IFFHS World's Best Player

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IFFHS World's Best Man Player
Award details
Sport Association football
Given for Best performing man player of the calendar year
History
First award 1988
Editions 5
First winner Marco van Basten
Most wins (2 awards each)
Marco van Basten
Robert Lewandowski
Most recent Robert Lewandowski (2)
Website www.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).

File:Marco van Basten 1990-1992.jpg
Marco van Basten, first winner of the award in 1988.

Men's winners

List of winners

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.

Year Rank Winner Club(s) Points
1988 1st Netherlands Marco van Basten[1] Italy Milan 101
2nd Argentina Diego Maradona Italy Napoli 92
3rd Netherlands Ruud Gullit Italy Milan 71
1989 1st Netherlands Marco van Basten[2] Italy Milan 132
2nd Italy Franco Baresi Italy Milan 62
3rd Netherlands Ruud Gullit Italy Milan 57
1990 1st Germany Lothar Matthäus[3] Italy Inter Milan –
2nd Argentina Diego Maradona Italy Napoli –
3rd Italy Salvatore Schillaci Italy Juventus –
2020 1st Poland Robert Lewandowski[4] Germany Bayern Munich 95%
2021 1st Poland Robert Lewandowski[5] Germany Bayern Munich 150
2nd Argentina Lionel Messi Spain Barcelona
France Paris Saint-Germain		 105
3rd Italy Jorginho England Chelsea 40

Statistics

Winners (1988–present)
Player Wins Years
Netherlands Marco van Basten 2 1988, 1989
Poland Robert Lewandowski 2020, 2021
Germany Lothar Matthäus 1 1990
Wins by club
Club Total Players
Italy Milan 2 1
Germany Bayern Munich 2 1
Italy Inter Milan 1 1
Wins by nationality
Nationality Total Players
Netherlands Netherlands 2 1
Poland Poland 2 1
Germany Germany 1 1

Continental winners

Bold indicates the World's Best Man Player winner.

Year Confederation Winner Club(s)
2020 UEFA Poland Robert Lewandowski[6] Germany Bayern Munich
CONMEBOL Argentina Lionel Messi[7] Spain Barcelona
CONCACAF Canada Alphonso Davies[8] Germany Bayern Munich
CAF Senegal Sadio Mané[9] England Liverpool
AFC South Korea Son Heung-min[10] England Tottenham Hotspur
OFC New Zealand Chris Wood[11] England Burnley
2021 UEFA Poland Robert Lewandowski[12] Germany Bayern Munich
CONMEBOL Argentina Lionel Messi[13] Spain Barcelona
France Paris Saint-Germain
CONCACAF Canada Alphonso Davies[14] Germany Bayern Munich
CAF Egypt Mohamed Salah[15] England Liverpool
AFC South Korea Son Heung-min[16] England Tottenham Hotspur
OFC New Zealand Chris Wood[17] England Burnley

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

File:Pelé 1963-05.jpg
Pelé, Player of the Century (1901–2000).
Top 10 players[18][19]
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)

Confederation First Second Third
World[20] Argentina Lionel Messi Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo Spain Andrés Iniesta
UEFA[21] Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo Spain Sergio Ramos Germany Manuel Neuer
CONMEBOL[22] Argentina Lionel Messi Brazil Neymar Brazil Dani Alves
CONCACAF[23] Costa Rica Keylor Navas Mexico Javier Hernández United States Clint Dempsey
CAF[24] Egypt Mohamed Salah Senegal Sadio Mané Algeria Riyad Mahrez
AFC[25] South Korea Son Heung-min Japan Keisuke Honda Saudi Arabia Salem Al-Dawsari
OFC[26] New Zealand Chris Wood New Zealand Winston Reid New Zealand Marco Rojas

The Best European Player (1956–1990)

File:Trainer Franz Beckenbauer, Bestanddeelnr 934-4443.jpg
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.[27]

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

Phase 1 (48 players)[28]
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 PR
Sun Jihai  China PR
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)[29]
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
IFFHS World's Best Woman Player
Award details
Sport Association football
Given for Best performing woman player of the calendar year
History
First award 2020
Editions 2
First winner Pernille Harder
Most wins (1 award each)
Pernille Harder
Alexia Putellas
Most recent Alexia Putellas
Website www.iffhs.com

