IFFHS World's Best Playmaker

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IFFHS World's Best Man Playmaker
SportAssociation football
Awarded forBest performing man playmaker of the calendar year
Presented byInternational Federation of Football History & Statistics
History
First award2006
Editions16
First winnerFrance Zinedine Zidane
Most wins(4 awards each)
Spain Xavi
Argentina Lionel Messi
Most recentBelgium Kevin De Bruyne (2)
Websitewww.iffhs.com
Zinedine Zidane was the first winner of the award in 2006.

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).[1]

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 and Spain's Xavi have won the award a record four times each (Xavi four consecutive times), and Spanish compatriot Andrés Iniesta has won the award two times. Barcelona is the club with the most wins, with ten in total.

Lionel Messi was named the Best Playmaker of the Decade 2011–2020.[2] As of 2021, he is also top of the current All-time World Playmakers (since 2006) ranking.[3]

Men's winners[]

Lionel Messi is the all time best playmaker (2006-2021) and also the joint record winner with 4 wins alongside Xavi.

List of winners[]

Year Rank Winner Club(s) Points
2006 1st France Zinedine Zidane[4] Spain Real Madrid 161
2nd Brazil Ronaldinho Spain Barcelona 139
3rd Italy Andrea Pirlo Italy Milan 92
2007 1st Brazil Kaká[5] Italy Milan 241
2nd Italy Andrea Pirlo Italy Milan 90
3rd Argentina Lionel Messi Spain Barcelona 79
2008 1st Spain Xavi[6] Spain Barcelona 113
2nd Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo England Manchester United 94
3rd Argentina Lionel Messi Spain Barcelona 83
2009 1st Spain Xavi[7] Spain Barcelona 164
2nd Argentina Lionel Messi Spain Barcelona 143
3rd Brazil Kaká Italy Milan
Spain Real Madrid 		99
2010 1st Spain Xavi[8] Spain Barcelona 223
2nd Spain Andrés Iniesta Spain Barcelona 148
3rd Netherlands Wesley Sneijder Italy Internazionale 128
2011 1st Spain Xavi[9] Spain Barcelona 232
2nd Argentina Lionel Messi Spain Barcelona 147
3rd Spain Andrés Iniesta Spain Barcelona 110
2012 1st Spain Andrés Iniesta[10] Spain Barcelona 146
2nd Spain Xavi Spain Barcelona 128
3rd Argentina Lionel Messi Spain Barcelona 98
2013 1st Spain Andrés Iniesta[11] Spain Barcelona 132
2nd Germany Mesut Özil Spain Real Madrid
England Arsenal 		94
3rd Italy Andrea Pirlo Italy Juventus 78
2014 1st Germany Toni Kroos[12] Germany Bayern Munich
Spain Real Madrid 		110
2nd Argentina Lionel Messi Spain Barcelona 108
3rd Colombia James Rodríguez France Monaco
Spain Real Madrid 		53
2015 1st Argentina Lionel Messi[13] Spain Barcelona 168
2nd Spain Andrés Iniesta Spain Barcelona 91
3rd Italy Andrea Pirlo Italy Juventus
United StatesNew York City FC 		54
2016 1st Argentina Lionel Messi[14] Spain Barcelona 172
2nd Spain Andrés Iniesta Spain Barcelona 66
3rd Germany Toni Kroos Spain Real Madrid 45
2017 1st Argentina Lionel Messi[15] Spain Barcelona 247
2nd Germany Toni Kroos Spain Real Madrid 90
3rd Croatia Luka Modrić
Brazil Neymar 		Spain Real Madrid
Spain Barcelona
France Paris Saint-Germain 		81
2018 1st Croatia Luka Modrić[16] Spain Real Madrid 272
2nd Argentina Lionel Messi Spain Barcelona 144
3rd Belgium Eden Hazard England Chelsea 114
2019 1st Argentina Lionel Messi[17] Spain Barcelona 299
2nd Belgium Kevin De Bruyne England Manchester City 85
3rd Belgium Eden Hazard England Chelsea
Spain Real Madrid 		55
2020 1st Belgium Kevin De Bruyne[18] England Manchester City 175
2nd Argentina Lionel Messi Spain Barcelona 100
3rd Germany Thomas Müller Germany Bayern Munich 25
2021 1st Belgium Kevin De Bruyne[19] England Manchester City 160
2nd Argentina Lionel Messi Spain Barcelona
France Paris Saint-Germain 		105
3rd Portugal Bruno Fernandes
Germany Thomas Müller 		England Manchester United
Germany Bayern Munich 		15
Spanish playmaker Xavi has won the joint most awards (alongside Lionel Messi), with a record four consecutive wins between 2008 and 2011.

