Melbourne City FC Player of the Year

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SportAssociation football
Awarded forbeing the best performing Melbourne City player over the course of a season
Presented byMelbourne City FC
First award2011; 15 years ago (2011) (men's)
2016; 10 years ago (2016) (women's)
Melbourne City Player of the Year
Tolgay Arslan was the men's award winner for 2023–24.
SportAssociation football
Awarded forbeing the best performing Melbourne City player over the course of a season
Presented byMelbourne City FC
History
First award2011; 15 years ago (2011) (men's)
2016; 10 years ago (2016) (women's)
Editions16 (men's) / 11 (women's)
(as of 2026)
First winnerAustralia Clint Bolton (men's)
Australia Aivi Luik (women's)
Most recentAustralia Aziz Behich (men's)
New Zealand Rebekah Stott (women's)

The Melbourne City Player of the Year award, more commonly known as the Scott Jamieson Medal[a] is an official award given by Melbourne City Football Club to the best performing player (men's and women's) from the club over the course of the season.

The inaugural men's award was handed to Clint Bolton in 2011, and the inaugural women's award was handed to Aivi Luik in 2016.

Aziz Behich is the most recent men's winner of the award, following the 2025–26 men's season and Rebekah Stott is the most recent women's winner of the award, following the 2025–26 women's season.

Multiple wins

Clint Bolton won the inaugural and back-to-back awards in 2010 and 2011.
Aaron Mooy became the second and only other player to win the award twice.
Bruno Fornaroli was the first foreigner to win the award.

Players in bold are still playing for Melbourne City

Men's award recipients
Season Player Nationality Position Ref.
2010–11 Clint Bolton  Australia Goalkeeper [2]
2011–12 Clint Bolton (2)  Australia Goalkeeper [2]
2012–13 Richard Garcia  Australia Forward [3]
2013–14 David Williams  Australia Forward [4]
2014–15 Aaron Mooy  Australia Midfielder [5]
2015–16 Bruno Fornaroli  Uruguay Forward [6]
Aaron Mooy (2)  Australia Midfielder
2016–17 Neil Kilkenny  Australia Midfielder [7]
2017–18 Bart Schenkeveld  Netherlands Defender [8]
2018–19 Eugene Galekovic  Australia Goalkeeper [9]
2019–20 Jamie Maclaren  Australia Forward [10]
2020–21 Curtis Good  Australia Defender [11]
2021–22 Florin Berenguer  France Midfielder [12]
2022–23 Mathew Leckie  Australia Forward [13]
2023–24 Tolgay Arslan  Germany Midfielder [14]
2024–25 Kai Trewin  Australia Defender [15]
2025–26 Aziz Behich  Australia Defender [16]
Players with multiple wins
Rank Winner Total wins Years won
1  Clint Bolton (AUS) 2 2011, 2012
 Aaron Mooy (AUS) 2015, 2016

Wins by nationality

Wins by nationality
Nationality Wins
 Australia 13
 France 1
 Germany 1
 Netherlands 1
 Uruguay 1

Wins by playing position

Wins by playing position
Position Wins
Goalkeeper 3
Defender 4
Midfielder 5
Forward 5

Women's award recipients

Aivi Luik was the first recipient of the award.
Hannah Wilkinson won the award in 2022, as the club's top scorer in the season.

Players in bold are still playing for Melbourne City

Women's award recipients
Season Player Nationality Position Ref.
2015–16 Aivi Luik  Australia Midfielder [6]
2016–17 Steph Catley  Australia Defender [17]
2017–18 Lauren Barnes  United States Defender [8]
2018–19 Yukari Kinga  Japan Defender [18]
2019–20 Ellie Carpenter  Australia Defender [19]
2020–21 Teagan Micah  Australia Goalkeeper [20]
2021–22 Holly McNamara  Australia Forward [21]
Hannah Wilkinson  New Zealand Forward
2022–23 Julia Grosso  United States Defender [13]
2023–24 Laura Hughes  Australia Midfielder [22]
2024–25 Taylor Otto  United States Defender [23]
2025–26 Rebekah Stott  New Zealand Defender [16]

Wins by nationality

Wins by nationality
Nationality Wins
 Australia 6
 United States 3
 New Zealand 2
 Japan 1

Wins by playing position

Wins by playing position
Position Wins
Goalkeeper 1
Defender 7
Midfielder 2
Forward 2

See also

Notes

References

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