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The '''International Federation of Football History & Statistics''' ('''IFFHS''') is an organization that chronicles the history and records of [[association football]].<ref name="IFFHS">{{cite web|url=http://www.iffhs.de/?b3120fe3016e23617ff3c17f7370eff3702bb1c2bb19|title=The History of IFFHS|work=IFFHS official website|access-date=14 September 2009}}</ref><ref>Rafa Jiménez, ''IFFHS: La calculadora del fútbol''. ''[[Don Balón]]'' (1656), 9/15 julio 2007, p.50</ref><ref name="Mundo Deportivo">{{cite news|url=http://www.elmundodeportivo.es/gen/20100108/53863553762/noticia/que-es-la-iffhs.html|title=¿Qué es la IFFHS?|publisher=[[El Mundo Deportivo]]|date=8 January 2010|access-date=20 January 2010}}</ref> It was founded on 27 March 1984 in [[Leipzig]] by Alfredo Pöge with the blessings of general secretary of the [[FIFA]] at the time, [[Helmut Käser]].<ref name=IFFHS/> The IFFHS was based at Al-Muroor Street 147, [[Abu Dhabi]] for some time but, in 2010, relocated to [[Bonn]], Germany, and then in 2014 to [[Zurich]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iffhs.de/?b1c0cfb2917f32a16e33417f7370eff3702bb1c2bb1f|title=International Federation of Football History & Statistics|work=IFFHS official website|access-date=14 September 2009}}</ref>
Tlihe '''International Federation of Football History & Statistics''' ('''IFFHS''') is an organization that chronicles the history and records of [[association football]].<ref name="IFFHS">{{cite web|url=http://www.iffhs.de/?b3120fe3016e23617ff3c17f7370eff3702bb1c2bb19|title=The History of IFFHS|work=IFFHS official website|access-date=14 September 2009}}</ref><ref>Rafa Jiménez, ''IFFHS: La calculadora del fútbol''. ''[[Don Balón]]'' (1656), 9/15 julio 2007, p.50</ref><ref name="Mundo Deportivo">{{cite news|url=http://www.elmundodeportivo.es/gen/20100108/53863553762/noticia/que-es-la-iffhs.html|title=¿Qué es la IFFHS?|publisher=[[El Mundo Deportivo]]|date=8 January 2010|access-date=20 January 2010}}</ref> It was founded on 27 March 1984 in [[Leipzig]] by Alfredo Pöge with the blessings of general secretary of the [[FIFA]] at the time, [[Helmut Käser]].<ref name=IFFHS/> The IFFHS was based at Al-Muroor Street 147, [[Abu Dhabi]] for some time but, in 2010, relocated to [[Bonn]], Germany, and then in 2014 to [[Zurich]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iffhs.de/?b1c0cfb2917f32a16e33417f7370eff3702bb1c2bb1f|title=International Federation of Football History & Statistics|work=IFFHS official website|access-date=14 September 2009}}</ref>


During its early stages, and until 2002, the IFFHS concentrated on publishing the quarterly magazines ''Fußball-Weltzeitschrift'', ''Libero spezial deutsch'' and ''Libero international''.<ref>[http://www.fussballbuecher.com/WM-1934.html A couple of former ''Weltzeitschrift'' cover pages can be looked up at]</ref><!-- A source saying that they published those books would be preferable to the one before this note --> When these had to be discontinued for reasons which were not officially told, the organization published its material in a series of multi-lingual books in co-operation with sponsors.<ref name="Don Balón">Rafa Jiménez, ''IFFHS: La calculadora del fútbol''. ''[[Don Balón]]'' (1656), 9/15 July 2007, p.50 (in Spanish).</ref> <!-- Not a list of the books, but a record of their existence, i.e. a review on a website or somesuch --> The statistical organization has now confined its publishing activities to its website, receiving support from FIFA,<ref name="Don Balón"/> organization that recognise the IFFHS and its work<ref name="Mundo Deportivo"/><ref name="Don Balón"/> although the latter has no affiliation with the football's governing body.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.fifa.com/newscentre/news/newsid=86239.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080602002430/http://www.fifa.com/newscentre/news/newsid=86239.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 June 2008|title=Does FIFA employ a ranking system for club teams similar to the FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking for national teams?|publisher=www.fifa.com|date=28 March 2003|access-date=14 September 2009}}</ref>
During its early stages, and until 2002, the IFFHS concentrated on publishing the quarterly magazines ''Fußball-Weltzeitschrift'', ''Libero spezial deutsch'' and ''Libero international''.<ref>[http://www.fussballbuecher.com/WM-1934.html A couple of former ''Weltzeitschrift'' cover pages can be looked up at]</ref><!-- A source saying that they published those books would be preferable to the one before this note --> When these had to be discontinued for reasons which were not officially told, the organization published its material in a series of multi-lingual books in co-operation with sponsors.<ref name="Don Balón">Rafa Jiménez, ''IFFHS: La calculadora del fútbol''. ''[[Don Balón]]'' (1656), 9/15 July 2007, p.50 (in Spanish).</ref> <!-- Not a list of the books, but a record of their existence, i.e. a review on a website or somesuch --> The statistical organization has now confined its publishing activities to its website, receiving support from FIFA,<ref name="Don Balón"/> organization that recognise the IFFHS and its work<ref name="Mundo Deportivo"/><ref name="Don Balón"/> although the latter has no affiliation with the football's governing body.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.fifa.com/newscentre/news/newsid=86239.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080602002430/http://www.fifa.com/newscentre/news/newsid=86239.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 June 2008|title=Does FIFA employ a ranking system for club teams similar to the FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking for national teams?|publisher=www.fifa.com|date=28 March 2003|access-date=14 September 2009}}</ref>
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Since 2020 a Top XI for every continental confederation is revealed, as well as the best player for every continental confederation.
Since 2020 a Top XI for every continental confederation is revealed, as well as the best player for every continental confederation.


== Club World Ranking ==
== The World's Best Club ==
Since 1991, the entity has produced a monthly Club World Ranking.
{{main|IFFHS World's Best Club}}Since 1991, the entity has produced a monthly Club World Ranking.

[[File:FC BARCELONA - ARSENAL 8 MAR 2011 5511901212.jpg|thumb|[[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]]]


The ranking takes into consideration the results of twelve months of continental and intercontinental competitions, national league matches (including play-offs) and the most important national cup (excluding points won before the round of 16).
The ranking takes into consideration the results of twelve months of continental and intercontinental competitions, national league matches (including play-offs) and the most important national cup (excluding points won before the round of 16).
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In continental competitions, all clubs receive the same number of points at all stages regardless of the performance level of their leagues. However, the [[UEFA Champions League]] and the [[Copa Libertadores]] yield more points than [[UEFA Europa League]] and [[Copa Sudamericana]], respectively. The point assignment system is still lower for the [[Asian Football Confederation|AFC]], [[Confederation of African Football|CAF]], [[CONCACAF]] and [[Oceania Football Confederation|OFC]] continental tournaments. Competitions between two continents are evaluated depending upon their importance. Competitions not organized by a continental confederation, or any intercontinental events not recognized by [[FIFA]], are not taken into consideration.
In continental competitions, all clubs receive the same number of points at all stages regardless of the performance level of their leagues. However, the [[UEFA Champions League]] and the [[Copa Libertadores]] yield more points than [[UEFA Europa League]] and [[Copa Sudamericana]], respectively. The point assignment system is still lower for the [[Asian Football Confederation|AFC]], [[Confederation of African Football|CAF]], [[CONCACAF]] and [[Oceania Football Confederation|OFC]] continental tournaments. Competitions between two continents are evaluated depending upon their importance. Competitions not organized by a continental confederation, or any intercontinental events not recognized by [[FIFA]], are not taken into consideration.


=== Criteria ===
=== Men's winners ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"

|+Multiple winners (1991–present)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Football Men Club World Ranking|url=https://iffhs.com/awards/37|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414073554/https://iffhs.com/awards/37|archive-date=14 April 2021|access-date=2021-11-06|website=iffhs.com}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
!Club
|+ Criteria for national competitions:<ref name="IFFHS CWR">{{cite web|url=http://www.iffhs.de/?bc83ccac3be8e00390b02fc5fdcdc3bfcdc0aec70aeed10a|title=How the Club World Ranking is made|work=IFFHS official website|access-date=23 September 2009}}</ref>
!Wins
!Years
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]
! Competition !! Points for a win !! Points for a draw
| align="center" |5
|1997, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2015
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]]
| National Leagues in Level 1 || 4.00 || 2.00
| align="center" |4
|2000, 2002, 2014, 2017
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]]
| National Leagues in Level 2 || 3.00 || 1.50
| align="center" |3
|2001, 2005, 2019
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Juventus F.C.|Juventus]]
| National Leagues in Level 3 || 2.00 || 1.00
| rowspan="6" align="center" |2
|1993, 1996
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[A.C. Milan|Milan]]
| National Leagues in Level 4 || 1.00 || 0.50
|1995, 2003
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Criteria for international competitions:<ref name="IFFHS CWR"/>
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Sevilla FC|Sevilla]]
! Competition !! Points for a win !! Points for a draw
|2006, 2007
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]]
| [[UEFA Champions League]] || 14.0 || 7.0
|1999, 2008
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Inter Milan]]
| [[UEFA Europa League]] || 12.0 || 6.0
|1998, 2010
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Bayern Munich]]
| [[Copa Libertadores]] || 14.0 || 7.0
|2013, 2020
|-
| [[Copa Sudamericana]] || 12.0 || 6.0
|-
| [[CAF Champions League]] || 9.0 || 4.5
|-
| [[CAF Cup]] || 7.0 || 3.5
|-
| [[AFC Champions League]] || 9.0 || 4.5
|-
| [[AFC Cup]] || 7.0 || 3.5
|-
| [[CONCACAF Champions League]] || 9.0 || 4.5
|-
| [[OFC Champions League]] || 5.0 || 2.5
|-
| [[FIFA Club World Cup]] (semi-finals) || 14.0 || 7.0
|-
| [[FIFA Club World Cup]] (final)<ref>Or [[Intercontinental Cup (football)|Intercontinental Cup]] from 1991 to 2005.</ref> || 21.0 || 10.5
|}
|}


=== Continental Man Clubs of the Century (1900–1999) ===
=== Last ranking ===
[[File:Real Madrid jersey 1956.jpg|thumb|[[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]], European club of the 20th Century.]]
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Top 10 (Club World Ranking 2020)<ref name="IFFHS 2020">{{cite web|date=18 January 2021|title=IFFHS CLUB WORLD RANKING 2020 - FC BAYERN MÜNCHEN SIMPLY THE BEST !|url=https://iffhs.de/index.php/posts/904|access-date=8 February 2021|publisher=IFFHS}}</ref>
|-
!Rank
!Team
!Confederation
!Points
|-
| 1 || {{flagicon|GER}} [[F.C. Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]] || [[UEFA]] || 260
|-
| 2 || {{flagicon|BRA}} [[SE Palmeiras|Palmeiras]] || [[CONMEBOL]] || 230
|-
| 3 || {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Paris Saint-Germain F.C.|Paris Saint-Germain]] || [[UEFA]] || 226
|-
| 4 || {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Internazionale Milan|Inter Milan]] || [[UEFA]] || 223
|-
| 5 || {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Manchester City F.C.|Manchester City]] || [[UEFA]] || 221
|-
| 6 || {{flagicon|ITA}} [[AC Milan|Milan]] || [[UEFA]] || 220
|-
| 7 || {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Juventus F.C.|Juventus]] || [[UEFA]] || 218
|-
| 8 || {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Sevilla F.C.|Sevilla]] || [[UEFA]] || 213
|-
| 9 || {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Manchester United]] || [[UEFA]] || 212
|-
| 10 || {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]] || [[UEFA]] || 206
|}


[[File:Boca Juniors stadium logo.JPG|thumb|[[Boca Juniors]], South American team of the decade (2001–2010).]]
=== The World's Best Club ===
The following table shows the clubs that finished top of the ranking for each year since 1991:<ref name="The World's Club Team of the Year">{{cite web|url=http://www.iffhs.de/?b002ec70a814f4cd003f09|title=IFFHS The World's Club Team for the Year|work=IFFHS official website|access-date=10 October 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080102185106/http://www.iffhs.de/?b002ec70a814f4cd003f09|archive-date=2 January 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref>
{{Div col|colwidth=30em}}
* 1991 – {{flagicon|ITA}} [[A.S. Roma|Roma]]<ref name="IFFHS 1991">{{cite web|url=http://www.iffhs.de/?eedbca388d8569d817285fdcdc3bfcdc0aec70a713|title=1991 (Top 25)|publisher=IFFHS|access-date=3 August 2009}}</ref>
* 1992 – {{flagicon|NED}} [[AFC Ajax|Ajax]]<ref name="IFFHS 1992">{{cite web|url=http://www.iffhs.de/?eedbca388d8569d817285fdcdc3bfcdc0aec70a409|title=1992 (Top 25)|publisher=IFFHS|access-date=3 August 2009}}</ref>
* 1993 – {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Juventus F.C.|Juventus]]<ref name="IFFHS 1993">{{cite web|url=http://www.iffhs.de/?eedbca388d8569d817285fdcdc3bfcdc0aec70a51f|title=1993 (Top 25)|publisher=IFFHS|access-date=3 August 2009}}</ref>
* 1994 – {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Paris Saint-Germain F.C.|Paris Saint-Germain]]<ref name="IFFHS 1994">{{cite web|url=http://www.iffhs.de/?eedbca388d8569d817285fdcdc3bfcdc0aec70a21c|title=1994 (Top 25)|publisher=IFFHS|access-date=3 August 2009}}</ref>
* 1995 – {{flagicon|ITA}} [[A.C. Milan|Milan]]<ref name="IFFHS 1995">{{cite web|url=http://www.iffhs.de/?eedbca388d8569d817285fdcdc3bfcdc0aec70a30a|title=1995 (Top 25)|publisher=IFFHS|access-date=3 August 2009}}</ref>
* 1996 – {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Juventus F.C.|Juventus]]<ref name="IFFHS 1996">{{cite web|url=http://www.iffhs.de/?eedbca388d8569d817285fdcdc3bfcdc0aec70a010|title=1996 (Top 25)|publisher=IFFHS|access-date=3 August 2009}}</ref>
* 1997 – {{flagicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]<ref name="IFFHS 1997">{{cite web|url=http://www.iffhs.de/?eedbca388d8569d817285fdcdc3bfcdc0aec70a106|title=1997 (Top 25)|publisher=IFFHS|access-date=3 August 2009}}</ref>
* 1998 – {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Inter Milan]]<ref name="IFFHS 1998">{{cite web|url=http://www.iffhs.de/?eedbca388d8569d817285fdcdc3bfcdc0aec70ae17|title=1998 (Top 25)|publisher=IFFHS|access-date=3 August 2009}}</ref>
* 1999 – {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]]<ref name="IFFHS 1999">{{cite web|url=http://www.iffhs.de/?eedbca388d8569d817285fdcdc3bfcdc0aec70af01|title=1999 (Top 25)|publisher=IFFHS|access-date=3 August 2009}}</ref>
* 2000 – {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]]<ref name="IFFHS 2000 ">{{cite web|url=http://www.iffhs.de/?eedbca388d85691a55685fdcdc3bfcdc0aec70a60d|title=2000 (Top 25)|publisher=IFFHS|access-date=3 August 2009}}</ref>
* 2001 – {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]]<ref name="IFFHS 2001">{{cite web|url=http://www.iffhs.de/?eedbca388d85691a55685fdcdc3bfcdc0aec70a71b|title=2001 (Top 25)|publisher=IFFHS|access-date=3 August 2009}}</ref>
* 2002 – {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]]<ref name="IFFHS 2002">{{cite web|url=http://www.iffhs.de/?eedbca388d85691a55685fdcdc3bfcdc0aec70a401|title=2002 (Top 25)|publisher=IFFHS|access-date=3 August 2009}}</ref>
* 2003 – {{flagicon|ITA}} [[A.C. Milan|Milan]]<ref name="IFFHS 2003">{{cite web|url=http://www.iffhs.de/?eedbca388d85691a55685fdcdc3bfcdc0aec70a517|title=2003 (Top 25)|publisher=IFFHS|access-date=3 August 2009}}</ref>
* 2004 – {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Valencia CF|Valencia]]<ref name="IFFHS 2004">{{cite web|url=http://www.iffhs.de/?eedbca388d85691a55685fdcdc3bfcdc0aec70a214|title=2004 (Top 25)|publisher=IFFHS|access-date=3 August 2009}}</ref>
* 2005 – {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]]<ref name="IFFHS 2005">{{cite web|url=http://www.iffhs.de/?eedbca388d85691a55685fdcdc3bfcdc0aec70a302|title=Top 25 (2005)|publisher=IFFHS|access-date=3 August 2009}}</ref>
* 2006 – {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Sevilla FC|Sevilla]]<ref name="IFFHS 2006">{{cite web|url=http://www.iffhs.de/?eedbca388d85691a55685fdcdc3bfcdc0aec70a018|title=Top 25 (2006)|publisher=IFFHS|access-date=3 August 2009}}</ref>
* 2007 – {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Sevilla FC|Sevilla]]<ref name="IFFHS 2007">{{cite web|url=http://www.iffhs.de/?eedbca388d85691a55685fdcdc3bfcdc0aec70a10e|title=Top 25 (2007)|publisher=IFFHS|access-date=3 August 2009}}</ref>
* 2008 – {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]]<ref name="IFFHS 2008">{{cite web|url=http://www.iffhs.de/?eedbca388d85691a55685fdcdc3bfcdc0aec70ae1f|title=Top 25 (2008)|publisher=IFFHS|access-date=3 August 2009}}</ref>
* 2009 – {{flagicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]<ref name="IFFHS 2009">{{cite web|url=http://www.iffhs.de/?eedbca388d85691a55685fdcdc3bfcdc0aec70af09|title=Top 25 (2009)
|publisher=IFFHS |access-date=12 January 2011}}</ref>
* 2010 – {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Inter Milan]]<ref name="IFFHS 2010">{{cite web|url=http://www.iffhs.de/?10f42e00fa2d17f73702fa3016e23c17f7370eff3702bb1c2bbb6f28f53512| title=Top 25 (2010)|publisher=IFFHS|access-date=12 January 2011}}</ref>
* 2011 – {{flagicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]<ref name="IFFHS 2011">{{cite web|url=http://www.iffhs.de/?10f42e00fa2d17f73702fa3016e23c17f7370eff3702bb1c2bbb6f28f53512|title=Top 25 (2011)
|publisher=IFFHS |access-date=9 May 2011}}</ref>
* 2012 – {{flagicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]
* 2013 – {{flagicon|GER}} [[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]]<ref name="IFFHS 2013">{{cite web|url=http://www.iffhs.de/club-world-ranking/#more-33|title=Top 25 (2013)|publisher=IFFHS |access-date=8 January 2014}}</ref>
* 2014 – {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]]<ref name="IFFHS 2014">{{cite web|url=http://www.iffhs.de/club-world-ranking-2014/|title=CLUB WORLD RANKING 2014|publisher=IFFHS |access-date=21 January 2015}}</ref>
* 2015 – {{flagicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]<ref name="IFFHS 2015">{{cite web|url=http://iffhs.de/club-world-ranking-2015/|title=CLUB WORLD RANKING 2015|publisher=IFFHS |access-date=7 January 2016}}</ref>
* 2016 – {{flagicon|COL}} [[Atlético Nacional]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://iffhs.de/club-world-ranking-2016/|title=CLUB WORLD RANKING 2016: CLUB ATLETICO NACIONAL MEDELLIN (COLOMBIA)|publisher=iffhs.de|author=Robert Ley|date=5 April 2017|access-date=7 December 2017}}</ref>
* 2017 – {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]]<ref name="IFFHS 2017">{{cite web|url=https://iffhs.de/club-world-ranking-2017/|title=CLUB WORLD RANKING 2017 : REAL MADRID NUMBER 1!|publisher=IFFHS |access-date=17 January 2018}}</ref>
* 2018 – {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Atlético Madrid]]<ref name="IFFHS 2018">{{cite web|url=https://iffhs.de/iffhs-awards-2018-club-world-ranking-2018-atletico-de-madrid-for-the-first-time/|title=IFFHS AWARDS 2018 – CLUB WORLD RANKING 2018 : ATLETICO DE MADRID FOR THE FIRST TIME !|publisher=IFFHS |access-date=22 January 2018}}</ref>
* 2019 – {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://iffhs.de/13893/|title=IFFHS AWARDS 2019 – CLUB WORLD RANKING : LIVERPOOL FC NUMBER 1 !|publisher=IFFHS |date=21 January 2020 |access-date=30 January 2020}}</ref>
* 2020 – {{flagicon|GER}} [[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.iffhs.com/posts/904|title=IFFHS CLUB WORLD RANKING 2020 - FC BAYERN MÜNCHEN SIMPLY THE BEST !|publisher=IFFHS |date=18 January 2021 |access-date=4 November 2021}}</ref>
{{div col end}}


In 2009, the IFFHS released the results of a statistical study which determined the best [[continent]]al clubs of the 20th century.<ref>{{cite web|title=The continental Clubs of the Century|url=http://www.iffhs.de/?7d4d443d0a8a3ccdc42ec70a114b4ccc13f8ac378cdc07ccaf10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090922020029/http://www.iffhs.de/?7d4d443d0a8a3ccdc42ec70a114b4ccc13f8ac378cdc07ccaf10|archive-date=22 September 2009|access-date=5 October 2019|publisher=IFFHS}}</ref> The ranking did not consider the performance of the teams in national football tournaments (except in the Oceania's club ranking due to limited editions held under OFC club competitions), the performance in the intercontinental or [[List of world club champions (Association football)|worldwide club competitions]] or those submitted in the IFFHS Club World Ranking, available since 1991.<ref name="Europe">{{cite web|title=Europe's club of the Century|url=http://www.iffhs.de/?a413f0e03790c443e0f40390b41be8b01905fdcdc3bfcdc0aec70aeedb883ccb05ff1d|access-date=10 September 2009|work=IFFHS official website}}</ref>
The IFFHS recognised these clubs as ''The World's Club Team of the Year'' and were awarded with a golden trophy and a certificate during the ''World Football Gala''.<ref name="The World's Club Team of the Year"/>


Based on this statistical study series, the below six clubs were named as "continental clubs of the century" by the IFFHS between 10 September and 13 October 2009. These clubs were awarded with a golden trophy and a certificate during the ''World Football Gala'' celebrated at [[Fulham]], London, on 11 May 2010.<ref>{{cite news|title=World Football Gala 2010 in London|publisher=International Federation of Football History & Statistics|url=http://www.iffhs.de/?b3e20e62b0af12b04fb3417f7370eff3702bb1c2bb11|access-date=11 May 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Real Madrid, mejor club de Europa del Siglo XX (video de la premiación)|language=es|publisher=Real Madrid Club de Fútbol official website|url=http://www.realmadrid.com/cs/Satellite/es/1330005139100/noticia/Noticia/El_Real_Madrid,_Mejor_Club_de_Europa_del_siglo_XX.htm|url-status=dead|access-date=12 May 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100514110157/http://www.realmadrid.com/cs/Satellite/es/1330005139100/noticia/Noticia/El_Real_Madrid,_Mejor_Club_de_Europa_del_siglo_XX.htm|archive-date=14 May 2010}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=IFFHS HISTORY : CONTINENTAL CENTURY CLUBS (1900-1999)|url=https://www.iffhs.com/posts/489|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-06|website=www.iffhs.com}}</ref>
=== The World's Best Women Club ===


{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|-
!Continent
!Year
!Club
!Club
|-
|-
|Europe
|2012
|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Olympique Lyonnais Féminin|Lyon]]<ref name=":16" />
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]]
|-
|-
|South America
|2013
|{{flagicon|URU}} [[C.A. Peñarol|Peñarol]]
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[VfL Wolfsburg (women)|VfL Wolfsburg]]<ref name=":17">{{cite web|title=IFFHS Awards 2013|url=https://www.iffhs.de/index.php/posts/252|website=IFFHS|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20201014113605if_/https://www.iffhs.de/index.php/posts/252|archivedate=14 October 2020}}</ref>
|-
|-
|Africa
|2014
|{{flagicon|GHA}} [[Asante Kotoko S.C.|Asante Kotoko]]
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[VfL Wolfsburg (women)|VfL Wolfsburg]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=THE WORLD’S BEST WOMAN’S CLUB 2014|url=https://www.iffhs.com/posts/174|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-06|website=www.iffhs.com}}</ref>
|-
|-
|Asia
|2015
|{{flagicon|SAU}} [[Al Hilal SFC|Al-Hilal]]
|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Olympique Lyonnais Féminin|Lyon]]<ref name=":19">{{cite web|title=IFFHS Awards 2015|url=https://www.iffhs.de/index.php/posts/249|website=IFFHS|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20201014113649if_/https://www.iffhs.de/index.php/posts/249|archivedate=14 October 2020}}</ref>
|-
|-
|CONCACAF
|2016
|{{flagicon|CRC}} [[Deportivo Saprissa|Saprissa]]
|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Olympique Lyonnais Féminin|Lyon]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=THE WORLD’S BEST WOMAN CLUB 2016 : Olympique Lyon|url=https://www.iffhs.com/posts/521|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-06|website=www.iffhs.com}}</ref>
|-
|-
|Oceania
|2017
|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[South Melbourne FC|South Melbourne]]
|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Olympique Lyonnais Féminin|Lyon]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://iffhs.de/the-worlds-best-woman-club-2017/|title=THE WORLD'S BEST WOMAN CLUB 2017: OLYMPIQUE LYON ON THE TOP!|work=IFFHS|date=6 December 2017|access-date=7 December 2017}}</ref>
|-
|2018
|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Olympique Lyonnais Féminin|Lyon]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=OLYMPIQUE LYONNAIS SOVEREIGN !|url=https://www.iffhs.com/index.php/posts/223|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-06|website=www.iffhs.com}}</ref>
|-
|2019
|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Olympique Lyonnais Féminin|Lyon]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://iffhs.de/iffhs-awards-the-worlds-woman-club-2019-olympique-lyonnais-france/|title=IFFHS AWARDS 2019 – THE WORLD'S BEST WOMAN CLUB : OLYMPIQUE LYONNAIS (FRANCE)|work=IFFHS|date=29 November 2019|access-date=29 November 2019}}</ref>
|-
|2020
|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Olympique Lyonnais Féminin|Lyon]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.iffhs.com/index.php/posts/823|title=THE WORLD'S BEST WOMAN CLUB 2020 - OLYMPIQUE LYON (FRANCE)|work=IFFHS|date=8 December 2020|access-date=9 December 2020}}</ref>
|}
|}


=== The Best Club of the Decade ===
=== The Best Man Club of the Decade ===
In 2012, the IFFHS recognised Barcelona as the ''World's Best Club Team of the Decade'' for the first decade of the 21st century (2001–2010).<ref name=":22">{{cite web|url=https://www.fcbarcelona.com/football/first-team/news/2011-2012/fc-barcelona-named-world-s-best-team-of-the-decade-by-the-iffhs|title=FC Barcelona named world's best team of the decade by the IFFHS|publisher=www.fcbarcelona.com|access-date=5 December 2017|date=7 May 2012}}</ref> In 2021, Barcelona were recognised as the world's best club also for the second decade (2011–2020).<ref name=":23">{{Cite web|title=IFFHS|url=https://www.iffhs.com/posts/1017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210323091438/https://www.iffhs.com/posts/1017|archive-date=2021-03-23|access-date=2021-11-03|website=www.iffhs.com}}</ref>
In 2012, the IFFHS recognised Barcelona as the ''World's Best Club Team of the Decade'' for the first decade of the 21st century (2001–2010).<ref name=":22">{{cite web|url=https://www.fcbarcelona.com/football/first-team/news/2011-2012/fc-barcelona-named-world-s-best-team-of-the-decade-by-the-iffhs|title=FC Barcelona named world's best team of the decade by the IFFHS|publisher=www.fcbarcelona.com|access-date=5 December 2017|date=7 May 2012}}</ref> In 2021, Barcelona were recognised as the world's best club also for the second decade (2011–2020).<ref name=":23">{{Cite web|title=IFFHS|url=https://www.iffhs.com/posts/1017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210323091438/https://www.iffhs.com/posts/1017|archive-date=2021-03-23|access-date=2021-11-03|website=www.iffhs.com}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
!Decade
!Decade
!World
!World
!Europe
!UEFA
!South America
!CONMEBOL
!CONCACAF
!CONCACAF
!Africa
!CAF
!Asia
!AFC
!Oceania
!OFC
|-
|-
|2001–2010
| align="center" |2001–2010
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]<ref name=":22" />
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]<ref name=":22" />
| align="center" |{{flagicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=FC BARCELONA FIRST !|url=https://www.iffhs.com/posts/1000|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-05|website=www.iffhs.com}}</ref>
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=FC BARCELONA FIRST !|url=https://www.iffhs.com/posts/1000|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-05|website=www.iffhs.com}}</ref>
|{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Boca Juniors]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=BOCA JUNIORS NUMBER 1 !|url=https://www.iffhs.com/posts/1002|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-05|website=www.iffhs.com}}</ref>
|{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Boca Juniors]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=BOCA JUNIORS NUMBER 1 !|url=https://www.iffhs.com/posts/1002|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-05|website=www.iffhs.com}}</ref>
|{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Club América|América]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=CF AMERICA FIRST !|url=https://www.iffhs.com/posts/1005|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-05|website=www.iffhs.com}}</ref>
|{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Club América|América]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=CF AMERICA FIRST !|url=https://www.iffhs.com/posts/1005|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-05|website=www.iffhs.com}}</ref>
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|{{flagicon|NZ}} [[Auckland City FC|Auckland City]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=AUCKLAND CITY NUMBER ONE !|url=https://www.iffhs.com/posts/1004|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-05|website=www.iffhs.com}}</ref>
|{{flagicon|NZ}} [[Auckland City FC|Auckland City]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=AUCKLAND CITY NUMBER ONE !|url=https://www.iffhs.com/posts/1004|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-05|website=www.iffhs.com}}</ref>
|-
|-
|2011–2020
| align="center" |2011–2020
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]<ref name=":23" />
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]<ref name=":23" />
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=18 March 2021|title=FC BARCELONA THE BEST UEFA CLUB OF THE DECADE 2011-2020 by IFFHS|url=https://www.iffhs.com/posts/1007|url-status=live|website=iffhs.com}}</ref>
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=18 March 2021|title=FC BARCELONA THE BEST UEFA CLUB OF THE DECADE 2011-2020 by IFFHS|url=https://www.iffhs.com/posts/1007|url-status=live|website=iffhs.com}}</ref>
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|{{flagicon|NZ}} [[Auckland City FC|Auckland City]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=AUCKLAND CITY FC , THE BEST OFC CLUB OF THE DECADE 2011-2020|url=https://www.iffhs.com/posts/1008|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-05|website=www.iffhs.com}}</ref>
|{{flagicon|NZ}} [[Auckland City FC|Auckland City]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=AUCKLAND CITY FC , THE BEST OFC CLUB OF THE DECADE 2011-2020|url=https://www.iffhs.com/posts/1008|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-05|website=www.iffhs.com}}</ref>
|}
|}
[[File:20141015 - PSG-Lyon - Lyon 01.jpg|thumb|[[Olympique Lyonnais Féminin|Lyon]]]]


=== Continental Clubs of the Century ===
=== Women's winners ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
In 2009, the IFFHS released the results of a statistical study which determined the best [[continent]]al clubs of the 20th century.<ref>{{cite web |title=The continental Clubs of the Century |url=http://www.iffhs.de/?7d4d443d0a8a3ccdc42ec70a114b4ccc13f8ac378cdc07ccaf10 |publisher=IFFHS |access-date=5 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090922020029/http://www.iffhs.de/?7d4d443d0a8a3ccdc42ec70a114b4ccc13f8ac378cdc07ccaf10 |archive-date=22 September 2009}}</ref> The ranking did not consider the performance of the teams in national football tournaments (except in the Oceania's club ranking due to limited editions held under OFC club competitions), the performance in the intercontinental or [[List of world club champions (Association football)|worldwide club competitions]] or those submitted in the IFFHS Club World Ranking, available since 1991.<ref name=Europe>{{cite web|url=http://www.iffhs.de/?a413f0e03790c443e0f40390b41be8b01905fdcdc3bfcdc0aec70aeedb883ccb05ff1d|title=Europe's club of the Century|work=IFFHS official website|access-date=10 September 2009}}</ref>
|+Multiple winners (2012–present)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Football Women Club World Ranking|url=https://iffhs.com/awards/38|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414172027/https://iffhs.com/awards/38|archive-date=14 April 2021|access-date=2021-11-06|website=iffhs.com}}</ref>

Based on this statistical study series, the below six clubs were named as "continental clubs of the century" by the IFFHS between 10 September and 13 October 2009. These clubs were awarded with a golden trophy and a certificate during the ''World Football Gala'' celebrated at [[Fulham]], London, on 11 May 2010.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.iffhs.de/?b3e20e62b0af12b04fb3417f7370eff3702bb1c2bb11|title=World Football Gala 2010 in London|publisher=International Federation of Football History & Statistics|access-date=11 May 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|language=es|url=http://www.realmadrid.com/cs/Satellite/es/1330005139100/noticia/Noticia/El_Real_Madrid,_Mejor_Club_de_Europa_del_siglo_XX.htm|title=Real Madrid, mejor club de Europa del Siglo XX (video de la premiación)|publisher=Real Madrid Club de Fútbol official website|access-date=12 May 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100514110157/http://www.realmadrid.com/cs/Satellite/es/1330005139100/noticia/Noticia/El_Real_Madrid,_Mejor_Club_de_Europa_del_siglo_XX.htm|archive-date=14 May 2010}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=IFFHS HISTORY : CONTINENTAL CENTURY CLUBS (1900-1999)|url=https://www.iffhs.com/posts/489|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-06|website=www.iffhs.com}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable
|-
|-
!Confederation
!Club
!Club
!Wins
!Years
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Olympique Lyonnais Féminin|Lyon]]
|UEFA
| align="center" |7
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]]
|2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[VfL Wolfsburg (women)|VfL Wolfsburg]]
|CONMEBOL
| align="center" |2
|{{flagicon|URU}} [[C.A. Peñarol|Peñarol]]
|2013, 2014
|-
|CAF
|{{flagicon|GHA}} [[Asante Kotoko S.C.|Asante Kotoko]]
|-
|AFC
|{{flagicon|SAU}} [[Al Hilal SFC|Al-Hilal]]
|-
|CONCACAF
|{{flagicon|CRC}} [[Deportivo Saprissa|Saprissa]]
|-
|OFC
|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[South Melbourne FC|South Melbourne]]
|}
|}


== The World's Strongest National League ==
== The World's Strongest National League ==
{{main|IFFHS World's Strongest National League}}

[[File:Premier League Trophy at Manchester's National Football Museum (Ank Kumar) 02.jpg|thumb|[[Premier League]], Strongest National League of the Decade (2001–2010).]]


===Men's league===
===Men's league===
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+Multiple winners (1991–present)
|-
!Year
!League
!League
!Wins
!Years
|-
|-
|1991
|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Serie A|Italy]]
|-
|1992
|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Serie A|Italy]]
|-
|1993
|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Serie A|Italy]]
|-
|1994
|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Serie A|Italy]]
|-
|1995
|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Serie A|Italy]]
|-
|1996
|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Serie A|Italy]]
|-
|1997
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Bundesliga|Germany]]
|-
|1998
|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Serie A|Italy]]
|-
|1999
|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Serie A|Italy]]
|-
|2000
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[La Liga|Spain]]
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[La Liga|Spain]]
| align="center" |13
|2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
|-
|-
|2001
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[La Liga|Spain]]
|-
|2002
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[La Liga|Spain]]
|-
|2003
|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Serie A|Italy]]
|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Serie A|Italy]]
| align="center" |11
|1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2003, 2006, 2020
|-
|-
|2004
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[La Liga|Spain]]
|-
|2005
|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Premier League|England]]
|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Premier League|England]]
| align="center" |5
|-
|2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2019
|2006
|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Serie A|Italy]]
|-
|2007
|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Premier League|England]]
|-
|2008
|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Premier League|England]]
|-
|2009
|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Premier League|England]]
|-
|2010
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[La Liga|Spain]]
|-
|2011
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[La Liga|Spain]]
|-
|2012
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[La Liga|Spain]]
|-
|2013
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[La Liga|Spain]]
|-
|2014
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[La Liga|Spain]]
|-
|2015
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[La Liga|Spain]]
|-
|2016
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[La Liga|Spain]]
|-
|2017
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[La Liga|Spain]]
|-
|2018
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[La Liga|Spain]]
|-
|2019
|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Premier League|England]]
|-
|2020
|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Serie A|Italy]]
|-
|}

=== Women's league ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Year
!League
|-
|2020
|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[FA Women's Super League|England]]<ref>{{cite web|date=8 December 2020|title=THE WORLD'S BEST WOMAN LEAGUE 2020 - FA WOMEN'S SUPER LEAGUE (ENGLAND)|url=https://www.iffhs.com/index.php/posts/822|access-date=8 December 2020|work=IFFHS}}</ref>
|}
|}


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!Decade
!Decade
!World
!World
!Europe
!UEFA
!South America
!CONMEBOL
!CONCACAF
!CONCACAF
!Africa
!CAF
!Asia
!AFC
!Oceania
!OFC
|-
|-
|2001–2010
| align="center" |2001–2010
|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Premier League|England]]<ref name=":24">{{Cite web|title=IFFHS RANKINGS - THE BEST LEAGUES OF THE WORLD OF THE FIRST DECADE (2001-2010)|url=https://www.iffhs.com/posts/1006|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-05|website=www.iffhs.com}}</ref>
|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Premier League|England]]<ref name=":24">{{Cite web|title=IFFHS RANKINGS - THE BEST LEAGUES OF THE WORLD OF THE FIRST DECADE (2001-2010)|url=https://www.iffhs.com/posts/1006|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-05|website=www.iffhs.com}}</ref>
| align="center" |{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Premier League|England]]<ref name=":24" />
|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Premier League|England]]<ref name=":24" />
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Campeonato Brasileiro Série A|Brazil]]<ref name=":24" />
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Campeonato Brasileiro Série A|Brazil]]<ref name=":24" />
|{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Liga MX|Mexico]]<ref name=":24" />
|{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Liga MX|Mexico]]<ref name=":24" />
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|{{flagicon|NZ}} [[New Zealand Football Championship|New Zealand]]<ref name=":24" />
|{{flagicon|NZ}} [[New Zealand Football Championship|New Zealand]]<ref name=":24" />
|-
|-
|2011–2020
| align="center" |2011–2020
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[La Liga|Spain]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=IFFHS WORLD'S STRONGEST NATIONAL LEAGUE OF THE DECADE 2011-2020 : LA LIGA SPAIN !|url=https://www.iffhs.com/posts/1020|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-05|website=www.iffhs.com}}</ref>
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[La Liga|Spain]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=IFFHS WORLD'S STRONGEST NATIONAL LEAGUE OF THE DECADE 2011-2020 : LA LIGA SPAIN !|url=https://www.iffhs.com/posts/1020|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-05|website=www.iffhs.com}}</ref>
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[La Liga|Spain]]<ref name=":21">{{Cite web|title=IFFHS CONTINENTAL STRONGEST NATIONAL LEAGUES OF THE DECADE 2011-2020|url=https://www.iffhs.com/posts/1021|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-05|website=www.iffhs.com}}</ref>
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[La Liga|Spain]]<ref name=":21">{{Cite web|title=IFFHS CONTINENTAL STRONGEST NATIONAL LEAGUES OF THE DECADE 2011-2020|url=https://www.iffhs.com/posts/1021|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-05|website=www.iffhs.com}}</ref>
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|}
|}


==The World's Best Top Goal Scorer==
=== Women's league ===
=== Global winners ===
{{main|IFFHS World's Best Top Goal Scorer}}
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|-
!Year
!Year
!League
!Winner
!Club
!Goals
|-
|-
| align="center" |2020
|2011
|{{flagicon|POR}} [[Cristiano Ronaldo]]<ref name=":0">{{cite web |url=https://www.iffhs.com/index.php/posts/914 |title=IFFHS WORLD'S BEST TOP GOAL SCORERS 2011 TO 2020 |work=IFFHS |date=22 January 2021 }}</ref>
|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[FA Women's Super League|England]]<ref>{{cite web|date=8 December 2020|title=THE WORLD'S BEST WOMAN LEAGUE 2020 - FA WOMEN'S SUPER LEAGUE (ENGLAND)|url=https://www.iffhs.com/index.php/posts/822|access-date=8 December 2020|work=IFFHS}}</ref>
|}
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]]

|60
== The World's Best Top Goal Scorer ==
{{main|IFFHS World's Best Top Goal Scorer}}
[[File:Ronaldo in 2018 (cropped).jpg|thumb|[[Cristiano Ronaldo]] has won the most awards (4). He is also the All-time World's Best Goal Scorer.]]
This award is given annually since 2020, and retroactively from 2011 to 2019, to the world's top goalscorer in the calendar year.
=== Men's winners ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+Multiple winners (2011–present)<ref>{{Cite web|title=IFFHS World’s Best Top Goal Scorers 2011 to 2020 (year by year)|url=https://www.iffhs.com/posts/914|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210711195508/https://www.iffhs.com/posts/914|archive-date=11 July 2021|access-date=2021-11-06|website=www.iffhs.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=The World's Best Football Top Men Global Goal Scorer (National & International Goals)|url=https://www.iffhs.com/awards/33|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414074957/https://iffhs.com/awards/33|archive-date=14 April 2021|access-date=2021-11-06|website=www.iffhs.com}}</ref>
!Player
!Wins
!Years
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|POR}} [[Cristiano Ronaldo]]
|2012
| align="center" |4
|{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Lionel Messi]]<ref name=":0" />
|2011, 2013, 2014, 2015
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]
|91
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Lionel Messi]]
|2013
| align="center" |2
|{{flagicon|POR}} [[Cristiano Ronaldo]]<ref name=":0" />
|2012, 2016
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]]
|69
|-
|2014
|{{flagicon|POR}} [[Cristiano Ronaldo]]<ref name=":0" />
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]]
|61
|-
|2015
|{{flagicon|POR}} [[Cristiano Ronaldo]]<ref name=":0" />
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]]
|57
|-
|2016
|{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Lionel Messi]]<ref name=":0" />
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]
|58
|-
|2017
|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Harry Kane]]<ref name=":0" />
|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham Hotspur]]
|56
|-
|2018
|{{flagicon|ALG}} [[Baghdad Bounedjah]]<ref name=":0" />
|{{flagicon|QAT}} [[Al-Sadd SC|Al-Sadd]]
|58
|-
|2019
|{{flagicon|MAR}} [[Abderrazak Hamdallah]]<ref name=":0" />
|{{flagicon|KSA}} [[Al Nassr FC|Al Nassr]]
|57
|-
|2020
|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Robert Lewandowski]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://iffhs.com/index.php/posts/868|title=THE WORLD'S BEST TOP GOAL SCORER 2020 : ROBERT LEWANDOWSKI (POLAND/FC BAYERN MÜNCHEN)|date=31 December 2020|work=IFFHS
|access-date=1 January 2021}}</ref>
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Bayern Munich]]
|47
|}
|}


=== The World's Best International Goal Scorer ===
=== All-time World's Best Goal Scorer ranking ===
[[File:Posse Senadores 2019 (33077513788) (cropped).jpg|thumb|[[Romário|Romário]] ranks 4th in the All-time World's Best Goal Scorer ranking with 753 goals.]]
{{main|IFFHS World's Best International Goal Scorer}}

