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The Best FIFA Men's Player is an association football award presented annually by the sport's governing body, FIFA, since 2016, to honour the player deemed to have performed the best over the previous calendar year. [1]
The Professional Footballers' Association Men's Players' Player of the Year (often called the PFA Men's Players' Player of the Year, the Players' Player of the Year, or simply the Player of the Year) is an annual award given to the player who is adjudged to have been the best of the year in English football. [1]
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.
Thirteen players were initially shortlisted on 22 November 2021. [1] The three finalists were revealed on 7 January 2022. [2] Alexia Putellas won the award with 52 rank points. [3] [4] [5] [11] The selection criteria for the women's players of the year was: respective achievements during the period from 8 October 2020 to 6 August 2021.
The John R. Wooden Award is given by the Los Angeles Athletic Club to the best men's college player and the best women's college player. [8] The National Collegiate Athletic Association gives the Chip Hilton Player of the Year Award to the Division I men's basketball player who exemplifies the best character. [9]
Eleven players were shortlisted on 25 November 2020. [13] The three finalists were revealed on 11 December 2020. Lucy Bronze won the award with 52 rank points. [4] [5] [14] The selection criteria for the women's players of the year was: respective achievements during the period from 8 July 2019 to 7 October 2020.
' Golden Ball ') is an annual football award presented by French magazine France Football since 1956 to honour the player deemed to have performed the best over the previous season. Conceived by sports writers Gabriel Hanot and Jacques Ferran , the Ballon d'Or was based exclusively on voting by football journalists up until 2006 .
[6] [7] Female players are awarded the UEFA Women's Player of the Year Award, introduced in 2013. [8] UEFA partnered with Groupe Amaury to co-organise the Ballon d'Or awards from 2024. The partnership means UEFA's awards for the best player and best coach will cease to exist.