HAMZA Bencherif has moved up to sixth on The Press Player of the Year leaderboard.

The former Wrexham defender climbed above the likes of Adam Bartlett, Dan Parslow and Jon Worsnop after collecting two points towards the standings as The Press’ second-highest rated performer during last weekend’s 1-0 home win against Salford.

Our man-of-the-match Aidan Connolly picked up three points, meanwhile, with Adriano Moke (one) also recognised for his efforts as the Press’ third-highest rated player.

In addition, Bencherif received the two Player of the Month bonus points available to the player who attracted most votes in our Twitter man-of-the-match poll.

The Press Player of the Year standings: Parkin 31, Connolly 21, Newton 16, Law 14, Moke 14, Bencherif 11, Bartlett 10, Parslow 10, Worsnop 10, Almond 9, Whittle 9, Morgan-Smith 8, Pattison 8, Ferguson 7, Heslop 7, Burn 5, Smith 4, Rankine 3, Rowe 3, Correia 2, Martin 2.

The Press Player of the Month standings for February: Connolly 5, Smith 5, Bencherif 4, Burn 1, Moke 1.

Goals: Parkin 25, Newton 7, Connolly 5, Morgan-Smith 5, Burn 3, Heslop 3, Almond 2, Moke 2, Parslow 2, Rankine 2, Correia 1, Felix 1, Ferguson 1, Law 1, Martin 1, Own Goal 1, Rowe 1.

Assists: Newton 8, Almond 7, Connolly 6, Parslow 5, Gray 4, Heslop 4, Law 4, Morgan-Smith 4, Parkin 4, Martin 3, Moke 3, Whittle 3, Ferguson 2, Bencherif 1, Correia 1, Felix 1, Pattison 1, Peacock-Farrell 1, Worsnop 1.

Bad boys: Rowe five yellow; Bencherif, Heslop both one red, three yellow; Brown, Burn both three yellow; Ferguson one red, one yellow; Connolly, Newton, Wharton, Worsnop all two yellow; Gray, Law, Moke, Smith, Whittle all one yellow.