Statistics[]

Winners (2006–present)[20]
Player Wins Years
Spain Xavi 4 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
Argentina Lionel Messi 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019
Spain Andrés Iniesta 2 2012, 2013
Belgium Kevin De Bruyne 2020, 2021
France Zinedine Zidane 1 2006
Brazil Kaká 2007
Germany Toni Kroos 2014
Croatia Luka Modrić 2018
Wins by club
Club Total Players
Spain Barcelona 10 3
Spain Real Madrid 3 3
England Manchester City 2 1
Germany Bayern Munich 1 1
Italy Milan 1 1
Wins by nationality
Nationality Total Players
Spain Spain 6 2
Argentina Argentina 4 1
Belgium Belgium 2 1
Brazil Brazil 1 1
Croatia Croatia 1 1
France France 1 1
Germany Germany 1 1

Continental winners[]

Bold indicates the World's Best Man Playmaker winner.

Year Confederation Winner Club(s)
2021 UEFA Belgium Kevin De Bruyne[21] England Manchester City
CONMEBOL Argentina Lionel Messi[22] Spain Barcelona
France Paris Saint-Germain
CONCACAF United States Brenden Aaronson[23] Austria Red Bull Salzburg
CAF Algeria Riyad Mahrez[24] England Manchester City
AFC Japan Takefusa Kubo[25] Spain Getafe
Spain Mallorca
OFC New Zealand Ryan Thomas[26] Netherlands PSV Eindhoven

All-time World's Best Man Playmaker ranking (since 2006)[]

As of 19 February 2021[27]
Top 10 players[3]
Rank Player Nationality Points
1 Lionel Messi  Argentina 245
2 Andrés Iniesta  Spain 197
3 Xavi  Spain 130
4 Luka Modrić  Croatia 114
5 Kevin De Bruyne  Belgium 103
6 Toni Kroos  Germany 90
7 Mesut Özil  Germany 85
8 Andrea Pirlo  Italy 82
9 Eden Hazard  Belgium 77
10 Neymar  Brazil 71

The World's Best Man Playmaker of the Decade (2011–2020)[]

Top 10 players[2]
Rank Player Nationality Points
1 Lionel Messi  Argentina 174
2 Andrés Iniesta  Spain 127
3 Luka Modrić  Croatia 113
4 Kevin De Bruyne  Belgium 103
5 Toni Kroos  Germany 90
6 Eden Hazard  Belgium 77
7 Neymar  Brazil 71
8 Mesut Özil  Germany 69
9 Andrea Pirlo  Italy 63
10 Yaya Touré  Ivory Coast 60
IFFHS World's Best Woman Playmaker
SportAssociation football
Awarded forBest performing woman playmaker of the calendar year
Presented byInternational Federation of Football History & Statistics
History
First award2012
Editions10
First winnerBrazil Marta
Most winsGermany Dzsenifer Marozsán (3 awards)
Most recentSpain Alexia Putellas
Websitewww.iffhs.com

Women's winners[]

Dzsenifer Marozsán was named the Best Playmaker of the Decade 2011–2020.[28]

List of winners[]

