International Federation of Football History & Statistics

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Formation	1984
Headquarters	Zürich, Switzerland
Official language	English, French, Spanish, German
President	Saleh Irfan Bahwini[1]
Website	iffhs.com

The International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS) is an organisation that chronicles the history and records of association football.^[2][3][4] It was founded in 1984 by Alfredo Pöge in Leipzig.^[2] The IFFHS was based in Abu Dhabi for some time but in 2010 relocated to Bonn, Germany, and then in 2014 to Zürich.^[5]

From its early stages to 2002, the IFFHS concentrated on publishing the quarterly magazines Fußball-Weltzeitschrift, Libero spezial deutsch and Libero international.^[6] When these had to be discontinued for reasons which were not officially told, the organisation published its material in a series of multi-lingual books in co-operation with sponsors.^[7] The statistical organisation has now confined its publishing activities to its website. IFFHS has no affiliation with FIFA,^[8] but FIFA has cited awards and records conducted by IFFHS on their website.^{[9][10][11][12]}

In 2008, Karl Lennartz, a sports historian and professor at the University of Cologne, Germany, called the organisation "obscure", describing it as a one-man show of its founder Alfredo Pöge.^[13] IFFHS rankings and their significance have been a matter of criticism and the largest German news agency, Deutsche Presse-Agentur, refuse to publish them.^[13] Furthermore, German die Tageszeitung stated that the IFFHS rankings serves merely for publicity,^[13] although Bild,^[14] Deutsche Welle,^[15] Kicker-Sportmagazin,^[16] the German Football Association (DFB),^[17] and former president of the Association of West German Sports Journalists (German: Verbandes Westdeutscher Sportjournalisten — VWS) Heribert Faßbender have referenced IFFHS.^[18]

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Since 1991, the entity has produced a monthly Club World Ranking. The ranking takes into consideration the results of twelve months of continental and intercontinental competitions, national league matches (including play-offs) and the most important national cup (excluding points won before the round of 16). All countries are rated at four levels based upon the national league performance—clubs in the highest level leagues receive 4 points for each match won, 2 for a draw and 0 for a defeat. Level 2 is assigned 3 pts. (win), 1.5 (draw) and 0 (lost), and so on with the next lower levels.

In continental competitions, all clubs receive the same number of points at all stages regardless of the performance level of their leagues. However, the UEFA Champions League and the Copa Libertadores yield more points than UEFA Europa League and Copa Sudamericana, respectively. The point assignment system is still lower for the AFC, CAF, CONCACAF and OFC continental tournaments. Competitions between two continents are evaluated depending upon their importance. Competitions not organised by a continental confederation, or any intercontinental events not recognized by FIFA, are not taken into consideration.

Winners (1991–present)^[19]

Club	Wins	Years
👁 Spain Real Madrid	5	2000, 2002, 2014, 2017, 2024
👁 Spain Barcelona		1997, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2015
👁 England Liverpool	3	2001, 2005, 2019
👁 Italy Juventus	2	1993, 1996
👁 Italy Milan		1995, 2003
👁 Spain Sevilla		2006, 2007
👁 England Manchester United		1999, 2008
👁 Italy Inter Milan		1998, 2010
👁 Germany Bayern Munich		2013, 2020
👁 France Paris Saint-Germain		1994, 2025
👁 Italy Roma	1	1991
👁 Netherlands Ajax	1	1992
👁 Colombia Atlético Nacional	1	2016
👁 Spain Atlético Madrid	1	2018
👁 Brazil Palmeiras	1	2021
👁 Brazil Flamengo	1	2022
👁 England Manchester City	1	2023

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In 2009, the IFFHS released the results of a statistical study series which determined the best continental clubs of the 20th century.^[20] The ranking did not consider the performance of the teams in national football tournaments (except in the Oceania's club ranking due to limited editions held under OFC club competitions), the performance in the intercontinental or worldwide club competitions or those submitted in the IFFHS Club World Ranking, available since 1991.^[21]

Based on this study, which assigned a weighted score criteria applied for each competition analysed, the below six clubs were named as "continental clubs of the century" by the IFFHS between 10 September and 13 October 2009. These clubs were awarded with a golden trophy and a certificate during the World Football Gala celebrated at Fulham, London, on 11 May 2010.^[22][23][24]

Continent	Club
Europe	👁 Spain Real Madrid
South America	👁 Uruguay Peñarol
Africa	👁 Ghana Asante Kotoko
Asia	👁 Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal
CONCACAF	👁 Costa Rica Saprissa
Oceania	👁 Australia South Melbourne

In 2012, the IFFHS recognised Barcelona as the World's Best Club Team of the Decade for the first decade of the 21st century (2001–2010).^[25] In 2021, Barcelona were recognised as the world's best club also for the second decade (2011–2020).

Decade	World	Europe	South America	CONCACAF	Africa	Asia	Oceania
2001–2010	👁 Spain Barcelona[25]	👁 Spain Barcelona[26]	👁 Argentina Boca Juniors[27]	👁 Mexico América[28]	👁 Egypt Al Ahly[29]	👁 Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal[30]	👁 New Zealand Auckland City[31]
2011–2020	👁 Spain Barcelona[32]	👁 Spain Barcelona[33]	👁 Brazil Grêmio[34]	👁 Mexico UANL[35]	👁 Tunisia Espérance de Tunis[36]	👁 South Korea Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors[37]	👁 New Zealand Auckland City[38]

Multiple winners (2012–present)^[39]

Club	Wins	Years
👁 France Lyon	7	2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
👁 Spain Barcelona	5	2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
👁 Germany VfL Wolfsburg	2	2013, 2014

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Multiple winners (1991–present)

League	Wins	Years
👁 Spain Spain	13[40]	2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2010, 2011, 2012,[41] 2013,[42] 2014,[43] 2015,[44] 2016,[45] 2017,[46] 2018[47]
👁 Italy Italy	13	1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2003, 2006, 2020,[48] 2023,[49] 2024[50]
👁 England England	6	2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2019,[51] 2025[52]
👁 Brazil Brazil	2	2021,[53] 2022[54]
👁 Germany Germany	1	1997[55]

Decade	World	Europe	South America	CONCACAF	Africa	Asia	Oceania
2001–2010	👁 England England[56]	👁 England England[56]	👁 Brazil Brazil[56]	👁 Mexico Mexico[56]	👁 Egypt Egypt[56]	👁 Japan Japan[56]	👁 New Zealand New Zealand[56]
2011–2020	👁 Spain Spain[57]	👁 Spain Spain[58]	👁 Brazil Brazil[58]	👁 Mexico Mexico[58]	👁 Tunisia Tunisia[58]	👁 South Korea South Korea[58]	👁 New Zealand New Zealand[58]

Year	League
2020	👁 England England[59]
2021	👁 France France[60]
2022	👁 Spain Spain[61]
2023	👁 Spain Spain[62]

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From 1991 until 2009, FIFA continued this distinction named FIFA World Player of the Year; this award was later replaced by the FIFA Ballon d'Or in 2010, and The Best FIFA Men's Player in 2016. The award was reinstated in 2020.

