IFFHS

International Federation of Football History & Statistics
Formation1984
HeadquartersZürich, Switzerland
Official language
English, French, Spanish, German
President
Saleh Irfan Bahwini[1]
Websiteiffhs.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]

The World's Best Club

Main article: IFFHS World's Best Club
Real Madrid and Barcelona, ten-time winners of the world's Best Club award.

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.

Men's winners

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

Continental Men's Clubs of the Century (1901–2000)

Real Madrid, European club of the 20th century.
Boca Juniors, South American team of the decade (2001–2010).

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

The Best Men's Club of the Decade

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]

Women's winners

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
Lyon, seven-time winner of the Women's World's Best Club award.

The World's Strongest National League

Premier League, Strongest National League of the Decade (2001–2010).

Men's league

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]

The Strongest National League of the Decade

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]

Women's league

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

The World's Best Player

Main article: IFFHS World's Best Player
Robert Lewandowski won the Best Player award in 2020 and 2021.

Men's 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. 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]
Alexia Putellas won the Best Player award in 2021 and 2022.

Women's winners

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]

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

Pelé, Male Player of the Century (1901–2000).
Top 10 players[78][79]
Rank Player Nationality Points
1 Pelé  Brazil 1705
2 Johan Cruyff  Netherlands 1303
3 Franz Beckenbauer  West Germany 1228
4 Alfredo Di Stéfano  Argentina 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 World's Best Woman Player of the Century (1901–2000)

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).[80]

Top 10 players[81]
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 World's Best Man Player of the 19th Century (until 1900)

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

Gilbert Oswald Smith, Male Player of the 19th Century.
Top 3 players[82]
Rank Player Nationality
1 Gilbert Oswald Smith  England
2 John Goodall  England
3 Steve Bloomer  England

Top 10 players of all-time (2025)

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  Argentina
2 Pelé  Brazil
3 Diego Maradona  Argentina
4 Cristiano Ronaldo  Portugal
5 Johan Cruyff  Netherlands
6 Ronaldo  Brazil
7 Zinedine Zidane  France
8 Franz Beckenbauer  Germany
9 Alfredo Di Stefano  Argentina
10 Ronaldinho  Brazil

World's best player and coach

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  West Germany
Mohamed Aboutrika won World's most popular player award 3 times.

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

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

Europe's best player

Best European Player (1956-1989)

Franz Beckenbauer, Best European Player (1956–1989)

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

European Player of the Century (1901–2000)

Top 10 players[90]
Rank Player Nationality Points
1 Johan Cruyff  Netherlands 756
2 Franz Beckenbauer  West Germany 709
3 Alfredo Di Stéfano  Spain 708
4 Ferenc Puskás  Hungary 667
5 Michel Platini  France 505
6 Eusébio  Portugal 379
7 Bobby Charlton  England 303
8 Stanley Matthews  England 282
9 Gerd Müller  West Germany 249
10 Marco Van Basten  Netherlands 240

European Player of Decade (2011-2020)

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

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

South America's Best Player

South American Player of the Century (1901–2000)

Top 10 players[92]
Rank Player Nationality Points
1 Pelé  Brazil 220
2 Diego Maradona  Argentina 193
3 Alfredo Di Stéfano  Argentina 161
4 Garrincha  Brazil 142
5 José Manuel Moreno  Argentina 82
6 Juan Alberto Schiaffino  Uruguay 52
7 Antunes Coimbra Zico  Brazil 51
8 Arsenio Erico  Paraguay 42
- Elías Figueroa  Chile 42
10 Zizinho  Brazil 40

South American Player of Decade (2011-2020)

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

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

CONCACAF Best Player

CONCACAF Player of the Century (1901–2000)

