The Best FIFA Football Awards

The Best FIFA Football Awards
	The Best FIFA Football Awards 2021
	File:The Best FIFA Football Awards.svg
Location	Zürich, Switzerland
Presented by	FIFA
First awarded	9 January 2017
Official website	fifa.com/the-best-fifa-football-awards

The Best FIFA Football Awards is an association football award presented annually by the sport's governing body, FIFA.^[1]

The first awarding ceremony was held on 9 January 2017 in Zürich, Switzerland.^[2] The award is aimed at reviving the FIFA World Player Gala.^[3]

Men's awards

The Best FIFA Men's Player

Year	Rank	Player	Team(s)	Points
2016	1st	Cristiano Ronaldo	Real Madrid	34.54%
	2nd	Lionel Messi	Barcelona	26.42%
	3rd	Antoine Griezmann	Atlético Madrid	7.53%

2017	1st	Cristiano Ronaldo	Real Madrid	43.16%
	2nd	Lionel Messi	Barcelona	19.25%
	3rd	Neymar	Barcelona Paris Saint-Germain	6.97%

2018	1st	Luka Modrić	Real Madrid	29.05%
	2nd	Cristiano Ronaldo	Real Madrid Juventus	19.08%
	3rd	Mohamed Salah	Liverpool	11.23%

2019	1st	Lionel Messi	Barcelona	46
	2nd	Virgil van Dijk	Liverpool	38
	3rd	Cristiano Ronaldo	Juventus	36

2020	1st	Robert Lewandowski	Bayern Munich	52
	2nd	Cristiano Ronaldo	Juventus	38
	3rd	Lionel Messi	Barcelona	35

2021	1st	Robert Lewandowski	Bayern Munich	48
	2nd	Lionel Messi	Barcelona Paris Saint-Germain	44
	3rd	Mohamed Salah	Liverpool	39

The Best FIFA Men's Goalkeeper

Year	Rank	Player	Team(s)
2016	Not awarded

2017	1st	Gianluigi Buffon	Juventus
	2nd	Manuel Neuer	Bayern Munich
	3rd	Keylor Navas	Real Madrid

2018	1st	Thibaut Courtois	Chelsea Real Madrid
	2nd	Hugo Lloris	Tottenham Hotspur
	3rd	Kasper Schmeichel	Leicester City

2019	1st	Alisson	Liverpool
	2nd	Marc-André ter Stegen	Barcelona
	3rd	Ederson	Manchester City

2020	1st	Manuel Neuer	Bayern Munich
	2nd	Alisson	Liverpool
	3rd	Jan Oblak	Atlético Madrid

2021	1st	Édouard Mendy	Chelsea
	2nd	Gianluigi Donnarumma	Milan Paris Saint-Germain
	3rd	Manuel Neuer	Bayern Munich

The Best FIFA Men's Coach

Year	Rank	Manager	Team(s) managed
2016	1st	Claudio Ranieri	Leicester City
	2nd	Zinedine Zidane	Real Madrid
	3rd	Fernando Santos	Portugal

2017	1st	Zinedine Zidane	Real Madrid
	2nd	Antonio Conte	Chelsea
	3rd	Massimiliano Allegri	Juventus

2018	1st	Didier Deschamps	France
	2nd	Zinedine Zidane	Real Madrid
	3rd	Zlatko Dalić	Croatia

2019	1st	Jürgen Klopp	Liverpool
	2nd	Pep Guardiola	Manchester City
	3rd	Mauricio Pochettino	Tottenham Hotspur

2020	1st	Jürgen Klopp	Liverpool
	2nd	Hansi Flick	Bayern Munich
	3rd	Marcelo Bielsa	Leeds United

2021	1st	Thomas Tuchel	Chelsea
	2nd	Roberto Mancini	Italy
	3rd	Pep Guardiola	Manchester City

