August 2015.162015 Scotland Ryan Fraser Ipswich Town Championship 21 years, 189 days [52]
September 2015.162015 England Rico Henry Walsall League One 18 years, 85 days [53]
October 2015.162015 France Moussa Dembélé Fulham Championship 19 years, 112 days [54]
November 2015.162015 England Jermaine Anderson Peterborough United League One 19 years, 199 days [55]
December 2015.162015 Wales Tom Lockyer Bristol Rovers League Two 21 years, 29 days [56]
January 2015.162016 England Ben Osborn Nottingham Forest Championship 21 years, 180 days [57]
February 2015.162016 Northern Ireland Cameron McGeehan Luton Town League Two 20 years, 330 days [58]
March 2015.162016 England Ollie Watkins Exeter City League Two 20 years, 93 days [59]
April 2015.162016 England Ben Thompson Millwall League One 20 years, 211 days [60]
August 2016.172016 England Nathan Smith Port Vale League One 20 years, 151 days [61]
September 2016.172016 England Tammy Abraham Bristol City Championship 18 years, 365 days [62]
October 2016.172016 England Kalvin Phillips Leeds United Championship 20 years, 335 days [63]
November 2016.172016 England Liam Mandeville Doncaster Rovers League Two 19 years, 288 days [64]
December 2016.172016 England Frankie Kent Colchester United League Two 21 years, 41 days [65]
January 2016.172017 England John Swift Reading Championship 21 years, 223 days [66]
February 2016.172017 England Ryan Ledson Oxford United League One 19 years, 194 days [67]
March 2016.172017 Nigeria Bright Osayi-Samuel Blackpool League Two 19 years, 91 days [68]
April 2016.172017 England Josh Cullen Bradford City League One 21 years, 24 days [69]
August 2017.182017 England Jarrod Bowen Hull City Championship 20 years, 255 days [70]
September 2017.182017 England Callum Brittain Milton Keynes Dons League One 19 years, 203 days [71]
October 2017.182017 Ivory Coast Siriki Dembélé Grimsby Town League Two 21 years, 55 days [72]
November 2017.182017 England Hakeeb Adelakun Scunthorpe United League One 21 years, 173 days [73]
December 2017.182017 England Callum Lang Morecambe League Two 19 years, 115 days [74]
January 2017.182018 England James Maddison Norwich City Championship 21 years, 70 days [75]
February Not awarded
March
April
August 2018.192018 England Josh Maja Sunderland League One 19 years, 248 days [76]
September 2018.192018 Northern Ireland Jamal Lewis Norwich City Championship 20 years, 249 days [77]
October 2018.192018 England Harvey Gilmour Tranmere Rovers League Two 19 years, 321 days [78]
November 2018.192018 England James Justin Luton Town League One 20 years, 281 days [79]
December 2018.192018 England George Miller Bradford City League One 20 years, 143 days [80]
January 2018.192019 Scotland Jacob Brown Barnsley League One 20 years, 297 days [81]
February 2018.192019 England Tyrese Campbell Shrewsbury Town League One 19 years, 63 days [82]
March Not awarded
April
August 2019.202019 England Conor Gallagher Charlton Athletic Championship 19 years, 207 days [83]
September 2019.202019 England Jacob Greaves Cheltenham Town League Two 19 years, 19 days [84]
October 2019.202019 Finland Marcus Forss AFC Wimbledon League One 20 years, 136 days [85]
November 2019.202019 England Jude Bellingham Birmingham City Championship 16 years, 155 days [86]
December 2019.202019 England Djed Spence Middlesbrough Championship 19 years, 145 days [87]
January 2019.202020 Wales Luke Jephcott Plymouth Argyle League Two 20 years, 6 days [88]
February 2019.202020 Australia Harry Souttar Fleetwood Town League One 21 years, 131 days [89]
September 2020.212020 England Keane Lewis-Potter Hull City League One 19 years, 222 days [90]
October 2020.212020 Wales Brandon Cooper Newport County League Two 20 years, 292 days [91]
November 2020.212020 England Max Aarons Norwich City Championship 20 years, 332 days [92]
December 2020.212020 France Michael Olise Reading Championship 19 years, 20 days [93]
January 2020.212021 Ghana Kwadwo Baah Rochdale League One 18 years, 5 days [94]
February 2020.212021 England Callum Styles Barnsley Championship 20 years, 338 days [95]
March 2020.212021 England Morgan Rogers Lincoln City League One 18 years, 249 days [96]
April 2020.212021 England Ayoub Assal AFC Wimbledon League One 19 years, 100 days [97]
August 2021.222021 England Fábio Carvalho Fulham Championship 19 years, 2 days [98]
September 2021.222021 Wales Brennan Johnson Nottingham Forest Championship 20 years, 131 days [99]
October 2021.222021 England Connor Taylor Bristol Rovers League Two 20 years, 7 days [100]
November 2021.222021 England Matt O'Riley Milton Keynes Dons League One 21 years, 10 days [101]
December 2021.222021 England Dan Neil Sunderland League One 20 years, 19 days [102]
January 2021.222022 England Finn Azaz Newport County League Two 21 years, 147 days [103]
February 2021.222022 England Joe Tomlinson Swindon Town League Two 21 years, 265 days [104]
March 2021.222022 England Djed Spence Nottingham Forest Championship 21 years, 235 days [105]
April 2021.222022 England Elliot Anderson Bristol Rovers League Two 19 years, 176 days [106]
August 2022.232022 Scotland Tommy Conway Bristol City Championship 20 years, 26 days [107]
September 2022.232022 England Bali Mumba Plymouth Argyle League One 20 years, 358 days [108]
October 2022.232022 England Jay Stansfield Exeter City League One 19 years, 342 days [109]
November 2022.232022 England Ayoub Assal AFC Wimbledon League Two 20 years, 10 days [110]
December 2022.232022 Ivory Coast Amad Sunderland Championship 20 years, 174 days [111]
January 2022.232023 England Junior Tchamadeu Colchester United League Two 19 years, 41 days [112]
February 2022.232023 England Alex Scott Bristol City Championship 19 years, 135 days [113]
March 2022.232023 Iraq Ali Al-Hamadi AFC Wimbledon League Two 20 years, 309 days [114]
April Not awarded
August 2023.242023 England Jonathan Rowe Norwich City Championship 20 years, 124 days [115]
September 2023.242023 England Louie Barry Stockport County League Two 20 years, 102 days [116]
October 2023.242023 England Max Dean Milton Keynes Dons League Two 19 years, 253 days [117]
November 2023.242023 England Tyler Morton Hull City Championship 21 years, 31 days [118]
December 2023.242023 England Bailey Cadamarteri Sheffield Wednesday Championship 18 years, 237 days [119]
January 2023.242024 England Ronnie Edwards Peterborough United League One 20 years, 310 days [120]
February 2023.242024 Republic of Ireland Emmanuel Adegboyega Walsall League Two 20 years, 167 days [121]
March 2023.242024 Wales Joe Taylor Lincoln City League One 21 years, 135 days [122]
April 2023.242024 Portugal Fábio Carvalho Hull City Championship 21 years, 245 days [123]
August 2024.252024 England Louie Barry Stockport County League One 21 years, 72 days [124]
September 2024.252024 England Chris Rigg Sunderland Championship 17 years, 105 days [125]
October 2024.252024 England Nathan Lowe Walsall League Two 19 years, 44 days [126]
November 2024.252024 Scotland Ben Doak Middlesbrough Championship 19 years, 20 days [127]
December 2024.252024 England Miles Leaburn Charlton Athletic League One 21 years, 34 days [128]
January 2024.252025 England Jamie Donley Leyton Orient League One 20 years, 29 days [129]
February 2024.252025 England CJ Egan-Riley Burnley Championship 22 years, 58 days [130]
March 2024.252025 England Jovon Makama Lincoln City League One 21 years, 59 days [131]
April 2024.252025 Serbia Mihailo Ivanović Millwall Championship 20 years, 153 days [132]
August 2025.262025 Wales Dylan Lawlor Cardiff City League One 19 years, 243 days [133]
September 2025.262025 Sierra Leone Daniel Kanu Walsall League Two 20 years, 321 days [134]
October 2025.262025 England Amario Cozier-Duberry Bolton Wanderers League One 20 years, 156 days [135]
November 2025.262025 England Reyes Cleary Barnsley League One 21 years, 232 days [136]
December 2025.262025 England Leo Castledine Huddersfield Town League One 20 years, 134 days [137]
January 2025.262026 England Bobby Clark Derby County Championship 20 years, 359 days [138]
February 2025.262026 Australia Mohamed Touré Norwich City Championship 21 years, 340 days [139]
March 2025.262026 England Dom Ballard Leyton Orient League One 21 years, 0 days [140]
April 2025.262026 England Omari Kellyman Cardiff City League One 20 years, 228 days [141]
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Awards won by division

