The honor is given to the player deemed to have had the best cumulative performance in each month by a panel of journalists from the North American Soccer Reporters organization.
[1] The award was formerly voted on by the Professional Soccer Reporters Association.
[2] Since 2023, the award has been sponsored by energy drink company Celsius Holdings and named the MLS Player of the Month presented by CELSIUS.
The following table lists the number of awards won by players who have won at least two Player of the Month awards.
Players in bold are still active in MLS.