Winners (1988–1990,
2020–present)

Player	Wins	Years
👁 Netherlands Marco van Basten	2	1988,[63] 1989[64]
👁 Poland Robert Lewandowski		2020,[65] 2021[66]
👁 Germany Lothar Matthäus	1	1990[67]
👁 Argentina Lionel Messi		2022[68]
👁 Norway Erling Haaland		2023[69]
👁 Spain Rodri		2024[70]
👁 France Ousmane Dembélé		2025[71]

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Winners (2020–present)

Player	Wins	Years
👁 Spain Aitana Bonmatí	3	2023,[72] 2024,[73] 2025[74]
👁 Spain Alexia Putellas	2	2021,[75] 2022[76]
👁 Denmark Pernille Harder	1	2020[77]

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Top 10 players^[78][79]

Rank	Player	Nationality	Points
1	Pelé	👁 Image  Brazil	1705
2	Johan Cruyff	👁 Image  Netherlands	1303
3	Franz Beckenbauer	👁 Image  West Germany	1228
4	Alfredo Di Stéfano	👁 Image  Argentina	1215
5	Diego Maradona	👁 Image  Argentina	1214
6	Ferenc Puskás	👁 Image  Hungary	810
7	Michel Platini	👁 Image  France	722
8	Garrincha	👁 Image  Brazil	624
9	Eusébio	👁 Image  Portugal	544
10	Bobby Charlton	👁 Image  England	508

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IFFHS gave out an award decided by votes which was conducted with the participation of journalists and former players (no further details given).^[80]

Top 10 players^[81]

Rank	Player	Nationality	Points
1	Mia Hamm	👁 Image  United States	442
2	Michelle Akers	👁 Image  United States	411
3	Heidi Mohr	👁 Image  Germany	250
4	Carolina Morace	👁 Image  Italy	230
5	Sissi	👁 Image  Brazil	212
6	Linda Medalen	👁 Image  Norway	181
7	Liu Ailing	👁 Image  China	165
8	Kristine Lilly	👁 Image  United States	160
9	Heidi Støre	👁 Image  Norway	141
10	Pia Sundhage	👁 Image  Sweden	129

In November 2021, IFFHS announced the Dream Team of the 19th Century and the top 3 players.

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Top 3 players^[82]

Rank	Player	Nationality
1	Gilbert Oswald Smith	👁 Image  England
2	John Goodall	👁 Image  England
3	Steve Bloomer	👁 Image  England

In May 2025, IFFHS announced the top 10 players of all time, based on performance statistics, with Lionel Messi being the winner surpassing Pelé, the IFFHS Player of the 20th Century.

Top 10 players^[83]

Rank	Player	Nationality
1	Lionel Messi	👁 Image  Argentina
2	Pelé	👁 Image  Brazil
3	Diego Maradona	👁 Image  Argentina
4	Cristiano Ronaldo	👁 Image  Portugal
5	Johan Cruyff	👁 Image  Netherlands
6	Ronaldo	👁 Image  Brazil
7	Zinedine Zidane	👁 Image  France
8	Franz Beckenbauer	👁 Image  Germany
9	Alfredo Di Stefano	👁 Image  Argentina
10	Ronaldinho	👁 Image  Brazil

It was a one-time award under the name world's universal genius won by Franz Beckenbauer for his world success as both player and coach in 2007.^[84]

	Player	Nationality
2007	Franz Beckenbauer	👁 Image  West Germany

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The World‘s most popular player as voted by IFFHS users:

Year	Player	Nationality	Club	Votes
2006 [85]	Steven Gerard	👁 Image  England	Liverpool FC	47.464
2007 [86]	Mohamed Aboutrika	👁 Image  Egypt	Al-Ahly Cairo	1.017.786
2008 [87]	Mohamed Aboutrika	👁 Image  Egypt	Al-Ahly Cairo	301.837
2009 [88]	Mohamed Aboutrika	👁 Image  Egypt	Al-Ahly Cairo	84.470

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On 24 April 1990, before the 1990 World Cup, IFFHS gave out an award for the best European player taking into consideration players who were voted in the shortlist of the France Football's Ballon D'Or from 1956 until 1989.^[89]

	Player	Nationality
1	Franz Beckenbauer	👁 Image  West Germany
2	Michel Platini	👁 Image  France
3	Johan Cruyff	👁 Image  Netherlands
4	Eusébio	👁 Image  Portugal
5	Gerd Muller	👁 Image  West Germany
6	Karl-Heinz Rummenigge	👁 Image  West Germany
7	Luis Suarez	👁 Image  Spain
8	Bobby Charlton	👁 Image  England
9	Alfredo Di Stéfano	👁 Image  Spain
10	Raymond Kopa	👁 Image  France
11	Lev Yashin	👁 Image  Soviet Union
-	Gianni Rivera	👁 Image  Italy
-	Kevin Keegan	👁 Image  England
14	John Charles	👁 Image  Wales
15	Marco Van Basten	👁 Image  Netherlands
16	Ferenc Puskás	👁 Image  Hungary
-	Bernd Schuster	👁 Image  West Germany
-	George Best	👁 Image  Northern Ireland
19	Ruud Gullit	👁 Image  Netherlands
20	Preben Elkjær	👁 Image  Denmark

Top 10 players^[90]

Rank	Player	Nationality	Points
1	Johan Cruyff	👁 Image  Netherlands	756
2	Franz Beckenbauer	👁 Image  West Germany	709
3	Alfredo Di Stéfano	👁 Image  Spain	708
4	Ferenc Puskás	👁 Image  Hungary	667
5	Michel Platini	👁 Image  France	505
6	Eusébio	👁 Image  Portugal	379
7	Bobby Charlton	👁 Image  England	303
8	Stanley Matthews	👁 Image  England	282
9	Gerd Müller	👁 Image  West Germany	249
10	Marco Van Basten	👁 Image  Netherlands	240

On February 2, 2021, IFFHS announced the best player European player (UEFA).^[91]

	Player	Nationality
1	Cristiano Ronaldo	👁 Image  Portugal
2	Sergio Ramos	👁 Image  Spain
3	Manuel Neuer	👁 Image  Germany

Top 10 players^[92]

Rank	Player	Nationality	Points
1	Pelé	👁 Image  Brazil	220
2	Diego Maradona	👁 Image  Argentina	193
3	Alfredo Di Stéfano	👁 Image  Argentina	161
4	Garrincha	👁 Image  Brazil	142
5	José Manuel Moreno	👁 Image  Argentina	82
6	Juan Alberto Schiaffino	👁 Image  Uruguay	52
7	Zico	👁 Image  Brazil	51
8	Arsenio Erico	👁 Image  Paraguay	42
-	Elías Figueroa	👁 Image  Chile	42
10	Zizinho	👁 Image  Brazil	40

On February 2, 2021, IFFHS announced the best player Southh American player (CONMEBOL).^[93]

	Player	Nationality
1	Lionel Messi	👁 Image  Argentina
2	Neymar	👁 Image  Brazil
3	Dani Alves	👁 Image  Brazil