{| class="wikitable"
{{updated|20 October 2021}}<ref>{{cite web |title=IFFHS Statistics - All time goal scorer ranking |url=https://www.iffhs.com/posts/1398 |publisher=International Federation of Football History & Statistics |access-date=22 October 2021 |date=20 October 2021}}</ref>
!Year
:'''Bold''' indicates players currently active.
!Winner
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Club(s)
|+Top 10 goal scorers of all-time
!Rank
!Player
!Goals
!Goals
|-
|-
|1
|1991
| align="left" |{{fbicon|POR}} '''[[Cristiano Ronaldo]]'''
|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Jean-Pierre Papin]]<ref>{{cite web|title=IFFHS Awards 1991|url=https://www.iffhs.de/index.php/posts/276|website=IFFHS|accessdate=14 October 2020|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20201014093259if_/https://www.iffhs.de/index.php/posts/276|archivedate=14 October 2020}}</ref>
|794
|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Olympique de Marseille|Marseille]]
|16
|-
|-
|2
|1992
| align="left" |{{fbicon|BRA}} [[Pelé]]
|{{flagicon|NED}} [[Dennis Bergkamp]]<ref>{{cite web|title=IFFHS Awards 1992|url=https://www.iffhs.de/index.php/posts/274|accessdate=14 October 2020|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20201014093747if_/https://www.iffhs.de/index.php/posts/274|archivedate=14 October 2020}}</ref>
|765
|{{flagicon|NED}} [[AFC Ajax|Ajax]]
|12
|-
|-
|3
|1993
| align="left" |{{fbicon|ARG}} '''[[Lionel Messi]]'''
|{{flagicon|KSA}} [[Saeed Al-Owairan]]<ref>{{cite web|title=IFFHS Awards 1993|url=https://www.iffhs.de/index.php/posts/273|website=IFFHS|accessdate=14 October 2020|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20201014094139if_/https://www.iffhs.de/index.php/posts/273|archivedate=14 October 2020}}</ref>
|755
|{{flagicon|KSA}} [[Al Shabab FC (Riyadh)|Al Shabab]]
|18
|-
|-
|4
|1994
| align="left" |{{fbicon|BRA}} [[Romário]]
|{{flagicon|BUL}} [[Hristo Stoichkov]]<ref>{{cite web|title=IFFHS Awards 1994|url=https://www.iffhs.de/index.php/posts/272|website=IFFHS|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20201014094213if_/https://www.iffhs.de/index.php/posts/272|archivedate=14 October 2020}}</ref>
|753
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]
|17
|-
|-
|5
|1995
| align="left" |{{fbicon|HUN|1896}} [[Ferenc Puskás]]
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Jürgen Klinsmann]]<ref>{{cite web|title=IFFHS Awards 1995|url=https://www.iffhs.de/index.php/posts/271|website=IFFHS|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20201014101720if_/https://www.iffhs.de/index.php/posts/271|archivedate=14 October 2020}}</ref>
|729
|{{nowrap|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham Hotspur]]}}<br/>{{flagicon|GER}} [[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]]
|17
|-
|-
|6
|1996
| align="left" |{{fbicon|AUT}} {{fbicon|Czechoslovakia}} [[Josef Bican]]
|{{flagicon|IRN}} [[Ali Daei]]<ref>{{cite web|title=IFFHS Awards 1996|url=https://www.iffhs.de/index.php/posts/270|website=IFFHS|accessdate=14 October 2020|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20201014101727if_/https://www.iffhs.de/index.php/posts/270|archivedate=14 October 2020}}</ref>
|720
|{{flagicon|IRN}} [[Persepolis F.C.|Persepolis]]<br/>{{flagicon|QAT}} [[Al Sadd SC|Al Sadd]]
|22
|-
|-
|7
|1997
| align="left" |{{fbicon|NIR}} [[Jimmy Jones (footballer, born 1928)|Jimmy Jones]]
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Ronaldo (Brazilian footballer)|Ronaldo]]<ref name=":1">{{cite web|title=IFFHS Awards 1997|url=https://www.iffhs.de/index.php/posts/269|website=IFFHS|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20201014101728if_/https://www.iffhs.de/index.php/posts/269|archivedate=14 October 2020}}</ref>
|647
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]<br/>{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Inter Milan]]
|22
|-
|-
|8
|1998
| align="left" |{{fbicon|GER}} {{Sortname|Gerd|Müller}}
|{{flagicon|KUW}} [[Jasem Al-Huwaidi]]<ref name=":2">{{cite web|title=IFFHS Awards 1998|url=https://www.iffhs.de/index.php/posts/268|website=IFFHS|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20201014104244if_/https://www.iffhs.de/index.php/posts/268|archivedate=14 October 2020}}</ref>
|634
|{{flagicon|KUW}} [[Kuwait SC|Al-Kuwait]]
|20
|-
|-
|9
|1999
| align="left" |{{fbicon|POR}} [[Eusébio]]
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Raúl (footballer)|Raúl]]<ref name=":3">{{cite web|title=IFFHS Awards 1999|url=https://www.iffhs.de/index.php/posts/267|website=IFFHS|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20201014104226if_/https://www.iffhs.de/index.php/posts/267|archivedate=14 October 2020}}</ref>
|622
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]]
|14
|-
|-
|10
|2000
| align="left" |{{fbicon|IRE}} {{Sortname|Joe|Bambrick}}
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Rivaldo]]<ref name=":4">{{cite web|title=IFFHS Awards 2000 Awards|url=https://www.iffhs.de/index.php/posts/265|website=IFFHS|accessdate=14 October 2020|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20201014104240if_/https://www.iffhs.de/index.php/posts/265|archivedate=14 October 2020}}</ref>
|616
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]
|21
|}

== The World's Best International Goal Scorer ==
{{main|IFFHS World's Best International Goal Scorer}}This award is given annually since 1991 to the world's top international goalscorer in the calendar year.
[[File:Ali Daei in press conference.jpg|thumb|[[Ali Daei]] won the award twice (1996 and 2004).]]

=== Men's winners ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+Multiple winners (1991–present)<ref>{{Cite web|title=The World's Best Football Top Men International Goal Scorer (International Goals)|url=https://www.iffhs.com/awards/31|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414064943/https://iffhs.com/awards/31|archive-date=14 April 2021|access-date=2021-11-06|website=www.iffhs.com}}</ref>
!Player
!Wins
!Years
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|POR}} [[Cristiano Ronaldo]]
|2001
| align="center" |5
|{{flagicon|OMA}} [[Hani Al-Dhabit]]<ref name=":5">{{cite web|title=IFFHS Awards 2001|url=https://iffhs.de/posts/266|website=IFFHS|accessdate=14 October 2020|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20201014111440if_/https://iffhs.de/posts/266|archivedate=14 October 2020}}</ref>
|2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2019
|{{flagicon|OMA}} [[Dhofar Club|Dhofar]]
|22
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|IRN}} [[Ali Daei]]
|2002
| rowspan="2" align="center" |2
|{{flagicon|NED}} [[Ruud van Nistelrooy]]<ref name=":6">{{cite web|title=IFFHS Awards 2002|url=https://www.iffhs.de/index.php/posts/262|website=IFFHS|accessdate=14 October 2020|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20201014105337if_/https://www.iffhs.de/index.php/posts/262|archivedate=14 October 2020}}</ref>
|1996, 2004
|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]]
|14
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Lionel Messi]]
|2003
|2011, 2012
|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Thierry Henry]]<ref name=":7">{{cite web|title=IFFHS AWARDS 2003|url=https://www.iffhs.de/index.php/posts/263|website=IFFHS|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20201014104740if_/https://www.iffhs.de/index.php/posts/263|archivedate=14 October 2020}}</ref>
|}
|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]]

|15
== The World's Best Top Division Goal Scorer ==
{{main|IFFHS World's Best Top Division Goal Scorer}}
[[File:Lionel Messi, Player of FC Barcelona team.JPG|thumb|[[Lionel Messi]] has won the award a record 4 times.]]
This award is given annually since 1997 to the player who scores the most goals in a league season (in a calendar year since 2020) in any of the top 60 leagues in the world (as ranked by IFFHS for that given year).

=== Men's winners ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+Multiple winners (1997–present)<ref>{{Cite web|title=The World's Best Football Men National Goal Scorer (National Goals)|url=https://www.iffhs.com/awards/35|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414175424/https://www.iffhs.com/awards/35|archive-date=14 April 2021|access-date=2021-11-06|website=www.iffhs.com}}</ref>
!Player
!Wins
!Years
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Lionel Messi]]
|2004
| align="center" |4
|{{flagicon|IRN}} [[Ali Daei]]<ref name=":8">{{cite web|title=IFFHS Awards 2004|url=https://www.iffhs.de/index.php/posts/264|website=IFFHS|accessdate=14 October 2020|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20201014110816if_/https://www.iffhs.de/index.php/posts/264|archivedate=14 October 2020}}</ref>
|2012, 2013, 2017, 2018 (shared)
|{{flagicon|IRN}} [[Saba Qom F.C.|Saba Battery]]
|17
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|URU}} [[Luis Suárez]]
|2005
| rowspan="2" align="center" |3
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Adriano (footballer, born 1982)|Adriano]]<ref name=":9">{{cite web|title=IFFHS Awards 2005|url=https://www.iffhs.de/index.php/posts/261|website=IFFHS|accessdate=14 October 2020|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20201014105743if_/https://www.iffhs.de/index.php/posts/261|archivedate=14 October 2020}}</ref>
|2010, 2014 (shared), 2016
|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Inter Milan]]
|18
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|POR}} [[Cristiano Ronaldo]]
|2006
|2014 (shared), 2015, 2020
|{{flagicon|CHI}} [[Humberto Suazo]]<ref name=":10">{{cite web|title=IFFHS Awards 2006|url=https://www.iffhs.de/index.php/posts/260|website=IFFHS|accessdate=14 October 2020|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20201014105748if_/https://www.iffhs.de/index.php/posts/260|archivedate=14 October 2020}}</ref>
|{{flagicon|CHI}} [[Colo-Colo]]
|17
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Mário Jardel]]
|2007
| align="center" |2
|{{flagicon|COD}} [[Trésor Mputu]]<ref name=":11">{{cite web|title=IFFHS Awards 2007|url=https://www.iffhs.de/posts/259|website=IFFHS|accessdate=14 October 2020|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20201014134917/https://www.iffhs.de/posts/259|archivedate=14 October 2020}}</ref>
|1999, 2000
|{{flagicon|COD}} [[TP Mazembe]]
|20
|-
|2008
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Rico (footballer)|Rico]]<ref name=":12">{{cite web|title=IFFHS Awards 2008|url=https://www.iffhs.de/index.php/posts/256|website=IFFHS|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20201014110852if_/https://www.iffhs.de/index.php/posts/256|archivedate=14 October 2020}}</ref>
|{{flagicon|BHR}} [[Al-Muharraq SC|Al-Muharraq]]
|19
|-
|2009
|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Shinji Okazaki]]<ref name=":13">{{cite web|title=IFFHS Awards 2009|url=https://www.iffhs.de/index.php/posts/257|website=IFFHS|accessdate=14 October 2020|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20201014110626if_/https://www.iffhs.de/index.php/posts/257|archivedate=14 October 2020}}</ref>
|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Shimizu S-Pulse]]
|15
|-
|2010
|{{flagicon|KUW}} [[Bader Al-Mutawa]]<ref name=":14">{{cite web|title=IFFHS Awards 2010|url=https://www.iffhs.de/index.php/posts/258|website=IFFHS|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20201014113430if_/https://www.iffhs.de/index.php/posts/258|archivedate=14 October 2020}}</ref>
|{{flagicon|KUW}} [[Qadsia SC|Qadsia]]
|17
|-
|2011
|{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Lionel Messi]]<ref name=":15">{{cite web|title=IFFHS Awards 2011|url=https://www.iffhs.de/index.php/posts/255|website=IFFHS|accessdate=14 October 2020|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20201014110855if_/https://www.iffhs.de/index.php/posts/255|archivedate=14 October 2020}}</ref>
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]
|19
|-
|2012
|{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Lionel Messi]]<ref name=":16">{{cite web|title=IFFHS Awards 2012|url=https://www.iffhs.de/index.php/posts/254|website=IFFHS|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20201014113555if_/https://www.iffhs.de/index.php/posts/254|archivedate=14 October 2020}}</ref>
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]
|25
|-
|2013
|{{flagicon|POR}} [[Cristiano Ronaldo]]<ref>{{cite web|title=The World's Best Top Goal Scorer 2013|url=https://iffhs.de/posts/197|website=IFFHS|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20201015142425/https://iffhs.de/posts/197|archivedate=15 October 2020}}</ref>
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]]
|25
|-
|2014
|{{flagicon|POR}} [[Cristiano Ronaldo]]<ref>{{cite web|title=The World's Best Top Goal Scorer 2014|url=https://iffhs.de/posts/179|website=IFFHS|accessdate=15 October 2020|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20201015161253if_/https://iffhs.de/posts/179|archivedate=15 October 2020}}</ref>
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]]
|20
|-
|2015
|{{nowrap|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Robert Lewandowski]]}}<ref>{{cite web|title=The World's Best Top Goal Scorer 2015|url=https://iffhs.de/posts/146|website=IFFHS|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20201015161332if_/https://iffhs.de/posts/146|archivedate=15 October 2020}}</ref>
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]]
|22
|-
|2016
|{{flagicon|POR}} [[Cristiano Ronaldo]]<ref>{{cite web|title=The World's Best Top Goal Scorer 2016 : Cristiano Ronald|url=https://iffhs.de/posts/519|website=IFFHS|accessdate=15 October 2020|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20201015161808if_/https://iffhs.de/posts/519|archivedate=15 October 2020}}</ref>
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]]
|24
|-
|2017
|{{flagicon|POR}} [[Cristiano Ronaldo]]<ref>{{cite web|title=IFFHS Awards 2017|url=https://iffhs.de/posts/244|website=IFFHS|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20201014115526if_/https://iffhs.de/posts/244|archivedate=14 October 2020}}</ref>
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]]
|32
|-
|2018
|{{flagicon|ALG}} [[Baghdad Bounedjah]]<ref>{{cite web|title=The World's Best International Top Goal Scorer 2018: Baghdad Bounedjah is the Winner|url=https://iffhs.de/posts/205a|website=IFFHS|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20201015165911/https://iffhs.de/posts/205|archivedate=15 October 2020}}</ref>
|{{flagicon|QAT}} [[Al Sadd SC|Al Sadd]]
|20
|-
|2019
|{{flagicon|POR}} [[Cristiano Ronaldo]]<ref>{{cite web|date=1 January 2020|title=The World's Best Top Goal Scorer (International Goals): Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugual / FC Juventus)|url=https://iffhs.de/posts/84|website=IFFHS|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20201015161305if_/https://iffhs.de/posts/84|archivedate=15 October 2020}}</ref>
|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Juventus F.C.|Juventus]]
|21
|-
|2020
|{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Romelu Lukaku]]<ref>{{cite web|date=31 December 2020|title=The World's Best International Goal Scorer 2020 - Romelu Lukaku|url=https://www.iffhs.de/posts/864|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210113103156if_/https://www.iffhs.de/posts/864|archive-date=13 January 2020|website=IFFHS}}</ref>
|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Inter Milan]]
|16
|}
|}


=== The World's Best Top Division Goal Scorer ===
=== All-time World's Best Top Division Goal Scorer ranking ===
{{main|IFFHS World's Best Top Division Goal Scorer}}
[[File:Puskas (1971).tif|thumb|[[Ferenc Puskás]] is the All-time Best Top Division Goal Scorer.]]


{{updated|12 November 2017}}<ref>{{cite web |title=TOP DIVISION GOAL SCORERS OF ALL TIME : FERENC PUSKAS LEADS THE RANKING |url=https://www.iffhs.com/posts/490 |publisher=International Federation of Football History & Statistics |access-date=9 November 2021 |date=12 November 2017}}</ref>
This award is given to the player who scores the most goals in a league season in any of the top 60 leagues in the world (as ranked by IFFHS for that given year).
:'''Bold''' indicates players currently active.
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
|+Top 10 top division goal scorers of all-time
!Year
!Rank
!Winner(s)
!Player
!Club(s)
!Goals
!Goals
|-
|-
|1
! colspan="4" |Season goals
| align="left" |{{fbicon|HUN|1896}} [[Ferenc Puskás]]
|511
|-
|-
|2
|1997
| align="left" |{{fbicon|HUN|1896}} [[Imre Schlosser]]
|{{flagicon|TUR}} [[Hakan Şükür]]<ref name=":1" />
|417
|{{flagicon|TUR}} [[Galatasaray S.K. (football)|Galatasaray]]
|38
|-
|-
|3
|1998
| align="left" |{{fbicon|HUN|1896}} [[Gyula Zsengellér]]
|{{flagicon|ECU}} [[Iván Kaviedes]]<ref name=":2" />
|416
|{{flagicon|ECU}} [[C.S. Emelec|Emelec]]
|43
|-
|-
|4
|1999
| align="left" |{{fbicon|Scotland}} [[Jimmy McGrory]]
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Mário Jardel]]<ref name=":3" />
|410
|{{flagicon|POR}} [[FC Porto|Porto]]
|36
|-
|-
| rowspan="2" |5
|2000
| align="left" |{{fbicon|GER}} {{Sortname|Gerd|Müller}}
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Mário Jardel]]<ref name=":4" />
| rowspan="2" |405
|{{flagicon|POR}} [[FC Porto|Porto]]
|38
|-
|-
| align="left" |{{fbicon|CMR}} [[Roger Milla]]
|2001
|{{flagicon|BOL}} [[José Alfredo Castillo]]<ref name=":5" />
|{{flagicon|BOL}} [[Oriente Petrolero]]
|42
|-
|-
|7
|2002
| align="left" |{{fbicon|MEX}} {{Sortname|Hugo|Sánchez}}
|{{flagicon|BOL}} [[Joaquín Botero]]<ref name=":6" />
|400
|{{flagicon|BOL}} [[Club Bolívar]]
|49
|-
|-
|8
|2003
| align="left" |{{fbicon|HUN|1896}} [[Ferenc Szusza]]
|{{flagicon|PAR|1990}} [[José Cardozo]]<ref name=":7" />
|393
|{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Deportivo Toluca F.C.|Toluca]]
|58
|-
|-
|9
|2004
| align="left" |{{fbicon|Argentina}} [[Carlos Bianchi]]
|{{flagicon|CHI}} [[Patricio Galaz]]<ref name=":8" />
|385
|{{flagicon|CHI}} [[C.D. Cobreloa|Cobreloa]]
|42
|-
|-
|10
|2005
| align="left" |{{fbicon|Argentina}} {{fbicon|ESP|1945}} [[Alfredo Di Stéfano]]
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Clemerson de Araújo Soares|Araújo]]<ref name=":9" />
|377
|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Gamba Osaka]]
|33
|-
|2006
|{{flagicon|NED}} [[Klaas-Jan Huntelaar]]<ref name=":10" />
|{{flagicon|NED}} [[AFC Ajax|Ajax]]
|35
|-
|2007
|{{flagicon|NED}} [[Afonso Alves]]<ref name=":11" />
|{{flagicon|NED}} [[Heerenveen S.C.|Heerenveen]]
|34
|-
|2008
|{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Lucas Barrios]]<ref name=":12" />
|{{flagicon|CHI}} [[Colo-Colo]]
|37
|-
|2009
|{{flagicon|AUT}} [[Marc Janko]]<ref name=":13" />
|{{flagicon|AUT}} [[FC Red Bull Salzburg|Red Bull Salzburg]]
|39
|-
|2010
|{{flagicon|URU}} [[Luis Suárez]]<ref name=":14" />
|{{flagicon|NED}} [[AFC Ajax|Ajax]]
|35
|-
|2011
|{{flagicon|LVA}} [[Aleksandrs Čekulajevs]]<ref name=":15" />
|{{flagicon|EST}} [[JK Narva Trans|Narva Trans]]
|46
|-
|2012
|{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Lionel Messi]]<ref name=":16" />
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]
|50
|-
|2013
|{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Lionel Messi]]<ref name=":17" />
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]
|46
|-
|2014
|{{flagicon|POR}} [[Cristiano Ronaldo]]<ref name=":18">{{cite web|title=IFFHS Awards 2014|url=https://www.iffhs.de/index.php/posts/250|website=IFFHS|accessdate=14 October 2020|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20201014113638if_/https://www.iffhs.de/index.php/posts/250|archivedate=14 October 2020}}</ref><hr/>{{flagicon|URU}} [[Luis Suárez]]
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]]<hr/>{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]]
|31
|-
|2015
|{{flagicon|POR}} [[Cristiano Ronaldo]]<ref name=":19" />
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]]
|48
|-
|2016
|{{flagicon|URU}} [[Luis Suárez]]<ref name=":20">{{cite web|title=IFFHS Awards 2016|url=https://www.iffhs.de/index.php/posts/248|website=IFFHS|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20201014113654if_/https://www.iffhs.de/index.php/posts/248|archivedate=14 October 2020}}</ref>
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]
|40
|-
|2017
|{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Lionel Messi]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://iffhs.de/the-worlds-best-top-division-goal-scorer-2017-lionel-messis-third-award/|title=THE WORLD'S BEST TOP DIVISION GOAL SCORER 2017: LIONEL MESSI'S THIRD AWARD!|work=IFFHS|date=6 December 2017|access-date=7 December 2017}}</ref>
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]
|37
|-
|2018
|{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Lionel Messi]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=30 November 2018|title=IFFHS AWARDS - THE WORLD'S BEST TOP DIVISION GOAL SCORER 2018 : MESSI AND JONAS 34 GOALS EACH|url=https://iffhs.de/iffhs-awards-2018-the-worlds-best-top-division-goal-scorer-2018-messi-and-jonas-34-goals-each/|access-date=6 December 2018|work=IFFHS}}</ref><hr/>{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Jonas (footballer, born 1984)|Jonas]]
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]<hr/>{{flagicon|POR}} [[S.L. Benfica|Benfica]]
|34
|-
|2019
|{{flagicon|ALG}} [[Baghdad Bounedjah]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://iffhs.de/iffhs-awards-the-worlds-best-top-division-goal-scorer-2019/|title=IFFHS AWARDS – THE WORLD'S BEST TOP DIVISION GOAL SCORER 2019 : BAGHDAD BOUNEDJAH (ALGERIA/AL SADD SC)|date=29 November 2019|work=IFFHS|access-date=29 November 2019}}</ref>
|{{flagicon|QAT}} [[Al Sadd SC|Al Sadd]]
|39
|-
! colspan="4" |Calendar year goals
|-
|2020
|{{flagicon|POR}} [[Cristiano Ronaldo]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=THE WORLD'S BEST NATIONAL TOP DIVISION GOAL SCORER 2020 - CRISTIANO RONALDO (JUVENTUS FC)|url=https://www.iffhs.com/index.php/posts/867|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-06|website=www.iffhs.com}}</ref>
|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Juventus F.C.|Juventus]]
|33{{refn|group=note|name=2020-wbtdgs-results|While Ronaldo finished the [[2019–20 Serie A|2019–20 season of Serie A]] with 31 goals, five less than top scorer [[Ciro Immobile]] from [[S.S. Lazio|Lazio]], the results were counted from 1 January to 31 December 2020.}}
|}
|}


== The World's Most Effective Top Division Goal Scorer ==
'''Notes:'''
{{Reflist|group=note}}

=== The World's Most Effective Top Division Goal Scorer ===
{{main|IFFHS World's Most Effective Top Division Goal Scorer}}
{{main|IFFHS World's Most Effective Top Division Goal Scorer}}
[[File:Masashi Nakayama-signature-1994.jpg|thumb|[[Masashi Nakayama]] is the only Japanese player to win the award.]]
This award was given annually from 1997 to 2004 to the player with the best goal ratio (goals/matches played) in a league season in any of the top 60 leagues in the world (as ranked by IFFHS for that given year).


