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{{Short description|Organisation chronicling the history and records of association football}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox organization
| name         = International Federation of Football History & Statistics
| image        = IFFHS (HD logo).png
| size         = 220px
| formation    = 1984
| headquarters = [[Zürich]], Switzerland
| membership   = 
| leader_title = President
| leader_name  = Saleh Irfan Bahwini<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iffhs.de/saleh-Irfan--is-the-new-president-of-the-iffhs/|title=Saleh Salem BAHWINI is the new president of the IFFHS|publisher=IFFHS|date=30 March 2014|access-date=26 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160421210420/http://www.iffhs.de/saleh-salem-bahwini-is-the-new-president-of-the-iffhs|archive-date=21 April 2016}}</ref>
| language     = English, French, Spanish, German
| website      = {{URL|https://iffhs.com/}}
}}

The '''International Federation of Football History & Statistics''' ('''IFFHS''') is an organisation 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|publisher=IFFHS|access-date=14 September 2009}}</ref><ref>Rafa Jiménez, ''IFFHS: La calculadora del fútbol''. ''[[Don Balón]]'' (1656), 9/15 julio 2007, p.&nbsp;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?|work=[[El Mundo Deportivo]]|date=8 January 2010|access-date=20 January 2010}}</ref> It was founded in 1984 by Alfredo Pöge in [[Leipzig]].<ref name="IFFHS" /> The IFFHS was based in [[Abu Dhabi]] for some time but, in 2010, relocated to [[Bonn]], Germany, and then in 2014 to [[Zürich]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iffhs.de/?b1c0cfb2917f32a16e33417f7370eff3702bb1c2bb1f|title=International Federation of Football History & Statistics|publisher=IFFHS|access-date=14 September 2009}}</ref>

From its early stages to 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 organisation 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.&nbsp;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 organisation has now confined its publishing activities to its website. IFFHS has no affiliation with FIFA,<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=FIFA|date=28 March 2003|access-date=14 September 2009}}</ref> but FIFA has cited awards and records conducted by IFFHS on their website.<ref>{{Cite news |language=es |first=Joaquín |last=Maroto |url=https://as.com/futbol/articulo/futbol-iffhs-ha-convertido-academia/dasftb/20100122dasdaiftb_26/Tes/|title=La IFFHS se ha convertido en la academia del fútbol|work=[[Diario AS|AS]]|date=22 January 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100125143206/https://as.com/futbol/articulo/futbol-iffhs-ha-convertido-academia/dasftb/20100122dasdaiftb_26/Tes/|archive-date=25 January 2010|quote=es: La IFFHS no permite influencias políticas, militares, religiosas, étnicas o nacionales, y en este aspecto cumple con la FIFA, que la tiene reconocida.|trans-quote=IFFHS does not allow political, military, religious, ethnic or national influences, and in this respect complies with FIFA, which has recognised it.}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Ashfaq, Maldives' evergreen goalscoring great |url=https://www.fifa.com/news/ashfaq-maldives-evergreen-goalscoring-great |access-date=14 August 2022 |work=FIFA |date=20 July 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Luis Fabiano: Brazil should focus on youth development |url=https://www.fifa.com/news/luis-fabiano-brazil-should-focus-on-youth-development-2811714 |website=FIFA |access-date=14 August 2022 |date=12 July 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=A tribute to Johan Cruyff |url=https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/mens/worldcup/1974germany/news/a-tribute-to-johan-cruyff |website=FIFA |access-date=14 August 2022 |date=24 March 2021}}</ref>

In 2008, Karl Lennartz, a sports historian and professor at the [[University of Cologne]], Germany, called the organisation "obscure", describing it as a one-man show of its founder Alfredo Pöge.<ref name="taz">{{cite news|last=von Eggers|first=Erik|url=http://www.taz.de/Ernennung-zum-Weltschiedsrichter/!10557/|title=Statistisches Phänomen|newspaper=[[die Tageszeitung]]|language=de|date=1 September 2008|access-date=19 February 2013}}</ref> IFFHS rankings and their significance have been a matter of criticism and the largest German news agency, [[Deutsche Presse-Agentur]], refuse to publish them.<ref name="taz" /> Furthermore, German ''[[die Tageszeitung]]'' stated that the IFFHS rankings serves merely for publicity,<ref name="taz" /> although ''[[Bild]]'',<ref>{{Cite web|language=de|url=http://www.bild.de/suche.bild.html?query=iffhs#|title=IFFHS|work=[[Bild]]|access-date=26 September 2015}}</ref> [[Deutsche Welle]],<ref>{{Cite web|language=de|url=http://www.dw.com/search/de/iffhs/category/9077/?|title=IFFHS|publisher=[[Deutsche Welle]]|access-date=26 September 2015}}</ref> ''[[Kicker Sportmagazin|Kicker-Sportmagazin]]'',<ref>{{Cite web|language=de|url=http://www.kicker.de/home/suchergebnisse.html?suchbegriff=iffhs&suchbegriffsent=true|title=IFFHS|work=[[Kicker Sportmagazin|Kicker-Sportmagazin]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160222005542/https://www.kicker.de/home/suchergebnisse.html?suchbegriff=iffhs&suchbegriffsent=true|archive-date=22 February 2016}}</ref> [[German Football Association]] (DFB),<ref>{{Cite web|language=de|url=http://search.dfb.de/?q=iffhs&lang=de|title=IFFHS|publisher=[[German Football Association|Deutscher Fußball-Bund]]|access-date=26 September 2015}}</ref> and former president of the Association of West German Sports Journalists ({{langx|de|Verbandes Westdeutscher Sportjournalisten}} — VWS) [[Heribert Faßbender]] have referenced IFFHS.<ref>{{Cite book|language=de|first=Peter|last=Gödecke|editor-first=Heribert|editor-last=Fassbender [sic]|title=Die deutsche WM-Geschichte: Fussballweltmeisterschaften 1930 bis heute|year=2006|publisher=Delius Klassing|isbn=37-68-81770-9|page=320}}</ref>

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== The World's Best Club ==
{{Main|IFFHS World's Best Club}}Since 1991, the entity has produced a monthly Club World Ranking.
[[File:Final SuperCopa ESP 2011 (6056383408).jpg|thumb|[[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]] and [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]], ten-time winners of the world's Best Club award.]]
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]] [[Weighted arithmetic mean|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 organised by a continental confederation, or any intercontinental events not recognized by [[FIFA]], are not taken into consideration.

=== Men's winners ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+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=6 November 2021|publisher=IFFHS}}</ref>
!Club
!Wins
!Years
|-
|{{fbaicon|ESP}} [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]]
| rowspan="2" align="center" |5
|2000, 2002, 2014, 2017, 2024
|-
|{{fbaicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]
|1997, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2015
|-
|{{fbaicon|ENG}} [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]]
| align="center" |3
|2001, 2005, 2019
|-
|{{fbaicon|ITA}} [[Juventus FC|Juventus]]
| rowspan="6" align="center" |2
|1993, 1996
|-
|{{fbaicon|ITA}} [[A.C. Milan|Milan]]
|1995, 2003
|-
|{{fbaicon|ESP}} [[Sevilla FC|Sevilla]]
|2006, 2007
|-
|{{fbaicon|ENG}} [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]]
|1999, 2008
|-
|{{fbaicon|ITA}} [[Inter Milan]]
|1998, 2010
|-
|{{fbaicon|GER}} [[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]]
|2013, 2020
|-
|{{fbaicon|ITA}} [[AS Roma|Roma]]
| align="center" |1
|1991
|-
|{{fbaicon|HOL}} [[AFC Ajax|Ajax]]
| align="center" |1
|1992
|-
|{{fbaicon|FRA}} [[Paris Saint-Germain F.C.|Paris Saint-Germain]]
| align="center" |1
|1994
|-
|{{fbaicon|COL}} [[Atlético Nacional]]
| align="center" |1
|2016
|-
|{{fbaicon|ESP}} [[Club Atlético de Madrid|Atlético Madrid]]
| align="center" |1
|2018
|-
|{{fbaicon|BRA}} [[SE Palmeiras|Palmeiras]]
| align="center" |1
|2021
|-
|{{fbaicon|BRA}} [[CR Flamengo|Flamengo]]
| align="center" |1
|2022
|-
|{{fbaicon|ENG}} [[Manchester City F.C.|Manchester City]]
| align="center" |1
|2023
|-
|}


=== Continental Men's Clubs of the Century (1901–2000) ===
[[File:Real Madrid jersey 1956.jpg|thumb|[[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]], European club of the 20th century.]]

[[File:Boca Juniors stadium logo.JPG|thumb|[[Boca Juniors]], South American team of the decade (2001–2010).]]

In 2009, the IFFHS released the results of a statistical study series 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>{{cite web|title=Europe's club of the Century|url=http://www.iffhs.de/?a413f0e03790c443e0f40390b41be8b01905fdcdc3bfcdc0aec70aeedb883ccb05ff1d|access-date=10 September 2009|publisher=IFFHS}}</ref>

Based on this study, which assigned a [[Weighted arithmetic mean|weighted score criteria]] applied for each competition analysed, 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 CF|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|access-date=6 November 2021|publisher=IFFHS}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Continent
!Club
|-
|Europe
|{{fbaicon|ESP}} [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]]
|-
|South America
|{{fbaicon|URU}} [[C.A. Peñarol|Peñarol]]
|-
|Africa
|{{fbaicon|GHA}} [[Asante Kotoko S.C.|Asante Kotoko]]
|-
|Asia
|{{fbaicon|KSA}} [[Al Hilal SFC|Al-Hilal]]
|-
|CONCACAF
|{{fbaicon|CRC}} [[Deportivo Saprissa|Saprissa]]
|-
|Oceania
|{{fbaicon|AUS}} [[South Melbourne FC|South Melbourne]]
|}

=== The Best Men's 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="FB">{{cite web |date=7 May 2012 |title=FC Barcelona named world's best team of the decade by the IFFHS |url=https://www.fcbarcelona.com/football/first-team/news/2011-2012/fc-barcelona-named-world-s-best-team-of-the-decade-by-the-iffhs |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171206010003/https://www.fcbarcelona.com/football/first-team/news/2011-2012/fc-barcelona-named-world-s-best-team-of-the-decade-by-the-iffhs |archive-date=6 December 2017 |access-date=5 December 2017 |publisher=FC Barcelona}}</ref> In 2021, Barcelona were recognised as the world's best club also for the second decade (2011–2020).

{| class="wikitable"
!Decade
!World
!Europe
!South America
!CONCACAF
!Africa
!Asia
!Oceania
|-
| align="center" |2001–2010
|{{fbaicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]<ref name="FB" />
|{{fbaicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=FC BARCELONA FIRST !|url=https://www.iffhs.com/posts/1000|access-date=5 November 2021|publisher=IFFHS}}</ref>
|{{fbaicon|ARG}} [[Boca Juniors]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=BOCA JUNIORS NUMBER 1 !|url=https://www.iffhs.com/posts/1002|access-date=5 November 2021|publisher=IFFHS}}</ref>
|{{fbaicon|MEX}} [[Club América|América]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=CF AMERICA FIRST !|url=https://www.iffhs.com/posts/1005|access-date=5 November 2021|publisher=IFFHS}}</ref>
|{{fbaicon|EGY}} [[Al Ahly SC|Al Ahly]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=AL-AHLY CAIRO FIRST !|url=https://www.iffhs.com/posts/1001|access-date=5 November 2021|publisher=IFFHS}}</ref>
|{{fbaicon|KSA}} [[Al Hilal SFC|Al-Hilal]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=AL HILAL AT THE TOP|url=https://www.iffhs.com/posts/1003|access-date=5 November 2021|publisher=IFFHS}}</ref>
|{{fbaicon|NZL}} [[Auckland City FC|Auckland City]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=AUCKLAND CITY NUMBER ONE !|url=https://www.iffhs.com/posts/1004|access-date=5 November 2021|publisher=IFFHS}}</ref>
|-
| align="center" |2011–2020
|{{fbaicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=23 March 2021|title=IFFHS WORLD CLUB OF THE DECADE 2011-2020|url=https://www.iffhs.com/posts/1017|access-date=29 January 2022|publisher=IFFHS}}</ref>
|{{fbaicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=18 March 2021|title=IFFHS BEST CLUB - UEFA - OF THE DECADE 2011 - 2020|url=https://www.iffhs.com/posts/1007|access-date=29 January 2022|publisher=IFFHS}}</ref>
|{{fbaicon|BRA}} [[Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense|Grêmio]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=GREMIO FB PORTO ALEGRENSE, BEST CLUB – CONMEBOL – OF THE DECADE 2011–2020|url=https://www.iffhs.com/posts/1010|access-date=5 November 2021|publisher=IFFHS}}</ref>
|{{fbaicon|MEX}} [[Tigres UANL|UANL]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=TIGRES UANL, IFFHS BEST CONCACAF CLUB OF THE DECADE 2011–2020|url=https://www.iffhs.com/posts/1012|access-date=5 November 2021|publisher=IFFHS}}</ref>
|{{fbaicon|TUN}} [[Espérance Sportive de Tunis|Espérance de Tunis]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=ESPERANCE SPORTIVE TUNIS, IFFHS BEST CAF CLUB OF THE DECADE 2011–2020|url=https://www.iffhs.com/posts/1011|access-date=5 November 2021|publisher=IFFHS}}</ref>
|{{fbaicon|KOR}} [[Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=JEONBUK MOTORS FC, BEST CLUB – AFC – OF THE DECADE 2011–2020|url=https://www.iffhs.com/posts/1009|access-date=5 November 2021|publisher=IFFHS}}</ref>
|{{fbaicon|NZL}} [[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|access-date=5 November 2021|publisher=IFFHS}}</ref>
|}

=== Women's winners ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+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=6 November 2021|publisher=IFFHS}}</ref>
|-
!Club
!Wins
!Years
|-
|{{fbaicon|FRA}} [[Olympique Lyonnais Féminin|Lyon]]
| align="center" |7
|2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
|-
|{{fbaicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona Femení|Barcelona]]
| align="center" |4
|2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
|-
|{{fbaicon|GER}} [[VfL Wolfsburg (women)|VfL Wolfsburg]]
| align="center" |2
|2013, 2014
|}
[[File:20141015 - PSG-Lyon - Lyon 01.jpg|thumb|[[Olympique Lyonnais Féminin|Lyon]], seven-time winner of the Women's World's Best Club award.]]

