The Best FIFA Football Awards 2020
Robert Lewandowski, The Best FIFA Men's Player 2020
Date	17 December 2020 (2020-12-17)
Presented by	FIFA
Hosted by	Ruud Gullit and Reshmin Chowdhury
Highlights
The Best FIFA Player	Men's: Robert Lewandowski Women's: Lucy Bronze
The Best FIFA Coach	Men's: Jürgen Klopp Women's: Sarina Wiegman
The Best FIFA Goalkeeper	Men's: Manuel Neuer Women's: Sarah Bouhaddi
FIFA Puskás Award	Son Heung-min
Website	fifa.com
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The Best FIFA Football Awards 2020 were held on 17 December 2020. The ceremony was held virtually due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.^[1]

Winners and nominees

The Best FIFA Men's Player

Eleven players were shortlisted on 25 November 2020.^[2] The three finalists were revealed on 11 December 2020.^[3]

Robert Lewandowski won the award with 52 rank points.^[4][5][6]

The selection criteria for the men's players of the year was: respective achievements during the period from 20 July 2019 to 7 October 2020.

Cristiano Ronaldo

Lionel Messi

Rank	Player	Club(s) played for	National team	Points
The finalists
1	Robert Lewandowski	Bayern Munich	Poland	52
2	Cristiano Ronaldo	Juventus	Portugal	38
3	Lionel Messi	Barcelona	Argentina	35
Other candidates
4	Sadio Mané	Liverpool	Senegal	29
5	Kevin De Bruyne	Manchester City	Belgium	26
6	Mohamed Salah	Liverpool	Egypt	25
7	Kylian Mbappé	Paris Saint-Germain	France	19
8	Thiago	Bayern Munich Liverpool	Spain	17
9	Neymar	Paris Saint-Germain	Brazil	16
10	Virgil van Dijk	Liverpool	Netherlands	13
11	Sergio Ramos	Real Madrid	Spain	7

The Best FIFA Men's Goalkeeper

Six players were shortlisted on 25 November 2020.^[7] The three finalists were revealed on 11 December 2020.^[8]

Manuel Neuer won the award with 28 rank points.^[4][5][9]

Rank	Player	Club(s) played for	National team	Points
The finalists
1	Manuel Neuer	Bayern Munich	Germany	28
2	Alisson	Liverpool	Brazil	20
3	Jan Oblak	Atlético Madrid	Slovenia	12
Other candidates
4	Keylor Navas	Paris Saint-Germain	Costa Rica	5
5	Marc-André ter Stegen	Barcelona	Germany	4
6	Thibaut Courtois	Real Madrid	Belgium	3

The Best FIFA Men's Coach

Five coaches were initially shortlisted on 25 November 2020.^[10] The three finalists were revealed on 11 December 2020.^[11]

Jürgen Klopp won the award with 24 rank points.^[4][5][12]

Rank	Coach	Team(s) managed	Points
The finalists
1	Jürgen Klopp	Liverpool	24 (won based on more votes from national team coaches)
2	Hansi Flick	Bayern Munich	24
3	Marcelo Bielsa	Leeds United	11
Other candidates
4	Zinedine Zidane	Real Madrid	9
5	Julen Lopetegui	Sevilla	4

The Best FIFA Women's Player

Eleven players were shortlisted on 25 November 2020.^[13] The three finalists were revealed on 11 December 2020.

Lucy Bronze won the award with 52 rank points.^[4][5][14]

The selection criteria for the women's players of the year was: respective achievements during the period from 8 July 2019 to 7 October 2020.

Lucy Bronze

Pernille Harder

Wendie Renard

Rank	Player	Club(s) played for	National team	Points
The finalists
1	Lucy Bronze	Lyon Manchester City	England	52
2	Pernille Harder	VfL Wolfsburg Chelsea	Denmark	40
3	Wendie Renard	Lyon	France	35
Other candidates
4	Vivianne Miedema	Arsenal	Netherlands	31
5	Delphine Cascarino	Lyon	France	30
6	Dzsenifer Marozsán	Lyon	Germany	25
7	Sam Kerr	Chicago Red Stars Chelsea	Australia	20
8	Caroline Graham Hansen	Barcelona	Norway	15
9	Jennifer Hermoso	Barcelona	Spain	15
10	Saki Kumagai	Lyon	Japan	7
11	Ji So-yun	Chelsea	South Korea	7

The Best FIFA Women's Goalkeeper

Six players were shortlisted on 25 November 2020.^[15] The three finalists were revealed on 11 December 2020.

Sarah Bouhaddi won the award with 24 rank points.^[4][5][16]

Rank	Player	Club(s) played for	National team	Points
The finalists
1	Sarah Bouhaddi	Lyon	France	24
2	Christiane Endler	Paris Saint-Germain	Chile	22
3	Alyssa Naeher	Chicago Red Stars	United States	10
Other candidates
4	Ann-Katrin Berger	Chelsea	Germany	6
5	Hedvig Lindahl	VfL Wolfsburg Atlético Madrid	Sweden	5
6	Ellie Roebuck	Manchester City	England	5

The Best FIFA Women's Coach

Seven coaches were initially shortlisted on 25 November 2020.^[17] The three finalists were revealed on 11 December 2020.

Sarina Wiegman won the award with 26 rank points.^[4][5][18]

Rank	Coach	Team(s) managed	Points
The finalists
1	Sarina Wiegman	Netherlands	26
2	Jean-Luc Vasseur	Lyon	20
3	Emma Hayes	Chelsea	12
Other candidates
4	Stephan Lerch	VfL Wolfsburg	7
5	Lluís Cortés	Barcelona	6
6	Rita Guarino	Juventus	1
7	Hege Riise	LSK Kvinner	0

FIFA Puskás Award

The eleven players shortlisted for the awards were announced on 25 November 2020. The three finalists were revealed on 11 December 2020.^[19] All goals up for consideration were scored from 20 July 2019 to 7 October 2020. Every registered FIFA.com user was allowed to participate in the final vote until 9 December 2020, with the questionnaire being presented on the official website of FIFA. The top three goals from the vote were then voted on by a panel of ten "FIFA experts", who chose the winner.^[20]

Son Heung-min won the award with 24 rank points.^[4]

Rank	Player	Match	Competition	Date	Points
The finalists
1	Son Heung-min	Tottenham Hotspur – Burnley	2019–20 Premier League	7 December 2019	24
2	Giorgian De Arrascaeta	Ceará – Flamengo	2019 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A	25 August 2019	22
3	Luis Suárez	Barcelona – Mallorca	2019–20 La Liga	7 December 2019	20
Other candidates
Unranked	Shirley Cruz	Costa Rica – Panama	2020 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship	28 January 2020	N/A
	Jordan Flores	Shamrock Rovers – Dundalk	2020 League of Ireland Premier Division	28 February 2020
	André-Pierre Gignac	UANL – UNAM	Liga MX Clausura 2020	1 March 2020
	Sophie Ingle	Arsenal – Chelsea	2019–20 FA WSL	19 January 2020
	Zlatko Junuzović	Rapid Wien – Red Bull Salzburg	2019–20 Austrian Bundesliga	24 June 2020
	Hlompho Kekana	Mamelodi Sundowns – Cape Town City	2019–20 South African Premier Division	20 August 2019
	Leonel Quiñónez	Universidad Católica – Macará	2019 Ecuadorian Serie A	19 August 2019
	Caroline Weir	Manchester City – Manchester United	2019–20 FA WSL	7 September 2019

FIFA Fan Award

The award celebrates the best fan moments or gestures of September 2019 to September 2020, regardless of championship, gender or nationality. The shortlist was compiled by a panel of FIFA experts, and every registered FIFA.com user was allowed to participate in the final vote until 16 December 2020.

The three nominees were announced on 25 November 2020.^[21] Marivaldo Francisco da Silva won the award with over 130,000 votes.^[4]

Rank	Fan(s)	Match	Competition	Date	Votes
1	Marivaldo Francisco da Silva	Various	Various	Various	138,122
2	Colombia fans	N/A	N/A	Various	116,616
3	James Anderson	N/A	N/A	Various	86,182

FIFA Fair Play Award

Winner	Team	Reason
Mattia Agnese	Ospedaletti Calcio	Administered first aid to an opponent who lost consciousness during a match[22]

FIFA FIFPRO Men's World 11

The 55–player men's shortlist was announced on 10 December 2020.^[23]

The players chosen were Alisson as goalkeeper, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Alphonso Davies, Sergio Ramos and Virgil van Dijk as defenders, Kevin De Bruyne, Joshua Kimmich and Thiago as midfielders, and Robert Lewandowski, Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo as forwards.^[24]

Player	Club(s)
Goalkeeper
Alisson	Liverpool
Defenders
Trent Alexander-Arnold	Liverpool
Alphonso Davies	Bayern Munich
Virgil van Dijk	Liverpool
Sergio Ramos	Real Madrid
Midfielders
Kevin De Bruyne	Manchester City
Joshua Kimmich	Bayern Munich
Thiago	Bayern Munich Liverpool
Forwards
Robert Lewandowski	Bayern Munich
Lionel Messi	Barcelona
Cristiano Ronaldo	Juventus

Ranking of other nominees^[24]

Rank	Player	Club(s)
Goalkeepers
2	Manuel Neuer	Bayern Munich
3	Jan Oblak	Atlético Madrid
4	Marc-André ter Stegen	Barcelona
5	Thibaut Courtois	Real Madrid
6	David de Gea	Manchester United
7	Keylor Navas	Paris Saint-Germain
8	Ederson	Manchester City
9	Gianluigi Donnarumma	Milan
10	Hugo Lloris	Tottenham Hotspur
Defenders
5	David Alaba	Bayern Munich
6	Jordi Alba	Barcelona
7	Dani Alves	São Paulo
8	Kalidou Koulibaly	Napoli
9	Thiago Silva	Paris Saint-Germain Chelsea
10	Andrew Robertson	Liverpool
11	Marcelo	Real Madrid
12	Jérôme Boateng	Bayern Munich
13	Matthijs de Ligt	Juventus
14	Raphaël Varane	Real Madrid
15	Toby Alderweireld	Tottenham Hotspur
Midfielders
4	Bruno Fernandes	Sporting CP Manchester United
5	Luka Modrić	Real Madrid
6	N'Golo Kanté	Chelsea
7	Frenkie de Jong	Barcelona
8	Toni Kroos	Real Madrid
9	Leon Goretzka	Bayern Munich
10	Casemiro	Real Madrid
11	Sergio Busquets	Barcelona
12	Thomas Müller	Bayern Munich
13	Philippe Coutinho	Bayern Munich Barcelona
14	Jordan Henderson	Liverpool
15	Dele Alli	Tottenham Hotspur
Forwards
4	Erling Haaland	Red Bull Salzburg Borussia Dortmund
5	Kylian Mbappé	Paris Saint-Germain
6	Neymar	Paris Saint-Germain
7	Zlatan Ibrahimović	LA Galaxy Milan
8	Sadio Mané	Liverpool
9	Karim Benzema	Real Madrid
10	Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang	Arsenal
11	Sergio Agüero	Manchester City
12	Mohamed Salah	Liverpool
13	Harry Kane	Tottenham Hotspur
14	Serge Gnabry	Bayern Munich
15	Son Heung-min	Tottenham Hotspur

FIFA FIFPRO Women's World 11

The 55–player women's shortlist was announced on 10 December 2020.^[25]

The players chosen were Christiane Endler as goalkeeper, Millie Bright, Lucy Bronze and Wendie Renard as defenders, Barbara Bonansea, Verónica Boquete and Delphine Cascarino as midfielders, and Pernille Harder, Tobin Heath, Vivianne Miedema and Megan Rapinoe as forwards.^[26]

Player	Club(s)
Goalkeeper
Christiane Endler	Paris Saint-Germain
Defenders
Millie Bright	Chelsea
Lucy Bronze	Lyon Manchester City
Wendie Renard	Lyon
Midfielders
Barbara Bonansea	Juventus
Verónica Boquete	Utah Royals FC Milan
Delphine Cascarino	Lyon
Forwards
Pernille Harder	VfL Wolfsburg Chelsea
Tobin Heath	Portland Thorns FC Manchester United
Vivianne Miedema	Arsenal
Megan Rapinoe	OL Reign

Ranking of other nominees^[26]

Rank	Player	Club(s)
Goalkeepers
2	Sarah Bouhaddi	Lyon
3	Nicole Barnhart	Utah Royals FC
4	Friederike Abt	VfL Wolfsburg
5	Ann-Katrin Berger	Chelsea
6	Sari van Veenendaal	PSV
7	Laura Benkarth	Bayern Munich
8	Sandra Paños	Barcelona
9	Alyssa Naeher	Chicago Red Stars
10	Hedvig Lindahl	Atlético Madrid
Defenders
4	Magdalena Eriksson	Chelsea
5	Kadeisha Buchanan	Lyon
6	Ellie Carpenter	Lyon
7	Crystal Dunn	Portland Thorns
8	Abby Dahlkemper	North Carolina Courage
9	Irene Paredes	Paris Saint-Germain
10	Stefanie van der Gragt	Barcelona Ajax
11	Saki Kumagai	Lyon
12	Ali Krieger	Orlando Pride
13	Nilla Fischer	Linköpings FC
14	Sara Gama	Juventus
15	Paulina Dudek	Paris Saint-Germain
Midfielders
4	Carli Lloyd	Sky Blue FC
5	Rose Lavelle	Washington Spirit Manchester City
6	Dzsenifer Marozsán	Lyon
7	Julie Ertz	Chicago Red Stars
8	Daniëlle van de Donk	Arsenal
9	Ji So-yun	Chelsea
10	Formiga	Paris Saint-Germain
11	Kelley O'Hara	Utah Royals FC
12	Amandine Henry	Lyon
13	Caroline Graham Hansen	Barcelona
14	Shirley Cruz	Alajuelense OL Reign
15	Erin Cuthbert	Chelsea
Forwards
5	Kosovare Asllani	Real Madrid
6	Ada Hegerberg	Lyon
7	Cristiane	Santos
8	Tabitha Chawinga	Jiangsu Suning
9	Stina Blackstenius	Göteborg FC
10	Lieke Martens	Barcelona
11	Sam Kerr	Chelsea
12	Eugénie Le Sommer	Lyon
13	Jennifer Hermoso	Barcelona
14	Bethany England	Chelsea
15	Christen Press	Utah Royals FC Manchester United

Selection panels

Men's selection panel

The panel of experts who shortlisted the nominees for The Best FIFA Football Awards 2020 for the men's players and coaches comprised:^[27]

Women's selection panel

The panel of experts who shortlisted the nominees for The Best FIFA Football Awards 2020 for the women's players and coaches comprised:^[28]