FIFA FIFPro Men's World 11

Season	Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
2016	Manuel Neuer (Bayern Munich)	Marcelo (Real Madrid) Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid) Gerard Piqué (Barcelona) Dani Alves (Barcelona/Juventus)	Andrés Iniesta (Barcelona) Luka Modrić (Real Madrid) Toni Kroos (Real Madrid)	Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) Luis Suárez (Barcelona) Lionel Messi (Barcelona)

2017	Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus)	Marcelo (Real Madrid) Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid) Leonardo Bonucci (Juventus/Milan) Dani Alves (Juventus/Paris Saint-Germain)	Andrés Iniesta (Barcelona) Luka Modrić (Real Madrid) Toni Kroos (Real Madrid)	Neymar (Barcelona/Paris Saint-Germain) Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) Lionel Messi (Barcelona)

2018	David de Gea (Manchester United)	Marcelo (Real Madrid) Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid) Raphaël Varane (Real Madrid) Dani Alves (Paris Saint-Germain)	N'Golo Kanté (Chelsea) Luka Modrić (Real Madrid) Eden Hazard (Chelsea)	Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid/Juventus) Kylian Mbappé (Paris Saint-Germain) Lionel Messi (Barcelona)

2019	Alisson (Liverpool)	Marcelo (Real Madrid) Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool) Matthijs de Ligt (Ajax/Juventus) Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid)	Luka Modrić (Real Madrid) Frenkie de Jong (Ajax/Barcelona) Eden Hazard (Chelsea/Real Madrid)	Kylian Mbappé (Paris Saint-Germain) Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus) Lionel Messi (Barcelona)

2020	Alisson (Liverpool)	Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool) Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid) Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool) Alphonso Davies (Bayern Munich)	Joshua Kimmich (Bayern Munich) Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City) Thiago Alcântara (Bayern Munich/Liverpool)	Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus) Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich) Lionel Messi (Barcelona)

2021	Gianluigi Donnarumma (Milan/Paris Saint-Germain)	David Alaba (Bayern Munich/Real Madrid) Leonardo Bonucci (Juventus) Rúben Dias (Manchester City)	Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City) Jorginho (Chelsea) N'Golo Kanté (Chelsea)	Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich) Lionel Messi (Barcelona/Paris Saint-Germain) Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus/Manchester United) Erling Haaland (Borussia Dortmund)

Women's awards

The Best FIFA Women's Player

Year	Rank	Player	Team(s)
2016	1st	Carli Lloyd	Houston Dash
	2nd	Marta	Rosengård
	3rd	Melanie Behringer	Bayern Munich

2017	1st	Lieke Martens	Rosengård Barcelona
	2nd	Carli Lloyd	Houston Dash Manchester City
	3rd	Deyna Castellanos	Santa Clarita Blue Heat

2018	1st	Marta	Orlando Pride
	2nd	Dzsenifer Marozsán	Lyon
	3rd	Ada Hegerberg	Lyon

2019	1st	Megan Rapinoe	Reign FC
	2nd	Alex Morgan	Orlando Pride
	3rd	Lucy Bronze	Lyon

2020	1st	Lucy Bronze^[4]	Lyon Manchester City
	2nd	Pernille Harder^[4]	Chelsea
	3rd	Wendie Renard^[4]	Lyon

2021	1st	Alexia Putellas	Barcelona
	2nd	Sam Kerr	Chelsea
	3rd	Jennifer Hermoso	Barcelona

The Best FIFA Women's Goalkeeper

Year	Rank	Player	Team(s)
2016	Not awarded
2017
2018

2019	1st	Sari van Veenendaal	Arsenal Atlético Madrid
	2nd	Christiane Endler	Paris Saint-Germain
	3rd	Hedvig Lindahl	Chelsea VfL Wolfsburg

2020	1st	Sarah Bouhaddi	Lyon
	2nd	Christiane Endler	Paris Saint-Germain
	3rd	Alyssa Naeher	Chicago Red Stars

2021	1st	Christiane Endler	Paris Saint-Germain Lyon
	2nd	Ann-Katrin Berger	Chelsea
	3rd	Stephanie Labbé	FC Rosengård Paris Saint-Germain