Women's winners

List of winners

Year Rank Winner Club(s) Points
2020 1st Denmark Pernille Harder[30] Germany VfL Wolfsburg
England Chelsea		 –
2nd –
3rd
2021 1st Spain Alexia Putellas[31] Spain Barcelona 135
2nd Australia Sam Kerr England Chelsea 35
3rd United States Sam Mewis England Manchester City
United States North Carolina Courage		 30

Statistics

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

Continental rankings

Bold indicates the World's Best Woman Player winner.

Year Confederation Winner Club(s)
2020 UEFA Denmark Pernille Harder[32] Germany VfL Wolfsburg
England Chelsea
CONMEBOL Brazil Marta[33] United States Orlando Pride
CONCACAF United States Tobin Heath[34] England Manchester United
CAF Nigeria Asisat Oshoala[35] Spain Barcelona
AFC Japan Saki Kumagai[36] France Lyon
OFC New Zealand Rebekah Stott[37] Australia Melbourne City
2021 UEFA Spain Alexia Putellas[38] Spain Barcelona
CONMEBOL Brazil Marta[39] United States Orlando Pride
CONCACAF United States Sam Mewis[40] England Manchester City
United States North Carolina Courage
CAF Nigeria Asisat Oshoala[41] Spain Barcelona
AFC Australia Sam Kerr[42] England Chelsea
OFC New Zealand Ria Percival[43] England Tottenham Hotspur

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

File:Mia Hamm 2010 cropped.jpg
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).[44]

Top 10 players[45]
Rank Player Nationality Points
1 Mia Hamm United States United States 442
2 Michelle Akers United States United States 411
3 Heidi Mohr Germany Germany 250
4 Carolina Morace Italy Italy 230
5 Sissi Brazil Brazil 212
6 Linda Medalen Norway Norway 181
7 Liu Ailing China China PR 165
8 Kristine Lilly United States United States 160
9 Heidi Støre Norway Norway 141
10 Pia Sundhage Sweden Sweden 129

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

Confederation First Second Third
World[46] Brazil Marta United States Carli Lloyd Germany Dzsenifer Marozsán
UEFA[47] Germany Dzsenifer Marozsán Norway Ada Hegerberg France Wendie Renard
CONMEBOL[48] Brazil Marta Brazil Cristiane Brazil Formiga
CONCACAF[49] United States Carli Lloyd United States Alex Morgan United States Megan Rapinoe
CAF[50] Nigeria Asisat Oshoala Cameroon Gabrielle Onguéné Nigeria Ngozi Okobi
AFC[51] Japan Homare Sawa Australia Samantha Kerr Japan Saki Kumagai
OFC[52] New Zealand Ria Percival New Zealand Abby Erceg New Zealand Rebekah Stott

Women Legends

Phase 1 (16 players)[53]
Player Nationality
Michelle Akers United States United States
Gao Hong China China PR
Mia Hamm United States United States
Steffi Jones Germany Germany
Kristine Lilly United States United States
Liu Ailing China China PR
Linda Medalen Norway Norway
Heidi Mohr Germany Germany
Carolina Morace Italy Italy
Perpetua Nkwocha Nigeria Nigeria
Birgit Prinz Germany Germany
Homare Sawa Japan Japan
Sissi Brazil Brazil
Heidi Støre Norway Norway
Pia Sundhage Sweden Sweden
Abby Wambach United States United States
Phase 2 (16 players)[54]
Player Nationality
Camille Abily France France
Nadine Angerer Germany Germany
Louisa Cadamuro France France
Julie Foudy United States United States
Carin Jennings-Gabarra United States United States
Nadine Keßler Germany Germany
Hanna Ljungberg Sweden Sweden
Aya Miyama Japan Japan
Christie Rampone United States United States
Hege Riise Norway Norway
Célia Šašić Germany Germany
Lotta Schelin Sweden Sweden
Alex Scott England England
Kelly Smith England England
Hope Solo United States United States
Sun Wen China China PR

See also

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