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The Guardian 100 Best Male Footballers in the World is a list of the current best male footballers published annually by the British newspaper The Guardian. From its inception to 2017, it was known as The Guardian 100 Best Footballers in the World. It is decided by a panel of experts from several nations.
In 2010, the FIFA World Player of the Year award combined with the Ballon d'Or to create the FIFA Ballon d'Or in a six-year partnership. [3] FIFA presided over the FIFA Ballon d'Or after agreeing to pay £13million for the merge of the two major player awards with France Football.
Previously, a World Best squad was named by FIFA-FIFPro, with votes selecting the Best 11 from the squad list: the new FIFA Best 11 squads have nomination longlists for each area of the pitch, with votes separating each of the best goalkeeper, defenders, midfielders, and forwards. In total, there were 77 nominees.
An additional award was given to Brazilian female footballer Marta, to recognize her role and contribution to the sport of football. FIFA also announced the introduction of a new award starting from 2025, to honour her achievements and role in women's football. The best goal scored in women’s football would receive the Marta Award. [38]
Players in bold are still active at international level. Players in italics also hold the record for most caps for their nation. Rank is a count of the 211 FIFA nations. Fourteen nations (Azerbaijan, Bermuda, Brunei, Bulgaria, Denmark, Dominican Republic, East Timor, Faroe Islands, Puerto Rico, Romania, Scotland, South Sudan, United States and U.S. Virgin Islands) have a pair of players tied ...
The 26–player men's shortlist was announced on 13 February 2023. [ 37 ] The players chosen were Thibaut Courtois as goalkeeper, Achraf Hakimi , Virgil van Dijk and João Cancelo as defenders, Kevin De Bruyne , Casemiro and Luka Modrić as midfielders, and Lionel Messi , Karim Benzema , Erling Haaland and Kylian Mbappé as forwards.
The IFFHS World's Best Top Goal Scorer is a football award given annually since 2020, [1] and retroactively for the years 2011 to 2019, [2] to the world's top goalscorer in the calendar year. The award is given by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS).
The IFFHS World's Best Player is a football award given annually from 1988 to 1990, and since 2020, to the world's best player. The award is given by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS).