IFFHS World's Best Referee

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IFFHS World's Best Man Referee
SportAssociation football
Awarded forBest performing man referee of the calendar year
Presented byInternational Federation of Football History & Statistics
History
First award1987
Editions35
First winnerBrazil Romualdo Filho
Most winsItaly Pierluigi Collina (6 awards)
Most recentGermany Felix Brych (2)
Websitewww.iffhs.com

The IFFHS World's Best Referee is a football award given annually since 1987 to the world's best referee. The award is given by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS).

Pierluigi Collina

Men's winners[]

Felix Brych was awarded the prize for Men's Referee of the Decade 2011–2020.

List of winners[1]
Year Rank Winner Points
1987 1st Brazil Romualdo Filho[2] 74
2nd Belgium Alexis Ponnet 56
3rd Italy Luigi Agnolin 51
1988 1st France Michel Vautrot[3] 92
2nd Italy Luigi Agnolin 41
3rd Belgium Alexis Ponnet 35
1989 1st France Michel Vautrot[4] 92
2nd Italy Luigi Agnolin 47
3rd Sweden Erik Fredriksson 26
1990 1st Brazil José Roberto Wright[5] 97
2nd France Michel Vautrot 43
3rd England George Courtney 29
1991 1st Denmark Peter Mikkelsen[6] 46
2nd France Joël Quiniou
Brazil José Roberto Wright 		36
3rd –
1992 1st Germany Aron Schmidhuber[7] 55
2nd Argentina Juan Carlos Loustau 29
3rd Denmark Peter Mikkelsen 28
1993 1st Denmark Peter Mikkelsen[8] 40
2nd France Joël Quiniou 35
3rd Hungary Sándor Puhl 31
1994 1st Hungary Sándor Puhl[9] 93
2nd France Joël Quiniou 51
3rd Denmark Peter Mikkelsen 46
1995 1st Hungary Sándor Puhl[10] 41
2nd Romania Ion Crăciunescu 30
3rd Italy Pierluigi Pairetto 24
1996 1st Hungary Sándor Puhl[11] 82
2nd Italy Pierluigi Pairetto 80
3rd Germany Helmut Krug
Scotland Leslie Mottram
Netherlands Mario van der Ende 		20
1997 1st Hungary Sándor Puhl[12] 82
2nd Denmark Peter Mikkelsen 40
3rd Netherlands Mario van der Ende 39
1998 1st Italy Pierluigi Collina[13] 70
2nd Morocco Said Belqola 64
3rd Spain José García-Aranda 40
1999 1st Italy Pierluigi Collina[14] 126
2nd Germany Helmut Krug 29
3rd Scotland Hugh Dallas 27
2000 1st Italy Pierluigi Collina[15] 124
2nd Sweden Anders Frisk 69
3rd Germany Markus Merk 40
2001 1st Italy Pierluigi Collina[16] 129
2nd Sweden Anders Frisk 47
3rd Denmark Kim Milton Nielsen 34
2002 1st Italy Pierluigi Collina[17] 222
2nd Switzerland Urs Meier 72
3rd Denmark Kim Milton Nielsen 47
2003 1st Italy Pierluigi Collina[18] 157
2nd Germany Markus Merk 65
3rd Switzerland Urs Meier 36
2004 1st Germany Markus Merk[19] 126
2nd Italy Pierluigi Collina 122
3rd Sweden Anders Frisk 59
2005 1st Germany Markus Merk[20] 102
2nd Spain Manuel Mejuto González 44
3rd Slovakia Ľuboš Micheľ 40
2006 1st Argentina Horacio Elizondo[21] 159
2nd Slovakia Ľuboš Micheľ 69
3rd Germany Markus Merk 60
2007 1st Germany Markus Merk[22] –
2nd –
3rd
2008 1st Italy Roberto Rosetti[23] –
2nd –
3rd
2009 1st Switzerland Massimo Busacca[24] 225
2nd Italy Roberto Rosetti 147
3rd England Howard Webb 52
2010 1st England Howard Webb[25] –
2nd –
3rd
2011 1st Hungary Viktor Kassai[26] –
2nd England Howard Webb –
3rd Italy Nicola Rizzoli –
2012 1st Portugal Pedro Proença[27] 174
2nd Turkey Cüneyt Çakır 73
3rd England Howard Webb 72
2013 1st England Howard Webb[28] 102
2nd Italy Nicola Rizzoli 82
3rd Hungary Viktor Kassai 53
2014 1st Italy Nicola Rizzoli[29] 131
2nd England Howard Webb 78
3rd Germany Felix Brych 61
2015 1st Italy Nicola Rizzoli[30] 80
2nd England Martin Atkinson 72
3rd Turkey Cüneyt Çakır 71
2016 1st England Mark Clattenburg[31] 141
2nd Italy Nicola Rizzoli 65
3rd Hungary Viktor Kassai 55
2017 1st Germany Felix Brych[32] 178
2nd England Martin Atkinson 73
3rd Italy Nicola Rizzoli 59
2018 1st Argentina Néstor Pitana[33] 180
2nd Netherlands Björn Kuipers 100
3rd Serbia Milorad Mažić 86
2019 1st Slovenia Damir Skomina[34] 136
2nd Germany Felix Brych 129
3rd Netherlands Björn Kuipers 61
2020 1st Italy Daniele Orsato[35] 170
2nd Germany Felix Brych 90
3rd Netherlands Björn Kuipers 45
2021 1st Germany Felix Brych[36] 110
2nd Netherlands Björn Kuipers 95
3rd Italy Daniele Orsato 40