== The 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 ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+Multiple winners (1991–present)
!League
!Wins
!Years
|-
|{{fbaicon|ESP}} [[La Liga|Spain]]
| align="center" |13<ref>{{Cite web|date=27 May 2019|title=LA LIGA (SPAIN) 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018|url=https://iffhs.com/posts/361|access-date=19 January 2025|publisher=IFFHS}}</ref>
|2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2010, 2011, 2012,<ref>{{Cite web|date=6 September 2018|title=IFFHS AWARDS 2012|url=https://iffhs.com/posts/254|access-date=19 January 2025|publisher=IFFHS}}</ref> 2013,<ref>{{Cite web|date=29 January 2014|title=THE STRONGEST NATIONAL LEAGUE OF THE WORLD|url=https://iffhs.com/posts/190|access-date=19 January 2025|publisher=IFFHS}}</ref> 2014,<ref>{{Cite web|date=19 January 2015|title=THE WORLD'S STRONGEST NATIONAL LEAGUE 2014|url=https://iffhs.com/posts/176|access-date=19 January 2025|publisher=IFFHS}}</ref> 2015,<ref>{{Cite web|date=7 January 2016|title=THE STRONGEST LEAGUE IN THE WORLD 2015|url=https://iffhs.com/posts/150|access-date=19 January 2025|publisher=IFFHS}}</ref> 2016,<ref>{{Cite web|date=5 April 2017|title=THE STRONGEST NATIONAL LEAGUE IN THE WORLD 2016 : SPAIN SINCE 2010 !|url=https://iffhs.com/posts/511|access-date=19 January 2025|publisher=IFFHS}}</ref> 2017,<ref>{{Cite web|date=14 February 2018|title=THE STRONGEST NATIONAL LEAGUE OF THE WORLD : SPAIN'S LA LIGA AGAIN NUMBER 1 !|url=https://iffhs.com/posts/475|access-date=19 January 2025|publisher=IFFHS}}</ref> 2018<ref>{{Cite web|date=14 February 2018|title=THE STRONGEST NATIONAL LEAGUE OF THE WORLD : SPAIN'S LA LIGA AGAIN NUMBER 1 !|url=https://iffhs.com/posts/475|access-date=19 January 2025|publisher=IFFHS}}</ref>
|-
|{{fbaicon|ITA}} [[Serie A|Italy]]
| align="center" |13
|1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2003, 2006, 2020,<ref>{{Cite web|date=20 January 2021|title=IFFHS WORLD'S BEST NATIONAL LEAGUE IN THE WORLD 2020|url=https://iffhs.com/posts/911|access-date=19 January 2025|publisher=IFFHS}}</ref> 2023,<ref>{{Cite web|date=21 January 2024|title=IFFHS MEN'S STRONGEST NATIONAL LEAGUE IN THE WORLD - THE TOP 100|url=https://iffhs.com/posts/3336|access-date=19 January 2025|publisher=IFFHS}}</ref> 2024<ref>{{Cite web|date=19 January 2025|title=IFFHS MEN'S STRONGEST NATIONAL LEAGUE IN THE WORLD 2024|url=https://iffhs.com/posts/4129|access-date=19 January 2025|publisher=IFFHS}}</ref>
|-
|{{fbaicon|ENG}} [[Premier League|England]]
| align="center" |5
|2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2019<ref>{{Cite web|date=19 January 2020|title=THE STRONGEST NATIONAL LEAGUE IN THE WORLD 2019 – THE ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE NUMBER 1|url=https://iffhs.com/posts/58|access-date=19 January 2025|publisher=IFFHS}}</ref>
|-
|{{fbaicon|BRA}} [[Campeonato Brasileiro Série A|Brazil]]
| align="center" |2
|2021,<ref>{{Cite web|date=22 January 2022|title=THE STRONGEST NATIONAL LEAGUE IN THE WORLD 2021 by IFFHS|url=https://iffhs.com/posts/1607|access-date=19 January 2025|publisher=IFFHS}}</ref> 2022<ref>{{Cite web|date=19 January 2023|title=IFFHS MEN'S STRONGEST NATIONAL LEAGUE IN THE WORLD 2022|url=https://iffhs.com/posts/2483|access-date=19 January 2025|publisher=IFFHS}}</ref>
|}

=== The Strongest National League of the Decade ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Decade
!World
!Europe
!South America
!CONCACAF
!Africa
!Asia
!Oceania
|-
| align="center" |2001–2010
|{{fbaicon|ENG}} [[Premier League|England]]<ref name="IR">{{Cite web|title=IFFHS RANKINGS – THE BEST LEAGUES OF THE WORLD OF THE FIRST DECADE (2001–2010)|url=https://www.iffhs.com/posts/1006|access-date=5 November 2021|publisher=IFFHS}}</ref>
|{{fbaicon|ENG}} [[Premier League|England]]<ref name="IR" />
|{{fbaicon|BRA}} [[Campeonato Brasileiro Série A|Brazil]]<ref name="IR" />
|{{fbaicon|MEX}} [[Liga MX|Mexico]]<ref name="IR" />
|{{fbaicon|EGY}} [[Egyptian Premier League|Egypt]]<ref name="IR" />
|{{fbaicon|JPN}} [[J1 League|Japan]]<ref name="IR" />
|{{fbaicon|NZL}} [[New Zealand Football Championship|New Zealand]]<ref name="IR" />
|-
| align="center" |2011–2020
|{{fbaicon|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|access-date=5 November 2021|publisher=IFFHS}}</ref>
|{{fbaicon|ESP}} [[La Liga|Spain]]<ref name="IC">{{Cite web|title=IFFHS CONTINENTAL STRONGEST NATIONAL LEAGUES OF THE DECADE 2011–2020|url=https://www.iffhs.com/posts/1021|access-date=5 November 2021|publisher=IFFHS}}</ref>
|{{fbaicon|BRA}} [[Campeonato Brasileiro Série A|Brazil]]<ref name="IC" />
|{{fbaicon|MEX}} [[Liga MX|Mexico]]<ref name="IC" />
|{{fbaicon|TUN}} [[Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1|Tunisia]]<ref name="IC" />
|{{fbaicon|KOR}} [[K League 1|South Korea]]<ref name="IC" />
|{{fbaicon|NZL}} [[New Zealand Football Championship|New Zealand]]<ref name="IC" />
|}

=== Women's league ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Year
!League
|-
| align="center" |2020
|{{fbaicon|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|publisher=IFFHS}}</ref>
|-
| align="center" |2021
|{{fbaicon|FRA}} [[Division 1 Féminine|France]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=14 January 2022|title=IFFHS AWARDS - WOMEN'S WORLD BEST NATIONAL LEAGUE 2021|url=https://www.iffhs.com/posts/1583|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220114142212/https://www.iffhs.com/posts/1583|archive-date=14 January 2022|access-date=14 January 2022|publisher=IFFHS}}</ref>
|-
| align="center" |2022
|{{fbaicon|ESP}} [[Liga F|Spain]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=26 January 2023|title=IFFHS WOMEN'S STRONGEST NATIONAL LEAGUE IN THE WORLD 2022|url=https://www.iffhs.com/posts/2503|access-date=26 January 2023|publisher=IFFHS}}</ref>
|-
| align="center" |2023
|{{fbaicon|ESP}} [[Liga F|Spain]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=11 January 2024|title=IFFHS WOMEN'S STRONGEST NATIONAL LEAGUE 2023|url=https://iffhs.com/posts/3313#|access-date=11 January 2024|publisher=IFFHS}}</ref>
|}

== The World's Best Player ==
{{Main|IFFHS World's Best Player}}
[[File:2019147183134 2019-05-27 Fussball 1.FC Kaiserslautern vs FC Bayern München - Sven - 1D X MK II - 0228 - B70I8527 (cropped).jpg|thumb|[[Robert Lewandowski]] won the Best Player award in 2020 and 2021.|215x215px]]

=== 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]]. The award was reinstated in 2020.''

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+Winners (1988–1990,<br>2020–present)
!Player
!Wins
!Years
|-
|{{flagicon|NED}} [[Marco van Basten]]
| rowspan="2" align="center" |2
|1988,<ref>{{Cite web|date=8 August 2018|title=IFFHS AWARDS 1988|url=https://www.iffhs.com/index.php/posts/278|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211108022440/https://www.iffhs.com/index.php/posts/278|archive-date=8 November 2021|access-date=6 November 2021|publisher=IFFHS}}</ref> 1989<ref>{{Cite web|date=9 August 2018|title=IFFHS AWARDS 1989|url=https://www.iffhs.com/index.php/posts/275|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211107204632/https://www.iffhs.com/index.php/posts/275|archive-date=7 November 2021|access-date=6 November 2021|publisher=IFFHS}}</ref>
|-
|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Robert Lewandowski]]
|2020,<ref>{{Cite web|date=1 January 2021|title=THE WORLD'S BEST MAN PLAYER 2020 : ROBERT LEWANDOWSKI (POLAND/FC BAYERN MÜNCHEN)|url=https://www.iffhs.com/index.php/posts/880|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211108051404/https://www.iffhs.com/index.php/posts/880|archive-date=8 November 2021|access-date=1 January 2021|publisher=IFFHS}}</ref> 2021<ref>{{Cite web|date=25 November 2021|title=IFFHS MEN'S WORLD BEST PLAYER 2021 - ROBERT LEWANDOWSKI|url=https://www.iffhs.com/posts/1484|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211125082308/https://www.iffhs.com/posts/1484|archive-date=25 November 2021|access-date=25 November 2021|publisher=IFFHS}}</ref>
|-
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Lothar Matthäus]]
| rowspan="4" align="center" |1
|1990<ref>{{Cite web|date=10 August 2018|title=IFFHS AWARDS 1990|url=https://www.iffhs.com/index.php/posts/277|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211108024334/https://www.iffhs.com/index.php/posts/277|archive-date=8 November 2021|access-date=6 November 2021|publisher=IFFHS}}</ref>
|-
|{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Lionel Messi]]
|2022<ref>{{Cite web|date=4 January 2023|title=LIONEL MESSI CROWNED WORLD'S BEST PLAYER 2022|url=https://iffhs.com/posts/2450|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211125082308/https://www.iffhs.com/posts/2450|archive-date=25 November 2021|access-date=4 January 2023|publisher=IFFHS}}</ref>
|-
|{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Erling Haaland]]
|2023<ref>{{Cite web|date=26 December 2023|title=ERLING HAALAND, THE WORLD'S BEST PLAYER 2023|url=https://iffhs.com/posts/3276|access-date=26 December 2023|publisher=IFFHS}}</ref>
|-
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Rodri (footballer, born 1996)|Rodri]]
|2024<ref>{{Cite web|date=13 December 2024|title=IFFHS AWARDS 2024 - RODRI, MEN'S WORLD BEST PLAYER|url=https://iffhs.com/posts/4055|access-date=14 December 2024|publisher=IFFHS}}</ref>
|}
[[File:Brann - Barça Femení CG3A5851 (cropped).jpg|thumb|291x291px|[[Alexia Putellas]] won the Best Player award in 2021 and 2022.]]

=== Women's winners ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+Winners (2020–present)
!Player
!Wins
!Years
|-
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Alexia Putellas]]
| rowspan="2" align="center" |2
|2021,<ref>{{Cite web|date=26 November 2021|title=IFFHS WOMEN'S WORLD BEST PLAYER 2021 - ALEXIA PUTELLAS|url=https://www.iffhs.com/posts/1486|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211126064508/https://www.iffhs.com/posts/1486|archive-date=26 November 2021|access-date=26 November 2021|publisher=IFFHS}}</ref> 2022<ref>{{Cite web|date=8 December 2022|title=IFFHS AWARDS 2022 - ALEXIA PUTELLAS, WOMEN'S WORLD BEST PLAYER|url=https://www.iffhs.com/posts/2372|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221208102833/https://iffhs.com/posts/2372|archive-date=8 December 2022|access-date=13 December 2022|publisher=IFFHS}}</ref>
|-
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Aitana Bonmatí]]
|2023,<ref>{{Cite web |date=14 December 2024 |title=IFFHS AWARDS 2024 - AITANA BONMATI, WOMEN'S WORLD BEST PLAYER |url=https://iffhs.com/posts/4057 |access-date=26 December 2023 |publisher=IFFHS}}</ref> 2024<ref>{{Cite web |date=14 December 2024 |title=IFFHS AWARDS 2024 - AITANA BONMATI, WOMEN'S WORLD BEST PLAYER |url=https://iffhs.com/posts/4057 |access-date=2024-12-14 |website=iffhs.com}}</ref>
|-
|{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Pernille Harder (footballer)|Pernille Harder]]
| align="center" |1
|2020<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|publisher=IFFHS}}</ref>
|}

=== The World's Best Man Player of the Century (1901–2000) ===
[[File:Pele by John Mathew Smith.jpg|thumb|[[Pelé]], Male Player of the Century (1901–2000).|350x350px]]

{| 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=3 November 2021|publisher=IFFHS}}</ref>
!Rank
!Player
!Nationality
!Points
|-
| align="center" |'''1'''
|'''[[Pelé]]'''
|'''{{footyflag|Brazil}}'''
| align="center" |'''1705'''
|-
| align="center" |2
|[[Johan Cruyff]]
|{{footyflag|Netherlands}}
| align="center" |1303
|-
| align="center" |3
|[[Franz Beckenbauer]]
|{{footyflag|West Germany}}
| align="center" |1228
|-
| align="center" |4
|[[Alfredo Di Stéfano]]
|{{footyflag|Argentina}}
| align="center" |1215
|-
| align="center" |5
|[[Diego Maradona]]
|{{footyflag|Argentina}}
| align="center" |1214
|-
| align="center" |6
|[[Ferenc Puskás]]
|{{footyflag|Hungary}}
| align="center" |810
|-
| align="center" |7
|[[Michel Platini]]
|{{footyflag|France}}
| align="center" |722
|-
| align="center" |8
|[[Garrincha]]
|{{footyflag|Brazil}}
| align="center" |624
|-
| align="center" |9
|[[Eusébio]]
|{{footyflag|Portugal}}
| align="center" |544
|-
| align="center" |10
|[[Bobby Charlton]]
|{{footyflag|England}}
| align="center" |508
|}

=== 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).|323x323px]]

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=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/iffhs-century.html|title=IFFHS' Century Elections: World – Female Player of the Century|author=Karel Stokkermans|date=30 January 2000|website=[[RSSSF]]|access-date=9 April 2013}}</ref>
{|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=6 November 2021|access-date=6 November 2021|publisher=IFFHS}}</ref>
!Rank
!Player
!Nationality
!Points
|-
| align="center" | '''1'''
| |'''[[Mia Hamm]]'''
|'''{{fbw|USA}}'''
| align="center" | '''442'''
|-
| align="center" | 2
| |[[Michelle Akers]]
|{{fbw|USA}}
| align="center" | 411
|-
| align="center" | 3
| |[[Heidi Mohr]]
|{{fbw|GER}}
| align="center" | 250
|-
| align="center" | 4
| [[Carolina Morace]]
|{{fbw|ITA}}
| align="center" | 230
|-
| align="center" | 5
| [[Sissi (footballer)|Sissi]]
|{{fbw|BRA}}
| align="center" | 212
|-
| align="center" | 6
| [[Linda Medalen]]
|{{fbw|NOR}}
| align="center" | 181
|-
| align="center" | 7
| [[Liu Ailing]]
|{{fbw|CHN}}
| align="center" | 165
|-
| align="center" | 8
| [[Kristine Lilly]]
|{{fbw|USA}}
| align="center" | 160
|-
| align="center" | 9
| [[Heidi Støre]]
|{{fbw|NOR}}
| align="center" | 141
|-
| align="center" | 10
| [[Pia Sundhage]]
|{{fbw|SWE}}
| align="center" | 129
|}

=== The World's Best Man Player of the 19th Century (until 1900) ===
In November 2021 IFFHS announced the Dream Team of the XIX Century and the top 3 players.
[[File:GOSmith.jpg|thumb|[[G. O. Smith| Gilbert Oswald Smith]], Male Player of the 19th Century.|150x300px]]

{| class="wikitable"
|+Top 3 players<ref>{{Cite web|title=The World's best players of XIX century
|url=https://www.iffhs.com/posts/1468|date=17 November 2021|access-date=17 November 2021|publisher=IFFHS}}</ref>
!Rank
!Player
!Nationality
|-
| align="center" |'''1'''
|'''[[G. O. Smith| Gilbert Oswald Smith]]'''
|'''{{footyflag|England}}'''
|-
| align="center" |2
|[[John Goodall]]
|{{footyflag|England}}
|-
| align="center" |3
|[[Steve Bloomer]]
|{{footyflag|England}}
|-
|}

=== Top 10 players of all-time (2025) ===
In May 2025 IFFHS announced the top 10 players of all time, based on performance stats, with [[Lionel Messi]] being the winner surpassing [[Pele]], the IFFHS Player of the 20th Century.

{| class="wikitable"
|+Top 10 players<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.iffhs.com/posts/4380|date=17 May 2025|title=IFFHS ALL TIME TOP 10|publisher=IFFHS}}</ref>
!Rank
!Player
!Nationality
|-
| align="center" |'''1'''
|'''[[Lionel Messi]]'''
|'''{{footyflag|ARG}}'''
|-
| align="center" |2
|[[Pele]]
|{{footyflag|BRA}}
|-
| align="center" |3
|[[Diego Maradona]]
|{{footyflag|ARG}}
|-
| align="center" |4
|[[Cristiano Ronaldo]]
|{{footyflag|POR}}
|-

| align="center" |5
|[[Johan Cruyff]]
|{{footyflag|NED}}
|-
| align="center" |6
|[[Ronaldo (Brazilian footballer)|Ronaldo]]
|{{footyflag|BRA}}
|-
| align="center" |7
|[[Zinedine Zidane]]
|{{footyflag|FRA}}
|-
| align="center" |8
|[[Franz Beckenbauer]]
|{{footyflag|GER}}
|-
| align="center" |9
|[[Alfredo Di Stefano]]
|{{footyflag|ARG}}
|-
| align="center" |10
|[[Ronaldinho]]
|{{footyflag|BRA}}
|-

|}

== The World's Best Youth (U20) Player ==
[[File:25th Laureus World Sports Awards - 240422 205212 (cropped).jpg|thumb|upright|[[Jude Bellingham]] won the Best Youth (U20) Player award twice]]

The award was introduced in 2021.

=== Men's winners ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Winner
!Club(s)
|-
| align="center" |2021
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Pedri]]<ref>{{cite web|date=2 December 2021|title=IFFHS MEN'S YOUTH (U20) WORLD BEST PLAYER 2021|url=https://www.iffhs.com/posts/1499|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211202080223/https://www.iffhs.com/posts/1499|archive-date=2 December 2021|access-date=2 December 2021|publisher=IFFHS}}</ref>
|{{fbaicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]
|-
| align="center" |2022
|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Jude Bellingham]]<ref>{{cite web|date=6 January 2023|title=IFFHS AWARDS 2022 - MEN'S WORLD BEST YOUTH (U20) PLAYER|url=https://www.iffhs.com/posts/2454|access-date=6 January 2023|publisher=IFFHS}}</ref>
|{{fbaicon|GER}} [[Borussia Dortmund]]
|-
| align="center" |2023
|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Jude Bellingham]]<ref>{{cite web|date=28 December 2023|title=IFFHS AWARDS 2023 - MEN'S WORLD BEST YOUTH (U20) PLAYER|url=https://iffhs.com/posts/3280|access-date=28 December 2023|publisher=IFFHS}}</ref>
|{{fbaicon|GER}} [[Borussia Dortmund]]<br>{{fbaicon|SPA}} [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]]
|-
| align="center" |2024
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Lamine Yamal]]<ref>{{cite web|date=14 December 2024|title=IFFHS AWARDS 2024 - LAMINE YAMAL, MEN'S WORLD BEST YOUTH PLAYER|url=https://iffhs.com/posts/4059|access-date=15 December 2024|publisher=IFFHS}}</ref>
|{{fbaicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]
|}

=== Women's winners ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Winner
!Club(s)
|-
| align="center" |2021
|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Hanna Bennison]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=2 December 2021|title=IFFHS WOMEN'S YOUTH (U20) WORLD BEST PLAYER 2021|url=https://www.iffhs.com/posts/1500|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211202075929/https://www.iffhs.com/posts/1500|archive-date=2 December 2021|access-date=2 December 2021|publisher=IFFHS}}</ref>
|{{fbaicon|SWE}} [[FC Rosengård]]<br>{{fbaicon|ENG}} [[Everton F.C. (women)|Everton]]
|-
|align="center"|2022
|{{flagicon|COL}} [[Linda Caicedo]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=8 December 2022 |title=IFFHS AWARDS 2022 - LINDA CAICEDO, WOMEN'S WORLD BEST YOUTH (U20) PLAYER |url=https://www.iffhs.com/posts/2373 |access-date=28 December 2023 |publisher=IFFHS}}</ref>
|{{fbaicon|COL}} [[Deportivo Cali (women)|Deportivo Cali]]
|-
|align="center"|2023
|{{flagicon|SPA}} [[Salma Paralluelo]]<ref>{{cite web|date=28 December 2023|title=IFFHS AWARDS 2023 - WOMEN'S WORLD BEST YOUTH (U20) PLAYER|url=https://iffhs.com/posts/3279|access-date=28 December 2023|publisher=IFFHS}}</ref>
|{{fbaicon|SPA}} [[FC Barcelona Femení|Barcelona]]
|-
|align="center"|2024
|{{flagicon|SPA}} [[Vicky López]]<ref>{{cite web|date=15 December 2024|title=IFFHS AWARDS 2024 - VICKY LOPEZ, WOMEN'S WORLD BEST YOUTH PLAYER|url=https://iffhs.com/posts/4061|access-date=16 December 2024|publisher=IFFHS}}</ref>
|{{fbaicon|SPA}} [[FC Barcelona Femení|Barcelona]]
|}

== The World's Best Playmaker ==
=== Men's winners ===
[[File:Lionel Messi WC2022.jpg|thumb|Lionel Messi has won a record five IFFHS best playmaker awards.<ref name="iffhs.com">{{Cite web |title=IFFHS WORLD AWARDS RECORD FOR LIONEL MESSI |url=https://www.iffhs.com/posts/2836 |access-date=2023-06-25 |website=www.iffhs.com}}</ref>]]
[[File:Xavi Hernández - 002.jpg|thumb|[[Xavi (footballer, born 1980)|Xavi]] won the award in a record four consecutive years.]]
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 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]] has won the award a record five times. Spain's [[Xavi (footballer, born 1980)|Xavi]] won the award four times, all consecutively, while Belgian [[Kevin De Bruyne]] won the award three 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.<ref>{{Cite web|title=IFFHS MEN'S ALL TIME WORLD PLAYMAKER RANKING (2006-2022)|url=https://iffhs.com/posts/2595|date=4 March 2023|access-date=31 December 2023|publisher=IFFHS}}</ref><ref>{{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=7 November 2021|publisher=IFFHS}}</ref>                                                                                                                                                                           
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Year
!Winner
!Club(s)
|-
| align="center" |2006
|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Zinedine Zidane]]
|{{fbaicon|ESP}} [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]]
|-
| align="center" |2007
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Kaká]]
|{{fbaicon|ITA}} [[A.C. Milan|Milan]]
|-
| align="center" |2008
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Xavi (footballer, born 1980)|Xavi]]
|{{fbaicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]
|-
| align="center" |2009
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Xavi (footballer, born 1980)|Xavi]]
|{{fbaicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]
|-
| align="center" |2010
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Xavi (footballer, born 1980)|Xavi]]
|{{fbaicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]
|-
| align="center" |2011
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Xavi (footballer, born 1980)|Xavi]]
|{{fbaicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]
|-
| align="center" |2012
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Andrés Iniesta]]
|{{fbaicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]
|-
| align="center" |2013
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Andrés Iniesta]]
|{{fbaicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]
|-
| align="center" |2014
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Toni Kroos]]
|{{fbaicon|GER}} [[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]]<br />{{fbaicon|ESP}} [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]]
|-
| align="center" |2015
|{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Lionel Messi]]
|{{fbaicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]
|-
| align="center" |2016
|{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Lionel Messi]]
|{{fbaicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]
|-
| align="center" |2017
|{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Lionel Messi]]
|{{fbaicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]
|-
| align="center" |2018
|{{flagicon|CRO}} [[Luka Modrić]]
|{{fbaicon|ESP}} [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]]
|-
| align="center" |2019
|{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Lionel Messi]]
|{{fbaicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]
|-
| align="center" |2020
|{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Kevin De Bruyne]]
|{{fbaicon|ENG}} [[Manchester City F.C.|Manchester City]]
|-
|2021
|{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Kevin De Bruyne]]
|{{fbaicon|ENG}} [[Manchester City F.C.|Manchester City]]
|-
|2022
|{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Lionel Messi]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=IFFHS AWARDS 2022 - MEN'S WORLD BEST PLAYMAKER: LIONEL MESSI WHO ELSE !|url=https://iffhs.com/posts/2457|date=7 January 2023|access-date=31 December 2023|publisher=IFFHS}}</ref>
|{{fbaicon|FRA}} [[Paris Saint-Germain F.C.|Paris Saint-Germain]]
|-
|2023
|{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Kevin De Bruyne]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=IFFHS AWARDS 2023 – THE THIRD AWARD FOR DE BRUYNE |url=https://iffhs.com/posts/3286|date=31 December 2023|access-date=31 December 2023|publisher=IFFHS}}</ref>
|{{fbaicon|ENG}} [[Manchester City F.C.|Manchester City]]
|-
|2024
|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Jude Bellingham]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=IFFHS AWARDS 2024 - JUDE BELLINGHAM, MEN'S WORLD BEST PLAYMAKER |url=https://iffhs.com/posts/4068|date=18 December 2024|access-date=18 December 2024|publisher=IFFHS}}</ref>
|{{fbaicon|ESP}} [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]]
|-
!colspan =4| Source:<ref name="The World's Best Football Men Playmaker">{{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=6 November 2021|publisher=IFFHS}}</ref>
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+Multiple winners (2006–present)
!Player
!Wins
!Years
|-
|{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Lionel Messi]]
| align="center" |5
|2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2022
|-
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Xavi (footballer, born 1980)|Xavi]]
| align="center" |4
|2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
|-
|{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Kevin De Bruyne]]
| align="center" |3
|2020, 2021, 2023
|-
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Andrés Iniesta]]
| align="center" |2
|2012, 2013
|-
!colspan=4| Source:<ref name="The World's Best Football Men Playmaker"/>
|}

=== Women's winners ===
[[File:2019-05-18 Fußball, Frauen, UEFA Women's Champions League, Olympique Lyonnais - FC Barcelona StP 0032 LR10 by Stepro (cropped).jpg|thumb|[[Aitana Bonmatí]] was named Best Playmaker in 2023 and 2024.]]
[[Dzsenifer Marozsán]] was named the Best Playmaker since 2006 and the Best Playmaker of the Decade 2011–2020.<ref>{{Cite web|title=IFFHS WOMEN'S ALL TIME WORLD BEST PLAYMAKER RANKING (since 2012)|url=https://iffhs.com/posts/2624|date=17 March 2023|access-date=31 December 2023|publisher=IFFHS}}</ref><ref>{{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=7 November 2021|publisher=IFFHS}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Year
!Winner
!Club(s)
|-
| align="center" |2012
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Marta (footballer)|Marta]]<ref>{{cite web|title=IFFHS Awards 2012|url=https://www.iffhs.de/index.php/posts/254|publisher=IFFHS|date=10 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201014113555if_/https://www.iffhs.de/index.php/posts/254|archive-date=14 October 2020}}</ref>
|{{fbaicon|SWE}} [[Tyresö FF]]
|-
| 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|access-date=6 November 2021|publisher=IFFHS}}</ref>
|{{fbaicon|GER}} [[VfL Wolfsburg (women)|VfL Wolfsburg]]
|-
| 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|access-date=6 November 2021|publisher=IFFHS}}</ref>
|{{fbaicon|GER}} [[VfL Wolfsburg (women)|VfL Wolfsburg]]
|-
| align="center" |2015
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Carli Lloyd]]<ref>{{cite web|title=IFFHS Awards 2015|url=https://www.iffhs.de/index.php/posts/249|publisher=IFFHS|date=10 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201014113649if_/https://www.iffhs.de/index.php/posts/249|archive-date=14 October 2020}}</ref>
|{{fbaicon|USA}} [[Houston Dash]]
|-
| 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 |date=Dec 29, 2016 |access-date=6 November 2021|publisher=IFFHS}}</ref>
|{{fbaicon|FRA}} [[Olympique Lyonnais Féminin|Lyon]]
|-
| align="center" |2017
|{{flagicon|NED}} [[Lieke Martens]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Another goal for Lieke Martens |date=Dec 7, 2017 |url=https://www.iffhs.com/posts/479|access-date=6 November 2021|publisher=IFFHS}}</ref>
|{{fbaicon|SWE}} [[FC Rosengård]]<br />{{fbaicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona Femení|Barcelona]]
|-
| align="center" |2018
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Dzsenifer Marozsán]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Olympique Lyonnais, Dzsenifer Marozsan and Sarah Bouhaddi Crowned in Lyon |date= May 30, 2019 |url=https://www.iffhs.com/index.php/posts/358|access-date=6 November 2021|publisher=IFFHS}}</ref>
|{{fbaicon|FRA}} [[Olympique Lyonnais Féminin|Lyon]]
|-
| align="center" |2019
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Megan Rapinoe]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=The World's Best Woman Playmaker : Megan Rapinoe (USA/Seattle Reign FC) |date=Nov 27, 2019 |url=https://www.iffhs.com/posts/120|access-date=6 November 2021|publisher=IFFHS}}</ref>
|{{fbaicon|USA}} [[Reign FC]]
|-
| 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)|publisher=IFFHS|date=8 December 2020|access-date=9 December 2020}}</ref>
|{{fbaicon|FRA}} [[Olympique Lyonnais Féminin|Lyon]]
|-
|2021
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Alexia Putellas]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=29 November 2021|title=IFFHS Woman's World Best Playmaker 2021 - Alexia Putellas|url=https://www.iffhs.com/posts/1491|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211129223854/https://www.iffhs.com/posts/1491|archive-date=29 November 2021|access-date=29 November 2021|publisher=IFFHS}}</ref>
|{{fbaicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona Femení|Barcelona]]
|-
|2022
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Alexia Putellas]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=13 December 2022|title=IFFHS Awards 2022 - Alexia Putellas, Women's World Best Playmaker |url=https://iffhs.com/posts/2392|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221213184840/https://iffhs.com/posts/2392|archive-date=13 December 2022|access-date=13 December 2022|publisher=IFFHS}}</ref>
|{{fbaicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona Femení|Barcelona]]
|-
|2023
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Aitana Bonmatí]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=31 December 2023|title=IFFHS Awards 2023 – Always Bonmati |url=https://iffhs.com/posts/3285|access-date=31 December 2023|publisher=IFFHS |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20231231123204/https://iffhs.com/posts/3285|archive-date= 31 December 2023 }}</ref>
|{{fbaicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona Femení|Barcelona]]
|-
|2024
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Aitana Bonmatí]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=19 December 2024|title=IFFHS AWARDS 2024 - AITANA BONMATI, WOMEN'S WORLD BEST PLAYMAKER |url=https://iffhs.com/posts/4072|access-date=19 December 2024|publisher=IFFHS }}</ref>
|{{fbaicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona Femení|Barcelona]]
|}

== The World's Best Goalkeeper ==
{{Main|IFFHS World's Best Goalkeeper}}

[[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 ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+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=6 November 2021|publisher=IFFHS}}</ref>
!Player
!Wins
!Years
|-
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Iker Casillas]]
| rowspan="3" align="center" |5
|2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
|-
|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Gianluigi Buffon]]
|2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2017
|-
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Manuel Neuer]]
|2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2020
|-
|{{flagicon|ITA|Italy=}} [[Walter Zenga]]
| rowspan="3" align="center" |3
|1989, 1990, 1991
|-
|{{flagicon|PAR}} [[José Luis Chilavert]]
|1995, 1997, 1998
|-
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Oliver Kahn]]
|1999, 2001, 2002
|-
|{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Peter Schmeichel]]
| rowspan="2" align="center" |2
|1992, 1993
|-
|{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Thibaut Courtois]]
|2018, 2022
|}

=== 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=6 November 2021|publisher=IFFHS}}</ref>
!Player
!Wins
!Years
|-
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Hope Solo]]
| rowspan="2" align="center" |4
|2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
|-
|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Sarah Bouhaddi]]
|2016, 2017, 2018, 2020
|-
|{{flagicon|CHI}} [[Christiane Endler]]
|align="center"|2
|2021, 2022 
|}

== 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 been the Top Goal Scorer of the Year a record five times. He is also the Best Goal Scorer in History.]]
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 (2010*–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=6 November 2021|publisher=IFFHS}}</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=6 November 2021|publisher=IFFHS}}</ref>
!Player
!Wins
!Years
|-
|{{fbicon|POR}} [[Cristiano Ronaldo]]
| align="center" |5
|2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2023
|-
|{{fbicon|ARG}} [[Lionel Messi]]
| rowspan="2" align="center" |2
|2012, 2016
|-
|{{fbicon|POL}} [[Robert Lewandowski]]
|2020, 2021
|}

=== All-time World's Best Goal Scorer ranking ===
[[File:Senadores da 57ª Legislatura (52689451805) (cropped).jpg|thumb|[[Romário]] ranks 4th in the All-time World's Best Goal Scorer ranking with 756 goals.]]

{{updated|30 May 2025}}<ref>{{cite web |title=IFFHS Statistics – All time goal scorer ranking |url=https://iffhs.com/posts/2670 |publisher=International Federation of Football History & Statistics |access-date=5 November 2023 |date=8 April 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=THE WORLD'S BEST GOALSCORER OF XXI CENTURY |url=https://www.iffhs.com/posts/1564 |publisher=IFFHS |access-date=7 January 2022 |date=7 January 2022}}</ref>
:'''Bold''' indicates players currently active.
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+Top 10 goal scorers of all-time
!Rank
!Player
!Goals
|-
|1
| align="left" |{{fbicon|POR}} '''[[Cristiano Ronaldo]]'''
|936
|-
|2
| align="left" |{{fbicon|ARG}} '''[[Lionel Messi]]'''
|865
|-
|3
| align="left" |{{fbicon|BRA}} [[Pelé]]
|762
|-
|4
| align="left" |{{fbicon|BRA}} [[Romário]]
|756
|-
|5
| align="left" |{{fbicon|HUN|1896}} {{fbicon|Spain|1945}}  [[Ferenc Puskás]]
|725
|-
|6
| align="left" |{{fbicon|AUT}} {{fbicon|Czechoslovakia}} [[Josef Bican]]
|722
|-
|7
| align="left" |{{fbicon|POL}} '''[[Robert Lewandowski]]'''
|673
|-
|8
| align="left" |{{fbicon|NIR}} [[Jimmy Jones (footballer, born 1928)|Jimmy Jones]]
|639
|-
|9
| align="left" |{{fbicon|GER}} [[Gerd Müller]]
|634
|-
|10
| align="left" |{{fbicon|NIR}} [[Joe Bambrick]]
|626
|}
[[File:Atletico de Madrid Femenino - Reguero (cropped).jpg|thumb|[[Jenni Hermoso]] scored 48 goals in 2021.]]

=== Women's winners ===
The women's award was introduced in 2021.
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Year
!Winner
!Club
!Goals
|-
| align="center" |2021
|{{fbicon|ESP}} [[Jennifer Hermoso]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=31 December 2021|title=IFFHS WOMEN'S WORLD BEST TOP GOALSCORER 2021|url=https://www.iffhs.com/posts/1552|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220101005916/https://www.iffhs.com/posts/1552|archive-date=1 January 2022|access-date=4 January 2022|publisher=IFFHS}}</ref>
|{{fbaicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona Femení|Barcelona]]
| align="center" |48
|-
| align="center" |2022
|{{fbicon|NED}} [[Fenna Kalma]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=3 January 2023|title=IFFHS AWARDS 2022 - WOMEN'S WORLD BEST GOAL SCORER|url=https://www.iffhs.com/posts/2447|access-date=3 January 2023|publisher=IFFHS}}</ref>
|{{fbaicon|NED}} [[FC Twente (women)|Twente]]
| align="center" |45
|-
| align="center" |2023
|{{fbicon|Malawi}} [[Temwa Chawinga]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=1 January 2024|title=IFFHS AWARDS 2023 – TEMWA CHAWINGA FABULOUS|url=https://iffhs.com/posts/3287|access-date=1 January 2024|publisher=IFFHS}}</ref>
|{{fbaicon|CHN}} [[Wuhan Jianghan University F.C.|Wuhan Jianghan]]
| align="center" |63
|-
| align="center" |2024
|{{fbicon|Mexico}} [[Charlyn Corral]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=4 January 2025|title=IFFHS AWARDS 2024 - CHARLYN CORRAL, WOMEN'S WORLD BEST GOAL SCORER 2024|url=https://iffhs.com/posts/4099|access-date=4 January 2025|publisher=IFFHS}}</ref>
|{{fbaicon|MEX}} [[C.F. Pachuca (women)|Pachuca]]
| align="center" |44
|}

== 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:Sam Kerr, 29 February 2020 (02) (cropped).jpg|thumb|[[Sam Kerr]] scored 12 goals for her country in 2022.]]

=== 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=6 November 2021|publisher=IFFHS}}</ref>
!Player
!Wins
!Years
|-
|{{fbicon|POR}} [[Cristiano Ronaldo]]
| align="center" |5
|2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2019
|-
|{{fbicon|ARG}} [[Lionel Messi]]
| align="center" |3
|2011, 2012, 2022
|-
|{{fbicon|IRN}} [[Ali Daei]]
| rowspan="3" align="center" |2
|1996, 2004
|-
|{{fbicon|POL}} [[Robert Lewandowski]]
|2015, 2021
|-
|{{fbicon|BEL}} [[Romelu Lukaku]]
|2020, 2023
|}

=== Women's winners ===
The women's award was introduced in 2021.
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Year
!Winner
!Club
!Goals
|-
| align="center" |2021
|{{fbwicon|ENG}} [[Ellen White (footballer)|Ellen White]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=30 December 2021|title=IFFHS|url=https://www.iffhs.com/posts/1551|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211230190236/https://www.iffhs.com/posts/1551|archive-date=30 December 2021|access-date=4 January 2022|publisher=IFFHS}}</ref>
|{{fbaicon|ENG}} [[Manchester City W.F.C.|Manchester City]]
| align="center" |21
|-
| align="center" |2022
|{{fbwicon|AUS}} [[Sam Kerr]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=1 January 2023|title=IFFHS AWARDS 2022 - WOMEN'S WORLD BEST INTERNATIONAL GOAL SCORER 2022|url=https://www.iffhs.com/posts/2443|access-date=1 January 2023|publisher=IFFHS}}</ref>
|{{fbaicon|ENG}} [[Chelsea F.C. Women|Chelsea]]
| align="center" |17
|-
| align="center" |2023
|{{fbwicon|ZMB}} [[Barbra Banda]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=2 January 2024|title=IFFHS WOMEN'S WORLD BEST INTERNATIONAL GOAL SCORER 2023|url=https://iffhs.com/posts/3292|access-date=2 January 2024|publisher=IFFHS}}</ref>
|{{fbaicon|CHN}} [[Shanghai Shengli]]
| align="center" |15
|-
| align="center" |2024
|{{fbwicon|GER}} [[Lea Schüller]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=1 January 2025|title=IFFHS AWARDS 2024 - LEA SCHUELLER, WOMEN'S WORLD BEST INTERNATIONAL GOALSCORER|url=https://iffhs.com/posts/4095|access-date=1 January 2025|publisher=IFFHS}}</ref>
|{{fbaicon|GER}} [[FC Bayern Munich (women)|Bayern Munich]]
| align="center" |14
|}

== 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 four times.<ref name="iffhs.com"/>]]
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"
|-
!Year
!Winner
!Club(s)
!Goals
|-
| align="center" |1997
|{{flagicon|TUR}} [[Hakan Şükür]]
|{{fbaicon|TUR}} [[Galatasaray S.K. (football)|Galatasaray]]
|'''38'''
|-
| align="center" |1998
|{{flagicon|ECU}} [[Iván Kaviedes]]
|{{fbaicon|ECU}} [[C.S. Emelec|Emelec]]
|'''43'''
|-
| align="center" |1999
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Mário Jardel]]
|{{fbaicon|POR}} [[FC Porto|Porto]]
|'''36'''
|-
| align="center" |2000
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Mário Jardel]]
|{{fbaicon|POR}} [[FC Porto|Porto]]
|'''38'''
|-
| align="center" |2001
|{{flagicon|BOL}} [[José Alfredo Castillo]]
|{{fbaicon|BOL}} [[Oriente Petrolero]]
|'''42'''
|-
| align="center" |2002
|{{flagicon|BOL}} [[Joaquín Botero]]
|{{fbaicon|BOL}} [[Club Bolívar|Bolívar]]
|'''49'''
|-
| align="center" |2003
|{{flagicon|PAR}} [[José Cardozo]]
|{{fbaicon|MEX}} [[Deportivo Toluca F.C.|Toluca]]
|'''58'''
|-
| align="center" |2004
|{{flagicon|CHI}} [[Patricio Galaz]]
|{{fbaicon|CHI}} [[C.D. Cobreloa|Cobreloa]]
|'''42'''
|-
| align="center" |2005
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Araújo (footballer, born 1977)|Clemerson Araújo]]
|{{fbaicon|JPN}} [[Gamba Osaka]]
|'''33'''
|-
| align="center" |2006
|{{flagicon|NED}} [[Klaas-Jan Huntelaar]]
|{{fbaicon|NED}} [[AFC Ajax|Ajax]]
|'''35'''
|-
| align="center" |2007
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Afonso Alves]]
|{{fbaicon|NED}} [[SC Heerenveen|Heerenveen]]
|'''34'''
|-
| align="center" |2008
|{{flagicon|PAR}} [[Lucas Barrios]]
|{{fbaicon|CHI}} [[Colo-Colo]]
|'''37'''
|-
| align="center" |2009
|{{flagicon|AUT}} [[Marc Janko]]
|{{fbaicon|AUT}} [[FC Red Bull Salzburg|RB Salzburg]]
|'''39'''
|-
| align="center" |2010
|{{flagicon|URU}} [[Luis Suárez]]
|{{fbaicon|NED}} [[AFC Ajax|Ajax]]
|'''35'''
|-
| align="center" |2011
|{{flagicon|LAT}} [[Aleksandrs Čekulajevs]]
|{{fbaicon|EST}} [[JK Narva Trans|Narva Trans]]
|'''46'''
|-
| align="center" |2012
|{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Lionel Messi]]
|{{fbaicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]
|'''50'''
|-
| align="center" |2013
|{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Lionel Messi]]
|{{fbaicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]
|'''46'''
|-
| align="center" rowspan=2 |2014
|{{flagicon|POR}} [[Cristiano Ronaldo]]
|{{fbaicon|ESP}} [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]]
|rowspan=2|'''31'''
|-
|{{flagicon|URU}} [[Luis Suárez]]
|{{fbaicon|ENG}} [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]]
|-
| align="center" |2015
|{{flagicon|POR}} [[Cristiano Ronaldo]]
|{{fbaicon|ESP}} [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]]
|'''48'''
|-
| align="center" |2016
|{{flagicon|URU}} [[Luis Suárez]]
|{{fbaicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]
|'''40'''
|-
| align="center" |2017
|{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Lionel Messi]]
|{{fbaicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]
|'''37'''
|-
| align="center" rowspan=2 |2018
|{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Lionel Messi]]
|{{fbaicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]
|rowspan=2|'''34'''
|-
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Jonas (footballer, born 1984)|Jonas]]
|{{fbaicon|POR}} [[S.L. Benfica|Benfica]]
|-
| align="center" |2019
|{{flagicon|ALG}} [[Baghdad Bounedjah]]
|{{fbaicon|QAT}} [[Al Sadd SC|Al Sadd]]
|'''39'''
|-
!align="center" colspan=4 |Calendar year
|-
| align="center" |2020
|{{flagicon|POR}} [[Cristiano Ronaldo]]
|{{fbaicon|ITA}} [[Juventus FC|Juventus]]
|'''33'''
|-
|2021
|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Robert Lewandowski]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=1 January 2022|title=IFFHS MEN'S WORLD BEST TOP DIVISION GOALSCORER 2021|url=https://iffhs.com/posts/1553|access-date=2 January 2024|publisher=IFFHS}}</ref>
|{{fbaicon|GER}} [[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]]
|'''43'''
|-
|2022
|{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Germán Cano]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=2 January 2023|title=IFFHS AWARDS 2022 - MEN'S WORLD BEST NATIONAL TOP DIVISION GOAL SCORER|url=https://iffhs.com/posts/2446|access-date=2 January 2024|publisher=IFFHS}}</ref>
|{{fbaicon|BRA}} [[Fluminense FC|Fluminense]]
|'''33'''
|-
|2023
|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Harry Kane]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=1 January 2024|title=IFFHS MEN'S WORLD BEST NATIONAL TOP DIVISION GOAL SCORER 2023|url=https://iffhs.com/posts/3291|access-date=2 January 2024|publisher=IFFHS}}</ref>
|{{fbaicon|ENG}} [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham Hotspur]]<br>{{fbaicon|GER}} [[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]]
|'''38'''
|-
|2024
|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Viktor Gyökeres]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=3 January 2025|title=IFFHS AWARDS 2024 - VIKTOR GYOKERES, MEN'S WORLD BEST NATIONAL TOP DIVISION GOALSCORER|url=https://iffhs.com/posts/4098|access-date=3 January 2025|publisher=IFFHS}}</ref>
|{{fbaicon|POR}} [[Sporting CP|Sporting]]
|'''36'''
|-
!colspan =4| Source:<ref name="The World's Best Football Men National Goal Scorer">{{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=6 November 2021|publisher=IFFHS}}</ref>
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+Multiple winners (1997–present)
!Player
!Wins
!Years
|-
|{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Lionel Messi]]
| align="center" |4
|2012, 2013, 2017, 2018 (shared)
|-
|{{flagicon|URU}} [[Luis Suárez]]
| rowspan="2" align="center" |3
|2010, 2014 (shared), 2016
|-
|{{flagicon|POR}} [[Cristiano Ronaldo]]
|2014 (shared), 2015, 2020
|-
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Mário Jardel]]
| align="center" |2
|1999, 2000
|}

