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.

• 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

• 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

• 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.