And the results are in for the 2023–24 SFCU Player of the Season!
As always, huge thanks to Grant, Alex & James for making this possible and everyone who voted throughout the year for making this happen! The full list of voters is here, so if you don’t like the results, that is who to blame. Or vote more often yourself. 
But without further ado…
Joe Lolley is your 2023–24 SFCU Player of the Season
With 11 MOTMs, 4 second-places and 6 thirds, he picked up 46.5 points. Lolley is the first player to win the award back-to-back.
A fair way back in second place was Anthony Cáceres (4 MOTMs, 4 seconds, 4 thirds; 24 points), the 2021–22 winner returning to the podium after falling to 16th last season. Just behind him was Hayden Matthews (4 MOTMs, 5 seconds, 2 thirds; 23.5 points), who played basically only half the season.
There were a few falls from grace compared to last season, with Róbert Mak dropping from 2nd to 11th and Max Burgess from 3rd to 12th. Rhyan Grant didn’t quite have his worst season on this score, but finished in 19th with just half a point.
Here are the top 3 for every match:
| Rd | Vs | Res | Voters | MOTM (Avg votes) | 2nd | 3rd |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R32 | CCM | D 3-3 | 31 | Andrew Redmayne (1.74) | Jaiden Kucharski | Kealey Adamson |
| R16 | API | W 2-0 | 41 | Anthony Cáceres (1.73) | Kealey Adamson | Joe Lolley |
| QF | WU | W 3-0 | 36 | Joe Lolley (1.44) | Jack Rodwell | Jake Girdwood-Reich |
| SF | MC | W 2-1 | 28 | Joe Lolley (2.11) | Patrick Wood | Jake Girdwood-Reich |
| F | BR | W 3-1 | 34 | Joe Lolley (2.56) | Fábio Gomes | Kealey Adamson |
| 1 | MV | L 0-2 | 37 | Gabriel Lacerda (1.73) | Joe Lolley | Max Burgess |
| 2 | BR | L 0-3 | 29 | Róbert Mak (1.79) | Zac De Jesus | Jake Girdwood-Reich |
| 3 | MC | L 0-2 | 28 | Anthony Cáceres (0.96) | Zac De Jesus | Jaiden Kucharski |
| 4 | AU | W 5-1 | 36 | Joe Lolley (2.86) | Jaiden Kucharski | Fábio Gomes |
| 5 | WSW | L 0-1 | 24 | Gabriel Lacerda (1.79) | Luke Brattan | Joe Lolley |
| 6 | PG | W 3-2 | 23 | Joe Lolley (1.61) | Gabriel Lacerda | Corey Hollman |
| 7 | Mac | L 0-2 | 22 | Luke Brattan (1.41) | Joe Lolley | Gabriel Lacerda |
| 8 | MV | L 0-3 | 19 | Jaiden Kucharski (1.42) | Jack Rodwell | Joel King |
| 9 | WU | W 4-2 | 17 | Joe Lolley (2.41) | Luke Brattan | Fábio Gomes |
| 10 | WP | W 3-1 | 23 | Joe Lolley (1.91) | Fábio Gomes | Jaiden Kucharski |
| 11 | BR | W 2-1 | 23 | Fábio Gomes (2.09) | Joe Lolley | Jaiden Kucharski |
| UR | AU | L 3-4 | 23 | Joe Lolley (2.61) | Anthony Cáceres | Jaiden Kucharski |
| 13 | NJ | W 4-0 | 24 | Max Burgess (2.25) | Joe Lolley | Jake Girdwood-Reich |
| 14 | MV | D 1-1 | 31 | Jordan Courtney-Perkins (2.45) | Jake Girdwood-Reich | Gabriel Lacerda |
| 15 | WU | D 2-2 | 21 | Jake Girdwood-Reich (1.14) | Fábio Gomes | Joe Lolley |
| 16 | CCM | W 3-1 | 28 | Anthony Cáceres (2.29) | Jake Girdwood-Reich | Hayden Matthews |
| 17 | AU | W 2-1 | 26 | Jake Girdwood-Reich (1.46) | Hayden Matthews | Anthony Cáceres |
| 18 | MC | D 1-1 | 30 | Jordan Courtney-Perkins (1.93) | Luke Brattan | Anthony Cáceres |
| 19 | WSW | W 4-1 | 28 | Anthony Cáceres (1.04) | Jake Girdwood-Reich | Rhyan Grant & Corey Hollman |
| 20 | BR | D 1-1 | 26 | Jordan Courtney-Perkins (1.81) | Hayden Matthews | Joe Lolley |
| 21 | WP | L 1-2 | 21 | Andrew Redmayne (1.52) | Anthony Cáceres | Róbert Mak & Jordan Courtney-Perkins |
| 22 | CCM | W 2-0 | 25 | Hayden Matthews (1.40) | Anthony Cáceres | Joe Lolley |
| 12 | PG | D 1-1 | 22 | Luke Brattan (1.41) | Hayden Matthews | Andrew Redmayne |