=== All-time World's Best Top Division Goal Scorer ranking ===
[[File:Puskas (1971).tif|thumb|[[Ferenc Puskás]]]]

{{More citations needed|Updated sources needed, not outdated|date=May 2023}}
{{updated|30 May 2025}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Suárez and Lewandowski reached 400 national league goals  |url=https://iffhs.com/posts/3956 |publisher=International Federation of Football History & Statistics |access-date=9 February 2025 |date=30 October 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=CR7, new best ever national leagues' goal-scorer !|url=https://iffhs.com/posts/3001 |publisher=International Federation of Football History & Statistics |access-date=2 November 2024 |date=30 August 2023}}</ref><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><ref>{{cite web |title=MEN'S WORLD BEST NATIONAL GOAL SCORER OF XXI CENTURY |url=https://www.iffhs.com/posts/2484 |publisher=International Federation of Football History & Statistics |access-date=19 January 2023 |date=19 January 2023}}</ref>
:'''Bold''' indicates players currently active.
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+Top 10 top division goal scorers of all-time
!Rank
!Player
!Goals
|-
|1
| align="left" |'''{{flagicon|POR}} [[Cristiano Ronaldo]]'''
|572
|-
|2
| align="left" |'''{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Lionel Messi]]'''
|528
|-
|rowspan="2" |3
| align="left" |{{fbicon|AUT}} {{fbicon|Czechoslovakia}} [[Josef Bican]]
|rowspan="2" |515
|-
| align="left" |{{flagicon|HUN|1896}} {{flagicon|ESP|1945}} [[Ferenc Puskás]]
|-
|5
| align="left" |{{flagicon|HUN|1896}} [[Imre Schlosser]]
|417
|-
|6
| align="left" |{{flagicon|HUN|1896}} [[Gyula Zsengellér]]
|416
|-
| 7
| align="left" |{{flagicon|POL}} '''[[Robert Lewandowski]]'''
| 413
|-
|8
| align="left" |{{flagicon|Scotland}} [[Jimmy McGrory]]
|409
|-
|9
| align="left" |{{flagicon|URU}} '''[[Luis Suárez]]'''
|407
|-
| 10
| align="left" |{{flagicon|GER}} {{Sortname|Gerd|Müller}}
| 405
|}

=== The World's Best Top Division Goal Scorer of the First Decade (2001–2010) ===
The final list includes the 18 players who scored 150 or more goals in top-tier national leagues in the period of time from 1 January 2001 to 31 December 2010.

The results were posted on the IFFHS' official website on 25 September 2022.<ref>{{Cite web|title=IFFHS WORLD'S BEST NATIONAL GOAL SCORER OF THE DECADE 2001-2010 : Aleksandar Đurić|url=https://www.iffhs.com/posts/2185 |access-date=2 November 2024|publisher=IFFHS}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+Players with at least 180 goals
!Rank
!Player
!Nation
!Goals
!Club(s)
|-
| align="center" |1
|[[Aleksandar Đurić]]
|{{fb|Singapore}}
| align="center" |'''246'''
|{{fbaicon|Singapore}} [[Geylang United]] (2001–04)<br />{{fbaicon|Singapore}} [[Singapore Armed Forces FC]] (2005–09)<br />{{fbaicon|Singapore}} [[Tampines Rovers FC|Tampines Rovers]] (2010)
|-
| align="center" |2
|[[Marc Lloyd Williams]]
|{{fb|Wales}}
| align="center" |'''236'''
|{{fbaicon|Wales}} [[Bangor City F.C.|Bangor City]] (2001–02; 2003; 2006-07)<br />{{fbaicon|England}} [[Southport F.C.|Southport]] (2002–03)<br />{{fbaicon|Wales}} [[Aberystwyth Town F.C.|Aberystwyth Town]] (2003–04)<br />{{fbaicon|Wales}} [[The New Saints F.C.|The New Saints]] (2004–06)<br />{{fbaicon|Wales}} [[Newtown A.F.C.|Newtown]] (2007–08)<br />{{fbaicon|Wales}} [[Rhyl F.C.|Rhyl]] (2008)<br />{{fbaicon|Wales}} [[Porthmadog F.C.|Porthmadog]] (2008–09)<br />{{fbaicon|Wales}} [[Airbus UK Broughton F.C.|Airbus UK Broughton]] (2009–10)
|-
| align="center" |3
|[[Washington (footballer, born 1 April 1975)|Washington]]
|{{fb|Brazil}}
| align="center" |'''214'''
|{{fbaicon|Brazil}} [[Associação Atlética Ponte Preta|Ponte Preta]] (2001–02)<br />{{fbaicon|Turkey}} [[Fenerbahçe S.K.|Fenerbahçe]] (2002–03)<br />{{fbaicon|Brazil}} [[Club Athletico Paranaense|Athletico Paranaense]] (2004)<br />{{fbaicon|Japan}} [[Tokyo Verdy]] (2005)<br />{{fbaicon|Japan}} [[Urawa Red Diamonds]] (2006-07)<br />{{fbaicon|Brazil}} [[Fluminense FC|Fluminense]] (2008; 2010)<br />{{fbaicon|Brazil}} [[São Paulo FC|São Paulo]] (2009-10)
|-
| align="center" |4
|[[Rhys Griffiths (footballer)|Rhys Griffiths]]
|{{fb|Wales}}
| align="center" |'''198'''
|{{fbaicon|Wales}} [[Cwmbrân Town A.F.C.|Cwmbrân Town]] (2001–02)<br />{{fbaicon|Wales}} [[Haverfordwest County A.F.C.|Haverfordwest County]] (2002–04)<br />{{fbaicon|Wales}} [[Carmarthen Town A.F.C.|Carmarthen Town]] (2004)<br />{{fbaicon|Wales}} [[Port Talbot Town F.C.|Port Talbot Town]] (2004–06)<br />{{fbaicon|Wales}} [[Llanelli Town A.F.C.|Llanelli Town]] (2006–10)
|-
| align="center" |5
|[[Thierry Henry]]
|{{fb|France}}
| align="center" |'''182'''
|{{fbaicon|England}} [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]] (2001–07)<br />{{fbaicon|Spain}} [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]] (2007–10)
|-
| align="center" |6
|[[Magno Alves]]
|{{fb|Brazil}}
| align="center" |'''182'''
|{{fbaicon|Brazil}} [[Fluminense FC|Fluminense]] (2001–02)<br />{{fbaicon|South Korea}} [[Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors]] (2003)<br />{{fbaicon|Japan}} [[Oita Trinita]] (2004-05)<br />{{fbaicon|Japan}} [[Gamba Osaka]] (2006–07)<br />{{fbaicon|Saudi Arabia}} [[Ittihad Club]] (2007-08)<br />{{fbaicon|Qatar}} [[Umm Salal SC|Umm Salal]] (2008-10)
|-
| align="center" |7
|[[Maksim Gruznov]]
|{{fb|Estonia}}
| align="center" |'''180'''
|{{fbaicon|Estonia}} [[JK Narva Trans|Narva Trans]] (2001–08)<br />{{fbaicon|Estonia}} [[JK Sillamäe Kalev|Sillamäe Kalev]] (2009-10)
|}

=== The World's Best Top Division Goal Scorer of the Second Decade (2011–2020) ===
The final list includes the 36 players who scored 150 or more goals in top-tier national leagues in the period of time from 1 January 2011 to 31 December 2020.

The results were posted on the IFFHS' official website on 6 January 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|title=IFFHS WORLD'S BEST NATIONAL GOAL SCORER OF THE DECADE 2011-2020 : LIONEL MESSI|url=https://iffhs.com/posts/887 |access-date=28 May 2023|publisher=IFFHS}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+Players with at least 200 goals
!Rank
!Player
!Nation
!Goals
!Club(s)
|-
| align="center" |1
|[[Lionel Messi]]
|{{fb|Argentina}}
| align="center" |'''346'''
|{{fbaicon|Spain}} [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]] (2011–20)
|-
| align="center" |2
|[[Cristiano Ronaldo]]
|{{fb|Portugal}}
| align="center" |'''332'''
|{{fbaicon|Spain}} [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]] (2011–18)<br />{{fbaicon|Italy}} [[Juventus FC|Juventus]] (2018–20)
|-
| align="center" |3
|[[Robert Lewandowski]]
|{{fb|Poland}}
| align="center" |'''248'''
|{{fbaicon|Germany}} [[Borussia Dortmund]] (2011–14)<br />{{fbaicon|Germany}} [[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]] (2014–20)
|-
| align="center" |4
|[[Zlatan Ibrahimović]]
|{{fb|Sweden}}
| align="center" |'''236'''
|{{fbaicon|Italy}} [[A.C. Milan|Milan]] (2011–12; 2019–20)<br />{{fbaicon|France}} [[Paris Saint-Germain F.C.|Paris Saint-Germain]] (2012–16)<br />{{fbaicon|England}} [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]] (2016–18)<br />{{fbaicon|United States}} [[LA Galaxy]] (2018–19)
|-
| align="center" |5
|[[Luis Suárez]]
|{{fb|Uruguay}}
| align="center" |'''224'''
|{{fbaicon|England}} [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]] (2011–14)<br />{{fbaicon|Spain}} [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]] (2014–20)<br />{{fbaicon|Spain}} [[Atlético Madrid]] (2020)
|-
| align="center" |6
|[[Carlos Saucedo]]
|{{fb|Bolivia}}
| align="center" |'''213'''
|{{fbaicon|Bolivia}} [[Club San José|San José]] (2012–13; 2017–19)<br />{{fbaicon|Costa Rica}} [[Deportivo Saprissa|Saprissa]] (2014)<br />{{fbaicon|Bolivia}} [[Oriente Petrolero]] (2015)<br />{{fbaicon|Bolivia}} [[Club Blooming|Blooming]] (2015–16)<br />{{fbaicon|Bolivia}} [[Club Real Potosí|Real Potosí]] (2016)<br />{{fbaicon|Bolivia}} [[Club Deportivo Guabirá|Guabirá]] (2017)<br />{{fbaicon|Bolivia}} [[Royal Pari F.C.|Royal Pari]] (2020)
|-
| align="center" |7
|[[Edinson Cavani]]
|{{fb|Uruguay}}
| align="center" |'''209'''
|{{fbaicon|Italy}} [[S.S.C. Napoli|Napoli]] (2011–13)<br />{{fbaicon|France}} [[Paris Saint-Germain F.C.|Paris Saint-Germain]] (2013–20)<br />{{fbaicon|England}} [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]] (2020)
|}
[[File:Irena Martínková 20190525.jpg|thumb|[[Lucie Martínková]] was the top women's goal scorer for club in 2021.]]

=== Women's winners ===
The women's award was introduced in 2021.
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Year
!Winner
!Club
!Goals
|-
| align="center" |2021
|{{flagicon|CZE}} [[Lucie Martínková]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=30 December 2021|title=IFFHS WOMEN'S WORLD BEST TOP DIVISION GOAL SCORER 2021|url=https://www.iffhs.com/posts/1550|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211230190237/https://www.iffhs.com/posts/1550|archive-date=30 December 2021|access-date=4 January 2022|publisher=IFFHS}}</ref>
|{{fbaicon|CZE}} [[AC Sparta Prague (women)|Sparta Prague]]
| align="center" |38
|-
| align="center" |2022
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Mia Fishel]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=2 January 2023|title=IFFHS AWARDS 2022 - WOMEN'S WORLD BEST NATIONAL TOP DIVISION GOAL SCORER|url=https://www.iffhs.com/posts/2445|access-date=2 January 2023|publisher=IFFHS}}</ref>
|{{fbaicon|MEX}} [[Tigres UANL (women)|UANL]]
| align="center" |33
|-
| align="center" |2023
|{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Charlyn Corral]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=1 January 2024|title=IFFHS WOMEN'S WORLD BEST NATIONAL TOP DIVISION GOAL SCORER 2023|url=https://iffhs.com/posts/3290|access-date=1 January 2024|publisher=IFFHS}}</ref>
|{{fbaicon|MEX}} [[C.F. Pachuca (women)|Pachuca]]
| align="center" |34
|-
| align="center" |2024
|{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Charlyn Corral]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=2 January 2025|title=IFFHS AWARDS 2024 - CHARLYN CORRAL, WOMEN'S WORLD BEST NATIONAL TOP DIVISION GOALSCORER|url=https://iffhs.com/posts/4097|access-date=2 January 2025|publisher=IFFHS}}</ref>
|{{fbaicon|MEX}} [[C.F. Pachuca (women)|Pachuca]]
| align="center" |42
|}

== The 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 ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Year
!Winner
!Club
!Ratio
|-
| align="center" |1997
|{{flagicon|TUR}} [[Hakan Şükür]]<ref>{{cite web|title=IFFHS Awards 1997|url=https://www.iffhs.de/index.php/posts/269|publisher=IFFHS|date=10 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201014101728if_/https://www.iffhs.de/index.php/posts/269|archive-date=14 October 2020}}</ref>
|{{flagicon|TUR}} [[Galatasaray S.K. (football)|Galatasaray]]
| align="center" |1.188
|-
| align="center" |1998
|{{flagicon|JPN|1947}} [[Masashi Nakayama]]<ref>{{cite web|title=IFFHS Awards 1998|url=https://www.iffhs.de/index.php/posts/268|publisher=IFFHS|date=10 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201014104244if_/https://www.iffhs.de/index.php/posts/268|archive-date=14 October 2020}}</ref>
|{{flagicon|JPN|1947}} [[Júbilo Iwata]]
| align="center" |1.276
|-
| align="center" |1999
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Mário Jardel]]<ref>{{cite web|title=IFFHS Awards 1999|url=https://www.iffhs.de/index.php/posts/267|publisher=IFFHS|date=10 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201014104226if_/https://www.iffhs.de/index.php/posts/267|archive-date=14 October 2020}}</ref>
|{{flagicon|PRT}} [[FC Porto|Porto]]
| align="center" |1.125
|-
| align="center" |2000
|{{flagicon|KSA}} [[Hamzah Idris]]<ref>{{cite web|title=IFFHS Awards 2000|url=https://www.iffhs.de/index.php/posts/265|url-status=live|publisher=IFFHS|date=10 April 2020 |access-date=14 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201014104240if_/https://www.iffhs.de/index.php/posts/265|archive-date=14 October 2020}}</ref>
|{{flagicon|KSA}} [[Al-Ittihad (Jeddah)|Al Ittihad]]
| align="center" |1.320
|-
| align="center" |2001
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Romário]]<ref>{{cite web|title=IFFHS Awards 2001|url=https://iffhs.de/posts/266|publisher=IFFHS|date=10 April 2020 |access-date=14 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201014111440if_/https://iffhs.de/posts/266|archive-date=14 October 2020}}</ref>
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[CR Vasco da Gama|Vasco da Gama]]
| align="center" |1.167
|-
| align="center" |2002
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Mário Jardel]]<ref>{{cite web|title=IFFHS Awards 2002|url=https://www.iffhs.de/index.php/posts/262|publisher=IFFHS|date=10 April 2020 |access-date=14 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201014105337if_/https://www.iffhs.de/index.php/posts/262|archive-date=14 October 2020}}</ref>
|{{flagicon|POR}} [[Sporting CP]]
| align="center" |1.400
|-
| align="center" |2003
|{{flagicon|PAR|1990}} [[José Cardozo]]<ref>{{cite web|title=IFFHS AWARDS 2003|url=https://www.iffhs.de/index.php/posts/263|publisher=IFFHS|date=10 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201014104740if_/https://www.iffhs.de/index.php/posts/263|archive-date=14 October 2020}}</ref>
|{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Deportivo Toluca F.C.|Toluca]]
| align="center" |1.381
|-
| align="center" |2004
|{{flagicon|UZB}} [[Shuhrat Mirkholdirshoev]]<ref>{{cite web|title=IFFHS Awards 2004|url=https://www.iffhs.de/index.php/posts/264|publisher=IFFHS|date=10 April 2020 |access-date=14 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201014110816if_/https://www.iffhs.de/index.php/posts/264|archive-date=14 October 2020}}</ref>
|{{flagicon|UZB}} [[Navbahor Namangan]]
| align="center" |1.192
|}

== The World Team ==
{{Main|IFFHS World Team}}

[[File:Sergio Ramos entrenando (cropped).jpg|thumb|[[Sergio Ramos]] made four appearances in the World Team since 2017.]]

=== Men's winners ===
In 2017, '''IFFHS''' started to nominate a world team of the year.<ref>{{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|publisher=IFFHS}}</ref>
{| 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=6 November 2021|publisher=IFFHS}}</ref>
!Player
!Apps
!Years
|-
|{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Lionel Messi]]
| align="center" |7
|2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
|-
|{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Kevin De Bruyne]]
| align="center" |6
|2017, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
|-
|{{flagicon|POR}} [[Cristiano Ronaldo]] 
| align="center" |5
|2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
|-
|{{flagicon|CAN}} [[Alphonso Davies]]
| align="center" |5
|2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
|-
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Sergio Ramos]]
| align="center" |4
|2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
|-
|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Kylian Mbappé]]
| align="center" |4
|2018, 2021, 2022, 2023
|-
|{{flagicon|CRO}} [[Luka Modrić]]
| align="center" |3
|2017, 2018, 2022
|-
|{{flagicon|POR}} [[Rúben Dias]]
| align="center" |3
|2021, 2023, 2024
|-
|{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Erling Haaland]]
| align="center" |3
|2022, 2023, 2024
|-
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Marcelo (footballer, born 1988)|Marcelo]] 
| align="center" |2
|2017, 2018
|-
|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Trent Alexander-Arnold]]
| align="center" |2
|2019, 2020
|-
|{{flagicon|NED}} [[Virgil van Dijk]] 
| align="center" |2
|2019, 2020
|-
|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Leonardo Bonucci]]
| align="center" |2
|2017, 2021
|-
|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Robert Lewandowski]]
| align="center" |2
|2020, 2021
|-
|{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Thibaut Courtois]]
| align="center" |2
|2018, 2022
|-
|{{flagicon|MAR}} [[Achraf Hakimi]]
| align="center" |2
|2021, 2022
|-
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Toni Kroos]]
| align="center" |2
|2017, 2024
|-
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Rodri (footballer, born 1996)|Rodri]]
| align="center" |2
|2023, 2024
|-
|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Jude Bellingham]]
| align="center" |2
|2023, 2024
|}

=== 19th Century Men's Dream Team (2021) ===
The XI covers the 1863-1900 period.

[[File:StiveBloomer.jpg|thumb|[[Steve Bloomer]] was selected as right inside forward for the All-time Men's Dream Team of the XIX Century.]]

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Continent
!Goalkeeper
!Defenders
!Midfielders
!Forwards
|-
|World<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.iffhs.com/posts/1468|title=IFFHS ALL TIME WORLD MEN'S DREAM TEAM XIX CENTURY|publisher=IFFHS|date=27 May 2021}}</ref>
|{{flagicon|WAL}} [[James Trainer]]
|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Bob Holmes (footballer)|Robert Holmes]]<br />{{flagicon|SCO}} [[Walter Arnott]]
|{{flagicon|SCO}} [[Neilly Gibson]]<br />{{flagicon|SCO}} [[James Cowan (footballer)|James Cowan]]<br />{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Ernest Needham]]
|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Steve Bloomer]]<br />{{flagicon|ENG}} [[John Goodall]] <br />{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Billy Bassett|William Bassett]]<br />{{flagicon|SCO}} [[Gilbert Oswald Smith]]<br />{{flagicon|SCO}} [[Jack Bell (footballer, born 1868)|John Bell]]
|-

|}

=== 20th Century Men's Dream Team (2000) ===
The XIs cover the 1901-2000 period.

[[File:Bobby Moore 1969.jpg|thumb|[[Bobby Moore]] was selected as one of the three defenders in the XX Century World XI.]]

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Continent
!Goalkeeper
!Defenders
!Midfielders
!Forwards
|-
|World<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.iffhs.com/posts/1060|title=IFFHS XX CENTURY WORLD MEN'S DREAM TEAM |publisher=IFFHS |date=21 August 2021}}</ref>
|{{flagicon|URS}} [[Lev Yashin]]
|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Bobby Moore]]<br />{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Franz Beckenbauer]]<br />{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Franco Baresi]]
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Lothar Matthaus]]<br />{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Michel Platini]]<br />{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Diego Maradona]]<br />{{flagicon|NED}} [[Johan Cruyff]]
|{{flagicon|HUN}} [[Ferenc Puskas]]<br />{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Pelé]]<br />{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Alfredo Di Stefano]]
|-
|Europe<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.iffhs.com/posts/1066 |title=IFFHS ALL TIME EUROPE MEN'S DREAM TEAM |publisher=IFFHS |date=24 April 2021}}</ref>
|{{flagicon|URS}} [[Lev Yashin]]
|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Bobby Moore]]<br />{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Franz Beckenbauer]]<br />{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Franco Baresi]]
|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Bobby Charlton]]<br />{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Michel Platini]]<br />{{flagicon|NED}} [[Johan Cruyff]] <br />{{flagicon|GER}} [[Lothar Matthaus]]
|{{flagicon|HUN}} [[Ferenc Puskas]]<br />{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Gerd Müller]]<br />{{flagicon|POR}} [[Eusebio]]
|-
|South America<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.iffhs.com/posts/1083 |title=IFFHS XXI CENTURY SOUTH AMERICA MEN'S DREAM TEAM  |publisher=IFFHS |date=4 May 2021}}</ref>
|{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Amadeo Carrizo]]
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Carlos Alberto Torres]]<br />{{flagicon|CHI}} [[Elías Figueroa]]<br />{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Daniel Passarella]]<br />{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Nilton Santos]]
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Didi (footballer, born 1928)|Didi]]<br />{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Diego Maradona]]<br />{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Zico (footballer)|Zico]]
|{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Alfredo Di Stéfano]]<br />{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Pelé]]<br />{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Garrincha]]
|-
|CONCACAF<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.iffhs.com/posts/1070 |title=IFFHS XX CENTURY CONCACAF MEN'S DREAM TEAM |publisher=IFFHS |date=27 April 2021 }}</ref>
|{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Antonio Carbajal]]
|{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Ramón Ramírez (footballer)|Ramon Ramirez]] <br />{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Gustavo Pena]]<br />{{flagicon|USA}} [[Marcelo Balboa]]<br />{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Claudio Suarez]]
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Thomas Dooley]]<br />{{flagicon|CRC}} [[Bryan Ruiz]]<br />{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Raúl Cárdenas]]
|{{flagicon|PAN}} [[Julio Dely Valdés]]<br />{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Hugo Sánchez]]<br />{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Carlos Hermosillo]]
|-
|Africa<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.iffhs.com/posts/1073 |title=IFFHS XX CENTURY MEN'S DREAM TEAM |publisher=IFFHS |date=29 April 2021 }}</ref>
|{{flagicon|CMR}} [[Thomas N'Kono]]
|{{flagicon|GHA}} [[Samuel Kuffour]]<br />{{flagicon|EGY}} [[Hany Ramzy]]<br />{{flagicon|MAR}} [[Noureddine Naybet]]<br />{{flagicon|NGA}} [[Taribo West]]
|{{flagicon|ALG}} [[Lakhdar Belloumi]]<br />{{flagicon|NGA}} [[Finidi George]]<br />{{flagicon|GHA}} [[Abedi Pele]]
|{{flagicon|CMR}} [[Roger Milla]]<br />{{flagicon|LBR}} [[George Weah]]<br />{{flagicon|ALG}} [[Rabah Madjer]]
|-
|Asia<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.iffhs.com/posts/1089 |title=IFFHS XXI CENTURY ASIA MEN'S DREAM TEAM |publisher=IFFHS |date=8 May 2021}}</ref>
|{{flagicon|KSA}} [[Mohamed Al-Deayea]]
|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Yasuhiko Okudera]]<br />{{flagicon|KOR}} [[Hong Myung-bo]]<br />{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Yasuhiko Okudera]]
|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Kazuyoshi Miura]]<br />{{flagicon|IRN}} [[Ali Parvin]]<br />{{flagicon|KOR}} [[Kim Joo-sung]]<br />{{flagicon|Saudi Arabia}} [[Saeed Al-Owairan]]
|{{flagicon|KSA}} [[Majed Abdullah]]<br />{{flagicon|IRN}} [[Ali Daei]]<br /> {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Cha Bum-kun]]
|-
|Oceania<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.iffhs.com/posts/1086 |title=IFFHS XX CENTURY OCEANIA MEN'S DREAM TEAM |publisher=IFFHS |date=8 May 2021 }}</ref>
|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Mark Bosnich]]
|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Joe Marston]]<br />{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Milan Ivanovic]]<br />{{flagicon|NCL}} [[Antoine Kombouare]]<br />{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Alan Davidson (Australian soccer)|Alan Davidson]]
|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Ned Zelic]]<br />{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Paul Okon]]<br />{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Robert Slater]]
|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[John Kosmina]]<br />{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Frank Farina]]<br />{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Wynton Rufer]]