Top 10 players^[94]

Rank	Player	Nationality	Points
1	Hugo Sánchez	👁 Image  Mexico	107
2	Luis de la Fuente	👁 Image  Mexico	45
3	Carlos Hermosillo	👁 Image  Mexico	42
4	Horacio Casarín	👁 Image  Mexico	40
5	Raúl Cárdenas	👁 Image  Mexico	39
6	Adelino Gonsalves	👁 Image  United States	33
7	Salvador Reyes	👁 Image  Mexico	30
8	Bruce Wilson	👁 Image  Canada	29
-	Julio Dely Valdés	👁 Image  Panama	29
10	Jorge Alberto González	👁 Image  El Salvador	24

On February 5, 2021, IFFHS announced the best CONCACAF player.^[95]

	Player	Nationality
1	Keylor Navas	👁 Image  Costa Rica
2	Javier Hernández	👁 Image  Mexico
3	Clint Dempsey	👁 Image  United States

Top 10 players^[96]

Rank	Player	Nationality	Points
1	George Weah	👁 Image  Liberia	95
2	Roger Milla	👁 Image  Cameroon	77
3	Abedi Pele	👁 Image  Ghana	72
4	Lakhdar Belloumi	👁 Image  Algeria	56
5	Rabah Madjer	👁 Image  Algeria	51
6	Théophile Abega	👁 Image  Cameroon	39
7	Laurent Pokou	👁 Image  Ivory Coast	38
8	François Omam-Biyik	👁 Image  Cameroon	37
9	Ahmed Faras	👁 Image  Morocco	35
10	Finidi George	👁 Image  Nigeria	32

On February 5, 2021, IFFHS announced the best African player.^[97]

	Player	Nationality
1	Mohamed Salah	👁 Image  Egypt
2	Sadio Mané	👁 Image  Senegal
3	Riyad Mahrez	👁 Image  Algeria

Top 10 players^[98]

Rank	Player	Nationality	Points
1	Bum-Kun Cha	👁 Image  South Korea	112
2	Joo-Sung Kim	👁 Image  South Korea	93
3	Majed Abdullah	👁 Image  Saudi Arabia	87
4	Kazuyoshi Miura	👁 Image  Japan	71
5	Kunishige Kamamoto	👁 Image  Japan	70
6	Saeed Al-Owairan	👁 Image  Saudi Arabia	68
7	Ali Daei	👁 Image  Iran	64
8	Khodadad Azizi	👁 Image  Iran	59
9	Ahmed Radhi	👁 Image  Iraq	48
10	Karim Bagheri	👁 Image  Iran	47

On February 5, 2021, IFFHS announced the best Asian player.^[99]

	Player	Nationality
1	Heung-min Son	👁 Image  South Korea
2	Keisuke Honda	👁 Image  Japan
3	Salem Al-Dawsari	👁 Image  Saudi Arabia

Top 10 players^[100]

Rank	Player	Nationality	Points
1	Wynton Rufer	👁 Image  New Zealand	62
2	Frank Farina	👁 Image  Australia	41
3	Christian Karembeu[a]	👁 Image  New Caledonia	40
4	Joe Marston	👁 Image  Australia	34
5	John Kosmina	👁 Image  Australia	33
6	Alan Davidson	👁 Image  Australia	22
7	Robert Slater	👁 Image  Australia	17
-	Paul Okon	👁 Image  Australia	17
9	Reg Date	👁 Image  Australia	14
10	Eddie Krncevic	👁 Image  Australia	13

On November 6, 2021, IFFHS announced the best Oceanian player.^[101]

	Player	Nationality
1	Chris Wood	👁 Image  New Zealand
2	Winston Reid	👁 Image  New Zealand
3	Marco Rojas	👁 Image  New Zealand

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The award was introduced in 2021.

Year	Winner	Club(s)
2021	👁 Spain Pedri[102]	👁 Spain Barcelona
2022	👁 England Jude Bellingham[103]	👁 Germany Borussia Dortmund
2023	👁 England Jude Bellingham[104]	👁 Germany Borussia Dortmund 👁 Spain Real Madrid
2024	👁 Spain Lamine Yamal[105]	👁 Spain Barcelona
2025	👁 Spain Lamine Yamal[106]	👁 Spain Barcelona

Year	Winner	Club(s)
2021	👁 Sweden Hanna Bennison[107]	👁 Sweden FC Rosengård 👁 England Everton
2022	👁 Colombia Linda Caicedo[108]	👁 Colombia Deportivo Cali
2023	👁 Spain Salma Paralluelo[109]	👁 Spain Barcelona
2024	👁 Spain Vicky López[110]	👁 Spain Barcelona
2025	👁 Spain Vicky López[111]	👁 Spain Barcelona

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The IFFHS World's Best Playmaker is a footballing award which, since 2006, is given annually to the best playmaker of the year, as chosen by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS).^[113] The award is awarded at the end of the year at the World Football Gala: the winning playmaker is awarded a gold trophy. Argentina's Lionel Messi has won the award a record five times. Spain's Xavi won the award four times, all consecutively, while Belgian Kevin De Bruyne won the award three times. Barcelona is the club with the most wins, with ten in total. Lionel Messi was named the Best Playmaker since 2006 and the Best Playmaker of the Decade 2011–2020.^[114][115]

Year	Winner	Club(s)
2006	👁 France Zinedine Zidane	👁 Spain Real Madrid
2007	👁 Brazil Kaká	👁 Italy Milan
2008	👁 Spain Xavi	👁 Spain Barcelona
2009	👁 Spain Xavi	👁 Spain Barcelona
2010	👁 Spain Xavi	👁 Spain Barcelona
2011	👁 Spain Xavi	👁 Spain Barcelona
2012	👁 Spain Andrés Iniesta	👁 Spain Barcelona
2013	👁 Spain Andrés Iniesta	👁 Spain Barcelona
2014	👁 Germany Toni Kroos	👁 Germany Bayern Munich 👁 Spain Real Madrid
2015	👁 Argentina Lionel Messi	👁 Spain Barcelona
2016	👁 Argentina Lionel Messi	👁 Spain Barcelona
2017	👁 Argentina Lionel Messi	👁 Spain Barcelona
2018	👁 Croatia Luka Modrić	👁 Spain Real Madrid
2019	👁 Argentina Lionel Messi	👁 Spain Barcelona
2020	👁 Belgium Kevin De Bruyne	👁 England Manchester City
2021	👁 Belgium Kevin De Bruyne	👁 England Manchester City
2022	👁 Argentina Lionel Messi[116]	👁 France Paris Saint-Germain
2023	👁 Belgium Kevin De Bruyne[117]	👁 England Manchester City
2024	👁 England Jude Bellingham[118]	👁 Spain Real Madrid
2025	👁 Portugal Vitinha[119]	👁 France Paris Saint-Germain
Source:[120]

Multiple winners (2006–present)

Player	Wins	Years
👁 Argentina Lionel Messi	5	2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2022
👁 Spain Xavi	4	2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
👁 Belgium Kevin De Bruyne	3	2020, 2021, 2023
👁 Spain Andrés Iniesta	2	2012, 2013
Source:[120]

