With just two months remaining in the PSL season, the Player of the
Month awards often serve as a useful barometer for identifying the league’s
top performers—especially for those who have consistently dominated the
monthly accolades throughout the campaign.
Last season, Lucas Ribeiro Costa proved to be the undisputed king of South
African football. The Brazilian sensation swept the major end-of-season
honors, claiming the PSL Footballer of the Season, Betway Premiership
Players’ Player of the Season, the Top Goalscorer award, and Goal of the
Season. His dominance was reflected in the monthly awards as well, as he was
named Player of the Month on three separate occasions—in September/October,
February, and May.
Interestingly, consistency in monthly awards isn’t always a prerequisite for
the grand prize. Last season’s other Footballer of the Season nominees tell
a different story: Keletso Makgalwa of Sekhukhune United won the monthly
award once, while Orlando Pirates’ Relebohile Mofokeng didn’t win any
monthly accolades during that campaign.
This season, Mofokeng has shifted gears. After a quiet start, the Pirates
sensation secured his first Betway Premiership Player of the Month award for
the January/February 2026 period, fueling speculation that he could be a
strong contender for the season’s top individual honors.
However, the player with the most monthly wins so far this season is former
TS Galaxy attacker Puso Dithejane, who claimed the award twice—for August
2025 and November/December—before sealing a move to Major League Soccer side
Chicago Fire late last year.
Other monthly winners this season include Siyanda Ndlovu of Golden Arrows,
who took the honors for September/October.
As the season heads into its final stretch, the question remains: will the
Player of the Month pattern point to this year’s Footballer of the Season,
or will the eventual winner, like Mofokeng last year, come from outside the
monthly winners’ circle?