|}

=== All-time Men's Dream Team (2021) ===
The XIs published by IFFHS cover the 1901-2020 period.
[[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"
|-
!Continent
!Goalkeeper
!Defenders
!Midfielders
!Forwards
|-
|World<ref name="Dream Team">{{cite web |url=https://www.iffhs.com/posts/1110 |title=IFFHS ALL TIME WORLD MEN'S DREAM TEAM |publisher=IFFHS |date=22 May 2021}}</ref>
|{{flagicon|URS}} [[Lev Yashin]]
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Cafu]]<br />{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Franz Beckenbauer]]<br />{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Franco Baresi]]<br />{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Paolo Maldini]]
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Xavi (footballer, born 1980)|Xavi]]<br />{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Diego Maradona]]<br />{{flagicon|NED}} [[Johan Cruyff]]
|{{flagicon|POR}} [[Cristiano Ronaldo]]<br />{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Pelé]]<br />{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Lionel Messi]]
|-
|World B<ref name="Dream Team" />
|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Gianluigi Buffon]]
|{{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|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 |publisher=IFFHS |date=29 May 2021}}</ref>
|{{flagicon|URS}} [[Lev Yashin]]
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Philipp Lahm]]<br />{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Franz Beckenbauer]]<br />{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Franco Baresi]]<br />{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Paolo Maldini]]
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Xavi (footballer, born 1980)|Xavi]]<br />{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Zinedine Zidane]]<br />{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Michel Platini]]
|{{flagicon|NED}} [[Johan Cruyff]]<br />{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Gerd Müller]]<br />{{flagicon|POR}} [[Cristiano Ronaldo]]
|-
|South America<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.iffhs.com/posts/1116 |title=IFFHS ALL TIME SOUTH AMERICA MEN'S DREAM TEAM  |publisher=IFFHS |date=26 May 2021}}</ref>
|{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Amadeo Carrizo]]
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Cafu]]<br />{{flagicon|CHI}} [[Elías Figueroa]]<br />{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Daniel Passarella]]<br />{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Roberto Carlos]]
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Didi (footballer, born 1928)|Didi]]<br />{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Diego Maradona]]<br />{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Zico (footballer)|Zico]]
|{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Alfredo Di Stéfano]]<br />{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Pelé]]<br />{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Lionel Messi]]
|-
|CONCACAF<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.iffhs.com/posts/1135 |title=IFFHS ALL TIME CONCACAF MEN'S DREAM TEAM |publisher=IFFHS |date=5 June 2021 }}</ref>
|{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Antonio Carbajal]]
|{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Carlos Salcedo]]<br />{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Claudio Suárez]]<br />{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Rafael Márquez]]
|{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Andrés Guardado]]<br />{{flagicon|CRC}} [[Bryan Ruiz]]<br />{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Raúl Cárdenas]]<br />{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Luis de la Fuente (footballer, born 1914)|Luis de la Fuente]]
|{{flagicon|PAN}} [[Julio Dely Valdés]]<br />{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Hugo Sánchez]]<br />{{flagicon|USA}} [[Clint Dempsey]]
|-
|Africa<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.iffhs.com/posts/1140 |title=IFFHS ALL TIME AFRICA MEN'S DREAM TEAM |publisher=IFFHS |date=8 June 2021 }}</ref>
|{{flagicon|CMR}} [[Thomas N'Kono]]
|{{flagicon|GHA}} [[Samuel Kuffour]]<br />{{flagicon|CMR}} [[Rigobert Song]]<br />{{flagicon|MAR}} [[Noureddine Naybet]]
|{{flagicon|CIV}} [[Yaya Touré]]<br />{{flagicon|NGA}} [[Nwankwo Kanu]]<br />{{flagicon|NGA}} [[Jay-Jay Okocha]]<br />{{flagicon|GHA}} [[Abedi Pele]]
|{{flagicon|CMR}} [[Samuel Eto'o]]<br />{{flagicon|LBR}} [[George Weah]]<br />{{flagicon|CIV}} [[Didier Drogba]]
|-
|Asia<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.iffhs.com/posts/1144 |title=IFFHS ALL TIME ASIA MEN'S DREAM TEAM |publisher=IFFHS |date=11 June 2021}}</ref>
|{{flagicon|KSA}} [[Mohamed Al-Deayea]]
|{{flagicon|IRN}} [[Mehdi Mahdavikia]]<br />{{flagicon|KOR}} [[Hong Myung-bo]]<br />{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Yasuhiko Okudera]]
|{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Wu Lei]]<br />{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Shinji Kagawa]]<br />{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Mile Jedinak]]<br />{{flagicon|KOR}} [[Park Ji-sung]]
|{{flagicon|KOR}} [[Son Heung-min]]<br />{{flagicon|KSA}} [[Majed Abdullah]]<br />{{flagicon|KOR}} [[Cha Bum-kun]]
|-
|Oceania<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.iffhs.com/posts/1150 |title=IFFHS ALL TIME OCEANIA MEN'S DREAM TEAM |publisher=IFFHS |date=14 June 2021 }}</ref>
|{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Stefan Marinovic]]
|{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Ryan Nelsen]]<br />{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Tommy Smith (footballer, born 1990)|Tommy Smith]]<br />{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Winston Reid]]
|{{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]]
|}[[File:2019-05-17 Fußball, Frauen, UEFA Women's Champions League, Olympique Lyonnais - FC Barcelona StP 0641 LR10 by Stepro.jpg|thumb|[[Dzsenifer Marozsán]] shares the third place for most appearances in the Women World Team (4) with [[Alex Morgan]], behind [[Lucy Bronze]] (5) and [[Wendie Renard]] (7).]]

=== Women's winners ===
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|publisher=IFFHS|archive-date=16 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171216053908/http://iffhs.de/the-iffhs-woman-world-team-2017/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
{| 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=6 November 2021|publisher=IFFHS}}</ref>
!Player
!Apps
!Years
|-
|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Wendie Renard]]
| align="center" |7
|2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
|-
|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Lucy Bronze]]
| align="center" |5
|2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022
|-
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Dzsenifer Marozsán]]
| rowspan="3" align="center" |4
|2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
|-
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Alex Morgan]]
|2017, 2018, 2019, 2022
|-
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Aitana Bonmatí]]
|2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
|-
|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Sarah Bouhaddi]]
| rowspan="3" align="center" |3
|2017, 2018, 2020
|-
|{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Pernille Harder (footballer)|Pernille Harder]]
|2017, 2018, 2020
|-
|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Sam Kerr]]
|2017, 2021, 2023
|-
|{{flagicon|CHI}} [[Christiane Endler]]
| rowspan="11" align="center" |2
|2021, 2022
|-
|{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Ada Hegerberg]]
|2018, 2019
|-
|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Amandine Henry]] 
|2018, 2019
|-
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Jennifer Hermoso]]
|2021, 2023
|-
|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Saki Kumagai]] 
|2018, 2020
|-
|{{flagicon|NED}} [[Lieke Martens]]
|2017, 2021
|-
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Lena Oberdorf]]
|2022, 2023
|-
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Alexandra Popp]]
|2020, 2022
|-
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Alexia Putellas]]
|2021, 2022
|-
|{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Caroline Graham Hansen]]
|2021, 2024
|-
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Salma Paralluelo]]
|2023, 2024
|}

=== All-time Women's Dream Team (2021) ===

[[File:Hope in San Jose.jpg|thumb|[[Hope Solo]] was selected in the World and CONCACAF All-time Women's Dream Team.]]

[[File:Homare Sawa 2015 (cropped).jpg|thumb|[[Homare Sawa]] was selected in the World and Asia All-time Women's Dream Team.|325x325px]]

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Continent
!Goalkeeper
!Defenders
!Midfielders
!Forwards
|-
|World<ref name="IF">{{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=8 November 2021|publisher=IFFHS}}</ref>
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Hope Solo]]
|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Lucy Bronze]]<br />{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Wendie Renard]]<br />{{flagicon|USA}} [[Christie Pearce]]<br />{{flagicon|USA}} [[Joy Fawcett]]
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Dzsenifer Marozsán]]<br />{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Homare Sawa]]<br />{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Marta (footballer)|Marta]]
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Megan Rapinoe]]<br />{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Ada Hegerberg]]<br />{{flagicon|USA}} [[Alex Morgan]]
|-
|World B<ref name="IF" />
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Nadine Angerer]]
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Ariane Hingst]]<br />{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Nilla Fischer]]<br />{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Saki Kumagai]]<br />{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Hege Riise]]
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Michelle Akers]]<br />{{flagicon|USA}} [[Kristine Lilly]]<br />{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Formiga (footballer, born 1978)|Formiga]]
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Abby Wambach]]<br />{{flagicon|USA}} [[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=8 November 2021|publisher=IFFHS}}</ref>
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Nadine Angerer]]
|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Lucy Bronze]]<br />{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Wendie Renard]]<br />{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Nilla Fischer]]<br />{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Linda Medalen]]
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Nadine Keßler]]<br />{{flagicon|GER}} [[Dzsenifer Marozsán]]<br />{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Camille Abily]]
|{{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=8 November 2021|publisher=IFFHS}}</ref>
|{{flagicon|CHI}} [[Christiane Endler]]
|{{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]]
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Formiga (footballer, born 1978)|Formiga]]<br />{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Sissi (footballer)|Sissi]]<br />{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Roseli de Belo|Roseli]]
|{{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=8 November 2021|publisher=IFFHS}}</ref>
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Hope Solo]]
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Kelley O'Hara]]<br />{{flagicon|USA}} [[Joy Fawcett]]<br />{{flagicon|USA}} [[Christie Pearce]]<br />{{flagicon|USA}} [[Ali Krieger]]
|{{flagicon|CRC}} [[Shirley Cruz]]<br />{{flagicon|USA}} [[Carli Lloyd]]<br />{{flagicon|USA}} [[Megan Rapinoe]]
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Abby Wambach]]<br />{{flagicon|USA}} [[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=8 November 2021|publisher=IFFHS}}</ref>
|{{flagicon|CMR}} [[Annette Ngo Ndom]]
|{{flagicon|NGA}} [[Onome Ebi]]<br />{{flagicon|RSA}} [[Janine van Wyk]]<br />{{flagicon|NGA}} [[Florence Omagbemi|Florence Omagbeni]]<br />{{flagicon|NGA}} [[Ngozi Ezeocha]]
|{{flagicon|NGA}} [[Perpetua Nkwocha]]<br />{{flagicon|NGA}} [[Mercy Akide]]<br />{{flagicon|CMR}} [[Gabrielle Onguéné]]
|{{flagicon|CMR}} [[Gaëlle Enganamouit]]<br />{{flagicon|NGA}} [[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=8 November 2021|publisher=IFFHS}}</ref>
|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Lydia Williams]]
|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Ellie Carpenter]]<br />{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Cheryl Salisbury]]<br />{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Saki Kumagai]]<br />{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Fan Yunjie]]
|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Homare Sawa]]<br />{{flagicon|KOR}} [[Ji So-yun]]<br />{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Aya Miyama]]
|{{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=8 November 2021|publisher=IFFHS}}</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 Youth (U20) Team ==
[[File:Ofrenda de la Liga y la Champions-13-L.Millán (52109790215) (cropped).jpg|thumb|[[Eduardo Camavinga]] is one of only three players to have appeared three times in the Men's World Youth (U20) Team, the others are [[Jamal Musiala]] and [[Jude Bellingham]].|319x319px]]

The award was introduced in 2020.

=== Men's winners ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+Multiple appearances (2020–present)<ref>{{cite web|title=THE WORLD'S YOUTH MEN TEAM OF THE YEAR 2020 (U20) by IFFHS|url=https://iffhs.com/posts/1036|date=3 April 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=IFFHS MEN'S YOUTH (U20) WORLD TEAM OF THE YEAR 2021|url=https://iffhs.com/posts/1514|date=9 December 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=IFFHS MEN'S WORLD YOUTH (U20) TEAM 2022|url=https://iffhs.com/posts/2468|date=12 January 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=IFFHS MEN'S YOUTH (U20) WORLD TEAM 2023|url=https://iffhs.com/posts/3301|date=5 January 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=IFFHS MEN'S YOUTH (U20) WORLD TEAM 2024|url=https://iffhs.com/posts/4090|date=28 December 2024}}</ref>
!Player
!Apps
!Years
|-
|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Eduardo Camavinga]]
| rowspan="3" align="center" |3
|2020, 2021, 2022
|-
|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Jude Bellingham]]
|2021, 2022, 2023
|-
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Jamal Musiala]]
|2021, 2022, 2023
|-
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Rodrygo]]
| rowspan="7" align="center" |2
|2020, 2021
|-
|{{flagicon|SPA}} [[Ansu Fati]]
|2020, 2022
|-
|{{flagicon|SPA}} [[Pedri]]
|2021, 2022
|-
|{{flagicon|POR}} [[Nuno Mendes (footballer, born 2002)|Nuno Mendes]]
|2021, 2022
|-
|{{flagicon|SPA}} [[Gavi (footballer)|Gavi]]
|2022, 2023
|-
|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Warren Zaïre-Emery]]
|2023, 2024
|-
|{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Alejandro Garnacho]]
|2023, 2024
|}
[[File:20240124-Linda Caicedo (cropped).jpg|thumb|227x227px|[[Linda Caicedo]] is the only player to have appeared four times in the Women's World Youth (U20) Team.]]

=== Women's winners ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+Multiple appearances (2020–present)<ref>{{cite web|title=THE WORLD'S YOUTH WOMEN TEAM OF THE YEAR 2020 (U20) by IFFHS|url=https://iffhs.com/posts/1035|date=3 April 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=IFFHS WOMEN'S YOUTH (U20) WORLD TEAM OF THE YEAR 2021|url=https://iffhs.com/posts/1512|date=8 December 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=IFFHS WOMEN'S WORLD YOUTH (U20) TEAM 2022|url=https://iffhs.com/posts/2467|date=12 January 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=IFFHS WOMEN'S YOUTH (U20) WORLD TEAM 2023|url=https://iffhs.com/posts/3300|date=5 January 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=IFFHS WOMEN'S YOUTH (U20) WORLD TEAM 2024|url=https://iffhs.com/posts/4092|date=29 December 2024}}</ref>
!Player
!Apps
!Years
|-
|{{flagicon|COL}} [[Linda Caicedo]]
| align="center" |4
|2020, 2022, 2023, 2024
|-
|{{flagicon|HAI}} [[Melchie Dumornay]]
| rowspan="2" align="center" |3
|2021, 2022, 2023
|-
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Vicky López]]
|2022, 2023, 2024
|-
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Cata Coll]]
| rowspan="8" align="center" |2
|2020, 2021
|-
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Lena Oberdorf]]
|2020, 2021
|-
|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Mary Fowler (soccer)|Mary Fowler]]
|2021, 2023
|-
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Meritxell Font]]
|2022, 2023
|-
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Andrea Medina]]
|2022, 2023
|-
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Salma Paralluelo]]
|2022, 2023
|-
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Tarciane]]
|2022, 2023
|}

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

[[File:Mourinho in Moscow.jpg|thumb|[[José Mourinho]], World's Best Club Coach with three different clubs ([[FC Porto|Porto]], [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]] and [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]]).|236x236px]]

=== Men's winners ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+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=6 November 2021|publisher=IFFHS}}</ref>
!Coach
!Wins
!Years
|-
|{{flagicon|POR}} [[José Mourinho]]
| rowspan="2" align="center"|4
|2004, 2005, 2010, 2012
|-
|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Carlo Ancelotti]]
|2007, 2014, 2022, 2024
|-
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Pep Guardiola]]
| align="center" |3
|2009, 2011, 2023
|-
|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Marcello Lippi]]
| rowspan="5" align="center" |2
|1996, 1998
|-
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Ottmar Hitzfeld]]
|1997, 2001
|-
|{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Carlos Bianchi]]
|2000, 2003
|-
|{{flagicon|SCO}} [[Alex Ferguson]]
|1999, 2008
|-
|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Zinedine Zidane]]
|2017, 2018
|}
[[File:Sonia Bompastor 2011.jpg|thumb|227x227px|[[Sonia Bompastor]], first person to win the [[UEFA Women's Champions League]] as both a player and a manager.]]