The Best FIFA Women's Coach

Year	Rank	Manager	Team(s) managed
2016	1st	Silvia Neid	Germany
	2nd	Jill Ellis	United States
	3rd	Pia Sundhage	Sweden

2017	1st	Sarina Wiegman	Netherlands
	2nd	Nils Nielsen	Denmark
	3rd	Gérard Prêcheur	Lyon

2018	1st	Reynald Pedros	Lyon
	2nd	Sarina Wiegman	Netherlands
	3rd	Asako Takakura	Japan

2019	1st	Jill Ellis	United States
	2nd	Sarina Wiegman	Netherlands
	3rd	Phil Neville	England

2020	1st	Sarina Wiegman	Netherlands
	2nd	Jean-Luc Vasseur	Lyon
	3rd	Emma Hayes	Chelsea

2021	1st	Emma Hayes	Chelsea
	2nd	Lluís Cortés	Barcelona
	3rd	Sarina Wiegman	Netherlands

FIFA FIFPro Women's World 11

Season	Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
2016	Not awarded
2017
2018

2019	Sari van Veenendaal (Arsenal/Atlético Madrid)	Lucy Bronze (Lyon) Nilla Fischer (VfL Wolfsburg/Linköpings) Kelley O'Hara (Utah Royals) Wendie Renard (Lyon)	Julie Ertz (Chicago Red Stars) Amandine Henry (Lyon) Rose Lavelle (Washington Spirit)	Marta (Orlando Pride) Alex Morgan (Orlando Pride) Megan Rapinoe (Reign FC)

2020^[5]	Christiane Endler (Paris Saint-Germain)	Millie Bright (Chelsea) Lucy Bronze (Lyon/Manchester City) Wendie Renard (Lyon)	Barbara Bonansea (Juventus) Verónica Boquete (Utah Royals/Milan) Delphine Cascarino (Lyon)	Pernille Harder (VfL Wolfsburg/Chelsea) Tobin Heath (Portland Thorns/Manchester United) Vivianne Miedema (Arsenal) Megan Rapinoe (OL Reign)

2021^[6]	Christiane Endler (Paris Saint-Germain/Lyon)	Lucy Bronze (Manchester City) Millie Bright (Chelsea) Magdalena Eriksson (Chelsea) Wendie Renard (Lyon)	Estefanía Banini (Levante/Atlético Madrid) Barbara Bonansea (Juventus) Carli Lloyd (NJ/NY Gotham FC)	Marta (Orlando Pride) Vivianne Miedema (Arsenal) Alex Morgan (Orlando Pride/San Diego Wave FC)

Mixed awards

FIFA Fair Play Award

Year	Winner
2016	Atlético Nacional
2017	Francis Koné
2018	Lennart Thy
2019	Marcelo Bielsa Leeds United
2020	Mattia Agnese
2021	Denmark national team and medical staff

FIFA Puskás Award

Year	Rank	Player	Team	Opponent
2016	1st	Mohd Faiz Subri	Penang	Pahang
	2nd	Marlone	Corinthians	Cobresal
	3rd	Daniuska Rodríguez	Venezuela U17	Colombia U17

2017	1st	Olivier Giroud	Arsenal	Crystal Palace
	2nd	Oscarine Masuluke	Baroka	Orlando Pirates
	3rd	Deyna Castellanos	Venezuela U17	Cameroon U17

2018	1st	Mohamed Salah	Liverpool	Everton
	2nd	Cristiano Ronaldo	Real Madrid	Juventus
	3rd	Giorgian De Arrascaeta	Cruzeiro	América Mineiro

2019	1st	Dániel Zsóri	Debrecen	Ferencváros
	2nd	Lionel Messi	Barcelona	Real Betis
	3rd	Juan Fernando Quintero	River Plate	Racing