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Dzsenifer Marozsán was named the Best Playmaker since 2006 and the Best Playmaker of the Decade 2011–2020.^[121][122]

Year	Winner	Club(s)
2012	👁 Brazil Marta[123]	👁 Sweden Tyresö FF
2013	👁 Germany Lena Goeßling[124]	👁 Germany VfL Wolfsburg
2014	👁 Germany Nadine Keßler[125]	👁 Germany VfL Wolfsburg
2015	👁 United States Carli Lloyd[126]	👁 United States Houston Dash
2016	👁 Germany Dzsenifer Marozsán[127]	👁 France Lyon
2017	👁 Netherlands Lieke Martens[128]	👁 Sweden FC Rosengård 👁 Spain Barcelona
2018	👁 Germany Dzsenifer Marozsán[129]	👁 France Lyon
2019	👁 United States Megan Rapinoe[130]	👁 United States Reign FC
2020	👁 Germany Dzsenifer Marozsán[131]	👁 France Lyon
2021	👁 Spain Alexia Putellas[132]	👁 Spain Barcelona
2022	👁 Spain Alexia Putellas[133]	👁 Spain Barcelona
2023	👁 Spain Aitana Bonmatí[134]	👁 Spain Barcelona
2024	👁 Spain Aitana Bonmatí[135]	👁 Spain Barcelona
2025	👁 Spain Aitana Bonmatí[136]	👁 Spain Barcelona

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Multiple winners (1987–present)^[137]

Player	Wins	Years
👁 Spain Iker Casillas	5	2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
👁 Italy Gianluigi Buffon		2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2017
👁 Germany Manuel Neuer		2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2020
👁 Italy Walter Zenga	3	1989, 1990, 1991
👁 Paraguay José Luis Chilavert		1995, 1997, 1998
👁 Germany Oliver Kahn		1999, 2001, 2002
👁 Denmark Peter Schmeichel	2	1992, 1993
👁 Belgium Thibaut Courtois		2018, 2022
👁 Italy Gianluigi Donnarumma		2021, 2025

Multiple winners (2012–present)^[138]

Player	Wins	Years
👁 United States Hope Solo	4	2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
👁 France Sarah Bouhaddi		2016, 2017, 2018, 2020
👁 Chile Christiane Endler	2	2021, 2022

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This award is given annually since 2020, and retroactively from 2011 to 2019, to the world's top goalscorer in the calendar year.

Multiple winners (2010*–present)^[139][140]

Player	Wins	Years
👁 Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo	5	2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2023
👁 Argentina Lionel Messi	2	2012, 2016
👁 Poland Robert Lewandowski		2020, 2021
👁 France Kylian Mbappé		2022, 2025

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As of 30 August 2025^[141][142]

Bold indicates players currently active.

Top 10 goal scorers of all-time

Rank	Player	Goals
1	👁 Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo	959
2	👁 Argentina Lionel Messi	896
3	👁 Brazil Pelé	762
4	👁 Brazil Romário	756
5	👁 Hungary 👁 Spain Ferenc Puskás	725
6	👁 Austria 👁 Czechoslovakia Josef Bican	722
7	👁 Poland Robert Lewandowski	674
8	👁 Northern Ireland Jimmy Jones	639
9	👁 Germany Gerd Müller	634
10	👁 Northern Ireland Joe Bambrick	626

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The women's award was introduced in 2021.

Year	Winner	Club	Goals
2021	👁 Spain Jennifer Hermoso[143]	👁 Spain Barcelona	48
2022	👁 Netherlands Fenna Kalma[144]	👁 Netherlands Twente	45
2023	👁 Malawi Temwa Chawinga[145]	👁 China Wuhan Jianghan	63
2024	👁 Mexico Charlyn Corral[146]	👁 Mexico Pachuca	44
2025	👁 Mexico Charlyn Corral[147]	👁 Mexico Pachuca	57

This award is given annually since 1991 to the world's top international goalscorer in the calendar year.

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Multiple winners (1991–present)^[148]

Player	Wins	Years
👁 Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo	5	2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2019
👁 Argentina Lionel Messi	3	2011, 2012, 2022
👁 Iran Ali Daei	2	1996, 2004
👁 Poland Robert Lewandowski		2015, 2021
👁 Belgium Romelu Lukaku		2020, 2023

The women's award was introduced in 2021.

Year	Winner	Club	Goals
2021	👁 England Ellen White[149]	👁 England Manchester City	21
2022	👁 Australia Sam Kerr[150]	👁 England Chelsea	17
2023	👁 Zambia Barbra Banda[151]	👁 China Shanghai Shengli	15
2024	👁 Germany Lea Schüller[152]	👁 Germany Bayern Munich	14
2025	👁 Spain Claudia Pina[153]	👁 Spain Barcelona	18

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This award is given annually since 1997 to the player who scores the most goals in a league season (in a calendar year since 2020) in any of the top 60 leagues in the world (as ranked by IFFHS for that given year).

Year	Winner	Club(s)	Goals
1997	👁 Turkey Hakan Şükür	👁 Turkey Galatasaray	38
1998	👁 Ecuador Iván Kaviedes	👁 Ecuador Emelec	43
1999	👁 Brazil Mário Jardel	👁 Portugal Porto	36
2000	👁 Brazil Mário Jardel	👁 Portugal Porto	38
2001	👁 Bolivia José Alfredo Castillo	👁 Bolivia Oriente Petrolero	42
2002	👁 Bolivia Joaquín Botero	👁 Bolivia Bolívar	49
2003	👁 Paraguay José Cardozo	👁 Mexico Toluca	58
2004	👁 Chile Patricio Galaz	👁 Chile Cobreloa	42
2005	👁 Brazil Clemerson Araújo	👁 Japan Gamba Osaka	33
2006	👁 Netherlands Klaas-Jan Huntelaar	👁 Netherlands Ajax	35
2007	👁 Brazil Afonso Alves	👁 Netherlands Heerenveen	34
2008	👁 Paraguay Lucas Barrios	👁 Chile Colo-Colo	37
2009	👁 Austria Marc Janko	👁 Austria RB Salzburg	39
2010	👁 Uruguay Luis Suárez	👁 Netherlands Ajax	35
2011	👁 Latvia Aleksandrs Čekulajevs	👁 Estonia Narva Trans	46
2012	👁 Argentina Lionel Messi	👁 Spain Barcelona	50
2013	👁 Argentina Lionel Messi	👁 Spain Barcelona	46
2014	👁 Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo	👁 Spain Real Madrid	31
	👁 Uruguay Luis Suárez	👁 England Liverpool
2015	👁 Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo	👁 Spain Real Madrid	48
2016	👁 Uruguay Luis Suárez	👁 Spain Barcelona	40
2017	👁 Argentina Lionel Messi	👁 Spain Barcelona	37
2018	👁 Argentina Lionel Messi	👁 Spain Barcelona	34
	👁 Brazil Jonas	👁 Portugal Benfica
2019	👁 Algeria Baghdad Bounedjah	👁 Qatar Al Sadd	39
Calendar year
2020	👁 Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo	👁 Italy Juventus	33
2021	👁 Poland Robert Lewandowski[154]	👁 Germany Bayern Munich	43
2022	👁 Argentina Germán Cano[155]	👁 Brazil Fluminense	33
2023	👁 England Harry Kane[156]	👁 England Tottenham Hotspur 👁 Germany Bayern Munich	38
2024	👁 Sweden Viktor Gyökeres[157]	👁 Portugal Sporting CP	36
2025	👁 France Kylian Mbappé[158]	👁 Spain Real Madrid	39
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Multiple winners (1997–present)

Player	Wins	Years
👁 Argentina Lionel Messi	4	2012, 2013, 2017, 2018 (shared)
👁 Uruguay Luis Suárez	3	2010, 2014 (shared), 2016
👁 Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo		2014 (shared), 2015, 2020
👁 Brazil Mário Jardel	2	1999, 2000

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Bold indicates players currently active.

