The Best FIFA Football Awards 2022

Fourteen players were initially shortlisted on 12 January 2023.^[3] The three finalists were revealed on 10 February 2023.^[4]

Lionel Messi won the award with 52 scoring points.^[5][6][7][8]

The selection criteria for the men's players of the year was: respective achievements during the period from 8 August 2021 to 18 December 2022.

Kylian Mbappé

Karim Benzema

Rank	Player	Club(s) played for	National team	Points
The finalists
1	Lionel Messi	Paris Saint-Germain	Argentina	52
2	Kylian Mbappé	Paris Saint-Germain	France	44
3	Karim Benzema	Real Madrid	France	34
Other candidates
4	Luka Modrić	Real Madrid	Croatia	28
5	Erling Haaland	Borussia Dortmund Manchester City	Norway	24
6	Sadio Mané	Liverpool Bayern Munich	Senegal	19
7	Julián Álvarez	River Plate Manchester City	Argentina	17
8	Achraf Hakimi	Paris Saint-Germain	Morocco	15
9	Neymar	Paris Saint-Germain	Brazil	13
10	Kevin De Bruyne	Manchester City	Belgium	10
11	Vinícius Júnior	Real Madrid	Brazil	10
12	Robert Lewandowski	Bayern Munich Barcelona	Poland	7
13	Jude Bellingham	Borussia Dortmund	England	3
14	Mohamed Salah	Liverpool	Egypt	2

Five players were initially shortlisted on 12 January 2023.^[9] The three finalists were revealed on 8 February 2023.^[10]

Emiliano Martínez won the award with 26 ranking points.^{[11][6][7][12]}

Rank	Player	Club(s) played for	National team	Points
The finalists
1	Emiliano Martínez	Aston Villa	Argentina	26
2	Thibaut Courtois	Real Madrid	Belgium	20
3	Yassine Bounou	Sevilla	Morocco	14
Other candidates
4	Alisson	Liverpool	Brazil	8
5	Ederson	Manchester City	Brazil	4

Five coaches were initially shortlisted on 12 January 2023.^[13] The three finalists were revealed on 9 February 2023.^[14]

Lionel Scaloni won the award with 28 scoring points.^{[15][6][7][16]}

Rank	Coach	Team(s) managed	Points
The finalists
1	Lionel Scaloni	Argentina	28
2	Carlo Ancelotti	Real Madrid	17
3	Pep Guardiola	Manchester City	12
Other candidates
4	Walid Regragui	Wydad AC  Morocco	10
5	Didier Deschamps	France	5

Fourteen players were initially shortlisted on 12 January 2023.^[17] The three finalists were revealed on 10 February 2023.^[18]

Alexia Putellas won the award with 50 scoring points, her second consecutive win.^{[19][6][7][20]}

The selection criteria for the women's players of the year was: respective achievements during the period from 7 August 2021 to 31 July 2022.

Alexia Putellas

Alex Morgan

Beth Mead

Rank	Player	Club(s) played for	National team	Points
The finalists
1	Alexia Putellas	Barcelona	Spain	50
2	Alex Morgan	Orlando Pride San Diego Wave	United States	37
3	Beth Mead	Arsenal	England	37
Other candidates
4	Sam Kerr	Chelsea	Australia	34
5	Aitana Bonmatí	Barcelona	Spain	29
6	Debinha	North Carolina Courage	Brazil	25
7	Alexandra Popp	VfL Wolfsburg	Germany	17
8	Leah Williamson	Arsenal	England	17
9	Ada Hegerberg	Lyon	Norway	13
10	Wendie Renard	Lyon	France	9
11	Lena Oberdorf	VfL Wolfsburg	Germany	4
12	Vivianne Miedema	Arsenal	Netherlands	2
13	Keira Walsh	Manchester City Barcelona	England	0
14	Jessie Fleming	Chelsea	Canada	0

Six players were initially shortlisted on 12 January 2023.^[21] The three finalists were revealed on 8 February 2023.^[22]

Mary Earps won the award with 26 scoring points.^{[23][6][7][24]}

Rank	Player	Club(s) played for	National team	Points
The finalists
1	Mary Earps	Manchester United	England	26
2	Christiane Endler	Lyon	Chile	22
3	Ann-Katrin Berger	Chelsea	Germany	10
Other candidates
4	Sandra Paños	Barcelona	Spain	7
5	Merle Frohms	Eintracht Frankfurt VfL Wolfsburg	Germany	5
6	Alyssa Naeher	Chicago Red Stars	United States	3

Six coaches were initially shortlisted on 12 January 2023.^[25] The three finalists were revealed on 9 February 2023.^[26]

Sarina Wiegman won the award with 28 scoring points.^{[27][6][7][28]}

Rank	Coach	Team(s) managed	Points
The finalists
1	Sarina Wiegman	England	28
2	Sonia Bompastor	Lyon	18
3	Pia Sundhage	Brazil	10
Other candidates
4	Emma Hayes	Chelsea	10
5	Martina Voss-Tecklenburg	Germany	6
6	Bev Priestman	Canada	0

The eleven players initially shortlisted for the award were announced on 12 January 2023.^[29] The three finalists were revealed on 10 February 2023.^[30] All goals up for consideration were scored from 8 August 2021 to 18 December 2022. Every registered FIFA.com user was allowed to participate in the final vote until 3 February 2023, with the questionnaire being presented on the official website of FIFA. The selected goals were also voted on by a panel of "FIFA experts". Both groups' votes weighed equally on the ultimate winner of the award.^[31]

Marcin Oleksy won the award with 21 scoring points, becoming the first amputee footballer to earn the honour.^[32][7]

