Indian Super League Golden Ball
Annual award given to the best player in the Indian Super League
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The Indian Super League Golden Ball is an annual association football award presented to the best player in the Indian Super League each season.
Awarded forBest player of a given Indian Super League season
CountryIndia
Presented byIndian Super League
First award2014
| Indian Super League Golden Ball | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Best player of a given Indian Super League season |
| Country | India |
| Presented by | Indian Super League |
| First award | 2014 |
| Currently held by | Miguel Figueira |
| Highlights | |
| Most team wins | Goa Mohun Bagan (2 each) |
| Most consecutive team wins | Goa (2) |
The Indian Super League was founded in 2013 and played its inaugural season in 2014. It became the joint top-tier of the Indian football league system by the 2017–18 season and has been the top-tier since the 2022–23 season. The first Golden Ball was awarded to Iain Hume in 2014. Sunil Chhetri is the first Indian player to have won the award in the 2017–18 season.
Winners
| Player (X) | Name of the player and number of times they had won the award at that point (if more than one) |
|---|---|
| † | Denotes the club were Indian Super League champions in the same season |
| Season | Player | Position | Nationality | Club | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Iain Hume | Forward |  Canada |
Kerala Blasters | [1] |
| 2015 | Stiven Mendoza | Forward |  Colombia |
Chennaiyin† | [2] |
| 2016 | Florent Malouda | Midfielder |  France |
Delhi Dynamos | [3] |
| 2017–18 | Sunil Chhetri | Forward |  India |
Bengaluru | [4] |
| 2018–19 | Coro | Forward |  Spain |
Goa | [5] |
| 2019–20 | Hugo Boumous | Midfielder | France |
Goa† | [6] |
| 2020–21 | Roy Krishna | Forward |  Fiji |
Mohun Bagan | [7] |
| 2021–22 | Greg Stewart | Midfielder |  Scotland |
Jamshedpur† | [8] |
| 2022–23 | Lallianzuala Chhangte | Forward | India |
Mumbai City† | [9] |
| 2023–24 | Dimitri Petratos | Forward |  Australia |
Mohun Bagan† | [10] |
| 2024–25 | Alaaeddine Ajaraie | Forward |  Morocco |
NorthEast United | [11] |
| 2025–26 | Miguel Figueira | Midfielder |  Brazil |
East Bengal† | [12] |
Awards won by nationality
Awards won by club
| Club | Total |
|---|---|
| Goa | 2 |
| Mohun Bagan | 2 |
| Bengaluru | 1 |
| Chennaiyin | 1 |
| Jamshedpur | 1 |
| Kerala Blasters | 1 |
| Odisha | 1 |
| Mumbai City | 1 |
| NorthEast United | 1 |
| East Bengal | 1 |