Top 10 top division goal scorers of all-time

Rank	Player	Goals
1	👁 Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo	587
2	👁 Argentina Lionel Messi	552
3	👁 Austria 👁 Czechoslovakia Josef Bican	515
	👁 Hungary 👁 Spain Ferenc Puskás
5	👁 Poland Robert Lewandowski	420
6	👁 Uruguay Luis Suárez	419
7	👁 Hungary Imre Schlosser	417
8	👁 Hungary Gyula Zsengellér	416
9	👁 Scotland Jimmy McGrory	409
10	👁 Germany Gerd Müller	405

The final list includes the 18 players who scored 150 or more goals in top-tier national leagues in the period of time from 1 January 2001 to 31 December 2010. The results were posted on the IFFHS' official website on 25 September 2022.^[164]

Players with at least 180 goals

Rank	Player	Nation	Goals	Club(s)
1	Aleksandar Đurić	👁 Image  Singapore	246	👁 Singapore Geylang United (2001–04) 👁 Singapore Singapore Armed Forces FC (2005–09) 👁 Singapore Tampines Rovers (2010)
2	Marc Lloyd Williams	👁 Image  Wales	236	👁 Wales Bangor City (2001–02; 2003; 2006-07) 👁 England Southport (2002–03) 👁 Wales Aberystwyth Town (2003–04) 👁 Wales The New Saints (2004–06) 👁 Wales Newtown (2007–08) 👁 Wales Rhyl (2008) 👁 Wales Porthmadog (2008–09) 👁 Wales Airbus UK Broughton (2009–10)
3	Washington	👁 Image  Brazil	214	👁 Brazil Ponte Preta (2001–02) 👁 Turkey Fenerbahçe (2002–03) 👁 Brazil Athletico Paranaense (2004) 👁 Japan Tokyo Verdy (2005) 👁 Japan Urawa Red Diamonds (2006-07) 👁 Brazil Fluminense (2008; 2010) 👁 Brazil São Paulo (2009-10)
4	Rhys Griffiths	👁 Image  Wales	198	👁 Wales Cwmbrân Town (2001–02) 👁 Wales Haverfordwest County (2002–04) 👁 Wales Carmarthen Town (2004) 👁 Wales Port Talbot Town (2004–06) 👁 Wales Llanelli Town (2006–10)
5	Thierry Henry	👁 Image  France	182	👁 England Arsenal (2001–07) 👁 Spain Barcelona (2007–10) 👁 United States New York Red Bulls (2010)
6	Magno Alves	👁 Image  Brazil	182	👁 Brazil Fluminense (2001–02) 👁 South Korea Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors (2003) 👁 Japan Oita Trinita (2004-05) 👁 Japan Gamba Osaka (2006–07) 👁 Saudi Arabia Ittihad Club (2007-08) 👁 Qatar Umm Salal (2008-10)
7	Maksim Gruznov	👁 Image  Estonia	180	👁 Estonia Narva Trans (2001–08) 👁 Estonia Sillamäe Kalev (2009-10)

The final list includes the 36 players who scored 150 or more goals in top-tier national leagues in the period of time from 1 January 2011 to 31 December 2020. The results were posted on the IFFHS' official website on 6 January 2021.^[165]

Players with at least 200 goals

Rank	Player	Nation	Goals	Club(s)
1	Lionel Messi	👁 Image  Argentina	346	👁 Spain Barcelona (2011–20)
2	Cristiano Ronaldo	👁 Image  Portugal	332	👁 Spain Real Madrid (2011–18) 👁 Italy Juventus (2018–20)
3	Robert Lewandowski	👁 Image  Poland	248	👁 Germany Borussia Dortmund (2011–14) 👁 Germany Bayern Munich (2014–20)
4	Zlatan Ibrahimović	👁 Image  Sweden	236	👁 Italy Milan (2011–12; 2019–20) 👁 France Paris Saint-Germain (2012–16) 👁 England Manchester United (2016–18) 👁 United States LA Galaxy (2018–19)
5	Luis Suárez	👁 Image  Uruguay	224	👁 England Liverpool (2011–14) 👁 Spain Barcelona (2014–20) 👁 Spain Atlético Madrid (2020)
6	Carlos Saucedo	👁 Image  Bolivia	213	👁 Bolivia San José (2012–13; 2017–19) 👁 Costa Rica Saprissa (2014) 👁 Bolivia Oriente Petrolero (2015) 👁 Bolivia Blooming (2015–16) 👁 Bolivia Real Potosí (2016) 👁 Bolivia Guabirá (2017) 👁 Bolivia Royal Pari (2020)
7	Edinson Cavani	👁 Image  Uruguay	209	👁 Italy Napoli (2011–13) 👁 France Paris Saint-Germain (2013–20) 👁 England Manchester United (2020)

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The women's award was introduced in 2021.

Year	Winner	Club	Goals
2021	👁 Czech Republic Lucie Martínková[166]	👁 Czech Republic Sparta Prague	38
2022	👁 United States Mia Fishel[167]	👁 Mexico UANL	33
2023	👁 Mexico Charlyn Corral[168]	👁 Mexico Pachuca	34
2024	👁 Mexico Charlyn Corral[169]	👁 Mexico Pachuca	42
2025	👁 Mexico Charlyn Corral[170]	👁 Mexico Pachuca	50

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This award was given annually from 1997 to 2004 to the player with the best goal ratio (goals/matches played) in a league season in any of the top 60 leagues in the world (as ranked by IFFHS for that given year).

