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IFFHS World's Best Man Player
SportAssociation football
Awarded forBest performing man player of the calendar year
Presented byInternational Federation of Football History & Statistics
History
First award1988
Editions7
First winnerNetherlands Marco van Basten
Most winsNetherlands Marco van Basten
Poland Robert Lewandowski
(2 awards each)
Most recentNorway Erling Haaland
(1st award)
Websitewww.iffhs.com

The IFFHS World's Best Player is a football award given annually from 1988 to 1990, and since 2020, to the world's best player. The award is given by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS).

Marco van Basten, first winner of the award in 1988

Men's winners

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List of winners

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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.[1]

Year Rank Winner Club(s) Points
1988 1st Netherlands Marco van Basten[2] Italy Milan 101
2nd Argentina Diego Maradona Italy Napoli 92
3rd Netherlands Ruud Gullit Italy Milan 71
1989 1st Netherlands Marco van Basten[3] Italy Milan 132
2nd Italy Franco Baresi Italy Milan 62
3rd Netherlands Ruud Gullit Italy Milan 57
1990 1st Germany Lothar Matthäus[4] Italy Inter Milan
2nd Argentina Diego Maradona Italy Napoli
3rd Italy Salvatore Schillaci Italy Juventus
2020 1st Poland Robert Lewandowski[5] Germany Bayern Munich 95%
2021 1st Poland Robert Lewandowski[6][7] Germany Bayern Munich 150
2nd Argentina Lionel Messi Spain Barcelona
France Paris Saint-Germain
105
3rd Italy Jorginho England Chelsea 40
2022 1st Argentina Lionel Messi[8][9] France Paris Saint-Germain 275
2nd France Kylian Mbappé France Paris Saint-Germain 35
3rd France Karim Benzema Spain Real Madrid 30
2023 1st Norway Erling Haaland[10][11] England Manchester City 208
2nd France Kylian Mbappé France Paris Saint-Germain 105
3rd Argentina Lionel Messi France Paris Saint-Germain
United States Inter Miami
85

Statistics

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Winners (1988–present)
Player Wins Years
Netherlands Marco van Basten 2 1988, 1989
Poland Robert Lewandowski 2020, 2021
Germany Lothar Matthäus 1 1990
Argentina Lionel Messi 1 2022
Norway Erling Haaland 1 2023
Wins by club
Club Total Players
Italy Milan 2 1
Germany Bayern Munich 2 1
Italy Inter Milan 1 1
France Paris Saint-Germain 1 1
England Manchester City 1 1
Wins by nationality
Nationality Total Players
 Netherlands 2 1
 Poland 2 1
 Germany 1 1
 Argentina 1 1
 Norway 1 1

Continental winners

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Bold indicates the World's Best Man Player winner.

Year Confederation Winner Club(s)
2020 UEFA Poland Robert Lewandowski[12] Germany Bayern Munich
CONMEBOL Argentina Lionel Messi[13] Spain Barcelona
CONCACAF Canada Alphonso Davies[14] Germany Bayern Munich
CAF Senegal Sadio Mané[15] England Liverpool
AFC South Korea Son Heung-min[16] England Tottenham Hotspur
OFC New Zealand Chris Wood[17] England Burnley
2021 UEFA Poland Robert Lewandowski[18] Germany Bayern Munich
CONMEBOL Argentina Lionel Messi[19] Spain Barcelona
France Paris Saint-Germain
CONCACAF Canada Alphonso Davies[20] Germany Bayern Munich
CAF Egypt Mohamed Salah[21] England Liverpool
AFC South Korea Son Heung-min[22] England Tottenham Hotspur
OFC New Zealand Chris Wood[23] England Burnley
2022 UEFA France Kylian Mbappé[24] France Paris Saint-Germain
CONMEBOL Argentina Lionel Messi[25] France Paris Saint-Germain
CONCACAF Canada Alphonso Davies[26] Germany Bayern Munich
CAF Senegal Sadio Mané[27] England Liverpool

Germany Bayern Munich

AFC South Korea Son Heung-min[28] England Tottenham Hotspur
OFC New Zealand Chris Wood[29] England Burnley

England Newcastle

The World's Best Player of the Century (1901–2000)

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Pelé, Player of the Century (1901–2000)
Top 10 players[30][31]
Rank Player Nationality Points
1 Pelé  Brazil 1705
2 Johan Cruyff  Netherlands 1303
3 Franz Beckenbauer  West Germany 1228
4 Alfredo Di Stéfano  Argentina
 Spain
1215
5 Diego Maradona  Argentina 1214
6 Ferenc Puskás  Hungary 810
7 Michel Platini  France 722
8 Garrincha  Brazil 624
9 Eusébio  Portugal 544
10 Bobby Charlton  England 508

The Best Man Player of the Decade (2011–2020)