2020	1st	Son Heung-min	Tottenham Hotspur	Burnley
	2nd	Giorgian de Arrascaeta	Flamengo	Ceará
	3rd	Luis Suárez	Barcelona	Mallorca

2021	1st	Erik Lamela	Tottenham Hotspur	Arsenal
	2nd	Mehdi Taremi	Porto	Chelsea
	3rd	Patrik Schick	Czech Republic	Scotland

FIFA Fan Award

Year	Winner
2016	Borussia Dortmund and Liverpool supporters
2017	Celtic supporters
2018	Peru supporters
2019	Silvia Grecco, Palmeiras supporter
2020	Marivaldo Francisco da Silva, Sport Recife supporter
2021	Denmark and Finland supporters

FIFA Special Award for an Outstanding Career Achievement

Year	Winner	Notes
2016	Falcão	for his amazing contribution to futsal
2021	Christine Sinclair	for breaking the record of most international goals scored by a female footballer
2021	Cristiano Ronaldo	for breaking the record of most international goals scored by a male footballer

Awards by year

Awards by name

References

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v t e The Best FIFA Men's Player
FIFA World Player of the Year	1991: Matthäus 1992: Van Basten 1993: [[File:{{{flag alias-1946}}}\|15px\|border \|alt=\|link=Italy national football team]] Baggio 1994: Romário 1995: Weah 1996: Ronaldo 1997: Ronaldo 1998: Zidane 1999: Rivaldo 2000: Zidane 2001: Figo 2002: Ronaldo 2003: Zidane 2004: Ronaldinho 2005: Ronaldinho 2006: Cannavaro 2007: Kaká 2008: C. Ronaldo 2009: Messi
FIFA Ballon d'Or	2010: Messi 2011: Messi 2012: Messi 2013: C. Ronaldo 2014: C. Ronaldo 2015: Messi
The Best FIFA Men's Player	2016: C. Ronaldo 2017: C. Ronaldo 2018: Modrić 2019: Messi 2020: Lewandowski 2021: Lewandowski 2022: Messi 2023: Messi
See also: Ballon d'Or

v t e The Best FIFA Women's Player
FIFA Women's World Player of the Year	2001: Hamm 2002: Hamm 2003: Prinz 2004: Prinz 2005: Prinz 2006: Marta 2007: Marta 2008: Marta 2009: Marta 2010: Marta 2011: Sawa 2012: Wambach 2013: Angerer 2014: Keßler 2015: Lloyd
The Best FIFA Women's Player	2016: Lloyd 2017: Martens 2018: Marta 2019: Rapinoe 2020: Bronze 2021: Putellas 2022: Putellas 2023: Bonmatí

v t e The Best FIFA Goalkeeper
Men's	2016: Not awarded 2017: Buffon 2018: Courtois 2019: Alisson 2020: Neuer 2021: Mendy
Women's	2019: Van Veenendaal 2020: Bouhaddi 2021: Endler

v t e The Best FIFA Men's Football Coach
FIFA World Coach of the Year	2010: Mourinho 2011: Guardiola 2012: Del Bosque 2013: Heynckes 2014: Löw 2015: Luis Enrique
The Best FIFA Football Coach	2016: Ranieri 2017: Zidane 2018: Deschamps 2019: Klopp 2020: Klopp 2021: Tuchel 2022: Scaloni

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The Best FIFA Men's Player

The Best FIFA Men's Goalkeeper

The Best FIFA Men's Coach

FIFA FIFPro Men's World 11

Women's awards

The Best FIFA Women's Player

The Best FIFA Women's Goalkeeper

The Best FIFA Women's Coach

FIFA FIFPro Women's World 11

Mixed awards

FIFA Fair Play Award

FIFA Puskás Award

FIFA Fan Award

FIFA Special Award for an Outstanding Career Achievement

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Location	Zürich, Switzerland
Presented by	FIFA
First awarded	9 January 2017 (2017-01-09)
Official website	fifa.com/the-best-fifa-football-awards

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