La Liga Awards

The La Liga Awards, previously known as the LFP awards, are presented annually by the Liga de Fútbol Profesional (LFP) to the best players and coach in La Liga, the first division of association football in Spain. Established in the 2008–09 season, they were the first official awards in the history of the Spanish competition.^[1] La Liga's best coach and player in each position—goalkeeper, defender, midfielder, and forward—were chosen based on a voting by the captain and vice-captains of each club, while the best player overall was determined via statistical analysis.^[2]

Many of the awards were rebranded after the 2015–16 season.^[3] Until then, Barcelona players won 32 honours in the six main categories, almost triple the number of any other club. Barcelona's forward Lionel Messi has been named La Liga's best player for six times and La Liga's best forward for seven times, both all-time records. Across all positions, the other outstanding individuals are Barcelona midfielder Andrés Iniesta with five wins, Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola with four wins, Real Madrid defender Sergio Ramos with four wins, and goalkeepers Iker Casillas of Real Madrid and Víctor Valdés of Barcelona with two wins each.

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Season	Recipient	Club	Ref.
2008–09	Lionel Messi	Barcelona	^[4]
2009–10	Lionel Messi	Barcelona	^[4]
2010–11	Lionel Messi	Barcelona	^[4]
2011–12	Lionel Messi	Barcelona	^[4]
2012–13	Lionel Messi	Barcelona	^[5]
2013–14	Cristiano Ronaldo	Real Madrid	^[6]
2014–15	Lionel Messi	Barcelona	^[7]
2015–16	Antoine Griezmann	Atlético Madrid	^[8]
2016–17	Lionel Messi	Barcelona	^[9]
2017–18	Lionel Messi	Barcelona	^[10]
2018–19	Lionel Messi	Barcelona	^[11]
2019–20	Karim Benzema	Real Madrid	^[12]
2020–21	Jan Oblak	Atlético Madrid	^[13]
2021–22	Karim Benzema	Real Madrid	^[14]
2022–23	Marc-André ter Stegen	Barcelona	^[15]
2023–24	Jude Bellingham	Real Madrid	^[16]
2024–25	Raphinha	Barcelona	^[17]

Season	Recipient	Club	Ref.
2008–09	Pep Guardiola	Barcelona	^[4]
2009–10	Pep Guardiola	Barcelona	^[4]
2010–11	Pep Guardiola	Barcelona	^[4]
2011–12	Pep Guardiola	Barcelona	^[4]
2012–13	Diego Simeone	Atlético Madrid	^[5]
2013–14	Diego Simeone	Atlético Madrid	^[6]
2014–15	Luis Enrique	Barcelona	^[7]
2015–16	Diego Simeone	Atlético Madrid	^[8]
2023–24	Míchel	Girona	^[18]
2024–25	Hansi Flick	Barcelona	^[19]

Season	Recipient	Club	Ref.
2013–14	Yacine Brahimi	Granada	^[6]
2014–15	Sofiane Feghouli	Valencia	^[7]
2021–22	Yassine Bounou	Sevilla	^[20]
2022–23	Samuel Chukwueze	Villarreal	^[21]
2023–24	Iñaki Williams	Athletic Bilbao	^[22]
2024–25	Iñaki Williams	Athletic Bilbao	^[23]

Season	Recipient	Club	Ref.
2023–24	Lamine Yamal	Barcelona	^[24]
2024–25	Lamine Yamal	Barcelona	^[25]

Season	Recipient	Club	Score	Against	Date	Ref.
2023–24	Jesús Areso	Osasuna	3–2	Getafe	21 January 2024	^[26]
2024–25	Luka Sučić	Real Sociedad	1–1	Atlético Madrid	6 October 2024	^[27]

La Liga Awards

Annual awards

Player of the season

Manager of the season

African player of the season

U23 Player of the season

Goal of the season

Save of the season

Team of the season

Monthly awards

Player of the month

U23 Player of the month

Manager of the month

Goal of the month

Save of the month

Discontinued awards

Best Forward

Goalkeeper of the season

Best Attacking Midfielder

Best Midfielder

Best Defender

Fair Play

Breakthrough Player

Best American Player

Fans' Five-Star Player

Play of the Month

Others

See also

References

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Season	Position
Season	Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
2013–14^[29]	Thibaut Courtois (Atlético Madrid)	Filipe Luís (Atlético Madrid) Aymeric Laporte (Athletic Bilbao) Diego Godín (Atlético Madrid) Juanfran (Atlético Madrid)	Ander Iturraspe (Athletic Bilbao) Gabi (Atlético Madrid) Koke (Atlético Madrid) Ivan Rakitić (Sevilla)	Diego Costa (Atlético Madrid) Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)
2014–15^[30]	Claudio Bravo (Barcelona)	Jordi Alba (Barcelona) Nicolás Otamendi (Valencia) Gerard Piqué (Barcelona) Dani Alves (Barcelona)	Grzegorz Krychowiak (Sevilla) Ivan Rakitić (Barcelona) James Rodríguez (Real Madrid)	Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) Antoine Griezmann (Athletico Madrid) Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
2015–16^[31]	Jan Oblak (Atlético Madrid)	Marcelo (Real Madrid) Diego Godín (Atlético Madrid) Gerard Piqué (Barcelona) Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid)	Andrés Iniesta (Barcelona) Sergio Busquets (Barcelona) Luka Modrić (Real Madrid)	Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) Luis Suárez (Barcelona) Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
2021–22^[32]	Thibaut Courtois (Real Madrid)	Marcos Acuña (Sevilla) David Alaba (Real Madrid) Jules Koundé (Sevilla) Éder Militão (Real Madrid) Ronald Araújo (Barcelona)	Sergio Canales (Real Betis) Nabil Fekir (Real Betis) Luka Modrić (Real Madrid) Iker Muniain (Athletic Bilbao) Pedri (Barcelona)	Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) Raúl de Tomás (Espanyol) João Félix (Atlético Madrid) Vinícius Júnior (Real Madrid)
2022–23^[33]	Marc-André ter Stegen (Barcelona)	Alejandro Balde (Barcelona) Jules Koundé (Barcelona) Éder Militão (Real Madrid) David García (Osasuna) Nahuel Molina (Atlético Madrid)	Gabri Veiga (Celta Vigo) Federico Valverde (Real Madrid) Mikel Merino (Real Sociedad) Pedri (Barcelona) Luka Modrić (Real Madrid)	Antoine Griezmann (Atlético Madrid) Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) Robert Lewandowski (Barcelona) Vinícius Júnior (Real Madrid)
2023–24^[34]	Unai Simón (Athletic Bilbao)	Miguel Gutiérrez (Girona) Antonio Rüdiger (Real Madrid) Ronald Araújo (Barcelona) Dani Carvajal (Real Madrid)	Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid) Federico Valverde (Real Madrid) Isco (Real Betis) İlkay Gündoğan (Barcelona) Aleix García (Girona)	Antoine Griezmann (Atlético Madrid) Artem Dovbyk (Girona) Savinho (Girona) Robert Lewandowski (Barcelona) Vinícius Júnior (Real Madrid)
2024–25^[35]	Joan García (Espanyol)	Antonio Rüdiger (Real Madrid) Iñigo Martínez (Barcelona) Daniel Vivian (Athletic Bilbao)	Álex Baena (Villarreal) Federico Valverde (Real Madrid) Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid) Pedri (Barcelona)	Raphinha (Barcelona) Kylian Mbappé (Real Madrid) Lamine Yamal (Barcelona)

Season	Recipient	Club	Ref.
2008–09	Iker Casillas	Real Madrid	^[4]
2009–10	Víctor Valdés	Barcelona	^[4]
2010–11	Víctor Valdés	Barcelona	^[4]
2011–12	Iker Casillas	Real Madrid	^[4]
2012–13	Thibaut Courtois	Atlético Madrid	^[5]
2013–14	Keylor Navas	Levante	^[6]
2014–15	Claudio Bravo	Barcelona	^[7]
2015–16	Jan Oblak	Atlético Madrid	^[8]

