The Best FIFA Football Awards 2023

Twelve players were initially shortlisted on 14 September 2023.^[4] The three finalists were revealed on 14 December 2023.^[5]

Lionel Messi won the award with 48 scoring points.^[6][7][8][9]

The selection criteria for the men's players and coaches was: respective achievements during the period from 19 December 2022 to 20 August 2023.^[4]

Rank	Player	Club(s) played for	National team	Points
The finalists
1	Lionel Messi	Paris Saint-Germain Inter Miami	Argentina	48*[a]
2	Erling Haaland	Manchester City	Norway	48
3	Kylian Mbappé	Paris Saint-Germain	France	35
Other candidates
4	Kevin De Bruyne	Manchester City	Belgium	32
5	Victor Osimhen	Napoli	Nigeria	24
6	Rodri	Manchester City	Spain	24
7	Julián Álvarez	Manchester City	Argentina	21
8	Bernardo Silva	Manchester City	Portugal	18
9	İlkay Gündoğan	Manchester City Barcelona	Germany	13
10	Khvicha Kvaratskhelia	Napoli	Georgia	7
11	Marcelo Brozović	Inter Milan Al Nassr	Croatia	7
12	Declan Rice	West Ham United Arsenal	England	1

Five players were initially shortlisted on 14 September 2023.^[10] The three finalists were revealed on 12 December 2023.^[11]

Ederson won the award with 23 scoring points.^{[12][7][8][13]}

Rank	Player	Club(s) played for	National team	Points
The finalists
1	Ederson	Manchester City	Brazil	23
2	Thibaut Courtois	Real Madrid	Belgium	20
3	Yassine Bounou	Sevilla Al Hilal	Morocco	16
Other candidates
4	Marc-André ter Stegen	Barcelona	Germany	8
5	André Onana	Inter Milan Manchester United	Cameroon	5

Five coaches were initially shortlisted on 14 September 2023.^[14] The three finalists were revealed on 13 December 2023.^[15]

Pep Guardiola won the award with 28 scoring points.^{[16][7][8][17]}

Rank	Coach	Team(s) managed	Points
The finalists
1	Pep Guardiola	Manchester City	28
2	Luciano Spalletti	Napoli  Italy	18
3	Simone Inzaghi	Inter Milan	11
Other candidates
4	Xavi	Barcelona	11
5	Ange Postecoglou	Celtic Tottenham Hotspur	4

Sixteen players were initially shortlisted on 14 September 2023.^[18] The three finalists were revealed on 14 December 2023.^[19]

Aitana Bonmatí won the award with 52 scoring points.^{[20][7][8][21]}

The selection criteria for the women's players and coaches was: respective achievements during the period from 1 August 2022 to 20 August 2023.^[1]

Rank	Player	Club(s) played for	National team	Points
The finalists
1	Aitana Bonmatí	Barcelona	Spain	52
2	Linda Caicedo	Deportivo Cali Real Madrid	Colombia	40
3	Jenni Hermoso	Pachuca	Spain	36
Other candidates
4	Salma Paralluelo	Barcelona	Spain	32
5	Sam Kerr	Chelsea	Australia	32
6	Lauren James	Chelsea	England	18
7	Rachel Daly	Aston Villa	England	15
8	Hinata Miyazawa	MyNavi Sendai	Japan	13
9	Keira Walsh	Manchester City Barcelona	England	11
10	Kadidiatou Diani	Paris Saint-Germain	France	10
11	Mapi León	Barcelona	Spain	10
12	Alex Greenwood	Manchester City	England	5
13	Lindsey Horan	Lyon	United States	2
14	Mary Fowler	Manchester City	Australia	0
15	Amanda Ilestedt	Paris Saint-Germain	Sweden	0
16	Caitlin Foord	Arsenal	Australia	0

Seven players were initially shortlisted on 14 September 2023.^[22] The three finalists were revealed on 12 December 2023.^[23]

Mary Earps won the award with 28 scoring points.^{[24][7][8][25]}

Rank	Player	Club(s) played for	National team	Points
The finalists
1	Mary Earps	Manchester United	England	28
2	Cata Coll	Barcelona	Spain	14
3	Mackenzie Arnold	West Ham United	Australia	12
Other candidates
4	Zećira Mušović	Chelsea	Sweden	10
5	Sandra Paños	Barcelona	Spain	5
6	Christiane Endler	Lyon	Chile	2
7	Ann-Katrin Berger	Chelsea	Germany	1

Six coaches were initially shortlisted on 14 September 2023.^[26] The three finalists were revealed on 13 December 2023.^[27]

Sarina Wiegman won the award with 28 scoring points.^{[28][7][8][29]}

Rank	Coach	Team(s) managed	Points
The finalists
1	Sarina Wiegman	England	28
2	Emma Hayes	Chelsea	18
3	Jonatan Giráldez	Barcelona	14
Other candidates
4	Peter Gerhardsson	Sweden	7
5	Tony Gustavsson	Australia	5

The eleven players initially shortlisted for the award were announced on 22 September 2023.^[30] The three finalists were revealed on 14 December 2023.^[31] All goals up for consideration were scored from 19 December 2022 to 20 August 2023.

