Declan Rice Named Arsenal’s October Player of the Month

Declan Rice has been named as Arsenal’s Player Of The Month for October, it has been announced by the club. 

The England international beat Ezri Konsa, Noni Madueke and captain Martin Ødegaard to the award after being influential in a brilliant month for The Gunners. 

Rice played a staggering 440 minutes of football in all competitions across the month of October, missing just ten of the available minutes after being substituted in the 80th minute in the 2-0 victory vs Everton at Emirates Stadium on October 24th. 

The 27 year-old started the month as he meant to go on. After missing the international break through injury, he was named in the starting side to face Leeds United. He went on to register his third assist of the season in the 2-1 victory over Farke’s side, teeing up Bruno Guimarães for the winner after a sumptuous flick on the edge of the box. 

He continued to be an ever present for Arsenal across the month, putting in a great showing in the 3-0 Champions League victory against LOSC Lille, before gaining yet another assist in the following Premier League game against Nottingham Forest at The City Ground to take his tally to four for the season. 

One of his easier assists so far this season, he rolled the ball out wide to the left hand side to Noni Madueke, whose deflected effort managed to find its way past Matz Sels between the sticks to give Arsenal a crucial three points in Nottingham. 

The games continued to come for Arsenal and in turn, Declan Rice. He continued to start matches for Arteta’s side and continued to put in outstanding performances. This time, he managed to find the back of the net for the first time this season, late on in a hard-fought 2-2 draw with Bayern Munich at the Allianz Arena, helping The Gunners to a well deserved points on the road in what will likely be their toughest League Phase fixture in the Champions League this season. 

The award becomes Rice’s second time winning the Arsenal player of the month since joining the club from West Ham in the summer of 2023 for £105million. The October award goes alongside the award he won in April 2025, when he received 68% of the fans vote. 

Rice joins Riccardo Calafiori and Martin Ødegaard on the list of players who have won the award so far this season, with the Italian winning in August and the club captain taking home the recognition for his contributions throughout September. 

Arsenal’s record signing has been named in Thomas Thuchel’s most recent England squad for the upcoming international break, before he returns to action for Arsenal looking to continue the superb start to the campaign that he has had so far.