Rank	Player	Match	Competition	Date	Points
The finalists
1	Marcin Oleksy	Warta Poznań – Stal Rzeszów	2022 PZU Amp Futbol Ekstraklasa	6 November 2022	21
2	Dimitri Payet	Marseille – PAOK	2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League	7 April 2022	20
3	Richarlison	Brazil – Serbia	2022 FIFA World Cup	24 November 2022	17
Other candidates
Unranked	Mario Balotelli	Adana Demirspor – Göztepe	2021–22 Süper Lig	22 May 2022	N/A
	Francisco González Metilli	Rosario Central – Central Córdoba	2022 Argentine Primera División	1 August 2022
	Amandine Henry	Barcelona – Lyon	2021–22 UEFA Women's Champions League	21 May 2022
	Théo Hernandez	Milan – Atalanta	2021–22 Serie A	15 May 2022
	Alou Kuol	Iraq – Australia	2022 AFC U-23 Asian Cup	4 June 2022
	Kylian Mbappé	Argentina – France	2022 FIFA World Cup	18 December 2022
	Salma Paralluelo	Barcelona – Villarreal	2021–22 Primera División (women)	2 April 2022
	Alessia Russo	England – Sweden	UEFA Women's Euro 2022	26 July 2022

The award celebrates the best fan moments or gestures of August 2021 to December 2022, regardless of championship, gender or nationality. The shortlist was compiled by a panel of FIFA experts.^[33]

Argentina fans won the award with over 650,000 registered votes.^[34][7]

Rank	Fan(s)	Reason	Votes	% of total votes
Nominees
1	Argentina fans	Their support in travelling to Qatar to support their teams eventual winning run at the 2022 FIFA World Cup, and followed by the millions of fans welcoming the team home to Buenos Aires following their tournament win.	656,253	41.88%
2	Japan fans	Traditional nature of staying behind following their nation’s games at the 2022 FIFA World Cup to clean up the stadium.	526,887	33.63%
3	Abdullah Al Salmi	Hiking 1,600 km across the Arabian desert from Jeddah to Qatar to support his home nation at the 2022 FIFA World Cup.	383,643	24.49%

Winner	Team	Reason
Luka Lochoshvili	Wolfsberger AC	Saved Georg Teigl's life, clearing the defender’s airways after he swallowed his tongue. Thanks to Lochoshvili's actions, Teigl regained consciousness and then was treated at a local hospital.[35]

An additional award was given out posthumously in tribute to the late Pelé, to recognize his role and contribution to the sport of football. The award was received by Pelé's wife Marcia Aoki.^[36]

Winner	Reason
Pelé	Posthumously awarded as a tribute and special recognition for his role in football.

The 26–player men's shortlist was announced on 13 February 2023.^[37]

The players chosen were Thibaut Courtois as goalkeeper, Achraf Hakimi, Virgil van Dijk and João Cancelo as defenders, Kevin De Bruyne, Casemiro and Luka Modrić as midfielders, and Lionel Messi, Karim Benzema, Erling Haaland and Kylian Mbappé as forwards.^[38][39]

Player	Club(s)
Goalkeeper
Thibaut Courtois	Real Madrid
Defenders
João Cancelo	Manchester City Bayern Munich
Virgil van Dijk	Liverpool
Achraf Hakimi	Paris Saint-Germain
Midfielders
Casemiro	Real Madrid Manchester United
Kevin De Bruyne	Manchester City
Luka Modrić	Real Madrid
Forwards
Karim Benzema	Real Madrid
Erling Haaland	Borussia Dortmund Manchester City
Kylian Mbappé	Paris Saint-Germain
Lionel Messi	Paris Saint-Germain

Other nominees

Player	Club(s)
Goalkeepers
Alisson	Liverpool
Emiliano Martínez	Aston Villa
Defenders
Alphonso Davies	Bayern Munich
Joško Gvardiol	RB Leipzig
Théo Hernandez	Milan
Antonio Rüdiger	Chelsea Real Madrid
Thiago Silva	Chelsea
Midfielders
Jude Bellingham	Borussia Dortmund
Enzo Fernández	River Plate Benfica Chelsea
Gavi	Barcelona
Pedri	Barcelona
Federico Valverde	Real Madrid
Forwards
Robert Lewandowski	Bayern Munich Barcelona
Neymar	Paris Saint-Germain
Cristiano Ronaldo	Manchester United Al Nassr

The 23–player women's shortlist was announced on 13 February 2023.^[40]

The players chosen were Christiane Endler as goalkeeper, Lucy Bronze, Mapi León, Wendie Renard and Leah Williamson as defenders, Lena Oberdorf, Alexia Putellas and Keira Walsh as midfielders, and Sam Kerr, Beth Mead and Alex Morgan as forwards.^[41][42]

Player	Club(s)
Goalkeeper
Christiane Endler	Lyon
Defenders
Lucy Bronze	Manchester City Barcelona
Mapi León	Barcelona
Wendie Renard	Lyon
Leah Williamson	Arsenal
Midfielders
Lena Oberdorf	VfL Wolfsburg
Alexia Putellas	Barcelona
Keira Walsh	Manchester City Barcelona
Forwards
Sam Kerr	Chelsea
Beth Mead	Arsenal
Alex Morgan	Orlando Pride San Diego Wave

Other nominees

Player	Club(s)
Goalkeepers
Mary Earps	Manchester United
Sandra Paños	Barcelona
Defenders
Ellie Carpenter	Lyon
Ashley Lawrence	Paris Saint-Germain
Irene Paredes	Barcelona
Midfielders
Aitana Bonmatí	Barcelona
Caroline Graham Hansen	Barcelona
Amandine Henry	Lyon
Kelley O'Hara	Washington Spirit NJ/NY Gotham
Forwards
Ada Hegerberg	Lyon
Vivianne Miedema	Arsenal
Ellen White	Manchester City