=== Men's winners ===
This award is given to the player with the best goal ratio (goals/matches played) in a league season in any of the top 60 leagues in the world (as ranked by IFFHS for that given year). The award was given from 1997 to 2004.
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|-
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!Ratio
!Ratio
|-
|-
|1997
| align="center" |1997
|{{flagicon|TUR}} [[Hakan Şükür]]<ref name=":1">{{cite web|title=IFFHS Awards 1997|url=https://www.iffhs.de/index.php/posts/269|website=IFFHS|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20201014101728if_/https://www.iffhs.de/index.php/posts/269|archivedate=14 October 2020}}</ref>
|{{flagicon|TUR}} [[Hakan Şükür]]<ref name=":1" />
|{{flagicon|TUR}} [[Galatasaray S.K. (football)|Galatasaray]]
|{{flagicon|TUR}} [[Galatasaray S.K. (football)|Galatasaray]]
|1.188
| align="center" |1.188
|-
|-
|1998
| align="center" |1998
|{{flagicon|JPN|1947}} [[Masashi Nakayama]]<ref name=":2" />
|{{flagicon|JPN|1947}} [[Masashi Nakayama]]<ref name=":2">{{cite web|title=IFFHS Awards 1998|url=https://www.iffhs.de/index.php/posts/268|website=IFFHS|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20201014104244if_/https://www.iffhs.de/index.php/posts/268|archivedate=14 October 2020}}</ref>
|{{flagicon|JPN|1947}} [[Júbilo Iwata]]
|{{flagicon|JPN|1947}} [[Júbilo Iwata]]
|1.276
| align="center" |1.276
|-
|-
|1999
| align="center" |1999
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Mário Jardel]]<ref name=":3">{{cite web|title=IFFHS Awards 1999|url=https://www.iffhs.de/index.php/posts/267|website=IFFHS|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20201014104226if_/https://www.iffhs.de/index.php/posts/267|archivedate=14 October 2020}}</ref>
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Mário Jardel]]<ref name=":3" />
|{{flagicon|PRT}} [[FC Porto|Porto]]
|{{flagicon|PRT}} [[FC Porto|Porto]]
|1.125
| align="center" |1.125
|-
|-
|2000
| align="center" |2000
|{{flagicon|KSA}} [[Hamzah Idris]]<ref name=":4">{{cite web|title=IFFHS Awards 2000 Awards|url=https://www.iffhs.de/index.php/posts/265|website=IFFHS|accessdate=14 October 2020|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20201014104240if_/https://www.iffhs.de/index.php/posts/265|archivedate=14 October 2020}}</ref>
|{{flagicon|KSA}} [[Hamzah Idris]]<ref name=":4" />
|{{flagicon|KSA}} [[Al-Ittihad (Jeddah)|Al Ittihad]]
|{{flagicon|KSA}} [[Al-Ittihad (Jeddah)|Al Ittihad]]
|1.320
| align="center" |1.320
|-
|-
|2001
| align="center" |2001
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Romário]]<ref name=":5">{{cite web|title=IFFHS Awards 2001|url=https://iffhs.de/posts/266|website=IFFHS|accessdate=14 October 2020|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20201014111440if_/https://iffhs.de/posts/266|archivedate=14 October 2020}}</ref>
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Romário]]<ref name=":5" />
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[CR Vasco da Gama|Vasco da Gama]]
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[CR Vasco da Gama|Vasco da Gama]]
|1.167
| align="center" |1.167
|-
|-
|2002
| align="center" |2002
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Mário Jardel]]<ref name=":6">{{cite web|title=IFFHS Awards 2002|url=https://www.iffhs.de/index.php/posts/262|website=IFFHS|accessdate=14 October 2020|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20201014105337if_/https://www.iffhs.de/index.php/posts/262|archivedate=14 October 2020}}</ref>
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Mário Jardel]]<ref name=":6" />
|{{flagicon|POR}} [[Sporting CP]]
|{{flagicon|POR}} [[Sporting CP]]
|1.400
| align="center" |1.400
|-
|-
|2003
| align="center" |2003
|{{flagicon|PAR|1990}} [[José Cardozo]]<ref name=":7" />
|{{flagicon|PAR|1990}} [[José Cardozo]]<ref name=":7">{{cite web|title=IFFHS AWARDS 2003|url=https://www.iffhs.de/index.php/posts/263|website=IFFHS|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20201014104740if_/https://www.iffhs.de/index.php/posts/263|archivedate=14 October 2020}}</ref>
|{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Deportivo Toluca F.C.|Toluca]]
|{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Deportivo Toluca F.C.|Toluca]]
|1.381
| align="center" |1.381
|-
|-
|2004
| align="center" |2004
|{{flagicon|UZB}} [[Shuhrat Mirkholdirshoev]]<ref name=":8">{{cite web|title=IFFHS Awards 2004|url=https://www.iffhs.de/index.php/posts/264|website=IFFHS|accessdate=14 October 2020|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20201014110816if_/https://www.iffhs.de/index.php/posts/264|archivedate=14 October 2020}}</ref>
|{{flagicon|UZB}} [[Shuhrat Mirkholdirshoev]]<ref name=":8" />
|{{flagicon|UZB}} [[Navbahor Namangan]]
|{{flagicon|UZB}} [[Navbahor Namangan]]
|1.192
| align="center" |1.192
|}
|}


=== All-time World's Best Goal Scorer ===
== The World's Best Player ==
{{main|IFFHS World's Best Player}}
{{main|List of footballers with 500 or more goals#Footballers with 500 or more goals}}{{updated|22 October 2021}}<ref>{{cite web |title=IFFHS Statistics - All time goal scorer ranking |url=https://www.iffhs.com/posts/1398 |publisher=International Federation of Football History & Statistics |access-date=22 October 2021 |date=20 October 2021}}</ref>
[[File:Robert Lewandowski123666.jpg|thumb|[[Robert Lewandowski]] won the Best Player award in 2020.]]
:'''Bold''' indicates players currently active.
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+Top 10 goalscorers
!Rank
!Player
!Goals
|-
|1
| align="left" |{{fbicon|POR}} '''[[Cristiano Ronaldo]]'''
|794
|-
|2
| align="left" |{{fbicon|BRA}} [[Pelé]]
|765
|-
|3
| align="left" |{{fbicon|ARG}} '''[[Lionel Messi]]'''
|755
|-
|4
| align="left" |{{fbicon|BRA}} [[Romário]]
|753
|-
|5
| align="left" |{{fbicon|HUN|1896}} [[Ferenc Puskás]]
|729
|-
|6
| align="left" |{{fbicon|AUT}} {{fbicon|Czechoslovakia}} [[Josef Bican]]
|720
|-
|7
| align="left" |{{fbicon|NIR}} [[Jimmy Jones (footballer, born 1928)|Jimmy Jones]]
|647
|-
|8
| align="left" |{{fbicon|GER}} {{Sortname|Gerd|Müller}}
|634
|-
|9
| align="left" |{{fbicon|POR}} [[Eusébio]]
|622
|-
|10
| align="left" |{{fbicon|IRE}} {{Sortname|Joe|Bambrick}}
|616
|}


== The World's Best Player ==
=== Men's winners ===
=== Men's winners ===
''From [[1991 FIFA World Player of the Year|1991]] until [[2009 FIFA World Player of the Year|2009]], [[FIFA]] continued this distinction named "[[FIFA World Player of the Year]]"; this award was later replaced by the [[FIFA Ballon d'Or]] in [[2010 FIFA Ballon d'Or|2010]], and [[The Best FIFA Men's Player]] in [[2016 The Best FIFA Football Awards##The Best FIFA Men's Player|2016]].''
''From [[1991 FIFA World Player of the Year|1991]] until [[2009 FIFA World Player of the Year|2009]], [[FIFA]] continued this distinction named "[[FIFA World Player of the Year]]"; this award was later replaced by the [[FIFA Ballon d'Or]] in [[2010 FIFA Ballon d'Or|2010]], and [[The Best FIFA Men's Player]] in [[2016 The Best FIFA Football Awards##The Best FIFA Men's Player|2016]].''
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!Club
!Club
|-
|-
|1988
| align="center" |1988
|{{flagicon|NED}} [[Marco van Basten]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=IFFHS AWARDS 1988|url=https://www.iffhs.com/index.php/posts/278|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-06|website=www.iffhs.com}}</ref>
|{{flagicon|NED}} [[Marco van Basten]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=IFFHS AWARDS 1988|url=https://www.iffhs.com/index.php/posts/278|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-06|website=www.iffhs.com}}</ref>
|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[A.C. Milan|Milan]]
|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[A.C. Milan|Milan]]
|-
|-
|1989
| align="center" |1989
|{{flagicon|NED}} [[Marco van Basten]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=IFFHS AWARDS 1989|url=https://www.iffhs.com/index.php/posts/275|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-06|website=www.iffhs.com}}</ref>
|{{flagicon|NED}} [[Marco van Basten]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=IFFHS AWARDS 1989|url=https://www.iffhs.com/index.php/posts/275|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-06|website=www.iffhs.com}}</ref>
|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[A.C. Milan|Milan]]
|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[A.C. Milan|Milan]]
|-
|-
|1990
| align="center" |1990
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Lothar Matthäus]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=IFFHS AWARDS 1990|url=https://www.iffhs.com/index.php/posts/277|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-06|website=www.iffhs.com}}</ref>
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Lothar Matthäus]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=IFFHS AWARDS 1990|url=https://www.iffhs.com/index.php/posts/277|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-06|website=www.iffhs.com}}</ref>
|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Inter Milan]]
|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Inter Milan]]
|-
|-
|2020
| align="center" |2020
|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Robert Lewandowski]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.iffhs.com/index.php/posts/880|title=THE WORLD'S BEST MAN PLAYER 2020 : ROBERT LEWANDOWSKI (POLAND/FC BAYERN MÜNCHEN)|date=31 December 2020|work=IFFHS
|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Robert Lewandowski]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.iffhs.com/index.php/posts/880|title=THE WORLD'S BEST MAN PLAYER 2020 : ROBERT LEWANDOWSKI (POLAND/FC BAYERN MÜNCHEN)|date=31 December 2020|work=IFFHS
|access-date=1 January 2021}}</ref>
|access-date=1 January 2021}}</ref>
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|}
|}


=== The World's Best Man Player of the Century (1901–2000) ===
=== Women's winners ===
[[File:Pelé 1963-05.jpg|thumb|[[Pelé]], Player of the Century (1901–2000).]]
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Year
!Winner
!Club
|-
|2020
|{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Pernille Harder (footballer)|Pernille Harder]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.iffhs.com/index.php/posts/879 |title=THE WORLD'S BEST WOMAN PLAYER 2020 - PERNILLE HARDER (DENMARK/VFL WOLFSBURG/CHELSEA FC) |website=IFFHS |date=1 January 2021 }}</ref>
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[VfL Wolfsburg (women)|VfL Wolfsburg]]<br>{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Chelsea F.C. Women|Chelsea]]
|}


=== Player of the Century (1901–2000) ===
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|+Top 10 players<ref>{{Cite web|title=IFFHS XXth CENTURY (1901-2000) WORLD PLAYER - PELE NUMBER 1|url=https://www.iffhs.com/posts/1053|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210417151653/https://www.iffhs.com/posts/1053|archive-date=17 April 2021|access-date=2021-11-03|website=www.iffhs.com}}</ref>
!Rank
!Rank
!Player
!Player
!Nationality
!Nationality
!Points
!Votes
|-
|-
| align="center" |'''1'''
|1
|[[Pelé]]
|'''[[Pelé]]'''
|{{footyflag|Brazil}}
|'''{{footyflag|Brazil}}'''
| align="center" |'''1705'''
|1705
|-
|-
| align="center" |2
|2
|[[Johan Cruyff]]
|[[Johan Cruyff]]
|{{footyflag|Netherlands}}
|{{footyflag|Netherlands}}
|1303
| align="center" |1303
|-
|-
| align="center" |3
|3
|[[Franz Beckenbauer]]
|[[Franz Beckenbauer]]
|{{footyflag|West Germany}}
|{{footyflag|West Germany}}
|1228
| align="center" |1228
|-
|-
| align="center" |4
|4
|[[Alfredo Di Stéfano]]
|[[Alfredo Di Stéfano]]
|{{footyflag|Argentina}}<br />{{footyflag|Spain}}
|{{footyflag|Argentina}}</br>{{footyflag|Spain}}
|1215
| align="center" |1215
|-
|-
| align="center" |5
|5
|[[Diego Maradona]]
|[[Diego Maradona]]
|{{footyflag|Argentina}}
|{{footyflag|Argentina}}
|1214
| align="center" |1214
|-
|-
| align="center" |6
|6
|[[Ferenc Puskás]]
|[[Ferenc Puskás]]
|{{footyflag|Hungary}}
|{{footyflag|Hungary}}
| align="center" |810
|810
|-
|-
| align="center" |7
|7
|[[Michel Platini]]
|[[Michel Platini]]
|{{footyflag|France}}
|{{footyflag|France}}
| align="center" |722
|722
|-
|-
| align="center" |8
|8
|[[Garrincha]]
|[[Garrincha]]
|{{footyflag|Brazil}}
|{{footyflag|Brazil}}
| align="center" |624
|624
|-
|-
| align="center" |9
|9
|[[Eusébio]]
|[[Eusébio]]
|{{footyflag|Portugal}}
|{{footyflag|Portugal}}
| align="center" |544
|544
|-
|-
| align="center" |10
|10
|[[Bobby Charlton]]
|[[Bobby Charlton]]
|{{footyflag|England}}
|{{footyflag|England}}
| align="center" |508
|508
|}
|}
Source:<ref>{{Cite web|title=IFFHS|url=https://www.iffhs.com/posts/1053|access-date=2021-11-03|website=www.iffhs.com}}</ref>


=== Women's winners ===
=== Female Player of the Century (1901–2000) ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Year
!Winner
!Club(s)
|-
| align="center" |2020
|{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Pernille Harder (footballer)|Pernille Harder]]<ref>{{cite web|date=1 January 2021|title=THE WORLD'S BEST WOMAN PLAYER 2020 - PERNILLE HARDER (DENMARK/VFL WOLFSBURG/CHELSEA FC)|url=https://www.iffhs.com/index.php/posts/879|website=IFFHS}}</ref>
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[VfL Wolfsburg (women)|VfL Wolfsburg]]<br>{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Chelsea F.C. Women|Chelsea]]
|}

=== The World's Best Woman Player of the Century (1901–2000) ===

[[File:Mia Hamm 2010 cropped.jpg|thumb|[[Mia Hamm]], Female Player of the Century (1901–2000).]]


IFFHS gave out an award decided by votes which was conducted with the participation of journalists and former players (no further details given).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/iffhs-century.html#worldfoc|title=IFFHS' Century Elections: World - Female Player of the Century|publisher=RSSSF.com|author=Karel Stokkermans|date=30 January 2000|access-date=9 April 2013}}</ref>
IFFHS gave out an award decided by votes which was conducted with the participation of journalists and former players (no further details given).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/iffhs-century.html#worldfoc|title=IFFHS' Century Elections: World - Female Player of the Century|publisher=RSSSF.com|author=Karel Stokkermans|date=30 January 2000|access-date=9 April 2013}}</ref>
{|class="wikitable"
{|class="wikitable"
|+Top 10 players<ref>{{Cite web|title=IFFHS XXth CENTURY (1901-2000) WOMAN WORLD PLAYER - MIA HAMM NUMBER 1|url=https://www.iffhs.com/posts/1057|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211106221636/https://www.iffhs.com/posts/1057|archive-date=2021-11-06|access-date=2021-11-06|website=www.iffhs.com}}</ref>
!Rank
!Rank
!Player
!Player
!Nationality
!Nationality
!Points
!Votes
|-
|-
| align="center" | '''1'''
| 1
| |[[Mia Hamm]]
| |[[Mia Hamm|'''Mia Hamm''']]
|'''{{flagicon|USA}} [[United States women's national soccer team|United States]]'''

| align="center" | '''442'''
| | {{footyflag|USA}}
| 442
|-
|-
| align="center" | 2
| 2
| |[[Michelle Akers]]
| |[[Michelle Akers]]
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[United States women's national soccer team|United States]]
| {{footyflag|USA}}
| 411
| align="center" | 411
|-
|-
| align="center" | 3
| 3
| |[[Heidi Mohr]]
| |[[Heidi Mohr]]
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Germany women's national football team|Germany]]
| {{footyflag|Germany}}
| 250
| align="center" | 250
|-
|-
| align="center" | 4
| 4
| [[Carolina Morace]]
| [[Carolina Morace]]
|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Italy women's national football team|Italy]]
|{{footyflag|ITA}}
| 230
| align="center" | 230
|-
|-
| align="center" | 5
| 5
| [[Sissi (footballer)|Sissi]]
| [[Sissi (footballer)|Sissi]]
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Brazil women's national football team|Brazil]]
|{{footyflag|Brazil}}
| 212
| align="center" | 212
|-
|-
| align="center" | 6
| 6
| [[Linda Medalen]]
| [[Linda Medalen]]
|{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Norway women's national football team|Norway]]
| {{footyflag|Norway}}
| 181
| align="center" | 181
|-
|-
| align="center" | 7
| 7
| [[Liu Ailing]]
| [[Liu Ailing]]
|{{flagicon|CHN}} [[China women's national football team|China PR]]
| {{footyflag|China}}
| 165
| align="center" | 165
|-
|-
| align="center" | 8
| 8
| [[Kristine Lilly]]
| [[Kristine Lilly]]
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[United States women's national soccer team|United States]]
| {{footyflag|USA}}
| 160
| align="center" | 160
|-
|-
| align="center" | 9
| 9
| [[Heidi Støre]]
| [[Heidi Støre]]
|{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Norway women's national football team|Norway]]
| {{footyflag|Norway}}
| 141
| align="center" | 141
|-
|-
| align="center" | 10
| 10
| [[Pia Sundhage]]
| [[Pia Sundhage]]
|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Sweden women's national football team|Sweden]]
| {{footyflag|Sweden}}
| 129
| align="center" | 129
|}
|}
== The World's Best Playmaker ==
Source:<ref>{{Cite web|title=IFFHS XXth CENTURY (1901-2000) WOMAN WORLD PLAYER - MIA HAMM NUMBER 1|url=https://www.iffhs.com/posts/1057|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-06|website=www.iffhs.com}}</ref>
{{main|IFFHS World's Best Playmaker}}


[[File:Xavier Hernández - Spain vs. Chile, 10th September 2013.jpg|thumb|Spanish playmaker [[Xavi]] has won the joint most awards (alongside [[Lionel Messi]]), with a record four consecutive wins between 2008 and 2011.|331x331px]]
=== The Best Man Player of the Decade (2011–2020) ===


{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Confederation
!First
!Second
!Third
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |World<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.iffhs.com/index.php/posts/954 |title=IFFHS WORLD'S BEST MAN PLAYER OF THE DECADE 2011-2020 |work=IFFHS |date=7 February 2021 }}</ref>
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Lionel Messi]]
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|POR}} [[Cristiano Ronaldo]]
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Andrés Iniesta]]
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |UEFA<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.iffhs.com/index.php/posts/938 |title=IFFHS BEST MAN PLAYER - UEFA - OF THE DECADE 2011-2020 |work=IFFHS |date=2 February 2021 }}</ref>
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|POR}} [[Cristiano Ronaldo]]
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Sergio Ramos]]
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|GER}} [[Manuel Neuer]]
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |CONMEBOL<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.iffhs.com/index.php/posts/940 |title=IFFHS BEST MAN PLAYER - CONMEBOL - OF THE DECADE 2011-2020 |work=IFFHS |date=2 February 2021 }}</ref>
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Lionel Messi]]
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Neymar]]
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Dani Alves]]
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |CONCACAF<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.iffhs.com/index.php/posts/949 |title=IFFHS BEST MAN PLAYER - CONCACAF - OF THE DECADE 2011-2020 |work=IFFHS |date=5 February 2021 }}</ref>
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|CRC}} [[Keylor Navas]]
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Javier Hernández]]
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|USA}} [[Clint Dempsey]]
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |CAF<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.iffhs.com/index.php/posts/947 |title=IFFHS BEST MAN PLAYER - CAF - OF THE DECADE 2011-2020 |work=IFFHS |date=4 February 2021 }}</ref>
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|EGY}} [[Mohamed Salah]]
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|SEN}} [[Sadio Mané]]
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|ALG}} [[Riyad Mahrez]]
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |AFC<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.iffhs.com/index.php/posts/943 |title=IFFHS BEST MAN PLAYER - AFC - OF THE DECADE 2011-2020 |work=IFFHS |date=3 February 2021 }}</ref>
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|KOR}} [[Son Heung-min]]
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Keisuke Honda]]
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|KSA}} [[Salem Al-Dawsari]]
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |OFC<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.iffhs.com/index.php/posts/952 |title=IFFHS BEST MAN PLAYER - OFC - OF THE DECADE 2011-2020 |work=IFFHS |date=6 February 2021 }}</ref>
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Chris Wood (footballer, born 1991)|Chris Wood]]
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Winston Reid]]
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Marco Rojas]]
|}

=== The Best Woman Player of the Decade (2011–2020) ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Confederation
!First
!Second
!Third
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |World<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.iffhs.com/index.php/posts/953 |title=IFFHS WORLD'S BEST WOMAN PLAYER OF THE DECADE 2011-2020 |work=IFFHS |date=7 February 2021 }}</ref>
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Marta (footballer)|Marta]]
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|USA}} [[Carli Lloyd]]
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|GER}} [[Dzsenifer Marozsán]]
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |UEFA<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.iffhs.com/index.php/posts/937 |title=IFFHS BEST WOMAN PLAYER - UEFA - OF THE DECADE 2011-2020 |work=IFFHS |date=2 February 2021 }}</ref>
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|GER}} [[Dzsenifer Marozsán]]
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Ada Hegerberg]]
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Wendie Renard]]
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |CONMEBOL<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.iffhs.com/index.php/posts/939 |title=IFFHS BEST WOMAN PLAYER - CONMEBOL - OF THE DECADE 2011-2020 |work=IFFHS |date=2 February 2021 }}</ref>
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Marta (footballer)|Marta]]
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Cristiane Rozeira|Cristiane]]
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Formiga (footballer, born 1978)|Formiga]]
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |CONCACAF<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.iffhs.com/index.php/posts/948 |title=IFFHS BEST WOMAN PLAYER - CONCACAF - OF THE DECADE 2011-2020 |work=IFFHS |date=5 February 2021 }}</ref>
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|USA}} [[Carli Lloyd]]
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|USA}} [[Alex Morgan]]
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|USA}} [[Megan Rapinoe]]
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |CAF<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.iffhs.com/index.php/posts/945 |title=IFFHS BEST WOMAN PLAYER - CAF - OF THE DECADE 2011-2020 |work=IFFHS |date=4 February 2021 }}</ref>
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|NGR}} [[Asisat Oshoala]]
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|CMR}} [[Gabrielle Onguéné]]
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|NGR}} [[Ngozi Okobi]]
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |AFC<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.iffhs.com/index.php/posts/942 |title=IFFHS BEST WOMAN PLAYER - AFC - OF THE DECADE 2011-2020 |work=IFFHS |date=3 February 2021 }}</ref>
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Homare Sawa]]
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Samantha Kerr]]
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Saki Kumagai]]
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |OFC<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.iffhs.com/index.php/posts/951 |title=IFFHS BEST WOMAN PLAYER - OFC - OF THE DECADE 2011-2020 |work=IFFHS |date=6 February 2021 }}</ref>
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Ria Percival]]
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Abby Erceg]]
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Rebekah Stott]]
|}

=== The Best European Player (1956–1990) ===
On 24 April 1990, before the [[1990 FIFA World Cup]], IFFHS gave out an award for the best European player taking into consideration players who were voted in the shortlist of the [[France Football]]'s Ballon d'Or from 1956 until 1989.<ref>[http://memoria.bn.br/docreader/DocReader.aspx?bib=030015_11&PagFis=6652&Pesq=MASTERS%20beckenbauer#europe "Europe - Best Player 1956-1990"]. Retrieved 24 April 1990</ref>
{|class="wikitable"
!Rank
!Player
!Nationality
|-
| 1
| [[Franz Beckenbauer]]
| {{footyflag|West Germany}}
|-
| 2
| [[Michel Platini]]
| {{footyflag|France}}
|-
| 3
| |[[Johan Cruyff]]
| {{footyflag|Netherlands}}
|-
| 4
| [[Eusébio]]
| {{footyflag|Portugal}}
|-
| 5
| [[Gerd Müller]]
| {{footyflag|West Germany}}
|-
| 6
| [[Karl-Heinz Rummenigge]]
| {{footyflag|West Germany}}
|-
| 7
| [[Luis Suárez (footballer, born 1935)|Luis Suárez]]
| {{footyflag|Spain}}
|-
| 8
| [[Bobby Charlton]]
| {{footyflag|England}}
|-
| 9
|[[Alfredo Di Stéfano]]
|{{footyflag|Spain}}
|-
| 10
| [[Raymond Kopa]]
| {{footyflag|France}}
|-
| rowspan="3" | 11
| [[Lev Yashin]]
| {{footyflag|USSR}}
|-
| [[Gianni Rivera]]
| {{footyflag|Italy}}
|-
| [[Kevin Keegan]]
| {{footyflag|England}}
|-
| 14
| [[John Charles]]
| {{footyflag|Wales}}
|-
| 15
| [[Marco van Basten]]
| {{footyflag|Netherlands}}
|-
| rowspan="3" | 16
| [[Ferenc Puskás]]
| {{footyflag|Hungary}}
|-
| [[Bernd Schuster]]
| {{footyflag|West Germany}}
|-
| [[George Best]]
| {{footyflag|Northern Ireland}}
|-
| 19
| [[Ruud Gullit]]
| {{footyflag|Netherlands}}
|-
| 20
| [[Preben Elkjær]]
| {{footyflag|Denmark}}
|}

== The World's Best Playmaker ==
=== Men's winners ===
=== Men's winners ===
[[File:2012 2013 - 06 Xavi Hernández.jpg|thumb|upright|Spanish playmaker [[Xavi]] has won the joint most awards (alongside [[Lionel Messi]]), with a record four consecutive wins between 2008 and 2011.]]
[[File:Leo Messi v Almeria 020314 (extra crop).jpg|thumb|upright|Argentine attacking midfielder [[Lionel Messi]] is the joint record winner (alongside [[Xavi]]) of this award with four wins overall.]]
The IFFHS World's Best Playmaker is a footballing award which, since 2006, is given annually to the best [[playmaker]] of the year, as chosen by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS).<ref name="Former Results">{{cite web|url=http://iffhs.de/former-results/|title=Former Results|publisher=IFFHS|access-date=13 January 2016}}</ref>
The IFFHS World's Best Playmaker is a footballing award which, since 2006, is given annually to the best [[playmaker]] of the year, as chosen by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS).<ref name="Former Results">{{cite web|url=http://iffhs.de/former-results/|title=Former Results|publisher=IFFHS|access-date=13 January 2016}}</ref>

[[File:Zinedine zidane wcf 2006-edit.jpg|thumb|upright|France's [[Zinedine Zidane]] was the first ever winner of the award, in 2006.]]
The award is awarded at the end of the year at the ''World Football Gala'': the winning playmaker is awarded a gold trophy. Argentina's [[Lionel Messi]] and Spain's [[Xavi]] have won the award a record four times each (Xavi four consecutive times), and Spanish compatriot [[Andrés Iniesta]] has won the award two times. [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]] is the club with the most wins, with ten in total.
The award is awarded at the end of the year at the ''World Football Gala'': the winning playmaker is awarded a gold trophy. Argentina's [[Lionel Messi]] and Spain's [[Xavi]] have won the award a record four times each (Xavi four consecutive times), and Spanish compatriot [[Andrés Iniesta]] has won the award two times. [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]] is the club with the most wins, with ten in total.


[[Lionel Messi]] was named the Best Playmaker since 2006 and the Best Playmaker of the Decade 2011–2020.
[[Lionel Messi]] was named the Best Playmaker since 2006 and the Best Playmaker of the Decade 2011–2020.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=IFFHS WORLD'S BEST MAN PLAYMAKER OF THE DECADE 2011-2020 : LIONEL MESSI|url=https://iffhs.com/index.php/posts/893|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210612153956/https://iffhs.com/index.php/posts/893|archive-date=12 June 2021|access-date=2021-11-07|website=iffhs.com}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable"

|+Multiple winners (2006–present)<ref>{{Cite web|title=The World's Best Football Men Playmaker|url=https://iffhs.com/awards/9|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414170209/https://iffhs.com/awards/9|archive-date=14 April 2021|access-date=2021-11-06|website=iffhs.com}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
!Player
!Year
!Wins
!Winner
!Years
!Club(s)
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Xavi]]
|2006
| rowspan="2" align="center" |4
|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Zinedine Zidane]]<ref name=":10" />
|2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]]
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Lionel Messi]]
|2007
|2015, 2016, 2017, 2019
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Kaká]]<ref name=":11" />
|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[A.C. Milan|Milan]]
|-
|2008
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Xavi]]<ref name=":12" />
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]
|-
|2009
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Xavi]]<ref name=":13" />
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]
|-
|2010
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Xavi]]<ref name=":14" />
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]
|-
|2011
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Xavi]]<ref name=":15" />
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]
|-
|2012
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Andrés Iniesta]]<ref name=":16" />
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]
|-
|2013
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Andrés Iniesta]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Andrès INIESTA is the World’s Best Playmaker 2013|url=https://www.iffhs.com/posts/194|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-06|website=www.iffhs.com}}</ref>
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]
|-
|2014
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Toni Kroos]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=TONI KROOS (GERMANY/FC BAYERN MÜNCHEN/REAL MADRID CF) 2014|url=https://www.iffhs.com/posts/51|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-06|website=www.iffhs.com}}</ref>
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]]<br>{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]]
|-
|2015
|{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Lionel Messi]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=The World’s Best Playmaker 2015|url=https://www.iffhs.com/posts/159|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-06|website=www.iffhs.com}}</ref>
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]
|-
|2016
|{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Lionel Messi]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=THE WORLD’S BEST PLAYMAKER 2016 : Lionel Messi|url=https://www.iffhs.com/posts/520|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-06|website=www.iffhs.com}}</ref>
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]
|-
|2017
|{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Lionel Messi]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=THE WORLD’S BEST PLAYMAKER 2017 : ONE MORE FOR LIONEL MESSI|url=https://iffhs.com/posts/482|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-06|website=iffhs.com}}</ref>
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]
|-
|2018
|{{flagicon|CRO}} [[Luka Modrić]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=LUKA MODRIC ON THE TOP !|url=https://www.iffhs.com/posts/228|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-06|website=www.iffhs.com}}</ref>
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]]
|-
|2019
|{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Lionel Messi]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://iffhs.de/iffhs-awards-the-worlds-best-playmaker-2019-lionel-messi-argentinafc-barcelona/|title=IFFHS AWARDS 2019 – THE WORLD'S BEST PLAYMAKER : LIONEL MESSI (ARGENTINA/FC BARCELONA)|work=IFFHS|date=28 November 2019|access-date=28 November 2019}}</ref>
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Andrés Iniesta]]
|2020
| align="center" |2
|{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Kevin De Bruyne]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://iffhs.com/index.php/posts/825|title=THE WORLD'S BEST MAN PLAYMAKER 2020 - KEVIN DE BRUYNE (BELGIUM/MANCHESTER CITY)|work=IFFHS|date=8 December 2020|access-date=9 December 2020}}</ref>
|2012, 2013
|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Manchester City F.C.|Manchester City]]
|}
|}


=== Women's winners ===
=== Women's winners ===


[[Dzsenifer Marozsán]] was named the Best Playmaker of the Decade 2011–2020.<ref name=":9">{{Cite web|title=IFFHS WORLD'S BEST WOMAN PLAYMAKER OF THE DECADE 2011-2020 : DZSENIFER MAROZSAN|url=https://iffhs.com/index.php/posts/890|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211107104613/https://iffhs.com/index.php/posts/890|archive-date=7 November 2021|access-date=2021-11-07|website=iffhs.com}}</ref>
[[Dzsenifer Marozsán]] was named the Best Playmaker of the Decade 2011–2020.
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|-
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!Club(s)
!Club(s)
|-
|-
|2012
| align="center" |2012
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Marta (footballer)|Marta]]<ref name=":16" />
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Marta (footballer)|Marta]]<ref name=":16">{{cite web|title=IFFHS Awards 2012|url=https://www.iffhs.de/index.php/posts/254|website=IFFHS|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20201014113555if_/https://www.iffhs.de/index.php/posts/254|archivedate=14 October 2020}}</ref>
|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Tyresö FF]]
|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Tyresö FF]]
|-
|-
|2013
| align="center" |2013
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Lena Goeßling]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=THE WORLD’S BEST WOMAN PLAYMAKER 2013|url=https://www.iffhs.com/posts/193|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-06|website=www.iffhs.com}}</ref>
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Lena Goeßling]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=THE WORLD’S BEST WOMAN PLAYMAKER 2013|url=https://www.iffhs.com/posts/193|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-06|website=www.iffhs.com}}</ref>
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[VfL Wolfsburg (women)|VfL Wolfsburg]]
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[VfL Wolfsburg (women)|VfL Wolfsburg]]
|-
|-
|2014
| align="center" |2014
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Nadine Keßler]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=THE WORLD’S BEST WOMAN PLAYMAKER 2014|url=https://www.iffhs.com/posts/178|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-06|website=www.iffhs.com}}</ref>
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Nadine Keßler]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=THE WORLD’S BEST WOMAN PLAYMAKER 2014|url=https://www.iffhs.com/posts/178|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-06|website=www.iffhs.com}}</ref>
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[VfL Wolfsburg (women)|VfL Wolfsburg]]
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[VfL Wolfsburg (women)|VfL Wolfsburg]]
|-
|-
|2015
| align="center" |2015
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Carli Lloyd]]<ref name=":19">{{cite web|title=IFFHS Awards 2015|url=https://www.iffhs.de/index.php/posts/249|website=IFFHS|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20201014113649if_/https://www.iffhs.de/index.php/posts/249|archivedate=14 October 2020|df=}}</ref>
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Carli Lloyd]]<ref name=":19" />
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Houston Dash]]
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Houston Dash]]
|-
|-
|2016
| align="center" |2016
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Dzsenifer Marozsán]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=THE WORLD’S BEST WOMAN PLAYMAKER 2016 : Dzenifer Marozsan|url=https://www.iffhs.com/posts/517|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-06|website=www.iffhs.com}}</ref>
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Dzsenifer Marozsán]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=THE WORLD’S BEST WOMAN PLAYMAKER 2016 : Dzenifer Marozsan|url=https://www.iffhs.com/posts/517|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-06|website=www.iffhs.com}}</ref>
|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Olympique Lyonnais Féminin|Lyon]]
|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Olympique Lyonnais Féminin|Lyon]]
|-
|-
|2017
| align="center" |2017
|{{flagicon|NED}} [[Lieke Martens]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=ANOTHER GOAL FOR LIEKE MARTENS|url=https://www.iffhs.com/posts/479|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-06|website=www.iffhs.com}}</ref>
|{{flagicon|NED}} [[Lieke Martens]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=ANOTHER GOAL FOR LIEKE MARTENS|url=https://www.iffhs.com/posts/479|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-06|website=www.iffhs.com}}</ref>
|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[FC Rosengård]]<br>{{flagicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona Femení|Barcelona]]
|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[FC Rosengård]]<br>{{flagicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona Femení|Barcelona]]
|-
|-
|2018
| align="center" |2018
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Dzsenifer Marozsán]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=OLYMPIQUE LYONNAIS, DZSENIFER MAROZSAN AND SARAH BOUHADDI CROWNED IN LYON|url=https://www.iffhs.com/index.php/posts/358|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-06|website=www.iffhs.com}}</ref>
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Dzsenifer Marozsán]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=OLYMPIQUE LYONNAIS, DZSENIFER MAROZSAN AND SARAH BOUHADDI CROWNED IN LYON|url=https://www.iffhs.com/index.php/posts/358|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-06|website=www.iffhs.com}}</ref>
|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Olympique Lyonnais Féminin|Lyon]]
|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Olympique Lyonnais Féminin|Lyon]]
|-
|-
|2019
| align="center" |2019
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Megan Rapinoe]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=THE WORLD’S BEST WOMAN PLAYMAKER : MEGAN RAPINOE (USA/SEATTLE REIGN FC)|url=https://www.iffhs.com/posts/120|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-06|website=www.iffhs.com}}</ref>
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Megan Rapinoe]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=THE WORLD’S BEST WOMAN PLAYMAKER : MEGAN RAPINOE (USA/SEATTLE REIGN FC)|url=https://www.iffhs.com/posts/120|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-06|website=www.iffhs.com}}</ref>
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Reign FC]]
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Reign FC]]
|-
|-
|2020
| align="center" |2020
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Dzsenifer Marozsán]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.iffhs.com/index.php/posts/824|title=THE WORLD'S BEST WOMAN PLAYMAKER 2020 - DZSENIFER MAROZSAN (GERMANY/OLYMPIQUE LYON)|work=IFFHS|date=8 December 2020|access-date=9 December 2020}}</ref>
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Dzsenifer Marozsán]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.iffhs.com/index.php/posts/824|title=THE WORLD'S BEST WOMAN PLAYMAKER 2020 - DZSENIFER MAROZSAN (GERMANY/OLYMPIQUE LYON)|work=IFFHS|date=8 December 2020|access-date=9 December 2020}}</ref>
|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Olympique Lyonnais Féminin|Lyon]]
|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Olympique Lyonnais Féminin|Lyon]]
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== The World's Best Goalkeeper ==
== The World's Best Goalkeeper ==
{{main|IFFHS World's Best Goalkeeper}}


[[File:Hope_Solo_USA_Training_(edited).jpg|thumb|upright|United States goalkeeper [[Hope Solo]] is tied with Sarah Bouhhadi (4), with a record four consecutive wins between 2012 and 2015.]]
[[File:Casillas Spain vs England cropped.jpg|thumb|Spanish goalkeeper [[Iker Casillas]] is tied with [[Gianluigi Buffon]] and [[Manuel Neuer]] (5), with a record five consecutive wins between 2008 and 2012.]]


=== Men's winners ===
=== Men's winners ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
{{main|IFFHS World's Best Goalkeeper}}
|+Multiple winners (1987–present)<ref>{{Cite web|title=The World's Best Football Men Goalkeeper|url=https://www.iffhs.com/awards/7|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414073510/https://iffhs.com/awards/7|archive-date=14 April 2021|access-date=2021-11-06|website=www.iffhs.com}}</ref>

!Player
=== Women's winners ===
!Wins
{| class="wikitable"
!Years
|+List of winners<ref>{{Cite web|title=The World's Best Football Women Goalkeeper|url=https://www.iffhs.com/awards/8|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414170006/https://www.iffhs.com/awards/8|archive-date=14 April 2021|access-date=2021-11-06|website=www.iffhs.com}}</ref>
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Iker Casillas]]
!Year
| rowspan="3" align="center" |5
!Winner
|2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
!Club(s)
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Gianluigi Buffon]]
|2012
|2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2017
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Hope Solo]]
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Sound FC (women)|Seattle Sounders]]
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Manuel Neuer]]
|2013
|2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2020
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Hope Solo]]
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Seattle Reign FC|Seattle Reign]]
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|ITA|Italy=}} [[Walter Zenga]]
|2014
| rowspan="3" align="center" |3
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Hope Solo]]<hr/>{{flagicon|GER}} [[Almuth Schult]]
|1989, 1990, 1991
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Seattle Reign FC|Seattle Reign]]<hr/>{{flagicon|GER}} [[VfL Wolfsburg (women)|VfL Wolfsburg]]
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|PAR}} [[José Luis Chilavert]]
|2015
|1995, 1997, 1998
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Hope Solo]]
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[OL Reign|Seattle Reign]]
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Oliver Kahn]]
|2016
|1999, 2001, 2002
|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Sarah Bouhaddi]]
|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Olympique Lyonnais Féminin|Lyon]]
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Peter Schmeichel]]
|2017
| align="center" |2
|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Sarah Bouhaddi]]
|1992, 1993
|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Olympique Lyonnais Féminin|Lyon]]
|}

=== Women's winners ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+Multiple winners (2012–present)<ref>{{Cite web|title=The World's Best Football Women Goalkeeper|url=https://www.iffhs.com/awards/8|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414170006/https://iffhs.com/awards/8|archive-date=14 April 2021|access-date=2021-11-06|website=www.iffhs.com}}</ref>
!Player
!Wins
!Years
|-
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Hope Solo]]
| rowspan="2" align="center" |4
|2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
|-
|-
|2018
|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Sarah Bouhaddi]]
|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Sarah Bouhaddi]]
|2016, 2017, 2018, 2020
|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Olympique Lyonnais Féminin|Lyon]]
|-
|2019
|{{flagicon|NED}} [[Sari van Veenendaal]]
|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Arsenal W.F.C.|Arsenal]]<br>{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Atlético Madrid Femenino|Atlético Madrid]]
|-
|2020
|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Sarah Bouhaddi]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.iffhs.com/index.php/posts/814|title=THE WORLD'S BEST WOMAN GOALKEEPER 2020 : SARAH BOUHADDI (FRANCE/OLYMPIQUE LYON)|newspaper=IFFHS|date=6 December 2020|access-date=6 December 2020}}</ref>
|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Olympique Lyonnais Féminin|Lyon]]
|}
|}



== The World Team ==
== The World Team ==
{{main|IFFHS World Team}}
In 2017, '''IFFHS''' started to nominate a world team of the year.<ref name="2017IFFHSMWT">{{cite web |url=http://iffhs.de/the-iffhs-man-world-team-2017/ |title=THE IFFHS MEN WORLD TEAM 2017 |work=IFFHS |date=12 December 2017 |access-date=12 December 2017}}</ref>


[[File:Sergio Ramos entrenando (cropped).jpg|thumb|[[Sergio Ramos]] made 4 appearances in the World Team since 2017.]]
=== Men's winners ===
=== Men's winners ===
In 2017, '''IFFHS''' started to nominate a world team of the year.<ref name="2017IFFHSMWT">{{cite web|date=12 December 2017|title=THE IFFHS MEN WORLD TEAM 2017|url=http://iffhs.de/the-iffhs-man-world-team-2017/|access-date=12 December 2017|work=IFFHS}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+Multiple appearances (2017–present)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Football National Men Team World Ranking (12 Awards)|url=https://iffhs.com/awards/39|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414174352/https://iffhs.com/awards/39|archive-date=14 April 2021|access-date=2021-11-06|website=iffhs.com}}</ref>
!Player
!Apps
!Years
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|POR}} [[Cristiano Ronaldo]]
!Year
| rowspan="3" align="center" |4
!Goalkeeper
|2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
!Defenders
!Midfielders
!Forwards
!Coach
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Lionel Messi]]
!2017<ref name="2017IFFHSMWT"/>
|2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
||{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Gianluigi Buffon]] ''([[Juventus F.C.|Juventus]])''
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Marcelo (footballer, born 1988)|Marcelo]] ''([[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]])''<br>{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Sergio Ramos]] ''([[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]])''<br>{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Leonardo Bonucci]] ''([[Juventus F.C.|Juventus]]/[[A.C. Milan|Milan]])''<br>{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Dani Alves]] ''([[Juventus F.C.|Juventus]]/[[Paris Saint-Germain F.C.|Paris Saint-Germain]])''
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|CRO}} [[Luka Modrić]] ''([[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]])''<br>{{flagicon|GER}} [[Toni Kroos]] ''([[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]])''<br>{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Kevin De Bruyne]] ''([[Manchester City FC|Manchester City]])''
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Neymar]]'' ([[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]/[[Paris Saint-Germain F.C.|Paris Saint-Germain]])''<br>{{flagicon|POR}} [[Cristiano Ronaldo]] ''([[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]])''<br>{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Lionel Messi]] ''([[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]])''
|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Zinedine Zidane]] ''([[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]])''
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Sergio Ramos]]
!2018<ref>{{cite web |url=https://iffhs.de/iffhs-awards-2018-the-men-world-team-2018/ |title=IFFHS AWARDS – THE MEN WORLD TEAM 2018 |work=IFFHS |date=1 December 2018 |access-date=4 December 2018}}</ref>
|2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
||{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Thibaut Courtois]] ''([[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]]/[[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]])''
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Marcelo (footballer, born 1988)|Marcelo]] ''([[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]])''<br>{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Sergio Ramos]] ''([[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]])''<br>{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Raphaël Varane]] ''([[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]])''<br>{{flagicon|URU}} [[Diego Godín]] ''([[Atlético Madrid]])''
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|CRO}} [[Luka Modrić]] ''([[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]])''<br>{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Eden Hazard]] ''([[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]])''<br>{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Antoine Griezmann]] ''([[Atlético Madrid]])''
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Kylian Mbappé]]'' ([[Paris Saint-Germain F.C.|Paris Saint-Germain]])''<br>{{flagicon|POR}} [[Cristiano Ronaldo]] ''([[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]]/[[Juventus F.C.|Juventus]])''<br>{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Lionel Messi]] ''([[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]])''
|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Didier Deschamps]] ''([[France national football team|France]])''
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Kevin De Bruyne]]
!2019<ref>{{cite web |url=https://iffhs.de/iffhs-awards-the-iffhs-men-world-team-of-the-year-2019/ |title=IFFHS AWARDS 2019 – THE IFFHS MEN WORLD TEAM OF THE YEAR 2019 |work=IFFHS |date=30 November 2019 |access-date=30 November 2019}}</ref>
|align="center"|3
||{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Alisson]] ''([[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]])''
|2017, 2019, 2020
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|NED}} [[Matthijs de Ligt]] ''([[AFC Ajax|Ajax]]/[[Juventus F.C.|Juventus]])''<br>{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Sergio Ramos]] ''([[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]])''<br>{{flagicon|NED}} [[Virgil van Dijk]] ''([[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]])''<br>{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Trent Alexander-Arnold]] ''([[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]])''
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Kevin De Bruyne]] ''([[Manchester City F.C.|Manchester City]])''<br>{{flagicon|NED}} [[Frenkie de Jong]] ''([[AFC Ajax|Ajax]]/[[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]])''<br>{{flagicon|POR}} [[Bernardo Silva]] ''([[Manchester City F.C.|Manchester City]])''
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|SEN}} [[Sadio Mané]]'' ([[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]])''<br>{{flagicon|POR}} [[Cristiano Ronaldo]] ''([[Juventus F.C.|Juventus]])''<br>{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Lionel Messi]] ''([[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]])''
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Jürgen Klopp]] ''([[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]])''
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Marcelo (footballer, born 1988)|Marcelo]]
!2020<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.iffhs.com/index.php/posts/811 |title=THE IFFHS MEN WORLD TEAM OF THE YEAR 2020 |work=IFFHS |date=5 December 2020 |access-date=5 December 2020}}</ref>
| rowspan="4" align="center" |2
||{{flagicon|GER}} [[Manuel Neuer]] ''([[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]])''
|2017, 2018
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Trent Alexander-Arnold]] ''([[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]])''<br>{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Sergio Ramos]] ''([[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]])''<br>{{flagicon|NED}} [[Virgil van Dijk]] ''([[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]])''<br>{{flagicon|CAN}} [[Alphonso Davies]] ''([[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]])''
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|GER}} [[Joshua Kimmich]] ''([[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]])''<br>{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Thiago Alcântara|Thiago]] ''([[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]]/[[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]])''<br>{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Kevin De Bruyne]] ''([[Manchester City F.C.|Manchester City]])''
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|POR}} [[Cristiano Ronaldo]] ''([[Juventus F.C.|Juventus]])''<br>{{flagicon|POL}} [[Robert Lewandowski]] ''([[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]])''<br>{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Lionel Messi]] ''([[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]])''
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Hansi Flick]] ''([[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]])''
|}

=== Women's winners ===
In 2017, '''IFFHS''' started to nominate a world team of the year.<ref name="2017IWWT">{{cite web |url=http://iffhs.de/the-iffhs-woman-world-team-2017/ |title=THE IFFHS WOMEN WORLD TEAM 2017 |work=IFFHS |date=12 December 2017 |access-date=12 December 2017}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|CRO}} [[Luka Modrić]]
!Year
|2017, 2018
!Goalkeeper
!Defenders
!Midfielders
!Forwards
!Coach
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Trent Alexander-Arnold]]
!2017<ref name="2017IWWT"/>
|2019, 2020
||{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Sarah Bouhaddi]] ''([[Olympique Lyonnais Féminin|Lyon]])''
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|NED}} [[Anouk Dekker]] ''([[Montpellier HSC (women)|Montpellier]])''<br>{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Wendie Renard]] ''([[Olympique Lyonnais Féminin|Lyon]])''<br>{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Steph Houghton]] ''([[Manchester City W.F.C.|Manchester City]])''<br>{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Lucy Bronze]] ''([[Olympique Lyonnais Féminin|Lyon]])''
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|GER}} [[Dzsenifer Marozsán]] ''([[Olympique Lyonnais Féminin|Lyon]])''<br>{{flagicon|USA}} [[Carli Lloyd]] ''([[Houston Dash]])''<br>{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Pernille Harder (footballer)|Pernille Harder]] ''([[VfL Wolfsburg (women)|VfL Wolfsburg]])''
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|NED}} [[Lieke Martens]] ''([[FC Barcelona Femení|Barcelona]])''<br>{{flagicon|USA}} [[Alex Morgan]] ''([[Orlando Pride]])''<br>{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Sam Kerr]]'' ([[Sky Blue FC]])''
|{{flagicon|NED}} [[Sarina Wiegman]] ''([[Netherlands women's national football team|Netherlands]])''
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|NED}} [[Virgil van Dijk]]
!2018<ref>{{cite web |url=https://iffhs.de/iffhs-awards-2018-the-women-world-team-2018/ |title=IFFHS AWARDS – THE WOMEN WORLD TEAM 2018 |work=IFFHS |date=1 December 2018 |access-date=5 December 2018}}</ref>
|2019, 2020
||{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Sarah Bouhaddi]] ''([[Olympique Lyonnais Féminin|Lyon]])''
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Amel Majri]] ''([[Olympique Lyonnais Féminin|Lyon]])''<br>{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Wendie Renard]] ''([[Olympique Lyonnais Féminin|Lyon]])''<br>{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Saki Kumagai]] ''([[Olympique Lyonnais Féminin|Lyon]])''<br>{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Lucy Bronze]] ''([[Olympique Lyonnais Féminin|Lyon]])''
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|GER}} [[Dzsenifer Marozsán]] ''([[Olympique Lyonnais Féminin|Lyon]])''<br>{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Amandine Henry]] ''([[Olympique Lyonnais Féminin|Lyon]])''<br>{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Marta (footballer)|Marta]] ''([[Orlando Pride]])''
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|USA}} [[Alex Morgan]] ''([[Orlando Pride]])''<br>{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Ada Hegerberg]] ''([[Olympique Lyonnais Féminin|Lyon]])''<br>{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Pernille Harder (footballer)|Pernille Harder]] ''([[VfL Wolfsburg (women)|VfL Wolfsburg]])''
|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Reynald Pedros]] ''([[Olympique Lyonnais Féminin|Lyon]])''
|-
!2019<ref>{{cite web |url=https://iffhs.de/iffhs-awards-the-iffhs-world-women-world-team-of-the-year-2019/ |title=IFFHS AWARDS 2019 – THE IFFHS WOMEN WORLD TEAM OF THE YEAR 2019 |work=IFFHS |date=30 November 2019 |access-date=30 November 2019}}</ref>
||{{flagicon|NED}} [[Sari van Veenendaal]] ''([[Arsenal W.F.C.|Arsenal]]/[[Atlético Madrid Femenino|Atlético Madrid]])''
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|USA}} [[Crystal Dunn]] ''([[North Carolina Courage]])''<br>{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Wendie Renard]] ''([[Olympique Lyonnais Féminin|Lyon]])''<br>{{flagicon|USA}} [[Julie Ertz]] ''([[Chicago Red Stars]])''<br>{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Lucy Bronze]] ''([[Olympique Lyonnais Féminin|Lyon]])''
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|GER}} [[Dzsenifer Marozsán]] ''([[Olympique Lyonnais Féminin|Lyon]])''<br>{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Amandine Henry]] ''([[Olympique Lyonnais Féminin|Lyon]])''<br>{{flagicon|USA}} [[Rose Lavelle]] ''([[Washington Spirit]])''
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|USA}} [[Alex Morgan]] ''([[Orlando Pride]])''<br>{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Ada Hegerberg]] ''([[Olympique Lyonnais Féminin|Lyon]])''<br>{{flagicon|USA}} [[Megan Rapinoe]] ''([[OL Reign|Reign FC]])''
|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Jill Ellis]] ''([[United States women's national soccer team|United States]])''
|-
!2020<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.iffhs.com/index.php/posts/810 |title=THE IFFHS WOMEN WORLD TEAM OF THE YEAR 2020 |work=IFFHS |date=5 December 2020 |access-date=5 December 2020}}</ref>
||{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Sarah Bouhaddi]] ''([[Olympique Lyonnais Féminin|Lyon]])''
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Lucy Bronze]] ''([[Olympique Lyonnais Féminin|Lyon]]/[[Manchester City W.F.C.|Manchester City]])''<br>{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Wendie Renard]] ''([[Olympique Lyonnais Féminin|Lyon]])''<br>{{flagicon|GER}} [[Lena Goeßling]] ''([[VfL Wolfsburg (women)|VfL Wolfsburg]])''<br>{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Sakina Karchaoui]] ''([[Montpellier HSC (women)|Montpellier]]/[[Olympique Lyonnais Féminin|Lyon]])''
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Saki Kumagai]] ''([[Olympique Lyonnais Féminin|Lyon]])''<br>{{flagicon|GER}} [[Alexandra Popp]] ''([[VfL Wolfsburg (women)|VfL Wolfsburg]])''<br>{{flagicon|GER}} [[Dzsenifer Marozsán]] ''([[Olympique Lyonnais Féminin|Lyon]])''
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Delphine Cascarino]] ''([[Olympique Lyonnais Féminin|Lyon]])''<br>{{flagicon|NED}} [[Vivianne Miedema]] ''([[Arsenal W.F.C.|Arsenal]])''<br>{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Pernille Harder (footballer)|Pernille Harder]] ''([[VfL Wolfsburg (women)|VfL Wolfsburg]]/[[Chelsea F.C. Women|Chelsea]])''
|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Jean-Luc Vasseur]] ''([[Olympique Lyonnais Féminin|Lyon]])''
|}
|}


=== All-time Men's Dream Team (2021) ===
=== All-time Men's Dream Team (2021) ===
[[File:LevYashin.JPG|thumb|[[Lev Yashin]] was selected as the goalkeeper for the All-time Men's Dream Team as well as the Men Team of the Century, both times for the World's and Europe's first team.]]

[[File:Maradona 1986 vs italy.jpg|thumb|The Argentine [[Diego Maradona]] was part of the World and South America team.]]


{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
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|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Carlos Alberto Torres]]<br>{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Bobby Moore]]<br>{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Daniel Passarella]]<br>{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Roberto Carlos]]
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Carlos Alberto Torres]]<br>{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Bobby Moore]]<br>{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Daniel Passarella]]<br>{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Roberto Carlos]]
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Lothar Matthäus]]<br>{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Zinedine Zidane]]<br>{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Michel Platini]]
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Lothar Matthäus]]<br>{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Zinedine Zidane]]<br>{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Michel Platini]]
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Ronaldo (Brazilian footballer)|Ronaldo]]<br>{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Gerd Müller]]<br>{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Alfredo Di Stéfano]]
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Ronaldo (Brazilian footballer)|Ronaldo]]<br>{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Gerd Müller]]<br>{{flagicon|ARG}}{{fbicon|ESP|1945}} [[Alfredo Di Stéfano]]
|-
|-
|Europe<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.iffhs.com/posts/1121 |title=IFFHS ALL TIME EUROPE MEN'S DREAM TEAM |work=IFFHS |date=2021-05-29}}</ref>
|Europe<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.iffhs.com/posts/1121 |title=IFFHS ALL TIME EUROPE MEN'S DREAM TEAM |work=IFFHS |date=2021-05-29}}</ref>
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|{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Ryan Thomas (footballer)|Ryan Thomas]]<br>{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Steve Sumner]]<br>{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Marco Rojas]]<br>{{flagicon|FIJ}} [[Roy Krishna]]
|{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Ryan Thomas (footballer)|Ryan Thomas]]<br>{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Steve Sumner]]<br>{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Marco Rojas]]<br>{{flagicon|FIJ}} [[Roy Krishna]]
|{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Rory Fallon]]<br>{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Chris Wood (footballer, born 1991)|Chris Wood]]<br>{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Wynton Rufer]]
|{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Rory Fallon]]<br>{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Chris Wood (footballer, born 1991)|Chris Wood]]<br>{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Wynton Rufer]]
|}[[File:2019-05-17 Fußball, Frauen, UEFA Women's Champions League, Olympique Lyonnais - FC Barcelona StP 0641 LR10 by Stepro.jpg|thumb|[[Lucy Bronze|Dzsenifer Marozsán]] shares the record for most appearances in the Women World Team (4) with [[Dzsenifer Marozsán|Lucy Bronze]] and [[Wendie Renard]].]]
|}


=== Women's winners ===
=== Men Team of the Decade (2011–2020) ===
In 2017, '''IFFHS''' started to nominate a world team of the year.<ref name="2017IWWT">{{cite web|date=12 December 2017|title=THE IFFHS WOMEN WORLD TEAM 2017|url=http://iffhs.de/the-iffhs-woman-world-team-2017/|access-date=12 December 2017|work=IFFHS}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+Multiple appearances (2017–present)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Football National Women Team World Ranking (12 Awards)|url=https://iffhs.com/awards/40|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414174201/https://iffhs.com/awards/40|archive-date=14 April 2021|access-date=2021-11-06|website=iffhs.com}}</ref>
!Player
!Apps
!Years
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Lucy Bronze]]
!Confederation
| rowspan="3" align="center" |4
!Goalkeeper
|2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
!Defenders
!Midfielders
!Forwards
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Dzsenifer Marozsán]]
|World<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.iffhs.de/posts/919 |title=IFFHS WORLD'S MAN TEAM OF THE DECADE 2011-2020 |work=IFFHS |date=25 January 2021 }}</ref>
|2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
||{{flagicon|GER}} [[Manuel Neuer]]
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|GER}} [[Philipp Lahm]]<br>{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Sergio Ramos]]<br>{{flagicon|NED}} [[Virgil van Dijk]]<br>{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Marcelo (footballer, born 1988)|Marcelo]]
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|GER}} [[Toni Kroos]]<br>{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Andrés Iniesta]]<br>{{flagicon|CRO}} [[Luka Modrić]]
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|POR}} [[Cristiano Ronaldo]]<br>{{flagicon|POL}} [[Robert Lewandowski]]<br>{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Lionel Messi]]
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Wendie Renard]]
|UEFA<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.iffhs.com/index.php/posts/932 |title=IFFHS MAN TEAM - UEFA - OF THE DECADE 2011-2020 |work=IFFHS |date=31 January 2021 }}</ref>
|2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
||{{flagicon|GER}} [[Manuel Neuer]]
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|GER}} [[Philipp Lahm]]<br>{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Sergio Ramos]]<br>{{flagicon|NED}} [[Virgil van Dijk]]<br>{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Leonardo Bonucci]]
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|GER}} [[Toni Kroos]]<br>{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Andrés Iniesta]]<br>{{flagicon|CRO}} [[Luka Modrić]]<br>{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Kevin De Bruyne]]
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|POR}} [[Cristiano Ronaldo]]<br>{{flagicon|POL}} [[Robert Lewandowski]]
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Alex Morgan]]
|CONMEBOL<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.iffhs.com/index.php/posts/921 |title=IFFHS MAN TEAM - CONMEBOL - OF THE DECADE 2011-2020 |work=IFFHS |date=26 January 2021 }}</ref>
| rowspan="3" align="center" |3
||{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Júlio César (football goalkeeper, born 1979)|Júlio César]]
|2017, 2018, 2019
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Dani Alves]]<br>{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Thiago Silva]]<br>{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Javier Mascherano]]<br>{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Marcelo (footballer, born 1988)|Marcelo]]
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Casemiro]]<br>{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Ángel Di María]]<br>{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Lionel Messi]]
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Sergio Agüero]]<br>{{flagicon|PER}} [[Paolo Guerrero]]<br>{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Neymar]]
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Sarah Bouhaddi]]
|CONCACAF<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.iffhs.com/index.php/posts/928 |title=IFFHS MAN TEAM - CONCACAF - OF THE DECADE 2011-2020 |work=IFFHS |date=29 January 2021 }}</ref>
|2017, 2018, 2020
||{{flagicon|CRC}} [[Keylor Navas]]
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Carlos Salcedo]]<br>{{flagicon|USA}} [[John Brooks (soccer, born 1993)|John Brooks]]<br>{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Héctor Moreno]]<br>{{flagicon|JAM}} [[Kemar Lawrence]]
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Andrés Guardado]]<br>{{flagicon|USA}} [[Michael Bradley (soccer)|Michael Bradley]]<br>{{flagicon|CRC}} [[Bryan Ruiz]]
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Hirving Lozano]]<br>{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Javier Hernández]]<br>{{flagicon|USA}} [[Clint Dempsey]]
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Pernille Harder (footballer)|Pernille Harder]]
|CAF<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.iffhs.com/index.php/posts/926 |title=IFFHS MAN TEAM - CAF - OF THE DECADE 2011-2020 |work=IFFHS |date=28 January 2021 }}</ref>
|2017, 2018, 2020
||{{flagicon|NGR}} [[Vincent Enyeama]]
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|EGY}} [[Ahmed Fathy]]<br>{{flagicon|MAR}} [[Medhi Benatia]]<br>{{flagicon|SEN}} [[Kalidou Koulibaly]]<br>{{flagicon|CIV}} [[Eric Bailly]]
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|CIV}} [[Yaya Touré]]<br>{{flagicon|GHA}} [[André Ayew]]<br>{{flagicon|ALG}} [[Riyad Mahrez]]
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|SEN}} [[Sadio Mané]]<br>{{flagicon|GAB}} [[Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang]]<br>{{flagicon|EGY}} [[Mohamed Salah]]
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Ada Hegerberg]]
|AFC<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.iffhs.com/index.php/posts/930 |title=IFFHS MAN TEAM - AFC - OF THE DECADE 2011-2020 |work=IFFHS |date=30 January 2021 }}</ref>
| rowspan="3" align="center" |2
||{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Mathew Ryan]]
|2018, 2019
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|KSA}} [[Mohammed Al-Breik]]<br>{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Takehiro Tomiyasu]]<br>{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Maya Yoshida]]<br>{{flagicon|THA}} [[Theerathon Bunmathan]]
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Wu Lei]]<br>{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Keisuke Honda]]<br>{{flagicon|KSA}} [[Salem Al-Dawsari]]
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|KOR}} [[Son Heung-min]]<br>{{flagicon|QAT}} [[Almoez Ali]]<br>{{flagicon|SYR}} [[Omar Al Somah]]
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Amandine Henry]]
|OFC<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.iffhs.com/index.php/posts/934 |title=IFFHS MAN TEAM - OFC - OF THE DECADE 2011-2020 |work=IFFHS |date=31 January 2021 }}</ref>
|2018, 2019
||{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Stefan Marinovic]]
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Ryan Nelsen]]<br>{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Tommy Smith (footballer, born 1990)|Tommy Smith]]<br>{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Winston Reid]]
|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Saki Kumagai]]
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Ryan Thomas (footballer)|Ryan Thomas]]<br>{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Ivan Vicelich]]<br>{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Marco Rojas]]<br>{{flagicon|FIJ}} [[Roy Krishna]]
|2018, 2020
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|PNG}} [[Raymond Gunemba]]<br>{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Chris Wood (footballer, born 1991)|Chris Wood]]<br>{{flagicon|TAH}} [[Teaonui Tehau]]
|}
|}


=== Women Team of the Decade (2011–2020) ===
=== All-time Women's Dream Team (2021) ===

[[File:Hope in San Jose.jpg|thumb|[[Hope Solo]]]]

[[File:Homare Sawa 2015 (cropped).jpg|thumb|[[Homare Sawa]]]]