Statistics[]

Winners (1987–present)[37]
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
Brazil Romualdo Filho 1 1987
Brazil José Roberto Wright 1990
Germany Aron Schmidhuber 1992
Argentina Horacio Elizondo 2006
Italy Roberto Rosetti 2008
Switzerland Massimo Busacca 2009
Hungary Viktor Kassai 2011
Portugal Pedro Proença 2012
England Mark Clattenburg 2016
Argentina Néstor Pitana 2018
Slovenia Damir Skomina 2019
Italy Daniele Orsato 2020
Wins by nationality
Nationality Total Referees
Italy Italy 10 4
Germany Germany 6 3
Hungary Hungary 5 2
England England 3 2
Argentina Argentina 2 2
Brazil Brazil 2 2
Denmark Denmark 2 1
France France 2 1
Portugal Portugal 1 1
Slovenia Slovenia 1 1
Switzerland Switzerland 1 1

Continental winners[]

Bold indicates the World's Best Man Referee winner.

Year Confederation Winner
2021 UEFA Germany Felix Brych[38]
CONMEBOL Venezuela Jesús Valenzuela[39]
CONCACAF Honduras Said Martínez[40]
CAF South Africa Victor Gomes[41]
AFC Australia Chris Beath[42]
OFC New Zealand Matthew Conger[43]

All-time World's Best Referee ranking (since 1987)[]

As of 26 February 2021[44]
Top 10 referees
Rank Player Nation Points
1 Pierluigi Collina Italy Italy 191
2 Markus Merk Germany Germany 184
3 Kim Milton Nielsen Denmark Denmark 159
4 Howard Webb England England 156
5 Peter Mikkelsen Denmark Denmark 142
6 Felix Brych Germany Germany 141
7 Cüneyt Çakır Turkey Turkey 140
8 Björn Kuipers Netherlands Netherlands 133
9 Óscar Ruiz Colombia Colombia 132
10 Nicola Rizzoli Italy Italy 121

The World's Best Man Referee of the Decade (2001–2010)[]

Top 10 referees[45]
Rank Player Nation Points
1 Markus Merk Germany Germany 135
2 Óscar Ruiz Colombia Colombia 104
3 Jorge Larrionda Uruguay Uruguay 96
4 Ľuboš Micheľ Slovakia Slovakia 96
5 Pierluigi Collina Italy Italy 94
6 Roberto Rosetti Italy Italy 91
7 Kim Milton Nielsen Denmark Denmark 84
8 Frank De Bleeckere Belgium Belgium 82
9 Massimo Busacca Switzerland Switzerland 81
10 Manuel Mejuto González Spain Spain 73

