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
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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
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
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
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
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)
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