BBC Women's Footballer of the Year

BBC Women's Footballer of the Year
	2024 winner Barbra Banda
Sport	Women's association football
Presented by	BBC World Service
History
First award	2015
Editions	10 (as of 2024)
First winner	Asisat Oshoala
Most wins	Lucy Bronze; Ada Hegerberg (2 wins)
Most recent	Barbra Banda (2024)

The BBC Women's Footballer of the Year is an annual award given to the best women's footballer of the year. Finalists are shortlisted by an expert panel made up of current and former professional players, coaches, administrators, journalists, and experts. The winner is decided by fan voting from all around the world.

SportWomen's association football

Presented byBBC World Service

First award2015

Editions10 (as of 2024)

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Year	Winner	Shortlist	Ref.
2015	Asisat Oshoala Nigeria and Liverpool	Verónica Boquete, Spain and 1. FFC Frankfurt Nadine Keßler, Germany and VfL Wolfsburg Kim Little, Scotland and Seattle Reign FC Marta, Brazil and FC Rosengård	^[1]^[2]
2016	Kim Little Scotland and Seattle Reign FC	Gaëlle Enganamouit, Cameroon and FC Rosengård Amandine Henry, France and Lyon Carli Lloyd, United States and Houston Dash Becky Sauerbrunn, United States and FC Kansas City	^[3]^[4]
2017	Ada Hegerberg Norway and Lyon	Melanie Behringer, Germany and FC Bayern Munich Hedvig Lindahl, Sweden and Chelsea Marta, Brazil and Orlando Pride Christine Sinclair, Canada and Portland Thorns FC	^[5]^[6]
2018	Lucy Bronze England and Lyon	Pernille Harder, Denmark and VfL Wolfsburg Sam Kerr, Australia, Chicago Red Stars and Perth Glory Dzsenifer Marozsán, Germany and Lyon Lieke Martens, Netherlands and FC Barcelona	^[7]^[8]
2019	Ada Hegerberg Lyon	Pernille Harder, Denmark and VfL Wolfsburg Lindsey Horan, United States and Portland Thorns FC Sam Kerr, Australia, Chicago Red Stars and Perth Glory Saki Kumagai, Japan and Lyon	^[9]^[10]
2020	Lucy Bronze England and Lyon	Julie Ertz, United States and Chicago Red Stars Sam Kerr, Australia and Chelsea Vivianne Miedema, Netherlands and Arsenal Megan Rapinoe, United States and Reign FC	^[11]^[12]
2021	Vivianne Miedema Netherlands and Arsenal	Caroline Graham Hansen, Norway and Barcelona Sam Kerr, Australia and Chelsea Ashley Lawrence, Canada and Paris Saint-Germain Alexia Putellas, Spain and Barcelona	^[13]^[14]
2022	Beth Mead England and Arsenal	Sam Kerr, Australia and Chelsea Alexandra Popp, Germany and VfL Wolfsburg Alexia Putellas, Spain and Barcelona Wendie Renard, France and Lyon	^[15]^[16]
2023	Mary Earps England and Manchester United	Aitana Bonmatí,^[17] Spain and Barcelona Sam Kerr,^[18] Australia and Chelsea Alexandra Popp, Germany and VfL Wolfsburg Fridolina Rolfö,^[19] Sweden and Barcelona	^[20]^[21]^[22]
2024	Barbra Banda Zambia and Orlando Pride	Aitana Bonmati, Spain and Barcelona Naomi Girma, United States and San Diego Wave Caroline Graham Hansen, Norway and Barcelona Sophia Smith, United States and Portland Thorns	^[23]^[24]

Rank	Player	Wins
1	Lucy Bronze	2 (2018, 2020)
1	Ada Hegerberg	2 (2017, 2019)

Rank	Club	Wins
1	Lyon	4 (2017, 2018, 2019, 2020)
2	Arsenal	2 (2021, 2022)

Rank	Nation	Wins
1	England	4 (2018, 2020, 2022, 2023)
2	Norway	2 (2017, 2019)

BBC Women's Footballer of the Year

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