SA Rugby Player of the Year

The SA Rugby Player of the Year is awarded annually to honour the South Africa's outstanding rugby union player of the year.

List of winners

Multiple winners

• 4 times:

1979, 1981, 1985, 1987 - Naas Botha

• 3 times:

2005, 2007, 2012 - Bryan Habana

2016, 2018, 2019 - Pieter-Steph du Toit

• 2 times:

1990, 1991 - Uli Schmidt

2004, 2011 - Schalk Burger

2006, 2009 - Fourie du Preez

2008, 2013 - Jean de Villiers

2014, 2020 - Duane Vermeulen

2022, 2023 - Eben Etzebeth

Notable absences

• Joost van der Westhuizen - Nominee 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999
• Victor Matfield - Nominee 2001, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
• Damian de Allende - Nominee 2015, 2019, 2021
• Bakkies Botha - Nominee 2003, 2004, 2005
• Bismarck du Plessis - Nominee 2008, 2011, 2013
• Percy Montgomery - Nominee 1997, 2007
• Francois Pienaar - Nominee 1993, 1995
• Willie le Roux - Nominee 2013, 2014
• Handré Pollard - Nominee 2014, 2018
• Makazole Mapimpi - Nominee 2019, 2021
• Joel Stransky - Nominee 1990, 1995
• Juan Smith - Nominee 2003, 2007
• Lukhanyo Am - Nominee 2021, 2022
• Cheslin Kolbe - Nominee 2019
• Morné Steyn - Nominee 2009
• Henry Honiball - Nominee 1996
• John Smit - Nominee 2009
• Pierre Spies - Nominee 2006
• Mark Andrews - Nominee 1994
• Rassie Erasmus - Nominee 2000
• Pieter Rossouw - Nominee 1997
• James Small - Nominee 1993
• Tendai Mtawarira - Nominee 2008
• Francois Steyn - Nominee 2020
• Jaque Fourie
• Faf de Klerk

External links

• PHOTO ESSAY: SA Rugby POTY award winners list (1994-2022), The South African.
• All South Africa’s Player of the Year award winners for the past 32 years, Planet Rugby.