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

Top 10 referees[46]
Rank Player Nation Points
1 Felix Brych Germany Germany 141
2 Cüneyt Çakır Turkey Turkey 140
3 Björn Kuipers Netherlands Netherlands 133
4 Nicola Rizzoli Italy Italy 113
5 Néstor Pitana Argentina Argentina 88
6 Howard Webb England England 76
7 Damir Skomina Slovenia Slovenia 76
8 Martin Atkinson England England 69
9 Viktor Kassai Hungary Hungary 56
10 Antonio Mateu Lahoz Spain Spain 54
IFFHS World's Best Woman Referee
SportAssociation football
Awarded forBest performing woman referee of the calendar year
Presented byInternational Federation of Football History & Statistics
History
First award2012
Editions10
First winnerSweden Jenny Palmqvist
Most winsGermany Bibiana Steinhaus (4 awards)
Most recentFrance Stéphanie Frappart (3)
Websitewww.iffhs.com

Women's winners[]

Bibiana Steinhaus was awarded the prize for Women's Referee of the Decade 2011–2020.

List of winners[47]
Year Rank Winner Points
2012 1st Sweden Jenny Palmqvist[27] 104
2nd Germany Bibiana Steinhaus 87
3rd Switzerland Esther Staubli 35
2013 1st Germany Bibiana Steinhaus[28] 112
2nd Sweden Jenny Palmqvist 57
3rd Switzerland Esther Staubli 55
2014 1st Germany Bibiana Steinhaus[29] 116
2nd Ukraine Kateryna Monzul 58
3rd Canada 50
2015 1st Ukraine Kateryna Monzul[30] 114
2nd Germany Bibiana Steinhaus 35
3rd Switzerland Esther Staubli 34
2016 1st Hungary Katalin Kulcsár[31] 58
2nd Ukraine Kateryna Monzul
Germany Bibiana Steinhaus 		53
3rd –
2017 1st Germany Bibiana Steinhaus[32] 232
2nd Switzerland Esther Staubli 137
3rd France Stéphanie Frappart 50
2018 1st Germany Bibiana Steinhaus[48] 138
2nd Czech Republic Jana Adámková 100
3rd France Stéphanie Frappart 67
2019 1st France Stéphanie Frappart 233
2nd Russia Anastasia Pustovoitova 93
3rd Germany Bibiana Steinhaus 75
2020 1st France Stéphanie Frappart[49] 145
2nd Switzerland Esther Staubli 140
3rd Ukraine Kateryna Monzul 25
2021 1st France Stéphanie Frappart[50] 155
2nd Russia Anastasia Pustovoitova 60
3rd Switzerland Esther Staubli 25

Statistics[]

Winners (2012–present)[51]
Referee Wins Years
Germany Bibiana Steinhaus 4 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018
France Stéphanie Frappart 3 2019, 2020, 2021
Sweden Jenny Palmqvist 1 2012
Ukraine Kateryna Monzul 2015
Hungary Katalin Kulcsár 2016
Wins by nationality
Nationality Total Referees
Germany Germany 4 1
France France 3 1
Hungary Hungary 1 1
Sweden Sweden 1 1
Ukraine Ukraine 1 1

Continental winners[]

Bold indicates the World's Best Woman Referee winner.

Year Confederation Winner
2021 UEFA France Stéphanie Frappart[52]
CONMEBOL Brazil Edina Alves Batista[53]
CONCACAF Mexico Lucila Venegas[54]
CAF Malawi [55]
AFC Australia Kate Jacewicz[56]
OFC New Zealand Anna-Marie Keighley[57]

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

Top 10 referees[46]
Rank Player Nation Points
1 Bibiana Steinhaus Germany Germany 171
2 Esther Staubli Switzerland Switzerland 135
3 Kateryna Monzul Ukraine Ukraine 124
4 Stéphanie Frappart France France 88
5 Katalin Kulcsár Hungary Hungary 78
6 Claudia Umpiérrez Uruguay Uruguay 71
7 Canada Canada 69
8 Pernilla Larsson Sweden Sweden 48
9 Riem Hussein Germany Germany 43
10 Kate Jacewicz Australia Australia 43

See also[]

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