Up to and including the April 2026 award.

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Division Wins
League One 55
Championship 53
League Two 34
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Awards won by nationality

Up to and including the April 2026 award.

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Country Wins
England 111
Wales 6
Scotland 4
Northern Ireland 3
Republic of Ireland 3
Australia 2
France 2
Ivory Coast 2
Nigeria 2
Finland 1
Ghana 1
Iraq 1
Portugal 1
Serbia 1
Sierra Leone 1
United States 1
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Awards won by club

Up to and including the April 2026 award.

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Club Wins
Milton Keynes Dons 6
Norwich City 6
Bristol City 5
Walsall 5
AFC Wimbledon 4
Barnsley 4
Hull City 4
Peterborough United 4
Watford 4
Birmingham City 3
Blackpool 3
Bradford City 3
Bristol Rovers 3
Charlton Athletic 3
Leeds United 3
Leyton Orient 3
Lincoln City 3
Nottingham Forest 3
Reading 3
Sunderland 3
Swindon Town 3
Burnley 2
Cardiff City 2
Chesterfield 2
Colchester United 2
Crewe Alexandra 2
Crystal Palace 2
Derby County 2
Exeter City 2
Fulham 2
Huddersfield Town 2
Ipswich Town 2
Luton Town 2
Middlesbrough 2
Millwall 2
Newport County 2
Plymouth Argyle 2
Sheffield United 2
Sheffield Wednesday 2
Shrewsbury Town 2
Stockport County 2
AFC Bournemouth 1
Bolton Wanderers 1
Brentford 1
Brighton & Hove Albion 1
Burton Albion 1
Cheltenham Town 1
Doncaster Rovers 1
Fleetwood Town 1
Grimsby Town 1
Hartlepool United 1
Leicester City 1
Morecambe 1
Notts County 1
Oxford United 1
Port Vale 1
Rochdale 1
Scunthorpe United 1
Southend United 1
Stevenage 1
Sunderland 1
Tranmere Rovers 1
Wolverhampton Wanderers 1
Wycombe Wanderers 1
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Notes

  1. [1]
    Each year in the table is linked to the corresponding football season.
  2. [2]
    Age at the end of the month awarded

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