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Confederation First Second Third
World[32] Argentina Lionel Messi Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo Spain Andrés Iniesta
UEFA[33] Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo Spain Sergio Ramos Germany Manuel Neuer
CONMEBOL[34] Argentina Lionel Messi Brazil Neymar Brazil Dani Alves
CONCACAF[35] Costa Rica Keylor Navas Mexico Javier Hernández United States Clint Dempsey
CAF[36] Egypt Mohamed Salah Senegal Sadio Mané Algeria Riyad Mahrez
AFC[37] South Korea Son Heung-min Japan Keisuke Honda Saudi Arabia Salem Al-Dawsari
OFC[38] New Zealand Chris Wood New Zealand Winston Reid New Zealand Marco Rojas

The Best European Player (1956–1990)

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Franz Beckenbauer, elected Best European Player for the 1956–1990 period

On 24 April 1990, before the 1990 FIFA 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.[39]

Top 10 players
Rank Player Nationality
1 Franz Beckenbauer  West Germany
2 Michel Platini  France
3 Johan Cruyff  Netherlands
4 Eusébio  Portugal
5 Gerd Müller  West Germany
6 Karl-Heinz Rummenigge  West Germany
7 Luis Suárez  Spain
8 Bobby Charlton  England
9 Alfredo Di Stéfano  Spain
10 Raymond Kopa  France

Men Legends

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Phase 1 (48 players)[40]
Player Nationality
Majed Abdullah  Saudi Arabia
Mohamed Aboutrika  Egypt
Roberto Baggio  Italy
Franz Beckenbauer  Germany
David Beckham  England
Bhaichung Bhutia  India
Oleg Blokhin  Ukraine
Cha Bum-kun  South Korea
Antonio Carbajal  Mexico
Bobby Charlton  England
José Luis Chilavert  Paraguay
Tanju Çolak  Turkey
Johan Cruyff  Netherlands
Ali Daei  Iran
Alfredo Di Stéfano  Argentina
Landon Donovan  United States
Mahmoud El Khatib  Egypt
Eusébio  Portugal
Luís Figo  Portugal
Garrincha  Brazil
Paco Gento  Spain
Ryan Giggs  Wales
Ruud Gullit  Netherlands
Hao Haidong  China
Sun Jihai  China
Nwankwo Kanu  Nigeria
Rabah Madjer  Algeria
Diego Maradona  Argentina
Lothar Matthäus  Germany
Stanley Matthews  England
Roger Milla  Cameroon
Gerd Müller  Germany
Hidetoshi Nakata  Japan
Pelé  Brazil
Michel Platini  France
Ferenc Puskás  Hungary
Lucas Radebe  South Africa
Ronaldo  Brazil
Wynton Rufer  New Zealand
Hugo Sánchez  Mexico
Juan Alberto Schiaffino  Uruguay
Marco van Basten  Netherlands
George Weah  Liberia
Jasem Yaqoub  Kuwait
Lev Yashin  Russia
Zico  Brazil
Zinedine Zidane  France
Dino Zoff  Italy
Phase 2 (48 players)[41]
Player Nationality
Franco Baresi  Italy
Gabriel Batistuta  Argentina
Dennis Bergkamp  Netherlands
Zbigniew Boniek  Poland
Roberto Carlos  Brazil
Petr Čech  Czech Republic
Kenny Dalglish  Scotland
Edgar Davids  Netherlands
Alessandro Del Piero  Italy
Didier Drogba  Ivory Coast
Samuel Eto'o  Cameroon
Enzo Francescoli  Uruguay
Gheorge Hagi  Romania
Thierry Henry  France
Oliver Kahn  Germany
Kaká  Brazil
Kevin Keegan  England
Mario Kempes  Argentina
Miroslav Klose  Germany
Ronald Koeman  Netherlands
Philipp Lahm  Germany
Michael Laudrup  Denmark
Younis Mahmoud  Iraq
Paolo Maldini  Italy
Rafael Márquez  Mexico
Pavel Nedvěd  Czech Republic
Mohammed Noor  Saudi Arabia
Jay-Jay Okocha  Nigeria
Abedi Pele  Ghana
Jean-Marie Pfaff  Belgium
Andrea Pirlo  Italy
Carles Puyol  Spain
Raúl  Spain
Frank Rijkaard  Netherlands
Rivaldo  Brazil
Romário  Brazil
Ronaldinho  Brazil
Paolo Rossi  Italy
Karl-Heinz Rummenigge  Germany
Peter Schmeichel  Denmark
Andriy Shevchenko  Ukraine
Hristo Stoichkov  Bulgaria
Davor Šuker  Croatia
Francesco Totti  Italy
Carlos Valderrama  Colombia
Ruud van Nistelrooy  Netherlands
Robin van Persie  Netherlands
Xavi  Spain

Women's winners

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IFFHS World's Best Woman Player
SportAssociation football
Awarded forBest performing woman player of the calendar year
Presented byInternational Federation of Football History & Statistics
History
First award2020
Editions4
First winnerDenmark Pernille Harder
Most winsSpain Alexia Putellas
(2 awards)
Most recentSpain Aitana Bonmatí
(1st award)
Websitewww.iffhs.com

