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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
Editions4
First winnerNetherlands Marco van Basten
Most winsNetherlands Marco van Basten (2 awards)
Most recentPoland Robert Lewandowski
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 edit

List of winners edit

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 Points
1988 1st   Marco van Basten[1]   Milan 101
2nd   Diego Maradona   Napoli 92
3rd   Ruud Gullit   Milan 71
1989 1st   Marco van Basten[2]   Milan 132
2nd   Franco Baresi   Milan 62
3rd   Ruud Gullit   Milan 57
1990 1st   Lothar Matthäus[3]   Inter Milan
2nd   Diego Maradona   Napoli
3rd   Salvatore Schillaci   Juventus
2020 1st   Robert Lewandowski[4]   Bayern Munich
2nd
3rd

Continental rankings edit

Bold indicates the World's Best Man Player winner.

Year Confederation Winner Club(s)
2020 UEFA   Robert Lewandowski[5]   Bayern Munich
CONMEBOL   Lionel Messi[6]   Barcelona
CONCACAF   Alphonso Davies[7]   Bayern Munich
CAF   Sadio Mané[8]   Liverpool
AFC   Son Heung-min[9]   Tottenham Hotspur
OFC   Chris Wood[10]   Burnley

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

 
Pelé, Player of the Century (1901–2000).
Top 10 players[11]
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) edit

Confederation First Second Third
World[12]   Lionel Messi   Cristiano Ronaldo   Andrés Iniesta
UEFA[13]   Cristiano Ronaldo   Sergio Ramos   Manuel Neuer
CONMEBOL[14]   Lionel Messi   Neymar   Dani Alves
CONCACAF[15]   Keylor Navas   Javier Hernández   Clint Dempsey
CAF[16]   Mohamed Salah   Sadio Mané   Riyad Mahrez
AFC[17]   Son Heung-min   Keisuke Honda   Salem Al-Dawsari
OFC[18]   Chris Wood   Winston Reid   Marco Rojas

The Best European Player (1956–1990) edit

 
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.[19]

Top 10 players [source missing]
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 edit

Phase 1 (48 players)[20]
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)[21]
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
SportAssociation football
Awarded forBest performing woman player of the calendar year
Presented byInternational Federation of Football History & Statistics
History
First award2020
Editions1
First winner  Pernille Harder
Most wins  Pernille Harder (1 award)
Most recent  Pernille Harder
Websitewww.iffhs.com

Women's winners edit

List of winners edit

Year Rank Winner Club(s) Points
2020 1st   Pernille Harder[22]   VfL Wolfsburg
  Chelsea
2nd
3rd

Continental rankings edit

Bold indicates the World's Best Woman Player winner.

Year Confederation Winner Club(s)
2020 UEFA   Pernille Harder[23]   VfL Wolfsburg
  Chelsea
CONMEBOL   Marta[24]   Orlando Pride
CONCACAF   Tobin Heath[25]   Manchester United
CAF   Asisat Oshoala[26]   Barcelona
AFC   Saki Kumagai[27]   Lyon
OFC   Rebekah Stott[28]   Melbourne City

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

 
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).[29]

Top 10 players[30]
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 PR 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) edit

Confederation First Second Third
World[31]   Marta   Carli Lloyd   Dzsenifer Marozsán
UEFA[32]   Dzsenifer Marozsán   Ada Hegerberg   Wendie Renard
CONMEBOL[33]   Marta   Cristiane   Formiga
CONCACAF[34]   Carli Lloyd   Alex Morgan   Megan Rapinoe
CAF[35]   Asisat Oshoala   Gabrielle Onguéné   Ngozi Okobi
AFC[36]   Homare Sawa   Samantha Kerr   Saki Kumagai
OFC[37]   Ria Percival   Abby Erceg   Rebekah Stott

Women Legends edit

Phase 1 (16 players)[38]
Player Nationality
Michelle Akers   United States
Gao Hong   China PR
Mia Hamm   United States
Steffi Jones   Germany
Kristine Lilly   United States
Liu Ailing   China PR
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)[39]
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 PR

See also edit

References edit

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