He made history being the first African based at a club on that continent to be nominated for France Football magazine’s goalkeeping award.
Williams is nominated in three categories for the Caf Awards.
For Goalkeeper of the Year he also faces tough competition from Andre Onana of Cameroon and Manchester United, Yahia Fofana of Ivory Coast and Angers, Mostafa Shobeir of Egypt and Al Ahly and Stanley Nwabali of Nigeria and Chippa United.
He is a hot favourite to win the Interclub Player of the Year award where he is up against Issoufou Dayo of Burkina Faso and RS Berkane, Ahmed Sayed ‘Zizo’ of Egypt and Zamalek, Hussein El Shahat of Egypt and Al Ahly and Mostafa Shobeir of Egypt and Al Ahly.
In other categories involving South Africa, Bafana boss Hugo Broos is up against Pedro Goncalves of Angola, Emerse Fae of Ivory Coast, Sebastien Desabre of DR Congo and Marcel Koller of Al Ahly for Coach of the Year.
In the club of the year category, Sundowns are up against Al Ahly of Egypt, Zamalek of Egypt, RS Berkane of Morocco, Esperance Sportive de Tunis of Tunisia while Bafana are among the nominees for National Team of the Year.