 The award is determined annually by the members of the Sports Writers Association of Ghana (SWAG) since 1974 with additional votees from the Ghana Premier League team captains and the coaches of the Ghana Premier League in collaboration with Goal.com corporate subdivision of Perform Group; the leading global digital media player corporate group in the world, acquired for $30,000,000 (GH₵70.3 million and CN¥183.4 million) and is published by the Ghana Football Association (GFA).Eligible are all Ghanaian professional association footballers.The award has been presented on 21 occasions as of 2013.