List of winners

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Year Rank Winner Club(s) Points
2020 1st Denmark Pernille Harder[42] Germany VfL Wolfsburg
England Chelsea
2nd France Wendie Renard France Lyon
England Lucy Bronze France Lyon
England Manchester City
2021 1st Spain Alexia Putellas[43] Spain Barcelona 135
2nd Australia Sam Kerr England Chelsea 35
3rd United States Sam Mewis England Manchester City
United States North Carolina Courage
30
2022 1st Spain Alexia Putellas[44] Spain Barcelona 115
2nd England Beth Mead England Arsenal 55
3rd France Wendie Renard France Lyon 30
2023 1st Spain Aitana Bonmatí[45] Spain Barcelona 202
2nd Spain Salma Paralluelo Spain Barcelona 64
3rd Australia Sam Kerr England Chelsea 59

Statistics

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Winners (2020–present)
Player Wins Years
Spain Alexia Putellas 2 2021, 2022
Denmark Pernille Harder 1 2020
Spain Aitana Bonmatí 1 2023
Wins by club
Club Total Players
Spain Barcelona 3 2
England Chelsea 1 1
Germany VfL Wolfsburg 1 1
Wins by nationality
Nationality Total Players
 Spain 3 2
 Denmark 1 1

Continental rankings

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Bold indicates the World's Best Woman Player winner.

Year Confederation Winner Club(s)
2020 UEFA Denmark Pernille Harder[46] Germany VfL Wolfsburg
England Chelsea
CONMEBOL Brazil Marta[47] United States Orlando Pride
CONCACAF United States Tobin Heath[48] England Manchester United
CAF Nigeria Asisat Oshoala[49] Spain Barcelona
AFC Japan Saki Kumagai[50] France Lyon
OFC New Zealand Rebekah Stott[51] Australia Melbourne City
2021 UEFA Spain Alexia Putellas[52] Spain Barcelona
CONMEBOL Brazil Marta[53] United States Orlando Pride
CONCACAF United States Sam Mewis[54] England Manchester City
United States North Carolina Courage
CAF Nigeria Asisat Oshoala[55] Spain Barcelona
AFC Australia Sam Kerr[56] England Chelsea
OFC New Zealand Ria Percival[57] England Tottenham Hotspur
2022 UEFA Spain Alexia Putellas[58] Spain Barcelona
CONMEBOL Colombia Linda Caicedo[59] Colombia Deportivo Cali
CONCACAF United States Alex Morgan[60] United States San Diego Wave
CAF Morocco Ghizlane Chebbak[61] Morocco AS FAR
AFC Australia Sam Kerr[62] England Chelsea
OFC New Zealand Claudia Bunge[63] Australia Melbourne Victory
Australia Northern Tigers

The World's Best Woman Player of the Century (1901–2000)

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Mia Hamm, Female Player of the Century (1901–2000)

IFFHS gave out an award decided by votes which was conducted with the participation of journalists and former players (no further details given).[64]

Top 10 players[65]
Rank Player Nationality Points
1 Mia Hamm  United States 442
2 Michelle Akers  United States 411
3 Heidi Mohr  Germany 250
4 Carolina Morace  Italy 230
5 Sissi  Brazil 212
6 Linda Medalen  Norway 181
7 Liu Ailing  China 165
8 Kristine Lilly  United States 160
9 Heidi Støre  Norway 141
10 Pia Sundhage  Sweden 129

The Best Woman Player of the Decade (2011–2020)

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Confederation First Second Third
World[66] Brazil Marta United States Carli Lloyd Germany Dzsenifer Marozsán
UEFA[67] Germany Dzsenifer Marozsán Norway Ada Hegerberg France Wendie Renard
CONMEBOL[68] Brazil Marta Brazil Cristiane Brazil Formiga
CONCACAF[69] United States Carli Lloyd United States Alex Morgan United States Megan Rapinoe
CAF[70] Nigeria Asisat Oshoala Cameroon Gabrielle Onguéné Nigeria Ngozi Okobi
AFC[71] Japan Homare Sawa Australia Samantha Kerr Japan Saki Kumagai
OFC[72] New Zealand Ria Percival New Zealand Abby Erceg New Zealand Rebekah Stott

Women Legends

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Phase 1 (16 players)[73]
Player Nationality
Michelle Akers  United States
Gao Hong  China
Mia Hamm  United States
Steffi Jones  Germany
Kristine Lilly  United States
Liu Ailing  China
Linda Medalen  Norway
Heidi Mohr  Germany
Carolina Morace  Italy
Perpetua Nkwocha  Nigeria
Birgit Prinz  Germany
Homare Sawa  Japan
Sissi  Brazil
Heidi Støre  Norway
Pia Sundhage  Sweden
Abby Wambach  United States
Phase 2 (16 players)[74]
Player Nationality
Camille Abily  France
Nadine Angerer  Germany
Louisa Cadamuro  France
Julie Foudy  United States
Carin Jennings-Gabarra  United States
Nadine Keßler  Germany
Hanna Ljungberg  Sweden
Aya Miyama  Japan
Christie Rampone  United States
Hege Riise  Norway
Célia Šašić  Germany
Lotta Schelin  Sweden
Alex Scott  England
Kelly Smith  England
Hope Solo  United States
Sun Wen  China

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