Top 10 players[94]
Rank Player Nationality Points
1 Hugo Sánchez  Mexico 107
2 Luis Fuente  Mexico 45
3 Carlos Hermosillo  Mexico 42
4 Horacio Casarin  Mexico 40
5 Raúl Cárdenas  Mexico 39
6 Adelino Gonsalves  United States 33
7 Salvador Reyes  Mexico 30
8 Bruce Wilson  Canada 29
- Julio Dely Valdés  Panama 29
10 Jorge Alberto González  El Salvador 24

Player of Decade (2011-2020)

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

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

Africa's Best Player

African Player of the Century (1901–2000)

Top 10 players[96]
Rank Player Nationality Points
1 George Weah  Liberia 95
2 Roger Milla  Cameroon 77
3 Abedi Pele  Ghana 72
4 Lakhdar Belloumi  Algeria 56
5 Rabah Madjer  Algeria 51
6 Théophile Abega  Cameroon 39
7 Laurent Pokou  Ivory Coast 38
8 François Omam-Biyik  Cameroon 37
9 Ahmed Faras  Morocco 35
10 Finidi George  Nigeria 32

Player of Decade (2011-2020)

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

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

Asia's Best Player

Asian Player of the Century (1901–2000)

Top 10 players[98]
Rank Player Nationality Points
1 Bum-Kun Cha  South Korea 112
2 Joo-Sung Kim  South Korea 93
3 Majed Abdullah  Saudi Arabia 87
4 Kazuyoshi Miura  Japan 71
5 Kunishige Kamamoto  Japan 70
6 Saeed Al-Owairan  Saudi Arabia 68
7 Ali Daei  Iran 64
8 Khodadad Azizi  Iran 59
9 Ahmed Radhi  Iran 48
10 Karim Bagheri  Iran 47

Player of Decade (2011-2020)

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

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

Oceania's Best Player

OFC Player of the Century (1901–2000)

Top 10 players[100]
Rank Player Nationality Points
1 Wynton Rufer  New Zealand 62
2 Frank Farina  Australia 41
3 Christian Karembeu  New Caledonia 40
4 Joe Marston  Australia 34
5 John Kosmina  Australia 33
6 Alan Davidson  Australia 22
7 Robert Slater  Australia 17
- Paul Okon  Australia 17
9 Reg Date  Australia 14
10 Edi Krncevic  Australia 13

Player of Decade (2011-2020)

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

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

The World's Best Youth (U20) Player

Jude Bellingham won the Men's World Best Youth (U20) Player award twice
Vicky López won the Women's World Best Youth (U20) Player award twice

The award was introduced in 2021.

Men's winners

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

Women's winners

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

The World's Best Playmaker

Men's winners

Lionel Messi has won a record five IFFHS best playmaker awards.[112]
Xavi won the award a record four consecutive years.

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]

Women's winners

Aitana Bonmatí was named Best Playmaker a record three consecutive years.

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

The World's Best Goalkeeper

Main article: IFFHS World's Best Goalkeeper
Spanish goalkeeper Iker Casillas is tied with Gianluigi Buffon and Manuel Neuer (5), with a record five consecutive wins between 2008 and 2012.

Men's winners

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

Women's winners

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

The World's Best Top Goal Scorer

Main article: IFFHS World's Best Top Goal Scorer
Cristiano Ronaldo has been the Top Goal Scorer of the Year a record five times. He is also the Best Goal Scorer in History.

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

Men's winners

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

All-time World's Best Goal Scorer ranking

Romário ranks 4th in the All-time World's Best Goal Scorer ranking with 756 goals.
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
Jenni Hermoso scored 48 goals in 2021.

Women's winners

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

The World's Best International Goal Scorer

Main article: IFFHS World's Best International Goal Scorer

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

Sam Kerr scored 12 goals for her country in 2022.

Men's winners

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

Women's winners

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

The World's Best Top Division Goal Scorer

Lionel Messi has won the award a record four times.[112]

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).