Season	Recipient	Club	Ref.
2008–09	Andrés Iniesta	Barcelona	^[4]
2009–10	Jesús Navas	Sevilla	^[4]
2010–11	Andrés Iniesta	Barcelona	^[4]
2011–12	Andrés Iniesta	Barcelona	^[4]
2012–13	Andrés Iniesta	Barcelona	^[5]
2013–14	Andrés Iniesta	Barcelona	^[6]

Season	Recipient	Club	Ref.
2008–09	Xavi	Barcelona	^[4]
2009–10	Xavi	Barcelona	^[4]
2010–11	Xavi	Barcelona	^[4]
2011–12	Xabi Alonso	Real Madrid	^[4]
2012–13	Asier Illarramendi	Real Sociedad	^[5]
2013–14	Luka Modrić	Real Madrid	^[6]
2014–15	James Rodríguez	Real Madrid	^[7]
2015–16	Luka Modrić	Real Madrid	^[8]

Season	Recipient	Club	Ref.
2008–09	Dani Alves	Barcelona	^[4]
2009–10	Gerard Piqué	Barcelona	^[4]
2010–11	Eric Abidal	Barcelona	^[4]
2011–12	Sergio Ramos	Real Madrid	^[4]
2012–13	Sergio Ramos	Real Madrid	^[5]
2013–14	Sergio Ramos	Real Madrid	^[6]
2014–15	Sergio Ramos	Real Madrid	^[7]
2015–16	Diego Godín	Atlético Madrid	^[8]

Season	Recipient	Club	Ref.
2008–09	Juan Carlos Valerón	Deportivo La Coruña	^[4]
2009–10	Marcos Senna	Villarreal	^[4]
2010–11	Alberto Rivera	Sporting Gijón	^[4]
2011–12	Carles Puyol	Barcelona	^[4]
2012–13	Iker Casillas	Real Madrid	^[5]
2013–14	Ivan Rakitić	Sevilla	^[6]

Season	Recipient	Club	Ref.
2008–09	Sergio Busquets	Barcelona	^[4]
2009–10	Pedro	Barcelona	^[4]
2010–11	Iker Muniain	Athletic Bilbao	^[4]
2011–12	Isco	Málaga	^[4]
2012–13	Asier Illarramendi	Real Sociedad	^[5]
2013–14	Rafinha	Celta Vigo	^[6]
2015–16	Marco Asensio	Espanyol	^[8]

Season	Recipient	Club	Ref.
2013–14	Carlos Bacca	Sevilla	^[6]
2014–15	Neymar	Barcelona	^[7]

Month	Year	Player(s)	Club	Score^[a]	Opponent	Date	Ref.
August	2023.82023	Nico Williams Gorka Guruzeta	Athletic Bilbao	2–0	Osasuna	19 August 2023	^[36]
September	2023.92023	Federico Valverde Fran García	Real Madrid	1–1	Real Sociedad	17 September 2023	^[37]
October	2023.102023	Gerard Gumbau Bryan Zaragoza	Granada	2–0	Barcelona	8 October 2023	^[38]
November	2023.112023	Alberto Moleiro Kirian Rodríguez	Las Palmas	1–0	Atlético Madrid	3 November 2023	^[39]
December	2023.122023	Nico Williams Iñigo Lekue	Athletic Bilbao	2–0	Atlético Madrid	16 December 2023	^[40]
January	2024.12024	Ferran Torres João Félix	Barcelona	3–2	Real Betis	21 January 2024	^[41]
February	2024.22024	Álex Sola Samu Omorodion	Alavés	1–2	Barcelona	3 February 2024	^[42]
March	2024.32024	Mikel Oyarzabal Mikel Merino	Real Sociedad	2–0	Cádiz	15 March 2024	^[43]
April	2024.42024	Isco Nabil Fekir	Real Betis	2–1	Celta Vigo	12 April 2024	^[44]

Season	Award	Recipient	Club	Ref.
2012–13	Most Valuable Player	Cristiano Ronaldo	Real Madrid	^[5]
2015–16	World Player	Luis Suárez	Barcelona	^[8]