=== Women's winners ===
{| class="wikitable"
! style="width:50px;" |Year
! style="width:170px;" |Winner
! style="width:170px;" |Club
|-
|align="center"|2020
|{{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=6 November 2021|publisher=IFFHS}}</ref>
|{{fbaicon|FRA}} [[Olympique Lyonnais Féminin|Lyon]]
|-
|align="center"|2021
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Lluís Cortés]]<ref>{{cite web|date=3 December 2021|title=IFFHS WOMEN'S WORLD BEST CLUB COACH 2021 - LLUIS CORTES|url=https://www.iffhs.com/posts/1502|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211203065809/https://www.iffhs.com/posts/1502|archive-date=3 December 2021|access-date=3 December 2021|publisher=IFFHS}}</ref>
|{{fbaicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona Femení|Barcelona]]
|-
|align="center"|2022
|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Sonia Bompastor]]<ref>{{cite web|date=9 December 2022|title=IFFHS AWARDS 2022 - SONIA BOMPASTOR, WOMEN'S WORLD BEST CLUB COACH|url=https://www.iffhs.com/posts/2379|access-date=9 December 2022|publisher=IFFHS}}</ref>
|{{fbaicon|FRA}} [[Olympique Lyonnais Féminin|Lyon]]
|-
|align="center"|2023
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Jonatan Giráldez]]<ref>{{cite web|date=29 December 2023|title=IFFHS AWARDS 2023 – GIRALDEZ FIRST|url=https://iffhs.com/posts/3281|access-date=29 December 2023|publisher=IFFHS}}</ref>
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona Femení|Barcelona]]
|-
|align="center"|2024
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Jonatan Giráldez]]<ref>{{cite web|date=21 December 2024|title=IFFHS AWARDS 2024 - JONATAN GIRALDEZ, WOMEN'S WORLD BEST CLUB COACH 2024|url=https://iffhs.com/posts/4076|access-date=21 December 2024|publisher=IFFHS}}</ref>
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona Femení|Barcelona]]
|}

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

[[File:Joachim Löw 2006.jpg|thumb|[[Joachim Löw]], World's Best National Coach with [[Germany national football team|Germany]] in 2014 and 2017.|170x170px]]

=== 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=6 November 2021|publisher=IFFHS}}</ref>
!Coach
!Wins
!Years
|-
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Vicente del Bosque]]
|align="center"|4
|2009, 2010, 2012, 2013
|-
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Joachim Löw]]
| rowspan="4" align="center" |2
|2014, 2017
|-
|{{flagicon|POR}} [[Fernando Santos (Portuguese footballer)|Fernando Santos]]
|2016, 2019
|-
|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Didier Deschamps]]
|2018, 2020
|-
|{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Lionel Scaloni]]
|2022, 2023
|}
[[File:Eng Women 0 Czech Rep 0 11 10 2022-258 (52427094508) (cropped).jpg|thumb|247x247px|[[Sarina Wiegman]], World's Best National Coach for [[Netherlands women's national football team|Netherlands]] and [[England women's national football team|England]].]]

=== Women's winners ===
{| class="wikitable"
! style="width:50px;" |Year
! style="width:170px;" |Winner
! style="width:170px;" |National team
|-
|align="center"|2020
|{{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=6 November 2021|publisher=IFFHS}}</ref>
|{{fbw|NED}}
|-
|align="center"|2021
|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Bev Priestman]]<ref>{{cite web|date=4 December 2021|title=IFFHS WOMEN'S WORLD BEST NATIONAL COACH 2021 - BEV PRIESTMAN|url=https://www.iffhs.com/posts/1505|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211204082802/https://www.iffhs.com/posts/1505|archive-date=4 December 2021|access-date=4 December 2021|publisher=IFFHS}}</ref>
|{{fbw|CAN}}
|-
|align="center"|2022
|{{flagicon|NED}} [[Sarina Wiegman]]<ref>{{cite web|date=9 December 2022|title=IFFHS AWARDS 2022 - SARINA WIEGMAN, WOMEN'S WORLD BEST NATIONAL COACH|url=https://www.iffhs.com/posts/2378|access-date=9 December 2022|publisher=IFFHS}}</ref>
|{{fbw|ENG}}
|-
|align="center"|2023
|{{flagicon|NED}} [[Sarina Wiegman]]<ref>{{cite web|date=30 December 2023|title=IFFHS AWARDS 2023 – 3 FOR WIEGMAN |url=https://iffhs.com/posts/3283|access-date=30 December 2023|publisher=IFFHS}}</ref>
|{{fbw|ENG}}
|-
|align="center"|2024
|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Emma Hayes]]<ref>{{cite web|date=23 December 2024|title=IFFHS AWARDS 2024 - EMMA HAYES, WOMEN'S WORLD BEST NATIONAL COACH|url=https://iffhs.com/posts/4080|access-date=23 December 2024|publisher=IFFHS}}</ref>
|{{fbw|USA}}
|}

== The World's Best Referee ==
[[File:Felix Brych (cropped).jpg|thumb|[[Felix Brych]], World's Best Referee in 2017 and 2021.|236x236px]]

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

{| class="wikitable"
! style="width:50px;" |Year
!Winner
|-
|align="center"|1987
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Romualdo Arppi Filho|Romualdo Filho]]<ref name="iffhs-men-referee">{{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/20231202015112/https://iffhs.com/awards/1|archive-date=2 December 2023|access-date=29 June 2024|publisher=IFFHS}}</ref>
|-
|align="center"|1988
|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Michel Vautrot]]<ref name="iffhs-men-referee" />
|-
|align="center"|1989
|{{flagicon|FRA}} Michel Vautrot<ref name="iffhs-men-referee" />
|-
|align="center"|1990
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[José Roberto Wright]]<ref name="iffhs-men-referee" />
|-
|align="center"|1991
|{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Peter Mikkelsen (referee)|Peter Mikkelsen]]<ref name="iffhs-men-referee" />
|-
|align="center"|1992
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Aron Schmidhuber]]<ref name="iffhs-men-referee" />
|-
|align="center"|1993
|{{flagicon|DEN}} Peter Mikkelsen<ref name="iffhs-men-referee" />
|-
|align="center"|1994
|{{flagicon|HUN}} [[Sándor Puhl]]<ref name="iffhs-men-referee" />
|-
|align="center"|1995
|{{flagicon|HUN}} Sándor Puhl<ref name="iffhs-men-referee" />
|-
|align="center"|1996
|{{flagicon|HUN}} Sándor Puhl<ref name="iffhs-men-referee" />
|-
|align="center"|1997
|{{flagicon|HUN}} Sándor Puhl<ref name="iffhs-men-referee" />
|-
|align="center"|1998
|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Pierluigi Collina]]<ref name="iffhs-men-referee" />
|-
|align="center"|1999
|{{flagicon|ITA}} Pierluigi Collina<ref name="iffhs-men-referee" />
|-
|align="center"|2000
|{{flagicon|ITA}} Pierluigi Collina<ref name="iffhs-men-referee" />
|-
|align="center"|2001
|{{flagicon|ITA}} Pierluigi Collina<ref name="iffhs-men-referee" />
|-
|align="center"|2002
|{{flagicon|ITA}} Pierluigi Collina<ref name="iffhs-men-referee" />
|-
|align="center"|2003
|{{flagicon|ITA}} Pierluigi Collina<ref name="iffhs-men-referee" />
|-
|align="center"|2004
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Markus Merk]]<ref name="iffhs-men-referee" />
|-
|align="center"|2005
|{{flagicon|GER}} Markus Merk<ref name="iffhs-men-referee" />
|-
|align="center"|2006
|{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Horacio Elizondo]]<ref name="iffhs-men-referee" />
|-
|align="center"|2007
|{{flagicon|GER}} Markus Merk<ref name="iffhs-men-referee" />
|-
|align="center"|2008
|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Roberto Rosetti]]<ref name="iffhs-men-referee" />
|-
|align="center"|2009
|{{flagicon|SUI}} [[Massimo Busacca]]<ref name="iffhs-men-referee" />
|-
|align="center"|2010
|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Howard Webb]]<ref name="iffhs-men-referee" />
|-
|align="center"|2011
|{{flagicon|HUN}} [[Viktor Kassai]]<ref name="iffhs-men-referee" />
|-
|align="center"|2012
|{{flagicon|POR}} [[Pedro Proença]]<ref name="iffhs-men-referee" />
|-
|align="center"|2013
|{{flagicon|ENG}} Howard Webb<ref name="iffhs-men-referee" />
|-
|align="center"|2014
|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Nicola Rizzoli]]<ref name="iffhs-men-referee" />
|-
|align="center"|2015
|{{flagicon|ITA}} Nicola Rizzoli<ref name="iffhs-men-referee" />
|-
|align="center"|2016
|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Mark Clattenburg]]<ref name="iffhs-men-referee" />
|-
|align="center"|2017
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Felix Brych]]<ref name="iffhs-men-referee" />
|-
|align="center"|2018
|{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Néstor Pitana]]<ref name="iffhs-men-referee" />
|-
|align="center"|2019
|{{flagicon|SVN}} [[Damir Skomina]]<ref name="iffhs-men-referee" />
|-
|align="center"|2020
|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Daniele Orsato]]<ref name="iffhs-men-referee" />
|-
|align="center"|2021
|{{flagicon|GER}} Felix Brych<ref name="iffhs-men-referee" />
|-
|align="center"|2022
|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Szymon Marciniak]]<ref name="marciniak-2022">{{cite web|title= IFFHS AWARDS 2022 - MEN'S WORLD BEST REFEREE |url=https://iffhs.com/posts/2463|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240225223442/https://iffhs.com/posts/2463|archive-date=25 February 2024|access-date=29 June 2024|publisher=IFFHS}}</ref>
|-
|align="center"|2023
|{{flagicon|POL}} Szymon Marciniak<ref name="marciniak-2023">{{cite web|title= IFFHS MEN'S WORLD BEST REFEREE 2023 |url=https://iffhs.com/posts/3295|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240117213727/https://iffhs.com/posts/3295|archive-date=17 January 2024|access-date=29 June 2024|publisher=IFFHS}}</ref>
|-
|align="center"|2024
|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[François Letexier]]<ref>{{cite web|title=IFFHS AWARDS 2024 - FRANCOIS LETEXIER, MEN'S WORLD BEST REFEREE |url=https://iffhs.com/posts/4082 |date=24 December 2024|access-date=24 December 2024|publisher=IFFHS}}</ref>
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+Multiple winners (1987–present)<ref name="iffhs-men-referee" /><ref name="marciniak-2022" /><ref name="marciniak-2023" />
!Referee
!Wins
!Years
|-
|{{fbaicon|ITA}} [[Pierluigi Collina]]
|align="center"|6
|1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003
|-
|{{fbaicon|HUN}} [[Sándor Puhl]]
|align="center"|4
|1994, 1995, 1996, 1997
|-
|{{fbaicon|GER}} [[Markus Merk]]
|align="center"|3
|2004, 2005, 2007
|-
|{{fbaicon|FRA}} [[Michel Vautrot]]
| rowspan="6" align="center" |2
|1988, 1989
|-
|{{fbaicon|DEN}} [[Peter Mikkelsen (referee)|Peter Mikkelsen]]
|1991, 1993
|-
|{{fbaicon|ENG}} [[Howard Webb]]
|2010, 2013
|-
|{{fbaicon|ITA}} [[Nicola Rizzoli]]
|2014, 2015
|-
|{{fbaicon|GER}} [[Felix Brych]]
|2017, 2021
|-
|{{fbaicon|POL}} [[Szymon Marciniak]]
|2022, 2023
|}
[[File:2017293155419 2017-10-20 Fussball Frauen Deutschland vs Island - Sven - 1D X MK II - 0017 - B70I0638.jpg|thumb|255x255px|[[Stéphanie Frappart]], World's Best Referee for five years in a row.]]

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

{| class="wikitable"
! style="width:50px;" |Year
!Winner
|-
|align="center"|2012
|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Jenny Palmqvist]]<ref name="iffhs-women-referee">{{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=6 November 2021|publisher=IFFHS}}</ref>
|-
|align="center"|2013
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Bibiana Steinhaus]]<ref name="iffhs-women-referee" />
|-
|align="center"|2014
|{{flagicon|GER}} Bibiana Steinhaus<ref name="iffhs-women-referee" />
|-
|align="center"|2015
|{{flagicon|UKR}} [[Kateryna Monzul]]<ref name="iffhs-women-referee" />
|-
|align="center"|2016
|{{flagicon|HUN}} [[Katalin Kulcsar]]<ref name="iffhs-women-referee" />
|-
|align="center"|2017
|{{flagicon|GER}} Bibiana Steinhaus<ref name="iffhs-women-referee" />
|-
|align="center"|2018
|{{flagicon|GER}} Bibiana Steinhaus<ref name="iffhs-women-referee" />
|-
|align="center"|2019
|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Stéphanie Frappart]]<ref name="iffhs-women-referee" />
|-
|align="center"|2020
|{{flagicon|FRA}} Stéphanie Frappart<ref name="iffhs-women-referee" />
|-
|align="center"|2021
|{{flagicon|FRA}} Stéphanie Frappart<ref name="iffhs-women-referee" />
|-
|align="center"|2022
|{{flagicon|FRA}} Stéphanie Frappart<ref name="frappart-2022">{{cite web|title= IFFHS AWARDS 2022 - STEPHANIE FRAPPART, WOMEN'S WORLD BEST REFEREE |url=https://iffhs.com/posts/2388|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240225210504/https://iffhs.com/posts/2388|archive-date=25 February 2024|access-date=29 June 2024|publisher=IFFHS}}</ref>
|-
|align="center"|2023
|{{flagicon|FRA}} Stéphanie Frappart<ref name="frappart-2023">{{cite web|title= IFFHS WOMEN'S WORLD BEST REFEREE 2023 |url=https://iffhs.com/posts/3294|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240613153036/https://iffhs.com/posts/3294|archive-date=13 June 2024|access-date=29 June 2024|publisher=IFFHS}}</ref>
|-
|align="center"|2024
|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Rebecca Welch]]<ref>{{cite web|title=IFFHS AWARDS 2024 - REBECCA WELCH, WOMEN'S WORLD BEST REFEREE |url=https://iffhs.com/posts/4084|date=25 December 2024|access-date=26 December 2024|publisher=IFFHS}}</ref>
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+Multiple winners (2012–present)<ref name="iffhs-women-referee" /><ref name="frappart-2022" /><ref name="frappart-2023" />
!Referee
!Wins
!Years
|-
|{{fbaicon|FRA}} [[Stéphanie Frappart]]
|align="center"|5
|2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
|-
|{{fbaicon|GER}} [[Bibiana Steinhaus]]
|align="center"|4
|2013, 2014, 2017, 2018
|}

== References ==
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