Year	Winner	Club	Ratio
1997	👁 Turkey Hakan Şükür[171]	👁 Turkey Galatasaray	1.188
1998	👁 Japan Masashi Nakayama[172]	👁 Japan Júbilo Iwata	1.276
1999	👁 Brazil Mário Jardel[173]	👁 Portugal Porto	1.125
2000	👁 Saudi Arabia Hamzah Idris[174]	👁 Saudi Arabia Al Ittihad	1.320
2001	👁 Brazil Romário[175]	👁 Brazil Vasco da Gama	1.167
2002	👁 Brazil Mário Jardel[176]	👁 Portugal Sporting CP	1.400
2003	👁 Paraguay José Cardozo[177]	👁 Mexico Toluca	1.381
2004	👁 Uzbekistan Shuhrat Mirkholdirshoev[178]	👁 Uzbekistan Navbahor Namangan	1.192

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In 2017, IFFHS started to nominate a world team of the year.^[179]

Multiple appearances (2017–present)^[180]

Player	Apps	Years
👁 Argentina Lionel Messi	7	2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
👁 Belgium Kevin De Bruyne	6	2017, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
👁 Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo	5	2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
👁 Canada Alphonso Davies	5	2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
👁 France Kylian Mbappé	5	2018, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2025
👁 Spain Sergio Ramos	4	2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
👁 Norway Erling Haaland	4	2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
👁 Croatia Luka Modrić	3	2017, 2018, 2022
👁 Portugal Rúben Dias	3	2021, 2023, 2024
👁 Morocco Achraf Hakimi	3	2021, 2022, 2025
👁 Brazil Marcelo	2	2017, 2018
👁 England Trent Alexander-Arnold	2	2019, 2020
👁 Netherlands Virgil van Dijk	2	2019, 2020
👁 Italy Leonardo Bonucci	2	2017, 2021
👁 Poland Robert Lewandowski	2	2020, 2021
👁 Belgium Thibaut Courtois	2	2018, 2022
👁 Germany Toni Kroos	2	2017, 2024
👁 Spain Rodri	2	2023, 2024
👁 England Jude Bellingham	2	2023, 2024
👁 Italy Gianluigi Donnarumma	2	2021, 2025
👁 England Harry Kane	2	2023, 2025
👁 Spain Lamine Yamal	2	2024, 2025

The XI covers the 1863–1900 period.

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Continent	Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
World[181]	👁 Wales James Trainer	👁 England Robert Holmes 👁 Scotland Walter Arnott	👁 Scotland Neilly Gibson 👁 Scotland James Cowan 👁 England Ernest Needham	👁 England Steve Bloomer 👁 England John Goodall 👁 England William Bassett 👁 England Gilbert Oswald Smith 👁 Scotland John Bell

The XIs cover the 1901–2000 period.

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Continent	Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
World[182]	👁 Soviet Union Lev Yashin	👁 England Bobby Moore 👁 West Germany Franz Beckenbauer 👁 Italy Franco Baresi	👁 Germany Lothar Matthaus 👁 France Michel Platini 👁 Argentina Diego Maradona 👁 Netherlands Johan Cruyff	👁 Hungary Ferenc Puskas 👁 Brazil Pelé 👁 Argentina Alfredo Di Stefano
Europe[183]	👁 Soviet Union Lev Yashin	👁 England Bobby Moore 👁 West Germany Franz Beckenbauer 👁 Italy Franco Baresi	👁 England Bobby Charlton 👁 France Michel Platini 👁 Netherlands Johan Cruyff 👁 Germany Lothar Matthaus	👁 Hungary Ferenc Puskas 👁 West Germany Gerd Müller 👁 Portugal Eusebio
South America[184]	👁 Argentina Amadeo Carrizo	👁 Brazil Carlos Alberto Torres 👁 Chile Elías Figueroa 👁 Argentina Daniel Passarella 👁 Brazil Nilton Santos	👁 Brazil Didi 👁 Argentina Diego Maradona 👁 Brazil Zico	👁 Argentina Alfredo Di Stéfano 👁 Brazil Pelé 👁 Brazil Garrincha
CONCACAF[185]	👁 Mexico Antonio Carbajal	👁 Mexico Ramon Ramirez 👁 Mexico Gustavo Pena 👁 United States Marcelo Balboa 👁 Mexico Claudio Suarez	👁 United States Thomas Dooley 👁 Mexico Luis de la Fuente 👁 Mexico Raúl Cárdenas	👁 Panama Julio Dely Valdés 👁 Mexico Hugo Sánchez 👁 Mexico Carlos Hermosillo
Africa[186]	👁 Cameroon Thomas N'Kono	👁 Ghana Samuel Kuffour 👁 Egypt Hany Ramzy 👁 Morocco Noureddine Naybet 👁 Nigeria Taribo West	👁 Algeria Lakhdar Belloumi 👁 Nigeria Finidi George 👁 Ghana Abedi Pele	👁 Cameroon Roger Milla 👁 Liberia George Weah 👁 Algeria Rabah Madjer
Asia[187]	👁 Saudi Arabia Mohamed Al-Deayea	👁 Japan Yasuhiko Okudera 👁 South Korea Hong Myung-bo 👁 Japan Masami Ihara	👁 Japan Kazuyoshi Miura 👁 Iran Ali Parvin 👁 South Korea Kim Joo-sung 👁 Saudi Arabia Saeed Al-Owairan	👁 Saudi Arabia Majed Abdullah 👁 Iran Ali Daei 👁 South Korea Cha Bum-kun
Oceania[188]	👁 Australia Mark Bosnich	👁 Australia Joe Marston 👁 Australia Milan Ivanovic 👁 New Caledonia Antoine Kombouare 👁 Australia Alan Davidson	👁 Australia Ned Zelic 👁 Australia Paul Okon 👁 Australia Robert Slater	👁 Australia John Kosmina 👁 Australia Frank Farina 👁 New Zealand Wynton Rufer

The XIs published by IFFHS cover the 1901–2020 period.

