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
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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
References
- Etzebeth makes it a double at SA Rugby Awards '23
- Etzebeth named SA Rugby Player of the Year for '22
- Siya Kolisi scoops top SA Rugby Award for 2021
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.