Guilherme Madruga won the award with 22 scoring points.^{[32][7][8][33]}

Rank	Player	Match	Competition	Date	Points
The finalists
1	Guilherme Madruga	Novorizontino – Botafogo-SP	2023 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B	27 June 2023	22
2	Nuno Santos	Sporting CP – Boavista	2022–23 Primeira Liga	12 March 2023	18
3	Julio Enciso	Brighton & Hove Albion – Manchester City	2022–23 Premier League	24 May 2023	17
Other candidates
Unranked	Álvaro Barreal	FC Cincinnati – Pittsburgh Riverhounds	2023 U.S. Open Cup	6 June 2023	N/A
	Linda Caicedo	Colombia – Germany	2023 FIFA Women's World Cup	30 July 2023
	Kang Seong-jin	Jordan U-20 – South Korea U-20	2023 AFC U-20 Asian Cup	5 March 2023
	Sam Kerr	Australia – England	2023 FIFA Women's World Cup	16 August 2023
	Brian Lozano	Atlas – América	2022–23 Liga MX Clausura	26 February 2023
	Iván Morante	Ibiza – Burgos	2022–23 Segunda División	25 March 2023
	Askhat Tagybergen	Kazakhstan – Denmark	UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying	26 March 2023
	Bia Zaneratto	Brazil – Panama	2023 FIFA Women's World Cup	24 July 2023

The award celebrated the best fan moments or gestures of August 2022 to August 2023, regardless of championship, gender or nationality. The shortlist was compiled by a panel of FIFA experts.^[34]

Colón de Santa Fe fan Hugo Daniel "Toto" Iniguez won the award with 264,591 registered votes.^{[35][7][8][36]}

Rank	Fan(s)	Reason	Votes	% of total votes
Nominees
1	Colón fan	The TV cameras panned in on a Colón fan who was cradling his son in his arms while feeding him his bottle during the team's Argentinian top-tier encounter against Barracas Central. The heart-warming scene reflected the supporter's will to kindle a passion for the club in his son from the earliest age.	264,591	36.5%
2	Miguel Angel, Millonarios fan	Colombian youngster, who was a big Millonarios fan, fulfilled his final wish before being euthanised due to an unknown illness. On the eve of his passing, the fanatical fan got to meet the members of the first-team squad ahead of their league clash against Alianza Petrolera.	253,167	35%
3	Fran Hurndall	Dribbling a football for an average of 32 km a day for 32 days from the Gold Coast to Sydney, the challenge undertaken by Fran Hurndall aimed to inspire women and girls in sport to dare to dream and fulfil their potential at all levels, on and off the pitch, while her 1,000 km run raised money for the Women Sport Australia charity.	206,553	28.5%

Winner	Reason
Brazil national team	In a friendly against Guinea in June 2023, the Seleção swapped their traditional yellow jerseys for an all-black kit in an anti-racism statement.[37]

An additional award was given to Brazilian female footballer Marta, to recognize her role and contribution to the sport of football. FIFA also announced the introduction of a new award starting from 2025, to honour her achievements and role in women's football. The best goal scored in women’s football would receive the Marta Award.^[38]

Winner	Reason
Marta	Special recognition for her role in women's football.

The 23–player men's shortlist was announced on 3 January 2024.^[39]

The players chosen were Thibaut Courtois as goalkeeper, Kyle Walker, Rúben Dias and John Stones as defenders, Kevin De Bruyne, Bernardo Silva and Jude Bellingham as midfielders, and Lionel Messi, Vinícius Júnior, Erling Haaland and Kylian Mbappé as forwards.^[40][41]

Player	Club(s)
Goalkeeper
Thibaut Courtois	Real Madrid
Defenders
Kyle Walker	Manchester City
Rúben Dias	Manchester City
John Stones	Manchester City
Midfielders
Bernardo Silva	Manchester City
Kevin De Bruyne	Manchester City
Jude Bellingham	Borussia Dortmund Real Madrid
Forwards
Vinícius Júnior	Real Madrid
Erling Haaland	Manchester City
Kylian Mbappé	Paris Saint-Germain
Lionel Messi	Paris Saint-Germain Inter Miami

Other nominees

Player	Club(s)
Goalkeepers
Ederson	Manchester City
Emiliano Martínez	Aston Villa
Defenders
Virgil van Dijk	Liverpool
Éder Militão	Real Madrid
Antonio Rüdiger	Real Madrid
Midfielders
İlkay Gündoğan	Manchester City Barcelona
Luka Modrić	Real Madrid
Rodri	Manchester City
Federico Valverde	Real Madrid
Forwards
Karim Benzema	Real Madrid Al Ittihad
Harry Kane	Tottenham Hotspur Bayern Munich
Cristiano Ronaldo	Al Nassr

The 23–player women's shortlist was announced on 3 January 2024.^[42]

The players chosen were Mary Earps as goalkeeper, Lucy Bronze, Olga Carmona and Alex Greenwood as defenders, Aitana Bonmatí, Ella Toone and Keira Walsh as midfielders, and Lauren James, Sam Kerr, Alex Morgan and Alessia Russo as forwards (a different formation was used in media releases and in video at the ceremony, with Russo and James placed in the midfield).^{[43][44][45][46]}

Player	Club(s)
Goalkeeper
Mary Earps	Manchester United
Defenders
Lucy Bronze	Barcelona
Olga Carmona	Real Madrid
Alex Greenwood	Manchester City
Midfielders
Aitana Bonmatí	Barcelona
Ella Toone	Manchester United
Keira Walsh	Barcelona
Forwards
Lauren James	Chelsea
Sam Kerr	Chelsea
Alex Morgan	San Diego Wave
Alessia Russo	Manchester United Arsenal

Other nominees

Player	Club(s)
Goalkeepers
Mackenzie Arnold	West Ham United
Alyssa Naeher	Chicago Red Stars
Defenders
Amanda Ilestedt	Paris Saint-Germain Arsenal
Ashley Lawrence	Paris Saint-Germain Chelsea
Mapi León	Barcelona
Irene Paredes	Barcelona
Midfielders
Clàudia Pina	Barcelona
Fridolina Rolfö	Barcelona
Georgia Stanway	Bayern Munich
Forwards
Jenni Hermoso	Pachuca UANL
Salma Paralluelo	Barcelona
Alexandra Popp	VfL Wolfsburg

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