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Continent	Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
World[189]	👁 Soviet Union Lev Yashin	👁 Brazil Cafu 👁 West Germany Franz Beckenbauer 👁 Italy Franco Baresi 👁 Italy Paolo Maldini	👁 Spain Xavi 👁 Argentina Diego Maradona 👁 Netherlands Johan Cruyff	👁 Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo 👁 Brazil Pelé 👁 Argentina Lionel Messi
World B[189]	👁 Italy Gianluigi Buffon	👁 Brazil Carlos Alberto Torres 👁 England Bobby Moore 👁 Argentina Daniel Passarella 👁 Brazil Roberto Carlos	👁 Germany Lothar Matthäus 👁 France Zinedine Zidane 👁 France Michel Platini	👁 Brazil Ronaldo 👁 West Germany Gerd Müller 👁 Argentina 👁 Spain Alfredo Di Stéfano
Europe[190]	👁 Soviet Union Lev Yashin	👁 Germany Philipp Lahm 👁 West Germany Franz Beckenbauer 👁 Italy Franco Baresi 👁 Italy Paolo Maldini	👁 Spain Xavi 👁 France Zinedine Zidane 👁 France Michel Platini	👁 Netherlands Johan Cruyff 👁 West Germany Gerd Müller 👁 Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo
South America[191]	👁 Argentina Amadeo Carrizo	👁 Brazil Cafu 👁 Chile Elías Figueroa 👁 Argentina Daniel Passarella 👁 Brazil Roberto Carlos	👁 Brazil Didi 👁 Argentina Diego Maradona 👁 Brazil Zico	👁 Argentina Alfredo Di Stéfano 👁 Brazil Pelé 👁 Argentina Lionel Messi
CONCACAF[192]	👁 Mexico Antonio Carbajal	👁 Mexico Carlos Salcedo 👁 Mexico Claudio Suárez 👁 Mexico Rafael Márquez	👁 Mexico Andrés Guardado 👁 Costa Rica Bryan Ruiz 👁 Mexico Raúl Cárdenas 👁 Mexico Luis de la Fuente	👁 Panama Julio Dely Valdés 👁 Mexico Hugo Sánchez 👁 United States Clint Dempsey
Africa[193]	👁 Cameroon Thomas N'Kono	👁 Ghana Samuel Kuffour 👁 Cameroon Rigobert Song 👁 Morocco Noureddine Naybet	👁 Ivory Coast Yaya Touré 👁 Nigeria Nwankwo Kanu 👁 Nigeria Jay-Jay Okocha 👁 Ghana Abedi Pele	👁 Cameroon Samuel Eto'o 👁 Liberia George Weah 👁 Ivory Coast Didier Drogba
Asia[194]	👁 Saudi Arabia Mohamed Al-Deayea	👁 Iran Mehdi Mahdavikia 👁 South Korea Hong Myung-bo 👁 Japan Yasuhiko Okudera	👁 China Wu Lei 👁 Japan Shinji Kagawa 👁 Australia Mile Jedinak 👁 South Korea Park Ji-sung	👁 South Korea Son Heung-min 👁 Saudi Arabia Majed Abdullah 👁 South Korea Cha Bum-kun
Oceania[195]	👁 New Zealand Stefan Marinovic	👁 New Zealand Ryan Nelsen 👁 New Zealand Tommy Smith 👁 New Zealand Winston Reid	👁 New Zealand Ryan Thomas 👁 New Zealand Steve Sumner 👁 New Zealand Marco Rojas 👁 Fiji Roy Krishna	👁 New Zealand Rory Fallon 👁 New Zealand Chris Wood 👁 New Zealand Wynton Rufer

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In 2017, IFFHS started to nominate a world team of the year.^[196]

Multiple appearances (2017–present)^[197]

Player	Apps	Years
👁 France Wendie Renard	7	2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
👁 England Lucy Bronze	6	2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2025
👁 Spain Aitana Bonmatí	5	2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
👁 Germany Dzsenifer Marozsán	4	2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
👁 United States Alex Morgan		2017, 2018, 2019, 2022
👁 France Sarah Bouhaddi	3	2017, 2018, 2020
👁 Denmark Pernille Harder		2017, 2018, 2020
👁 Australia Sam Kerr		2017, 2021, 2023
👁 Spain Alexia Putellas		2021, 2022, 2025
👁 Chile Christiane Endler	2	2021, 2022
👁 Norway Ada Hegerberg		2018, 2019
👁 France Amandine Henry		2018, 2019
👁 Spain Jennifer Hermoso		2021, 2023
👁 Japan Saki Kumagai		2018, 2020
👁 Netherlands Lieke Martens		2017, 2021
👁 Germany Lena Oberdorf		2022, 2023
👁 Germany Alexandra Popp		2020, 2022
👁 Norway Caroline Graham Hansen		2021, 2024
👁 Spain Salma Paralluelo		2023, 2024
👁 England Leah Williamson		2022, 2025

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Continent	Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
World[198]	👁 United States Hope Solo	👁 England Lucy Bronze 👁 France Wendie Renard 👁 United States Christie Pearce 👁 United States Joy Fawcett	👁 Germany Dzsenifer Marozsán 👁 Japan Homare Sawa 👁 Brazil Marta	👁 United States Megan Rapinoe 👁 Norway Ada Hegerberg 👁 United States Alex Morgan
World B[198]	👁 Germany Nadine Angerer	👁 Germany Ariane Hingst 👁 Sweden Nilla Fischer 👁 Japan Saki Kumagai 👁 Norway Hege Riise	👁 United States Michelle Akers 👁 United States Kristine Lilly 👁 Brazil Formiga	👁 United States Abby Wambach 👁 United States Carli Lloyd 👁 Germany Birgit Prinz
Europe[199]	👁 Germany Nadine Angerer	👁 England Lucy Bronze 👁 France Wendie Renard 👁 Sweden Nilla Fischer 👁 Norway Linda Medalen	👁 Germany Nadine Keßler 👁 Germany Dzsenifer Marozsán 👁 France Camille Abily	👁 Sweden Lotta Schelin 👁 Norway Ada Hegerberg 👁 Germany Birgit Prinz
South America[200]	👁 Chile Christiane Endler	👁 Brazil Fabiana 👁 Brazil Aline 👁 Brazil Elane 👁 Brazil Tamires	👁 Brazil Formiga 👁 Brazil Sissi 👁 Brazil Roseli	👁 Brazil Pretinha 👁 Brazil Cristiane 👁 Brazil Marta
CONCACAF[201]	👁 United States Hope Solo	👁 United States Kelley O'Hara 👁 United States Joy Fawcett 👁 United States Christie Pearce 👁 United States Ali Krieger	👁 Costa Rica Shirley Cruz 👁 United States Carli Lloyd 👁 United States Megan Rapinoe	👁 United States Abby Wambach 👁 United States Mia Hamm 👁 United States Alex Morgan
Africa[202]	👁 Cameroon Annette Ngo Ndom	👁 Nigeria Onome Ebi 👁 South Africa Janine van Wyk 👁 Nigeria Florence Omagbeni 👁 Nigeria Ngozi Ezeocha	👁 Nigeria Perpetua Nkwocha 👁 Nigeria Mercy Akide 👁 Cameroon Gabrielle Onguéné	👁 Cameroon Gaëlle Enganamouit 👁 Nigeria Asisat Oshoala 👁 Malawi Tabitha Chawinga
Asia[203]	👁 Australia Lydia Williams	👁 Australia Ellie Carpenter 👁 Australia Cheryl Salisbury 👁 Japan Saki Kumagai 👁 China Fan Yunjie	👁 Japan Homare Sawa 👁 South Korea Ji So-yun 👁 Japan Aya Miyama	👁 China Liu Ailing 👁 Australia Samantha Kerr 👁 China Sun Wen
Oceania[204]	👁 New Zealand Erin Nayler	👁 New Zealand Rebekah Stott 👁 New Zealand Rebecca Smith 👁 New Zealand Abby Erceg	👁 New Zealand Ria Percival 👁 New Zealand Hayley Bowden 👁 New Zealand Katie Duncan 👁 New Zealand Betsy Hassett	👁 New Zealand Ali Riley 👁 New Zealand Amber Hearn 👁 New Zealand Sarah Gregorius

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The award was introduced in 2020.