| 23 | NJ | L 1-3 | 27 | Hayden Matthews (2.33) | Fábio Gomes | Anthony Cáceres |
| 24 | WSW | W 2-1 | 38 | Hayden Matthews (1.42) | Luke Brattan | Joe Lolley |
| 25 | Mac | L 0-1 | 20 | Joe Lolley & Hayden Matthews (1.20) | --- | Corey Hollman |
| 26 | PG | W 7-1 | 26 | Joe Lolley (1.19) | Anthony Cáceres | Róbert Mak |
| EF | Mac | W 4-0 | 33 | Joe Lolley (1.67) | Róbert Mak | Hayden Matthews |
| SF1 | CCM | L 1-2 | 21 | Luke Brattan (1.57) | Hayden Matthews | Joel King |
| SF2 | CCM | D 0-0 | 24 | Luke Brattan (1.50) | Hayden Matthews | Anthony Cáceres |
And the full final standings. Players are ranked according to the number of Player of the Season points, then the number of MOTMs, 2nd place finishes, 3rd place finishes and the total number of votes in the case of ties.
| Rank | Player | MOTM | 2nd | 3rd | Avg votes | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joe Lolley | 11 | 4 | 6 | 37.41 | 46.5 |
| 2 | Anthony Cáceres | 4 | 4 | 4 | 20.90 | 24.0 |
| 3 | Hayden Matthews | 4 | 5 | 2 | 16.29 | 23.5 |
| 4 | Luke Brattan | 4 | 4 | 0 | 16.44 | 20.0 |
| 5 | Jake Girdwood-Reich | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13.02 | 16.0 |
| 6 | Fábio Gomes | 1 | 4 | 2 | 11.04 | 13.0 |
| 7 | Jaiden Kucharski | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11.20 | 11.0 |
| 8 | Gabriel Lacerda | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10.10 | 10.0 |
| 9 | Jordan Courtney-Perkins | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11.54 | 9.5 |
| 10 | Andrew Redmayne | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7.76 | 7.0 |
| 11 | Róbert Mak | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9.96 | 6.5 |
| 12 | Max Burgess | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6.91 | 4.0 |
| 13 | Jack Rodwell | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.99 | 4.0 |
| 14 | Zac De Jesus | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.61 | 4.0 |
| 15 | Kealey Adamson | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3.58 | 4.0 |
| 16 | Corey Hollman | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8.69 | 2.5 |
| 17 | Patrick Wood | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.68 | 2.0 |
| 18 | Joel King | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4.23 | 2.0 |
| 19 | Rhyan Grant | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6.39 | 0.5 |
| 20 | Mitch Glasson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.55 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Adam Pavlesic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.45 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Aaron Gurd | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.73 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Nathan Amanatidis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.25 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Adrian Segecic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.16 | 0.0 |
| 25 | Matthew Scarcella | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.10 | 0.0 |
You can find the full results for every match here, and I’ve also done the usual blog post with a few bonus stats and graphs.
All winners:
- 2011–12:
Nick Carle - 2012–13:
Alessandro Del Piero - 2013–14:
Vedran Janjetović - 2014–15:
Miloš Dimitrijević - 2015–16:
Filip Hološko - 2016–17:
Miloš Ninković - 2017–18:
Adrian Mierzejewski - 2018–19: Miloš Ninković
- 2019–20: Luke Brattan
- 2020–21: Miloš Ninković
- 2021–22: Anthony Cáceres
- 2022–23:
Joe Lolley - 2023–24: Joe Lolley
Thanks for playing!