Year Rank Winner Club(s) Points
2012 1st Brazil Marta[29] Sweden Tyresö FF 120
2nd France Camille Abily France Lyon 95
3rd –
2013 1st Germany Lena Goeßling[30] Germany VfL Wolfsburg 94
2nd France Camille Abily France Lyon 70
3rd Germany Dzsenifer Marozsán Germany 1. FFC Frankfurt 48
2014 1st Germany Nadine Keßler[31] Germany VfL Wolfsburg 105
2nd Germany Lena Goeßling Germany VfL Wolfsburg 97
3rd France Louisa Nécib France Lyon 37
2015 1st United States Carli Lloyd[32] United States Houston Dash 125
2nd Germany Lena Goeßling Germany VfL Wolfsburg 50
3rd Brazil Marta Sweden FC Rosengård 38
2016 1st Germany Dzsenifer Marozsán[33] Germany 1. FFC Frankfurt
France Lyon 		80
2nd Brazil Marta Sweden FC Rosengård 72
3rd France Camille Abily France Lyon 61
2017 1st Netherlands Lieke Martens[34] Sweden FC Rosengård
Spain Barcelona 		165
2nd Germany Dzsenifer Marozsán France Lyon 98
3rd Brazil Marta Sweden FC Rosengård
United States Orlando Pride 		80
2018 1st Germany Dzsenifer Marozsán[35] France Lyon 176
2nd Brazil Marta United States Orlando Pride 170
3rd Denmark Pernille Harder Germany VfL Wolfsburg 72
2019 1st United States Megan Rapinoe[36] United States Reign FC 196
2nd Germany Dzsenifer Marozsán France Lyon 99
3rd Brazil Marta United States Orlando Pride 59
2020 1st Germany Dzsenifer Marozsán[37] France Lyon 210
2nd Denmark Pernille Harder Germany VfL Wolfsburg
England Chelsea 		45
3rd United States Megan Rapinoe United States OL Reign 25
2021 1st Spain Alexia Putellas[38] Spain Barcelona 185
2nd Germany Dzsenifer Marozsán France Lyon
United States OL Reign 		50
3rd Brazil Marta United States Orlando Pride 30

Statistics[]

Winners (2012–present)
Player Wins Years
Germany Dzsenifer Marozsán 3 2016, 2018, 2020
Brazil Marta 1 2012
Germany Lena Goeßling 2013
Germany Nadine Keßler 2014
United States Carli Lloyd 2015
Netherlands Lieke Martens 2017
United States Megan Rapinoe 2019
Spain Alexia Putellas 2021
Wins by club
Club Total Players
France Lyon 3 1
Spain Barcelona 2 2
Germany VfL Wolfsburg 2 2
Germany 1. FFC Frankfurt 1 1
Sweden FC Rosengård 1 1
United States Houston Dash 1 1
United States Reign FC 1 1
Sweden Tyresö FF 1 1
Wins by nationality
Nationality Total Players
Germany Germany 5 3
United States United States 2 2
Brazil Brazil 1 1
Netherlands Netherlands 1 1
Spain Spain 1 1

Continental winners[]

Bold indicates the World's Best Woman Playmaker winner.

Year Confederation Winner Club(s)
2021 UEFA Spain Alexia Putellas[39] Spain Barcelona
CONMEBOL Brazil Marta[40] United States Orlando Pride
CONCACAF United States Sam Mewis[41] England Manchester City

United States North Carolina Courage

CAF Ghana Evelyn Badu[42] Ghana Hasaacas
AFC Japan Hina Sugita[43] Japan INAC Kobe Leonessa
OFC New Zealand Olivia Chance[44] England Bristol City
England Sheffield United

The World's Best Woman Playmaker of the Decade (2011–2020)[]

Top 10 players[28]
Rank Player Nationality Points
1 Dzsenifer Marozsán Germany Germany 146
2 Marta Brazil Brazil 112
3 Camille Abily France France 101
4 Megan Rapinoe United States United States 87
5 Amandine Henry France France 84
6 Lena Goeßling Germany Germany 75
7 Carli Lloyd United States United States 66
8 Louisa Nécib France France 65
9 Pernille Harder Denmark Denmark 62
10 Lieke Martens Netherlands Netherlands 51

See also[]

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