The Best FIFA Football Awards™ 2025 to honour beautiful game's star performers
Following another memorable year of on-field action around the world, FIFA is inviting the global football community to help decide which of the beautiful game's leading lights should be nominated for The Best FIFA Football Awards™ 2025.
The highlight of the year was the success of the new FIFA Club World Cup™ in June and July, when 32 of the leading clubs on the planet came together in the United States for the first time in football history, with 2.5 million attending in person and billions more watching on around the world.
Players and coaches have taken the world's number-one sport to new heights, enchanting billions of fans worldwide at these show-stopping competitions. The tenth edition of The Best FIFA Football Awards will honour only the finest individuals and groups of individuals in the game.
A panel of experts on women's football, representing various FIFA and external football stakeholders, have compiled a shortlist of 11 female players for The Best FIFA Women's Player, five women's football coaches for The Best FIFA Women's Coach and five female goalkeepers for The Best FIFA Women's Goalkeeper.
A panel of men's football specialists have drawn up equivalent male shortlists for The Best FIFA Men's Player, The Best FIFA Men's Coach and The Best FIFA Men's Goalkeeper. In addition to the awarding of the above-mentioned prizes,
The Best FIFA Women's 11 and The Best FIFA Men's 11 will be named, and the FIFA Fan Award will be bestowed on an individual or group of individuals that have gone above and beyond to show their love and passion for the game. Find out everything you need to know about The Best FIFA Football Awards 2025 -including how to vote - on FIFA.com.
The coaches and captains of all 211 FIFA Member Associations' women's national teams will now be invited to select three outstanding candidates for each of the three women's awards. In addition, the coaches and captains of all 211 FIFA Member Associations' men's national teams will be given the opportunity to choose their top three candidates for the trio of men's awards.
Media representatives (various journalists who cover the women's and men's games) and fans registered on FIFA.com can also vote on each of the awards. The four groups of voters have the same electoral weight, irrespective of the actual number of voters in each group (i.e. the votes of the coaches, captains, specialist journalists and fans will each make up 25% of the poll, regardless of the number of voters in each group).
As was the case in previous editions, a dedicated voting application is being used for The Best FIFA Football Awards 2025. Shortlist voting commenced on 6 November 2025 and will conclude at 23:59 CET on 28 November 2025.
Nominees in full
The Best FIFA Women's Player nominees
Sandy Baltimore, France and Chelsea
Nathalie Björn, Sweden and Chelsea
Aitana Bonmatí, Spain and Barcelona
Lucy Bronze, England and Chelsea
Mariona Caldentey, Spain and Arsenal
Temwa Chawinga, Malawi and Kansas City Current
Kadidiatou Diani, France and Olympique Lyonnais
Melchie Dumornay, Haiti and Olympique Lyonnais -
Patri Guijarro, Spain and Barcelona
Lindsey Heaps, USA and Olympique Lyonnais
Lauren James, England and Chelsea
Chloe Kelly, England and Manchester City/Arsenal
Ewa Pajor, Poland and Barcelona
Clàudia Pina, Spain and Barcelona
Alexia Putellas, Spain and Barcelona
Alessia Russo, England and Arsenal
Leah Williamson, England and Arsenal
The Best FIFA Men's Player nominees
Ousmane Dembélé, France and Paris Saint-Germain
Achraf Hakimi, Morocco and Paris Saint-Germain
Harry Kane, England and FC Bayern München
Kylian Mbappé, France and Real Madrid
Nuno Mendes, Portugal and Paris Saint-Germain
Cole Palmer, England and Chelsea
Pedri, Spain and Barcelona
Raphinha, Brazil and Barcelona
Mohamed Salah, Egypt and Liverpool
Vitinha, Portugal and Paris Saint-Germain
Lamine Yamal, Spain and Barcelona
The Best FIFA Women's Coach nominees
Sonia Bompastor, Chelsea
Jonatan Giráldez, Washington Spirit/Olympique Lyonnais
Seb Hines, Orlando Pride
Renée Slegers, Arsenal
Sarina Wiegman, England
The Best FIFA Men's Coach nominees
Javier Aguirre, Mexico
Mikel Arteta, Arsenal
Luis Enrique, Paris Saint-Germain
Hansi Flick, Barcelona
Enzo Maresca, Chelsea
Roberto Martínez, Portugal
Arne Slot, Liverpool
The Best FIFA Women's Goalkeeper nominees
Ann-Katrin Berger, Germany and Gotham FC
Cata Coll, Spain and Barcelona
Christiane Endler, Chile and Olympique Lyonnais
Hannah Hampton, England and Chelsea
Anna Moorhouse, England and Orlando Pride
Chiamaka Nnadozie, Nigeria and Paris FC/Brighton & Hove Albion
Phallon Tullis-Joyce, USA and Manchester United
The Best FIFA Men's Goalkeeper nominees
Alisson Becker, Brazil and Liverpool
Thibaut Courtois, Belgium and Real Madrid
Gianluigi Donnarumma, Italy and Paris Saint-Germain/Manchester City
Emiliano Martínez, Argentina and Aston Villa
Manuel Neuer, Germany and FC Bayern München
David Raya, Spain and Arsenal
Yann Sommer, Switzerland and Internazionale Milano
Wojciech Szczęsny, Poland and Barcelona
FIFA Fan Award nominees
Alejandro Ciganotto (ARG)
Manolo el del Bombo (ESP) (posthumous)
Zakho fans (IRQ)