Robert Lewandowski, one of the winners of The Best award.
Since its appearance in 2016, the award The best it’s the way it is FIFA to award the best of a season. It emerged after the failed relationship between world soccer’s parent house and French magazine France Football, which has awarded the Ballon d’Or since 1956 and which had partnered with the entity to do so jointly from 2010 to 2016.
Exactly one of the differences between The Best and the Ballon d’Or is one of those mentioned: while FIFA evaluates a season (according to the European calendars from August to July), the French version takes into account a calendar year.
Beyond regulatory issues, in The Sports News We review all the winners.
The list of The Best award winners
The best man award
| Year |
Winner |
2nd |
3rd |
| 2016 |
Cristiano Ronaldo |
Lionel Messi |
Antoine Griezmann |
| 2017 |
Cristiano Ronaldo |
Lionel Messi |
neymar |
| 2018 |
Luka Modric |
Cristiano Ronaldo |
Mohamed Salah |
| 2019 |
Lionel Messi |
Virgil van Dijk |
Cristiano Ronaldo |
| 2020 |
Robert Lewandowski |
Cristiano Ronaldo |
Lionel Messi |
| 2021 |
Robert Lewandowski |
Lionel Messi |
Mohamed Salah |
The Best Female Award
| Year |
winner |
2nd |
3rd |
| 2016 |
Carli Lloyd |
Martha |
Melanie Behringer |
| 2017 |
Like Martens |
Carli Lloyd |
Deina Castellanos |
| 2018 |
Martha |
Dzsenifer Marozsán |
Ada Hegerberg |
| 2019 |
Megan Rapinoe |
Alex Morgan |
Lucy Bronze |
| 2020 |
Lucy Bronze |
Pernille Harder |
Wendy Renard |
| 2021 |
Alexia Putellas |
Sam Kerr |
Jennifer Beautiful |
The best goalkeeper award
| Year |
Winner |
2nd |
3rd |
| 2017 |
Gianluigi Buffon |
Manuel Neuer |
Keylor Navas |
| 2018 |
Thibaut Courtois |
Hugo Lloris |
Kasper Schmeichel |
| 2019 |
Alison |
Marc-André ter Stegen |
Anderson |
| 2020 |
Manuel Neuer |
Alison |
Jan Oblak |
| 2021 |
Edouard Mendy |
Gianluigi Donnarumma |
Manuel Neuer |
| 2022 |
Emiliano Martinez |
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The best archer award
| Year |
winner |
2nd |
3rd |
| 2019 |
saree van Veenendaal |
Christian Edler |
Hedvig Lindahl |
| 2020 |
Sarah Bouhandi |
Christian Edler |
Alyssa Naher |
| 2021 |
Christian Edler |
Ann Kathryn Berger |
Stephanie Labbe |
| 2022 |
Mary Earps |
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The best award for the best men’s soccer coach
| Year |
Winner |
2nd |
3rd |
| 2016 |
Claudio Ranieri |
Zinedine Zidane |
Fernando Santos |
| 2017 |
Zinedine Zidane |
Anthony Conte |
Massimiliano Allegri |
| 2018 |
Didier Deschamps |
Zinedine Zidane |
Zlatko Dalic |
| 2019 |
Jurgen Klopp |
Pep Guardiola |
Mauricio Pochettino |
| 2020 |
Jurgen Klopp |
Hansi Flick |
Marcelo Bielsa |
| 2021 |
Thomas Tuchel |
Roberto Mancini |
Pep Guardiola |
| 2022 |
Lionel Scaloni |
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The best award for the best women’s soccer coach
| Year |
Winner |
2nd/th |
3rd |
| 2016 |
Sylvia Ned |
Jill Ellis |
Pia Sundhage |
| 2017 |
Sarah Wigman |
Nils Nielsen |
Gerard Precheur |
| 2018 |
Reynald Pedros |
Sarah Wigman |
Asako Takakura |
| 2019 |
Jill Ellis |
Sarah Wigman |
Phil Neville |
| 2020 |
Sarah Wigman |
Jean Luc Vasseur |
Emma Hayes |
| 2021 |
Emma Hayes |
Luis Cortes |
Sarah Wigman |
| 2022 |
Sarah Weigman |
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The Best Fair Play Award
| Year |
Winner |
| 2016 |
National Sports |
| 2017 |
Frances Cone |
| 2018 |
Lennart Thy |
| 2019 |
Marcelo Bielsa / Leeds United |
| 2020 |
Mattia Agnese |
| 2021 |
Denmark and its medical staff |
| 2022 |
Luka Lohosvili (for saving the life of an opponent in Austria Vienna vs Wolfsburg) |
Puskás Award for the best goal of the season
| Year |
Winner |
2nd |
3rd |
| 2016 |
Mohd Faiz Subri |
Marlon |
Daniuska Rodriguez |
| 2017 |
Olivier Giroud |
Oscarin Masuluke |
Deina Castellanos |
| 2018 |
Mohamed Salah |
Cristiano Ronaldo |
Giorgian De Arrascaeta |
| 2019 |
Daniel Zsori |
Lionel Messi |
Juan Fernando Quintero |
| 2020 |
heung min son |
Giorgian de Arrascaeta |
Luis Suarez |
| 2021 |
Erik Lamela |
Mehdi Taremi |
Patrick Schick |
| 2022 |
Marcin Oleksy |
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