The Melbourne Victory Player of the Season, also known as the Victory Medal, is an award presented to the Melbourne Victory coaching staff's player of the season.
The first winner of the award was Kevin Muscat in 2006, who became the first player to win it twice in 2007. Since then, four other players have won the award more than once: Danny Allsopp (2007 and 2009), Archie Thompson (2008 and 2010), Leigh Broxham (2019 and 2020), and Damien Da Silva (2023 and 2024). Muscat won again in 2009 to become the first player to receive the award thrice.
Voting takes place on a 3-2-1 basis, as allocated by the Melbourne Victory coaching staff.
Other end-of-season awards given by Melbourne Victory include the Players' Player of the Year Award and the Goal of the Season Award. The prizes for all awards are given at an annual awards night, which is held near the end of the league season.
Winners Players in bold are still playing for Melbourne Victory
SeasonNameNationalityPositionNotes2005–06 2006–07First player to win the award on two occasions2007–082008–09First player to win the award on three occasions2009–10 2010–11First winner from outside Australia 2011–12First goalkeeper to win the award 2012–13 2013–14First winner from Africa 2014–152015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 The winner who had played the least games for the club.2023–24 2024–25 2025–26
Statistics Players with multiple wins WinnerTotal winsYear(s) Kevin Muscat32006, 2007, 2009 Danny Allsopp22007, 2009 Archie Thompson22008, 2010 Leigh Broxham22019, 2020 Damien Da Silva22023, 2024
Wins by playing position PositionNumber of winsGoalkeeper1Defender8Midfielder10Forward5
Wins by nationality NationalityNumber of winners16311111
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