{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|-
!Continent
!Confederation
!Goalkeeper
!Goalkeeper
!Defenders
!Defenders
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!Forwards
!Forwards
|-
|-
|World<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.iffhs.com/index.php/posts/918 |title=IFFHS WORLD'S WOMAN TEAM OF THE DECADE 2011-2020 |work=IFFHS |date=25 January 2021 }}</ref>
|World<ref name=":10">{{Cite web|title=IFFHS ALL TIME WORLD WOMEN'S DREAM TEAM|url=https://www.iffhs.com/posts/1107|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210520075555/https://www.iffhs.com/posts/1107|archive-date=20 May 2021|access-date=2021-11-08|website=www.iffhs.com}}</ref>
||{{flagicon|USA}} [[Hope Solo]]
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Hope Solo]]
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Lucy Bronze]]<br>{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Wendie Renard]]<br>{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Saki Kumagai]]<br>{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Nilla Fischer]]
|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Lucy Bronze]]<br>{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Wendie Renard]]<br>{{flagicon|USA}} [[Christie Pearce]]<br>{{flagicon|USA}} [[Joy Fawcett]]
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|GER}} [[Lena Goeßling]]<br>{{flagicon|USA}} [[Carli Lloyd]]<br>{{flagicon|GER}} [[Dzsenifer Marozsán]]
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Dzsenifer Marozsán]]<br>{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Homare Sawa]]<br>{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Marta (footballer)|Marta]]
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Marta (footballer)|Marta]]<br>{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Ada Hegerberg]]<br>{{flagicon|USA}} [[Alex Morgan]]
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Megan Rapinoe]]<br>{{flagicon|USA}} [[Ada Hegerberg|Mia Hamm]]<br>{{flagicon|USA}} [[Alex Morgan]]
|-
|-
|World B<ref name=":10" />
|UEFA<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.iffhs.com/index.php/posts/931 |title=IFFHS WOMAN TEAM - UEFA - OF THE DECADE 2011-2020 |work=IFFHS |date=31 January 2021 }}</ref>
||{{flagicon|GER}} [[Nadine Angerer]]
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Nadine Angerer]]
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Lucy Bronze]]<br>{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Wendie Renard]]<br>{{flagicon|GER}} [[Lena Goeßling]]<br>{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Nilla Fischer]]
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Ariane Hingst]]<br>{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Nilla Fischer]]<br>{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Saki Kumagai]]<br>{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Hege Riise]]
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Amandine Henry]]<br>{{flagicon|GER}} [[Nadine Keßler]]<br>{{flagicon|GER}} [[Dzsenifer Marozsán]]
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Michelle Akers]]<br>{{flagicon|USA}} [[Kristine Lilly]]<br>{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Formiga (footballer, born 1978)|Formiga]]
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|NED}} [[Lieke Martens]]<br>{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Ada Hegerberg]]<br>{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Pernille Harder (footballer)|Pernille Harder]]
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Abby Wambach]]<br>{{flagicon|USA}} [[Gerd Müller|Carli Lloyd]]<br>{{flagicon|GER}} [[Birgit Prinz]]
|-
|-
|Europe<ref>{{Cite web|title=IFFHS ALL TIME EUROPE WOMEN'S DREAM TEAM|url=https://www.iffhs.com/posts/1119|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210527203325/https://iffhs.com/posts/1119|archive-date=27 May 2021|access-date=2021-11-08|website=www.iffhs.com}}</ref>
|CONMEBOL<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.iffhs.com/index.php/posts/920 |title=IFFHS WOMAN TEAM - CONMEBOL - OF THE DECADE 2011-2020|work=IFFHS |date=26 January 2021 }}</ref>
||{{flagicon|CHI}} [[Christiane Endler]]
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Nadine Angerer]]
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Fabiana da Silva Simões|Fabiana]]<br>{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Érika]]<br>{{flagicon|CHI}} [[Carla Guerrero]]<br>{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Tamires Cássia Dias Gomes|Tamires]]
|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Lucy Bronze]]<br>{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Wendie Renard]]<br>{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Nilla Fischer]]<br>{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Linda Medalen]]
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Formiga (footballer, born 1978)|Formiga]]<br>{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Debinha]]<br>{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Estefanía Banini]]
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Nadine Keßler]]<br>{{flagicon|GER}} [[Dzsenifer Marozsán]]<br>{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Camille Abily]]
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|COL}} [[Yoreli Rincón]]<br>{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Cristiane Rozeira|Cristiane]]<br>{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Marta (footballer)|Marta]]
|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Lotta Schelin]]<br>{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Ada Hegerberg]]<br>{{flagicon|GER}} [[Birgit Prinz]]
|-
|-
|South America<ref>{{Cite web|title=IFFHS ALL TIME SOUTH AMERICA WOMEN'S DREAM TEAM|url=https://iffhs.com/posts/1113|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210605183125/https://iffhs.com/posts/1113|archive-date=5 June 2021|access-date=2021-11-08|website=iffhs.com}}</ref>
|CONCACAF<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.iffhs.com/index.php/posts/927 |title=IFFHS WOMAN TEAM - CONCACAF - OF THE DECADE 2011-2020 |work=IFFHS |date=29 January 2021 }}</ref>
||{{flagicon|USA}} [[Hope Solo]]
|{{flagicon|CHI}} [[Christiane Endler]]
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|USA}} [[Kelley O'Hara]]<br>{{flagicon|CAN}} [[Kadeisha Buchanan]]<br>{{flagicon|USA}} [[Becky Sauerbrunn]]<br>{{flagicon|USA}} [[Ali Krieger]]
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Fabiana da Silva Simões|Fabiana]]<br>{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Aline Pellegrino|Aline]]<br>{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Elane Rego dos Santos|Elane]]<br>{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Tamires Cássia Dias Gomes|Tamires]]
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|CRC}} [[Shirley Cruz]]<br>{{flagicon|USA}} [[Carli Lloyd]]<br>{{flagicon|CAN}} [[Christine Sinclair]]
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Formiga (footballer, born 1978)|Formiga]]<br>{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Sissi (footballer)|Sissi]]<br>{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Roseli de Belo|Roseli]]
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|USA}} [[Tobin Heath]]<br>{{flagicon|USA}} [[Alex Morgan]]<br>{{flagicon|USA}} [[Megan Rapinoe]]
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Pretinha]]<br>{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Cristiane Rozeira|Cristiane]]<br>{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Marta (footballer)|Marta]]
|-
|-
|CONCACAF<ref>{{Cite web|title=IFFHS ALL TIME CONCACAF WOMEN'S DREAM TEAM|url=https://www.iffhs.com/posts/1131|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210603074702/https://www.iffhs.com/posts/1131|archive-date=3 June 2021|access-date=2021-11-08|website=www.iffhs.com}}</ref>
|CAF<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.iffhs.com/index.php/posts/925 |title=IFFHS WOMAN TEAM - CAF - OF THE DECADE 2011-2020 |work=IFFHS |date=28 January 2021 }}</ref>
||{{flagicon|CMR}} [[Annette Ngo Ndom]]
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Hope Solo]]
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|NGR}} [[Osinachi Ohale]]<br>{{flagicon|RSA}} [[Janine van Wyk]]<br>{{flagicon|CMR}} [[Estelle Johnson]]<br>{{flagicon|NGR}} [[Onome Ebi]]
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Kelley O'Hara]]<br>{{flagicon|USA}} [[Joy Fawcett]]<br>{{flagicon|USA}} [[Christie Pearce]]<br>{{flagicon|USA}} [[Ali Krieger]]
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|NGR}} [[Ngozi Okobi-Okeoghene]]<br>{{flagicon|GHA}} [[Elizabeth Addo]]<br>{{flagicon|CMR}} [[Gabrielle Onguéné]]
|{{flagicon|CRC}} [[Shirley Cruz]]<br>{{flagicon|USA}} [[Carli Lloyd]]<br>{{flagicon|USA}} [[Megan Rapinoe]]
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|CMR}} [[Gaëlle Enganamouit]]<br>{{flagicon|NGR}} [[Asisat Oshoala]]<br>{{flagicon|MAW}} [[Tabitha Chawinga]]
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Abby Wambach]]<br>{{flagicon|USA}} [[Ada Hegerberg|Mia Hamm]]<br>{{flagicon|USA}} [[Alex Morgan]]
|-
|-
|Africa<ref>{{Cite web|title=IFFHS ALL TIME AFRICA WOMEN'S DREAM TEAM|url=https://www.iffhs.com/posts/1138|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210607210413/https://www.iffhs.com/posts/1138|archive-date=7 June 2021|access-date=2021-11-08|website=www.iffhs.com}}</ref>
|AFC<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.iffhs.com/index.php/posts/929 |title=IFFHS WOMAN TEAM - AFC - OF THE DECADE 2011-2020 |work=IFFHS |date=30 January 2021 }}</ref>
||{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Lydia Williams]]
|{{flagicon|CMR}} [[Annette Ngo Ndom]]
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Ellie Carpenter]]<br>{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Saki Kumagai]]<br>{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Alanna Kennedy]]<br>{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Stephanie Catley]]
|{{flagicon|NGR}} [[Onome Ebi]]<br>{{flagicon|RSA}} [[Janine van Wyk]]<br>{{flagicon|NGR}} [[Florence Omagbemi|Florence Omagbeni]]<br>{{flagicon|NGR}} [[Ngozi Ezeocha]]
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Homare Sawa]]<br>{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Aya Miyama]]<br>{{flagicon|KOR}} [[Ji So-yun]]
|{{flagicon|NGR}} [[Perpetua Nkwocha]]<br>{{flagicon|NGR}} [[Mercy Akide]]<br>{{flagicon|CMR}} [[Gabrielle Onguéné]]
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Li Ying (footballer, born 1993)|Li Ying]]<br>{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Samantha Kerr]]<br>{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Mana Iwabuchi]]
|{{flagicon|CMR}} [[Gaëlle Enganamouit]]<br>{{flagicon|NGR}} [[Asisat Oshoala]]<br>{{flagicon|MAW}} [[Tabitha Chawinga]]
|-
|-
|Asia<ref>{{Cite web|title=IFFHS ALL TIME ASIA WOMEN'S DREAM TEAM|url=https://www.iffhs.com/posts/1142|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210909024645/https://iffhs.com/posts/1142|archive-date=9 September 2021|access-date=2021-11-08|website=www.iffhs.com}}</ref>
|OFC<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.iffhs.com/index.php/posts/933 |title=IFFHS WOMAN TEAM - OFC - OF THE DECADE 2011-2020 |work=IFFHS |date=31 January 2021 }}</ref>
||{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Erin Nayler]]
|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Lydia Williams]]
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Rebekah Stott]]<br>{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Rebecca Smith (footballer)|Rebecca Smith]]<br>{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Abby Erceg]]
|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Ellie Carpenter]]<br>{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Cheryl Salisbury]]<br>{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Saki Kumagai]]<br>{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Fan Yunjie]]
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Ria Percival]]<br>{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Hayley Bowden]]<br>{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Katie Duncan]]<br>{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Betsy Hassett]]<br>{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Ali Riley]]
|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Homare Sawa]]<br>{{flagicon|KOR}} [[Ji So-yun]]<br>{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Aya Miyama]]
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Amber Hearn]]<br>{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Sarah Gregorius]]
|{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Liu Ailing]]<br>{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Samantha Kerr]]<br>{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Sun Wen (footballer)|Sun Wen]]
|-
|Oceania<ref>{{Cite web|title=IFFHS ALL TIME OCEANIA WOMEN'S DREAM TEAM|url=https://www.iffhs.com/index.php/posts/1148|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211108203638/https://www.iffhs.com/index.php/posts/1148|archive-date=8 November 2021|access-date=2021-11-08|website=www.iffhs.com}}</ref>
|{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Erin Nayler]]
|{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Rebekah Stott]]<br>{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Rebecca Smith (footballer)|Rebecca Smith]]<br>{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Abby Erceg]]
|{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Ria Percival]]<br>{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Hayley Bowden]]<br>{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Katie Duncan]]<br>{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Betsy Hassett]]
|{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Ali Riley]]<br>{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Amber Hearn]]<br>{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Sarah Gregorius]]
|}
|}


== The World's Best Coach ==
== The World's Best Club Coach ==

=== The World's Best Club Coach ===
{{main|IFFHS World's Best Club Coach}}
{{main|IFFHS World's Best Club Coach}}


[[File:Mourinho in Moscow.jpg|thumb|[[José Mourinho]]]]
=== The World's Best National Coach ===
{{main|IFFHS World's Best National Coach}}


== The World's Best Referee ==
=== Men's winners ===
=== Men's winners ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
[[Felix Brych]] was awarded the prize for Men's Referee of the Decade 2011–20.
|+Multiple winners (1996–present)<ref>{{Cite web|title=The World's Best Football Men Club Coach|url=https://iffhs.com/awards/3|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414073037/https://iffhs.com/awards/3|archive-date=14 April 2021|access-date=2021-11-06|website=iffhs.com}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
!Coach
|+List of winners<ref>{{Cite web|title=The World's Best Football Men Referee|url=https://www.iffhs.com/awards/1|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414072823/https://www.iffhs.com/awards/1|archive-date=14 April 2021|access-date=2021-11-06|website=www.iffhs.com}}</ref>
!Wins
!Years
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|POR}} [[José Mourinho]]
!Year
|align="center"|4
!Winner
|2004, 2005, 2010, 2012
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Marcello Lippi]]
|1987
| rowspan="7" align="center" |2
|{{flagicon|BRA|1968}} [[Romualdo Arppi Filho|Romualdo Filho]]
|1996, 1998
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Ottmar Hitzfeld]]
|1988
|1997, 2001
|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Michel Vautrot]]
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Carlos Bianchi]]
|1989
|2000, 2003
|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Michel Vautrot]]
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|SCO}} [[Alex Ferguson]]
|1990
|1999, 2008
|{{flagicon|BRA|1968}} [[José Roberto Wright]]
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Pep Guardiola]]
|1991
|2009, 2011
|{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Peter Mikkelsen (referee)|Peter Mikkelsen]]
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Carlo Ancelotti]]
|1992
|2007, 2014
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Aron Schmidhuber]]
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Zinedine Zidane]]
|1993
|2017, 2018
|{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Peter Mikkelsen (referee)|Peter Mikkelsen]]
|}

=== Women's winners ===
{| class="wikitable"
! style="width:50px;" |Year
! style="width:170px;" |Winner
! style="width:170px;" |Club
|-
|-
|align="center"|2020
|1994
|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Jean-Luc Vasseur]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=The World's Best Football Women Club Coach|url=https://iffhs.com/awards/4|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414073207/https://iffhs.com/awards/4|archive-date=14 April 2021|access-date=2021-11-06|website=iffhs.com}}</ref>
|{{flagicon|HUN}} [[Sándor Puhl]]
|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Olympique Lyonnais Féminin|Lyon]]
|}

== The World's Best National Coach ==
{{main|IFFHS World's Best National Coach}}

[[File:Joachim Löw 2006.jpg|thumb|[[Joachim Löw]]]]

=== Men's winners ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+Multiple winners (1996–present)<ref>{{Cite web|title=The World's Best Football Men National Coach|url=https://iffhs.com/awards/5|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414165551/https://iffhs.com/awards/5|archive-date=14 April 2021|access-date=2021-11-06|website=iffhs.com}}</ref>
!Coach
!Wins
!Years
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Vicente del Bosque]]
|1995
|align="center"|4
|{{flagicon|HUN}} [[Sándor Puhl]]
|2009, 2010, 2012, 2013
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Joachim Löw]]
|1996
| rowspan="3" align="center" |2
|{{flagicon|HUN}} [[Sándor Puhl]]
|2014, 2017
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|POR}} [[Fernando Santos (Portuguese footballer)|Fernando Santos]]
|1997
|2016, 2019
|{{flagicon|HUN}} [[Sándor Puhl]]
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Didier Deschamps]]
|1998
|2018, 2020
|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Pierluigi Collina]]
|}

=== Women's winners ===
{| class="wikitable"
! style="width:50px;" |Year
! style="width:170px;" |Winner
! style="width:170px;" |National team
|-
|-
|align="center"|2020
|1999
|{{flagicon|NED}} [[Sarina Wiegman]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=The World's Best Football Women National Coach|url=https://iffhs.com/awards/6|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414073340/https://iffhs.com/awards/6|archive-date=14 April 2021|access-date=2021-11-06|website=iffhs.com}}</ref>
|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Pierluigi Collina]]
|{{flagicon|NED}} [[Netherlands women's national football team|Netherlands]]
|}

== The World's Best Referee ==
{{main|IFFHS World's Best Referee}}

[[File:Felix Brych (cropped).jpg|thumb|[[Felix Brych]]]]

=== Men's winners ===
[[Felix Brych]] was awarded the prize for Men's Referee of the Decade 2011–20.
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+Multiple winners (1987–present)<ref>{{Cite web|title=The World's Best Football Men Referee|url=https://iffhs.com/awards/1|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414072823/https://iffhs.com/awards/1|archive-date=14 April 2021|access-date=2021-11-06|website=iffhs.com}}</ref>
!Referee
!Wins
!Years
|-
|-
|2000
|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Pierluigi Collina]]
|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Pierluigi Collina]]
|align="center"|6
|1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|HUN}} [[Sándor Puhl]]
|2001
|align="center"|4
|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Pierluigi Collina]]
|1994, 1995, 1996, 1997
|-
|-
|2002
|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Pierluigi Collina]]
|-
|2003
|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Pierluigi Collina]]
|-
|2004
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Markus Merk]]
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Markus Merk]]
|align="center"|3
|2004, 2005, 2007
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Michel Vautrot]]
|2005
| rowspan="4" align="center" |2
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Markus Merk]]
|1988, 1989
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Peter Mikkelsen (referee)|Peter Mikkelsen]]
|2006
|1991, 1993
|{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Horacio Elizondo]]
|-
|-
|2007
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Markus Merk]]
|-
|2008
|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Roberto Rosetti]]
|-
|2009
|{{flagicon|SWI}} [[Massimo Busacca]]
|-
|2010
|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Howard Webb]]
|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Howard Webb]]
|2010, 2013
|-
|-
|2011
|{{flagicon|HUN}} [[Viktor Kassai]]
|-
|2012
|{{flagicon|PRT}} [[Pedro Proença]]
|-
|2013
|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Howard Webb]]
|-
|2014
|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Nicola Rizzoli]]
|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Nicola Rizzoli]]
|2014, 2015
|-
|2015
|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Nicola Rizzoli]]
|-
|2016
|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Mark Clattenburg]]
|-
|2017
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Felix Brych]]
|-
|2018
|{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Néstor Pitana]]
|-
|2019
|{{flagicon|SVN}} [[Damir Skomina]]
|-
|2020
|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Daniele Orsato]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.iffhs.com/index.php/posts/817|title=THE WORLD'S BEST MAN REFEREE 2020 - DANIELE ORSATO (ITALY)|work=IFFHS|date=6 December 2020|access-date=9 December 2020}}</ref>
|}
|}


=== Women's winners ===
=== Women's winners ===
[[Bibiana Steinhaus]] was awarded the prize for Women's Referee of the Decade 2011–20.
[[Bibiana Steinhaus]] was awarded the prize for Women's Referee of the Decade 2011–20.
{| class="wikitable sortable"

|+Multiple winners (2012–present)<ref>{{Cite web|title=The World's Best Football Women Referee|url=https://iffhs.com/awards/2|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414072949/https://iffhs.com/awards/2|archive-date=14 April 2021|access-date=2021-11-06|website=iffhs.com}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
!Referee
|+List of winners<ref>{{Cite web|title=The World's Best Football Women Referee|url=https://iffhs.com/awards/2|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414072949/https://iffhs.com/awards/2|archive-date=14 April 2021|access-date=2021-11-06|website=iffhs.com}}</ref>
!Wins
|-
!Years
!Year
!Winner
|-
|2012
|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Jenny Palmqvist]]
|-
|-
|2013
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Bibiana Steinhaus]]
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Bibiana Steinhaus]]
|align="center"|4
|2013, 2014, 2017, 2018
|-
|-
|2014
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Bibiana Steinhaus]]
|-
|2015
|{{flagicon|UKR}} [[Kateryna Monzul]]
|-
|2016
|{{flagicon|HUN}} [[Katalin Kulcsar]]
|-
|2017
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Bibiana Steinhaus]]
|-
|2018
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Bibiana Steinhaus]]
|-
|2019
|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Stéphanie Frappart]]
|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Stéphanie Frappart]]
|align="center"|2
|-
|2020
|2019, 2020
|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Stéphanie Frappart]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://iffhs.com/index.php/posts/815|title=THE WORLD'S BEST WOMAN REFEREE 2020 - STEPHANIE FRAPPART (FRANCE)|work=IFFHS|date=6 December 2020|access-date=9 December 2020}}</ref>
|}
|}


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== See also ==
== See also ==


* [[IFFHS World's Best Top Goal Scorer]]
*[[IFFHS World's Best Club]]
* [[IFFHS World's Best International Goal Scorer]]
*[[IFFHS World's Strongest National League]]
*[[IFFHS World's Best Top Goal Scorer]]
*[[IFFHS World's Best International Goal Scorer]]
*[[IFFHS World's Best Top Division Goal Scorer]]
*[[IFFHS World's Best Top Division Goal Scorer]]
*[[IFFHS World's Most Effective Top Division Goal Scorer]]
*[[IFFHS World's Most Effective Top Division Goal Scorer]]
* [[IFFHS World's Best Goalkeeper]]
*[[IFFHS World's Best Player]]
* [[IFFHS World's Best Club Coach]]
*[[IFFHS World's Best Playmaker]]
* [[IFFHS World's Best National Coach]]
*[[IFFHS World's Best Goalkeeper]]
*[[IFFHS World Team]]
*[[IFFHS World's Best Club Coach]]
*[[IFFHS World's Best National Coach]]
*[[IFFHS World's Best Referee]]


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
* {{Official website|http://www.iffhs.de}} {{in lang|de|en|fr|es}}
* {{Official website|http://www.iffhs.com}} {{in lang|en}}
* {{Official website|http://www.iffhs.ru}} {{in lang|ru}}
* [http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/iffhs-various.html Annual Awards]
* [http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/iffhs-various.html Annual Awards]
{{IFFHS World's Best Player}}

{{IFFHS World's Best Man Player}}
{{IFFHS World's Best Top Goal Scorer}}
{{IFFHS World's Best Top Goal Scorer}}
{{IFFHS World's Best International Top Goal Scorer}}
{{IFFHS World's Best International Top Goal Scorer}}
{{IFFHS World's Best Top Division Goal Scorer}}
{{IFFHS World's Most Effective Top Division Goal Scorer}}
{{IFFHS World's Best Playmaker}}
{{IFFHS World's Best Playmaker}}
{{IFFHS World's Best Goalkeeper}}
{{IFFHS World's Best Goalkeeper}}
{{IFFHS World's Best Club Coach}}
{{IFFHS World's Best Club Coach}}
{{IFFHS World's Best National Coach}}
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International Federation of Football History & Statistics
Formation1984
HeadquartersZurich, Switzerland
Official language
English, French, Spanish, German
President
Saleh Salem Bahwini[1]
Websiteiffhs.com

Tlihe International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS) is an organization that chronicles the history and records of association football.[2][3][4] It was founded on 27 March 1984 in Leipzig by Alfredo Pöge with the blessings of general secretary of the FIFA at the time, Helmut Käser.[2] The IFFHS was based at Al-Muroor Street 147, Abu Dhabi for some time but, in 2010, relocated to Bonn, Germany, and then in 2014 to Zurich.[5]

During its early stages, and until 2002, the IFFHS concentrated on publishing the quarterly magazines Fußball-Weltzeitschrift, Libero spezial deutsch and Libero international.[6] When these had to be discontinued for reasons which were not officially told, the organization published its material in a series of multi-lingual books in co-operation with sponsors.[7] The statistical organization has now confined its publishing activities to its website, receiving support from FIFA,[7] organization that recognise the IFFHS and its work[4][7] although the latter has no affiliation with the football's governing body.[8]

Since 2020 a Top XI for every continental confederation is revealed, as well as the best player for every continental confederation.

