The Best Men’s and Women’s Player award are the two biggest accolades on offer at the 2025 FIFA Best Football awards, recognising the best player in the world over the course of the past season.
The dates between which achievements are counted towards nominations are August 11, 2024, up to August 2, 2025, which means that those who thrived in last season’s Champions League competitions, in their respective domestic leagues, in the Women’s Euro 2025 and the inaugural Men’s Club World Cup dominate.
The other core categories are for the Best Goalkeeper and Best Coach of the year, while a favorite with supporters is the awarding of the annual Puskás Award—which honors the best goal scored between the aforementioned date parameters.
FIFA’s awards are directly pitted against the Ballon d’Or as the most prestigious in the sport, with the latter’s 2025 ceremony already taking place in September.
Ousmane Dembélé and Aitana Bonmatí won the top prizes then, and will be favourites to do so again here, as long as they find favor with those who have cast their vote. Every FIFA-registered national team captain and one nominated coach get to take their pick top three, as do one nominated journalist per country and an online fan vote. A points system of five, three and one is then applied depending on which players is placed first, second or third.
This year’s ceremony takes place at the Fairmont Katara Hall in Doha, Qatar, with a ceremony start time of 12 p.m. ET (9 a.m. PT / 5 p.m GMT)
Best FIFA Men’s Player 2025 Nominees
- Ousmane Dembélé (Paris Saint-Germain, France)
- Achraf Hakimi (Paris Saint-Germain, Morocco)
- Harry Kane (Bayern Munich, England)
- Kylian Mbappé (Real Madrid, France)
- Nuno Mendes (Paris Saint-Germain, Portugal)
- Cole Palmer (Chelsea, England)
- Pedri (Barcelona, Spain)
- Raphinha (Barcelona, Brazil)
- Mohamed Salah (Liverpool, Egypt)
- Vitinha (Paris Saint-Germain, Portugal)
- Lamine Yamal (Barcelona, Spain)
Best FIFA Women’s Player 2025 Nominees
- Sandy Baltimore (Chelsea, France)
- Nathalie Björn (Chelsea, Sweden)
- Aitana Bonmatí (Barcelona, Spain)
- Lucy Bronze (Chelsea, England)
- Mariona Caldentey (Arsenal, Spain)
- Temwa Chawinga (Kansas City Current, Malawi)
- Kadidiatou Diani (OL Lyonnes, France)
- Melchie Dumornay (OL Lyonnes, Haiti)
- Patri Guijarro (Barcelona, Spain)
- Lindsey Heaps (OL Lyonnes, USWNT)
- Lauren James (Chelsea, England)
- Chloe Kelly (Manchester City, Arsenal, England)
- Ewa Pajor (Barcelona, Poland)
- Clàudia Pina (Barcelona, Spain)
- Alexia Putellas (Barcelona, Spain)
- Alessia Russo (Arsenal, England)
- Leah Williamson (Arsenal, England)
Best FIFA Men’s Coach 2025 Nominees
- Javier Aguirre (Mexico)
- Mikel Arteta (Arsenal)
- Luis Enrique (Paris Saint-Germain)
- Hansi Flick (Barcelona)
- Enzo Maresca (Chelsea)
- Roberto Martínez (Portugal)
- Arne Slot (Liverpool)
Best FIFA Women’s Coach 2025 Nominees
- Sonia Bompastor (Chelsea)
- Jonatan Giráldez (OL Lyonnes)
- Seb Hines (Orlando Pride)
- Renée Slegers (Arsenal)
- Sarina Wiegman (England)
Best FIFA Men’s Goalkeeper 2025 Nominees
- Alisson Becker (Liverpool, Brazil)
- Thibaut Courtois (Real Madrid, Belgium)
- Gianluigi Donnarumma (Paris Saint-Germain, Manchester City, Italy)
- Emiliano Martínez (Aston Villa, Argentina)
- Manuel Neuer (Bayern Munich, Germany)
- David Raya (Arsenal, Spain)
- Yann Sommer (Inter Milan, Switzerland)
- Wojciech Szczęsny (Barcelona, Poland)
Best FIFA Women’s Goalkeeper 2025 Nominees
- Ann-Katrin Berger (Gotham FC, Germany)
- Cata Coll (Barcelona, Spain)
- Christiane Endler (OL Lyonnes, Chile)
- Hannah Hampton (Chelsea, England)
- Anna Moorhouse (Orlando Pride, England)
- Chiamaka Nnadozie (Paris FC, Brighton & Hove Albion, Nigeria)
- Phallon Tullis-Joyce (Manchester United, USWNT)
FIFA Puskas Award 2025 Nominees
- Alessandro Deiola, Cagliari vs. Venezia—May 18, 2025
- Pedro de la Vega, Cruz Azul vs. Seattle Sounders—Jul. 31, 2025
- Santiago Montiel, Independiente vs. Independiente Rivadavia—May 11, 2025
- Amr Nasser, Al Ahly vs. Pharco—Apr. 17, 2025
- Carlos Orrantía, Querétaro vs. Atlas—Apr. 16, 2025
- Lucas Ribeiro, Mamelodi Sundowns vs. Borussia Dortmund—Jun. 21, 2025
- Declan Rice, Arsenal vs. Real Madrid—Apr. 8, 2025
- Rizky Ridho, Persija Jakarta vs. Arema—Mar. 9, 2025
- Kévin Rodrigues, Kasımpaşa vs. Rizespor—Feb. 9, 2025
- Lamine Yamal, Espanyol vs. Barcelona—May 15, 2025
FIFA Marta Award Nominees
- Jordyn Bugg, North Carolina Courage v. Seattle Reign—Mar. 22, 2025
- Mariona Caldentey, OL Lyonnes v. Arsenal—Apr. 27, 2025
- Ashley Cheatley, Brentford v. Ascot United—Nov. 3, 2024
- Kyra Cooney-Cross, Germany v. Australia—Oct. 28, 2024
- Jon Ryong-jong, Korea DPR v. Argentina—Sep. 2, 2024
- Marta, Orlando Pride v. Kansas City Current—Nov. 17, 2024
- Vivianne Miedema, Wales v. Netherlands—July 5, 2025
- Kishi Núñez, Argentina v. Costa Rica—Sep. 8, 2024
- Lizbeth Ovalle, Tigres v. Guadalajara—Mar. 3, 2025
- Ally Sentnor, USA v. Colombia—Feb. 20, 2025
- Khadija Shaw, Hammarby v. Manchester City—Nov. 21, 2024
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