Men's winners

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
Source:[159]
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

All-time World's Best Top Division Goal Scorer ranking

Ferenc Puskás
As of 9 November 2025[160][161][162][163]
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 World's Best Top Division Goal Scorer of the First Decade (2001–2010)

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  Singapore 246 Singapore Geylang United (2001–04)
Singapore Singapore Armed Forces FC (2005–09)
Singapore Tampines Rovers (2010)
2 Marc Lloyd Williams  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  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  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  France 182 England Arsenal (2001–07)
Spain Barcelona (2007–10)
United States New York Red Bulls (2010)
6 Magno Alves  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  Estonia 180 Estonia Narva Trans (2001–08)
Estonia Sillamäe Kalev (2009-10)

The World's Best Top Division Goal Scorer of the Second Decade (2011–2020)

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  Argentina 346 Spain Barcelona (2011–20)
2 Cristiano Ronaldo  Portugal 332 Spain Real Madrid (2011–18)
Italy Juventus (2018–20)
3 Robert Lewandowski  Poland 248 Germany Borussia Dortmund (2011–14)
Germany Bayern Munich (2014–20)
4 Zlatan Ibrahimović  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  Uruguay 224 England Liverpool (2011–14)
Spain Barcelona (2014–20)
Spain Atlético Madrid (2020)
6 Carlos Saucedo  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  Uruguay 209 Italy Napoli (2011–13)
France Paris Saint-Germain (2013–20)
England Manchester United (2020)
Lucie Martínková was the top women's goal scorer for club in 2021.

Women's winners

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

The World's Most Effective Top Division Goal Scorer

Masashi Nakayama is the only Japanese player to win the award.

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).

Men's winners

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

The World Team

Main article: IFFHS World Team
Sergio Ramos made four appearances in the World Team since 2017.

Men's winners

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

19th Century Men's Dream Team (2021)

The XI covers the 1863–1900 period.

Steve Bloomer was selected as right inside forward for the All-time Men's Dream Team of the XIX Century.
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

20th Century Men's Dream Team (2000)

The XIs cover the 1901–2000 period.

Bobby Moore was selected as one of the three defenders in the XX Century World XI.
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

All-time Men's Dream Team (2021)

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

Lev Yashin was selected as the goalkeeper for the All-time Men's Dream Team as well as the Men Team of the Century, both times for the World's and Europe's first team.
The Argentine Diego Maradona was part of the World and South America team.
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
ArgentinaSpain 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
Dzsenifer Marozsán shares the fourth place for most appearances in the Women World Team (4) with Alex Morgan, behind Aitana Bonmatí (5), Lucy Bronze (6) and Wendie Renard (7).

Women's winners

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

All-time Women's Dream Team (2021)

Hope Solo was selected in the World and CONCACAF All-time Women's Dream Team.
Homare Sawa was selected in the World and Asia All-time Women's Dream Team.
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

The World Youth (U20) Team

Eduardo Camavinga is one of four players to have appeared three times in the Men's World Youth (U20) Team, the others are Jamal Musiala, Jude Bellingham and Warren Zaïre-Emery.

The award was introduced in 2020.

Men's winners

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
Linda Caicedo is the only player to have appeared five times in the Women's World Youth (U20) Team.

Women's winners

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

The World's Best Club Coach

Main article: IFFHS World's Best Club Coach
José Mourinho, World's Best Club Coach with three different clubs (Porto, Chelsea and Real Madrid).

Men's winners

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
Sonia Bompastor, first person to win the UEFA Women's Champions League as both a player and a manager.

Women's winners

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

The World's Best National Coach

Main article: IFFHS World's Best National Coach
Joachim Löw, World's Best National Coach with Germany in 2014 and 2017.

Men's winners

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
Sarina Wiegman, World's Best National Coach for Netherlands and England.

Women's winners

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

The World's Best Referee

Felix Brych, World's Best Referee in 2017 and 2021.

Men's winners

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
Stéphanie Frappart, World's Best Referee for five years in a row.

Women's winners

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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