Multiple appearances (2020–present)^{[205][206][207][208][209][210]}

Player	Apps	Years
👁 France Eduardo Camavinga	3	2020, 2021, 2022
👁 England Jude Bellingham		2021, 2022, 2023
👁 Germany Jamal Musiala		2021, 2022, 2023
👁 France Warren Zaïre-Emery		2023, 2024, 2025
👁 Brazil Rodrygo	2	2020, 2021
👁 Spain Ansu Fati		2020, 2022
👁 Spain Pedri		2021, 2022
👁 Portugal Nuno Mendes		2021, 2022
👁 Spain Gavi		2022, 2023
👁 Argentina Alejandro Garnacho		2023, 2024
👁 Spain Lamine Yamal		2024, 2025
👁 Turkey Arda Güler		2024, 2025
👁 Spain Pau Cubarsí		2024, 2025
👁 France Guillaume Restes		2024, 2025

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Multiple appearances (2020–present)^{[211][212][213][214][215][216]}

Player	Apps	Years
👁 Colombia Linda Caicedo	5	2020, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
👁 Spain Vicky López	4	2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
👁 Haiti Melchie Dumornay	3	2021, 2022, 2023
👁 Spain Cata Coll	2	2020, 2021
👁 Germany Lena Oberdorf		2020, 2021
👁 Australia Mary Fowler		2021, 2023
👁 Spain Meritxell Font		2022, 2023
👁 Spain Andrea Medina		2022, 2023
👁 Spain Salma Paralluelo		2022, 2023
👁 Brazil Tarciane		2022, 2023
👁 United States Gisele Thompson		2024, 2025

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Multiple winners (1996–present)^[217]

Coach	Wins	Years
👁 Portugal José Mourinho	4	2004, 2005, 2010, 2012
👁 Italy Carlo Ancelotti		2007, 2014, 2022, 2024
👁 Spain Pep Guardiola	3	2009, 2011, 2023
👁 Italy Marcello Lippi	2	1996, 1998
👁 Germany Ottmar Hitzfeld		1997, 2001
👁 Argentina Carlos Bianchi		2000, 2003
👁 Scotland Alex Ferguson		1999, 2008
👁 France Zinedine Zidane		2017, 2018
👁 Spain Luis Enrique		2015, 2025

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Year	Winner	Club
2020	👁 France Jean-Luc Vasseur[218]	👁 France Lyon
2021	👁 Spain Lluís Cortés[219]	👁 Spain Barcelona
2022	👁 France Sonia Bompastor[220]	👁 France Lyon
2023	👁 Spain Jonatan Giráldez[221]	👁 Spain Barcelona
2024	👁 Spain Jonatan Giráldez[222]	👁 Spain Barcelona
2025	👁 Netherlands Renée Slegers[223]	👁 England Arsenal

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Multiple winners (1996–present)^[224]

Coach	Wins	Years
👁 Spain Vicente del Bosque	4	2009, 2010, 2012, 2013
👁 Germany Joachim Löw	2	2014, 2017
👁 Portugal Fernando Santos		2016, 2019
👁 France Didier Deschamps		2018, 2020
👁 Argentina Lionel Scaloni		2022, 2023
👁 Spain Luis de la Fuente		2024, 2025

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Year	Winner	National team
2020	👁 Netherlands Sarina Wiegman[225]	👁 Image  Netherlands
2021	👁 England Bev Priestman[226]	👁 Image  Canada
2022	👁 Netherlands Sarina Wiegman[227]	👁 Image  England
2023	👁 Netherlands Sarina Wiegman[228]	👁 Image  England
2024	👁 England Emma Hayes[229]	👁 Image  United States
2025	👁 Netherlands Sarina Wiegman[230]	👁 Image  England

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Felix Brych was awarded the prize for Men's Referee of the Decade 2011–20.

Year	Winner
1987	👁 Brazil Romualdo Filho[231]
1988	👁 France Michel Vautrot[231]
1989	👁 France Michel Vautrot[231]
1990	👁 Brazil José Roberto Wright[231]
1991	👁 Denmark Peter Mikkelsen[231]
1992	👁 Germany Aron Schmidhuber[231]
1993	👁 Denmark Peter Mikkelsen[231]
1994	👁 Hungary Sándor Puhl[231]
1995	👁 Hungary Sándor Puhl[231]
1996	👁 Hungary Sándor Puhl[231]
1997	👁 Hungary Sándor Puhl[231]
1998	👁 Italy Pierluigi Collina[231]
1999	👁 Italy Pierluigi Collina[231]
2000	👁 Italy Pierluigi Collina[231]
2001	👁 Italy Pierluigi Collina[231]
2002	👁 Italy Pierluigi Collina[231]
2003	👁 Italy Pierluigi Collina[231]
2004	👁 Germany Markus Merk[231]
2005	👁 Germany Markus Merk[231]
2006	👁 Argentina Horacio Elizondo[231]
2007	👁 Germany Markus Merk[231]
2008	👁 Italy Roberto Rosetti[231]
2009	👁 Switzerland Massimo Busacca[231]
2010	👁 England Howard Webb[231]
2011	👁 Hungary Viktor Kassai[231]
2012	👁 Portugal Pedro Proença[231]
2013	👁 England Howard Webb[231]
2014	👁 Italy Nicola Rizzoli[231]
2015	👁 Italy Nicola Rizzoli[231]
2016	👁 England Mark Clattenburg[231]
2017	👁 Germany Felix Brych[231]
2018	👁 Argentina Néstor Pitana[231]
2019	👁 Slovenia Damir Skomina[231]
2020	👁 Italy Daniele Orsato[231]
2021	👁 Germany Felix Brych[231]
2022	👁 Poland Szymon Marciniak[232]
2023	👁 Poland Szymon Marciniak[233]
2024	👁 France François Letexier[234]
2025	👁 France Clément Turpin[235]

Multiple winners (1987–present)^{[231][232][233]}

Referee	Wins	Years
👁 Italy Pierluigi Collina	6	1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003
👁 Hungary Sándor Puhl	4	1994, 1995, 1996, 1997
👁 Germany Markus Merk	3	2004, 2005, 2007
👁 France Michel Vautrot	2	1988, 1989
👁 Denmark Peter Mikkelsen		1991, 1993
👁 England Howard Webb		2010, 2013
👁 Italy Nicola Rizzoli		2014, 2015
👁 Germany Felix Brych		2017, 2021
👁 Poland Szymon Marciniak		2022, 2023

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Bibiana Steinhaus was awarded the prize for Women's Referee of the Decade 2011–20.

Year	Winner
2012	👁 Sweden Jenny Palmqvist[236]
2013	👁 Germany Bibiana Steinhaus[236]
2014	👁 Germany Bibiana Steinhaus[236]
2015	👁 Ukraine Kateryna Monzul[236]
2016	👁 Hungary Katalin Kulcsar[236]
2017	👁 Germany Bibiana Steinhaus[236]
2018	👁 Germany Bibiana Steinhaus[236]
2019	👁 France Stéphanie Frappart[236]
2020	👁 France Stéphanie Frappart[236]
2021	👁 France Stéphanie Frappart[236]
2022	👁 France Stéphanie Frappart[237]
2023	👁 France Stéphanie Frappart[238]
2024	👁 England Rebecca Welch[239]
2025	👁 Italy Maria Sole Ferrieri Caputi[240]

Multiple winners (2012–present)^{[236][237][238]}

Referee	Wins	Years
👁 France Stéphanie Frappart	5	2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
👁 Germany Bibiana Steinhaus	4	2013, 2014, 2017, 2018

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