Best Footballer in Asia 2013

The Best Footballer in Asia 2013 was the inaugural Best Footballer in Asia. Based upon the voting of a panel of 22 journalists the winner was Keisuke Honda. On March 16, 2014, the trophy was conferred to Keisuke Honda by Luo Ming, the deputy chief editor of Titan Sports in San Siro stadium.

As the inaugural winner, Keisuke Honda held the Best Footballer in Asia trophy in the conference hall of the San Siro stadium on March 16th, 2014

Voting

The panel was constituted by 18 journalists from AFC nations/regions including Australia, Bangladesh, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Jordan, Kuwait, Macao, Qatar, Palestine Saudi Arabia, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkmenistan, United Arabic Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vietnam and 4 journalists from England, France, Germany and Italy representing non-AFC media outlets.

Rankings

Rank	Name	Club	Points
1	Keisuke Honda	CSKA Moscow	46
2	Elkeson	Guangzhou Evergrande	32
3	Darío Conca	Guangzhou Evergrande	32
4	Zheng Zhi	Guangzhou Evergrande	31
5	Son Heung-min	Bayer Leverkusen	31
6	Muriqui	Guangzhou Evergrande	27
7	Javad Nekounam	Esteghlal	25
8	Yuto Nagatomo	Internazionale	23
9	Shinji Kagawa	Manchester United	11
10	Robbie Kruse	Fortuna Düsseldorf / Bayer Leverkusen	11
11	Ha Dae-Sung	FC Seoul	8
12	Dejan Damjanović	FC Seoul	8
13	Shinji Okazaki	VfB Stuttgart / Mainz 05	7
14	Maya Yoshida	Southampton	6
15	Atsuto Uchida	Schalke 04	5
16	Hisato Satō	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	5
17	Yoichiro Kakitani	Cerezo Osaka	3
18	Rogerinho	Al-Kuwait	3
19	Hiroshi Kiyotake	1. FC Nürnberg	2
	Saeed Murjan	Al-Arabi / Kazma	2
	Yoshito Ōkubo	Kawasaki Frontale	2
	Yuya Osako	Kashima Antlers	2
	Park Chu-young	Celta de Vigo/ Arsenal	2
	Zeng Cheng	Guangzhou Evergrande	2
25	Ahmad Hayel	Al-Arabi	1
	Shunsuke Nakamura	Yokohama F. Marinos	1
	Lalrindika Ralte	East Bengal	1