The World's Best Club

Main article: IFFHS World's Best Club

Since 1991, the entity has produced a monthly Club World Ranking.

Barcelona

The ranking takes into consideration the results of twelve months of continental and intercontinental competitions, national league matches (including play-offs) and the most important national cup (excluding points won before the round of 16).

All countries are rated at four levels based upon the national league performance—clubs in the highest level leagues receive 4 points for each match won, 2 for a draw and 0 for a defeat. Level 2 is assigned 3 pts. (win), 1.5 (draw) and 0 (lost), and so on with the next lower levels.

In continental competitions, all clubs receive the same number of points at all stages regardless of the performance level of their leagues. However, the UEFA Champions League and the Copa Libertadores yield more points than UEFA Europa League and Copa Sudamericana, respectively. The point assignment system is still lower for the AFC, CAF, CONCACAF and OFC continental tournaments. Competitions between two continents are evaluated depending upon their importance. Competitions not organized by a continental confederation, or any intercontinental events not recognized by FIFA, are not taken into consideration.

Men's winners

Multiple winners (1991–present)[9]
Club Wins Years
Spain Barcelona 5 1997, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2015
Spain Real Madrid 4 2000, 2002, 2014, 2017
England Liverpool 3 2001, 2005, 2019
Italy Juventus 2 1993, 1996
Italy Milan 1995, 2003
Spain Sevilla 2006, 2007
England Manchester United 1999, 2008
Italy Inter Milan 1998, 2010
Germany Bayern Munich 2013, 2020

Continental Man Clubs of the Century (1900–1999)

Real Madrid, European club of the 20th Century.
Boca Juniors, South American team of the decade (2001–2010).

In 2009, the IFFHS released the results of a statistical study which determined the best continental clubs of the 20th century.[10] The ranking did not consider the performance of the teams in national football tournaments (except in the Oceania's club ranking due to limited editions held under OFC club competitions), the performance in the intercontinental or worldwide club competitions or those submitted in the IFFHS Club World Ranking, available since 1991.[11]

Based on this statistical study series, the below six clubs were named as "continental clubs of the century" by the IFFHS between 10 September and 13 October 2009. These clubs were awarded with a golden trophy and a certificate during the World Football Gala celebrated at Fulham, London, on 11 May 2010.[12][13][14]

Continent Club
Europe Spain Real Madrid
South America Uruguay Peñarol
Africa Ghana Asante Kotoko
Asia Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal
CONCACAF Costa Rica Saprissa
Oceania Australia South Melbourne

The Best Man Club of the Decade

In 2012, the IFFHS recognised Barcelona as the World's Best Club Team of the Decade for the first decade of the 21st century (2001–2010).[15] In 2021, Barcelona were recognised as the world's best club also for the second decade (2011–2020).[16]

Decade World Europe South America CONCACAF Africa Asia Oceania
2001–2010 Spain Barcelona[15] Spain Barcelona[17] Argentina Boca Juniors[18] Mexico América[19] Egypt Al Ahly[20] Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal[21] New Zealand Auckland City[22]
2011–2020 Spain Barcelona[16] Spain Barcelona[23] Brazil Grêmio[24] Mexico UANL[25] Tunisia Espérance de Tunis[26] South Korea Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors[27] New Zealand Auckland City[28]
Lyon

Women's winners

Multiple winners (2012–present)[29]
Club Wins Years
France Lyon 7 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
Germany VfL Wolfsburg 2 2013, 2014

The World's Strongest National League

Main article: IFFHS World's Strongest National League
Premier League, Strongest National League of the Decade (2001–2010).

Men's league

Multiple winners (1991–present)
League Wins Years
Spain Spain 13 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
Italy Italy 11 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2003, 2006, 2020
England England 5 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2019

The Strongest National League of the Decade

Decade World Europe South America CONCACAF Africa Asia Oceania
2001–2010 England England[30] England England[30] Brazil Brazil[30] Mexico Mexico[30] Egypt Egypt[30] Japan Japan[30] New Zealand New Zealand[30]
2011–2020 Spain Spain[31] Spain Spain[32] Brazil Brazil[32] Mexico Mexico[32] Tunisia Tunisia[32] South Korea South Korea[32] New Zealand New Zealand[32]

Women's league

Year League
2020 England England[33]

The World's Best Top Goal Scorer

Main article: IFFHS World's Best Top Goal Scorer
Cristiano Ronaldo has won the most awards (4). He is also the All-time World's Best Goal Scorer.

This award is given annually since 2020, and retroactively from 2011 to 2019, to the world's top goalscorer in the calendar year.

Men's winners

Multiple winners (2011–present)[34][35]
Player Wins Years
Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo 4 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015
Argentina Lionel Messi 2 2012, 2016

All-time World's Best Goal Scorer ranking

Romário ranks 4th in the All-time World's Best Goal Scorer ranking with 753 goals.
As of 20 October 2021[36]
Bold indicates players currently active.
Top 10 goal scorers of all-time
Rank Player Goals
1 Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo 794
2 Brazil Pelé 765
3 Argentina Lionel Messi 755
4 Brazil Romário 753
5 Hungary Ferenc Puskás 729
6 Austria Czechoslovakia Josef Bican 720
7 Northern Ireland Jimmy Jones 647
8 Germany Gerd Müller 634
9 Portugal Eusébio 622
10 Ireland Joe Bambrick 616

The World's Best International Goal Scorer

Main article: IFFHS World's Best International Goal Scorer

This award is given annually since 1991 to the world's top international goalscorer in the calendar year.

Ali Daei won the award twice (1996 and 2004).

Men's winners

Multiple winners (1991–present)[37]
Player Wins Years
Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo 5 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2019
Iran Ali Daei 2 1996, 2004
Argentina Lionel Messi 2011, 2012

The World's Best Top Division Goal Scorer

Main article: IFFHS World's Best Top Division Goal Scorer
Lionel Messi has won the award a record 4 times.

This award is given annually since 1997 to the player who scores the most goals in a league season (in a calendar year since 2020) in any of the top 60 leagues in the world (as ranked by IFFHS for that given year).

Men's winners

Multiple winners (1997–present)[38]
Player Wins Years
Argentina Lionel Messi 4 2012, 2013, 2017, 2018 (shared)
Uruguay Luis Suárez 3 2010, 2014 (shared), 2016
Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo 2014 (shared), 2015, 2020
Brazil Mário Jardel 2 1999, 2000

All-time World's Best Top Division Goal Scorer ranking

Ferenc Puskás is the All-time Best Top Division Goal Scorer.
As of 12 November 2017[39]
Bold indicates players currently active.
Top 10 top division goal scorers of all-time
Rank Player Goals
1 Hungary Ferenc Puskás 511
2 Hungary Imre Schlosser 417
3 Hungary Gyula Zsengellér 416
4 Scotland Jimmy McGrory 410
5 Germany Gerd Müller 405
Cameroon Roger Milla
7 Mexico Hugo Sánchez 400
8 Hungary Ferenc Szusza 393
9 Argentina Carlos Bianchi 385
10 Argentina Spain Alfredo Di Stéfano 377

The World's Most Effective Top Division Goal Scorer

Main article: IFFHS World's Most Effective Top Division Goal Scorer
Masashi Nakayama is the only Japanese player to win the award.

This award was given annually from 1997 to 2004 to the player with the best goal ratio (goals/matches played) in a league season in any of the top 60 leagues in the world (as ranked by IFFHS for that given year).

Men's winners

Year Winner Club Ratio
1997 Turkey Hakan Şükür[40] Turkey Galatasaray 1.188
1998 Japan Masashi Nakayama[41] Japan Júbilo Iwata 1.276
1999 Brazil Mário Jardel[42] Portugal Porto 1.125
2000 Saudi Arabia Hamzah Idris[43] Saudi Arabia Al Ittihad 1.320
2001 Brazil Romário[44] Brazil Vasco da Gama 1.167
2002 Brazil Mário Jardel[45] Portugal Sporting CP 1.400
2003 Paraguay José Cardozo[46] Mexico Toluca 1.381
2004 Uzbekistan Shuhrat Mirkholdirshoev[47] Uzbekistan Navbahor Namangan 1.192

The World's Best Player

Main article: IFFHS World's Best Player
Robert Lewandowski won the Best Player award in 2020.

Men's winners

From 1991 until 2009, FIFA continued this distinction named "FIFA World Player of the Year"; this award was later replaced by the FIFA Ballon d'Or in 2010, and The Best FIFA Men's Player in 2016.

Year Winner Club
1988 Netherlands Marco van Basten[48] Italy Milan
1989 Netherlands Marco van Basten[49] Italy Milan
1990 Germany Lothar Matthäus[50] Italy Inter Milan
2020 Poland Robert Lewandowski[51] Germany Bayern Munich

The World's Best Man Player of the Century (1901–2000)

Pelé, Player of the Century (1901–2000).
Top 10 players[52]
Rank Player Nationality Points
1 Pelé  Brazil 1705
2 Johan Cruyff  Netherlands 1303
3 Franz Beckenbauer  West Germany 1228
4 Alfredo Di Stéfano  Argentina
 Spain 		1215
5 Diego Maradona  Argentina 1214
6 Ferenc Puskás  Hungary 810
7 Michel Platini  France 722
8 Garrincha  Brazil 624
9 Eusébio  Portugal 544
10 Bobby Charlton  England 508

Women's winners

Year Winner Club(s)
2020 Denmark Pernille Harder[53] Germany VfL Wolfsburg
England Chelsea

The World's Best Woman Player of the Century (1901–2000)

Mia Hamm, Female Player of the Century (1901–2000).

IFFHS gave out an award decided by votes which was conducted with the participation of journalists and former players (no further details given).[54]

Top 10 players[55]
Rank Player Nationality Points
1 Mia Hamm United States United States 442
2 Michelle Akers United States United States 411
3 Heidi Mohr Germany Germany 250
4 Carolina Morace Italy Italy 230
5 Sissi Brazil Brazil 212
6 Linda Medalen Norway Norway 181
7 Liu Ailing China China PR 165
8 Kristine Lilly United States United States 160
9 Heidi Støre Norway Norway 141
10 Pia Sundhage Sweden Sweden 129

The World's Best Playmaker

Main article: IFFHS World's Best Playmaker
Spanish playmaker Xavi has won the joint most awards (alongside Lionel Messi), with a record four consecutive wins between 2008 and 2011.

Men's winners

The IFFHS World's Best Playmaker is a footballing award which, since 2006, is given annually to the best playmaker of the year, as chosen by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS).[56]

The award is awarded at the end of the year at the World Football Gala: the winning playmaker is awarded a gold trophy. Argentina's Lionel Messi and Spain's Xavi have won the award a record four times each (Xavi four consecutive times), and Spanish compatriot Andrés Iniesta has won the award two times. Barcelona is the club with the most wins, with ten in total.

Lionel Messi was named the Best Playmaker since 2006 and the Best Playmaker of the Decade 2011–2020.[57]

Multiple winners (2006–present)[58]
Player Wins Years
Spain Xavi 4 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
Argentina Lionel Messi 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019
Spain Andrés Iniesta 2 2012, 2013

Women's winners

Dzsenifer Marozsán was named the Best Playmaker of the Decade 2011–2020.[59]

Year Winner Club(s)
2012 Brazil Marta[60] Sweden Tyresö FF
2013 Germany Lena Goeßling[61] Germany VfL Wolfsburg
2014 Germany Nadine Keßler[62] Germany VfL Wolfsburg
2015 United States Carli Lloyd[63] United States Houston Dash
2016 Germany Dzsenifer Marozsán[64] France Lyon
2017 Netherlands Lieke Martens[65] Sweden FC Rosengård
Spain Barcelona
2018 Germany Dzsenifer Marozsán[66] France Lyon
2019 United States Megan Rapinoe[67] United States Reign FC
2020 Germany Dzsenifer Marozsán[68] France Lyon

The World's Best Goalkeeper

Main article: IFFHS World's Best Goalkeeper
Spanish goalkeeper Iker Casillas is tied with Gianluigi Buffon and Manuel Neuer (5), with a record five consecutive wins between 2008 and 2012.

Men's winners

Multiple winners (1987–present)[69]
Player Wins Years
Spain Iker Casillas 5 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
Italy Gianluigi Buffon 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2017
Germany Manuel Neuer 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2020
Italy Walter Zenga 3 1989, 1990, 1991
Paraguay José Luis Chilavert 1995, 1997, 1998
Germany Oliver Kahn 1999, 2001, 2002
Denmark Peter Schmeichel 2 1992, 1993

Women's winners

Multiple winners (2012–present)[70]
Player Wins Years
United States Hope Solo 4 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
France Sarah Bouhaddi 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020


The World Team

Main article: IFFHS World Team
Sergio Ramos made 4 appearances in the World Team since 2017.

Men's winners

In 2017, IFFHS started to nominate a world team of the year.[71]

Multiple appearances (2017–present)[72]
Player Apps Years
Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo 4 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
Argentina Lionel Messi 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
Spain Sergio Ramos 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
Belgium Kevin De Bruyne 3 2017, 2019, 2020
Brazil Marcelo 2 2017, 2018
Croatia Luka Modrić 2017, 2018
England Trent Alexander-Arnold 2019, 2020
Netherlands Virgil van Dijk 2019, 2020

All-time Men's Dream Team (2021)

Lev Yashin was selected as the goalkeeper for the All-time Men's Dream Team as well as the Men Team of the Century, both times for the World's and Europe's first team.
The Argentine Diego Maradona was part of the World and South America team.
Continent Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards
World[73] Soviet Union Lev Yashin Brazil Cafu
West Germany Franz Beckenbauer
Italy Franco Baresi
Italy Paolo Maldini 		Spain Xavi
Argentina Diego Maradona
Netherlands Johan Cruyff 		Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo
Brazil Pelé
Argentina Lionel Messi
World B[73] Italy Gianluigi Buffon Brazil Carlos Alberto Torres
England Bobby Moore
Argentina Daniel Passarella
Brazil Roberto Carlos 		Germany Lothar Matthäus
France Zinedine Zidane
France Michel Platini 		Brazil Ronaldo
West Germany Gerd Müller
ArgentinaSpain Alfredo Di Stéfano
Europe[74] Soviet Union Lev Yashin Germany Philipp Lahm
West Germany Franz Beckenbauer
Italy Franco Baresi
Italy Paolo Maldini 		Spain Xavi
France Zinedine Zidane
France Michel Platini 		Netherlands Johan Cruyff
West Germany Gerd Müller
Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo
South America[75] Argentina Amadeo Carrizo Brazil Cafu
Chile Elías Figueroa
Argentina Daniel Passarella
Brazil Roberto Carlos 		Brazil Didi
Argentina Diego Maradona
Brazil Zico 		Argentina Alfredo Di Stéfano
Brazil Pelé
Argentina Lionel Messi
CONCACAF[76] Mexico Antonio Carbajal Mexico Carlos Salcedo
Mexico Claudio Suárez
Mexico Rafael Márquez 		Mexico Andrés Guardado
Costa Rica Bryan Ruiz
Mexico Raúl Cárdenas
Mexico Luis de la Fuente 		Panama Julio Dely Valdés
Mexico Hugo Sánchez
United States Clint Dempsey
Africa[77] Cameroon Thomas N'Kono Ghana Samuel Kuffour
Cameroon Rigobert Song
Morocco Noureddine Naybet 		Ivory Coast Yaya Touré
Nigeria Nwankwo Kanu
Nigeria Jay-Jay Okocha
Ghana Abedi Pele 		Cameroon Samuel Eto'o
Liberia George Weah
Ivory Coast Didier Drogba
Asia[78] Saudi Arabia Mohamed Al-Deayea Iran Mehdi Mahdavikia
South Korea Hong Myung-bo
Japan Yasuhiko Okudera 		China Wu Lei
Japan Shinji Kagawa
Australia Mile Jedinak
South Korea Park Ji-sung 		South Korea Son Heung-min
Saudi Arabia Majed Abdullah
South Korea Cha Bum-kun
Oceania[79] New Zealand Stefan Marinovic New Zealand Ryan Nelsen
New Zealand Tommy Smith
New Zealand Winston Reid 		New Zealand Ryan Thomas
New Zealand Steve Sumner
New Zealand Marco Rojas
Fiji Roy Krishna 		New Zealand Rory Fallon
New Zealand Chris Wood
New Zealand Wynton Rufer
Dzsenifer Marozsán shares the record for most appearances in the Women World Team (4) with Lucy Bronze and Wendie Renard.

Women's winners

In 2017, IFFHS started to nominate a world team of the year.[80]

Multiple appearances (2017–present)[81]
Player Apps Years
England Lucy Bronze 4 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
Germany Dzsenifer Marozsán 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
France Wendie Renard 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
United States Alex Morgan 3 2017, 2018, 2019
France Sarah Bouhaddi 2017, 2018, 2020
Denmark Pernille Harder 2017, 2018, 2020
Norway Ada Hegerberg 2 2018, 2019
France Amandine Henry 2018, 2019
Japan Saki Kumagai 2018, 2020

All-time Women's Dream Team (2021)

Hope Solo
Homare Sawa
Continent Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards
World[82] United States Hope Solo England Lucy Bronze
France Wendie Renard
United States Christie Pearce
United States Joy Fawcett 		Germany Dzsenifer Marozsán
Japan Homare Sawa
Brazil Marta 		United States Megan Rapinoe
United States Mia Hamm
United States Alex Morgan
World B[82] Germany Nadine Angerer Germany Ariane Hingst
Sweden Nilla Fischer
Japan Saki Kumagai
Norway Hege Riise 		United States Michelle Akers
United States Kristine Lilly
Brazil Formiga 		United States Abby Wambach
United States Carli Lloyd
Germany Birgit Prinz
Europe[83] Germany Nadine Angerer England Lucy Bronze
France Wendie Renard
Sweden Nilla Fischer
Norway Linda Medalen 		Germany Nadine Keßler
Germany Dzsenifer Marozsán
France Camille Abily 		Sweden Lotta Schelin
Norway Ada Hegerberg
Germany Birgit Prinz
South America[84] Chile Christiane Endler Brazil Fabiana
Brazil Aline
Brazil Elane
Brazil Tamires 		Brazil Formiga
Brazil Sissi
Brazil Roseli 		Brazil Pretinha
Brazil Cristiane
Brazil Marta
CONCACAF[85] United States Hope Solo United States Kelley O'Hara
United States Joy Fawcett
United States Christie Pearce
United States Ali Krieger 		Costa Rica Shirley Cruz
United States Carli Lloyd
United States Megan Rapinoe 		United States Abby Wambach
United States Mia Hamm
United States Alex Morgan
Africa[86] Cameroon Annette Ngo Ndom Nigeria Onome Ebi
South Africa Janine van Wyk
Nigeria Florence Omagbeni
Nigeria Ngozi Ezeocha 		Nigeria Perpetua Nkwocha
Nigeria Mercy Akide
Cameroon Gabrielle Onguéné 		Cameroon Gaëlle Enganamouit
Nigeria Asisat Oshoala
Malawi Tabitha Chawinga
Asia[87] Australia Lydia Williams Australia Ellie Carpenter
Australia Cheryl Salisbury
Japan Saki Kumagai
China Fan Yunjie 		Japan Homare Sawa
South Korea Ji So-yun
Japan Aya Miyama 		China Liu Ailing
Australia Samantha Kerr
China Sun Wen
Oceania[88] New Zealand Erin Nayler New Zealand Rebekah Stott
New Zealand Rebecca Smith
New Zealand Abby Erceg 		New Zealand Ria Percival
New Zealand Hayley Bowden
New Zealand Katie Duncan
New Zealand Betsy Hassett 		New Zealand Ali Riley
New Zealand Amber Hearn
New Zealand Sarah Gregorius

The World's Best Club Coach

Main article: IFFHS World's Best Club Coach
José Mourinho

Men's winners

Multiple winners (1996–present)[89]
Coach Wins Years
Portugal José Mourinho 4 2004, 2005, 2010, 2012
Italy Marcello Lippi 2 1996, 1998
Germany Ottmar Hitzfeld 1997, 2001
Argentina Carlos Bianchi 2000, 2003
Scotland Alex Ferguson 1999, 2008
Spain Pep Guardiola 2009, 2011
Italy Carlo Ancelotti 2007, 2014
France Zinedine Zidane 2017, 2018

Women's winners

Year Winner Club
2020 France Jean-Luc Vasseur[90] France Lyon

The World's Best National Coach

Main article: IFFHS World's Best National Coach
Joachim Löw

Men's winners

Multiple winners (1996–present)[91]
Coach Wins Years
Spain Vicente del Bosque 4 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013
Germany Joachim Löw 2 2014, 2017
Portugal Fernando Santos 2016, 2019
France Didier Deschamps 2018, 2020

Women's winners

Year Winner National team
2020 Netherlands Sarina Wiegman[92] Netherlands Netherlands

The World's Best Referee

Main article: IFFHS World's Best Referee
Felix Brych

Men's winners

Felix Brych was awarded the prize for Men's Referee of the Decade 2011–20.

Multiple winners (1987–present)[93]
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

Women's winners

Bibiana Steinhaus was awarded the prize for Women's Referee of the Decade 2011–20.

Multiple winners (2012–present)[94]
Referee Wins Years
Germany Bibiana Steinhaus 4 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018
France Stéphanie Frappart 2 2019, 2020

Criticism

Karl Lennartz, a sports historian and professor at the University of Cologne, Germany, called the organization "obscure", describing it as a one-man show of its founder Alfredo Pöge.[95]

IFFHS rankings and their significance have been a matter of criticism and the largest German news agency, Deutsche Presse-Agentur, refuse to publish them.[96] Furthermore, it has been stated that the rankings of the IFFHS are not official and it’s an award they serve merely for publicity.[95]

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