FIFA World Player of Year
Since 1991
1991-2009
- 1991Lothar Matthäus
- 1992Marco van Basten
- 1993Roberto Baggio
- 1994Romário
- 1995George Weah
- 1996Ronaldo
- 1997Ronaldo
- 1998Zinedine Zidane
- 1999Rivaldo
- 2000Zinedine Zidane
- 2001Luís Figo
- 2002Ronaldo
- 2003Zinedine Zidane
- 2004Ronaldinho
- 2005Ronaldinho
- 2006Fabio Cannavaro
- 2007Kaká
- 2008Cristiano Ronaldo
- 2009Lionel Messi
2010-2015
- 2010Lionel Messi
- 2011Lionel Messi
- 2012Lionel Messi
- 2013Cristiano Ronaldo
- 2014Cristiano Ronaldo
- 2015Cristiano Ronaldo
2016-Present
- 2016Cristiano Ronaldo
- 2017Cristiano Ronaldo
- 2018Luka Modrić
- 2019Lionel Messi
- 2020Robert Lewandowski
- 2021Robert Lewandowski
- 2022Lionel Messi
- 2023Lionel Messi
- 2024Vinícius Júnior
- 2025Ousmane Dembélé
Women's World Player of the Year
2001-2015
- 2003,2004Birgit Prinz
- 2005Birgit Prinz
- 2014Nadine Keßler
Best Women's Player
2016-Present
- 2017Lieke Martens
- 2020Lucy Bronze
- 2021Alexia Putellas
- 2022Alexia Putellas
- 2023, 2024, 2025Aitana Bonmatí
African Player of the Year
Since 1970
1970-1994
- 1988Kalusha Bwalya
- 1989George Weah
- 1990Roger Milla
- 1991,1992, 1993Abedi Pele
- 1994George Weah
Afrique Football Award
1991-2003
- 1991,1992Abedi Pele
- 1994Emmanuel Amunike
- 1995George Weah
- 1996,1999Nwankwo Kanu
- 1997Victor Ikpeba
- 1998Mustapha Hadji
- 2000Patrick M'Boma
- 2001,2002El Hadji Diouf
- 2003Samuel Eto'o
CAF Award
1992-Present
- 2004Samuel Eto'o
- 2005 Samuel Eto'o
- 2006Didier Drogba
- 2007Frédéric Kanouté
- 2008Emmanuel Adebayor
- 2009Didier Drogba
- 2010Samuel Eto'o
- 2011Yaya Touré
- 2012Yaya Touré
- 2013Yaya Touré
- 2014Yaya Touré
- 2015Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
- 2016Riyad Mahrez
- 2017Mohamed Salah
- 2018Mohamed Salah
- 2019Sadio Mané
- 2022Sadio Mané
- 2024Ademola Lookman
- 2025Achraf Hakimi
Asian Player of the Year
Since 1988
1988-1992
- 1989,1990,1991Kim Joo-sung
- 1992Kazuyoshi Miura
AFC Award
1991-2003
- 1997Hidetoshi Nakata
- 1998Hidetoshi Nakata
- 1999Ali Daei
- 2001Fan Zhiyi
- 2002Shinji Ono
- 2003Mehdi Mahdavikia
- 2004Ali Karimi
- 2009 Yasuhito Endō
- 2012Shinji Kagawa
- 2013Yuto Nagatomo
- 2015Son Heung-min
- 2016Shinji Okazaki
- 2017Son Heung-min
- 2018Makoto Hasebe
- 2019Son Heung-min
- 2022Kim Min-jae
- 2023Son Heung-min
- 2025Lee Kang-In
CONCACAF Player of the Year
Since 2013
- 2014 Keylor Navas
- 2015 Javier Hernández
- 2017 Keylor Navas
- 2021 Alphonso Davies
- 2022 Alphonso Davies
South American Player of the Year
Since 1971
1971-1985
- 1973Pelé
- 1974,1975,1976Elías Figueroa
- 1977,1981,1982Zico
- 1978Mario Kempes
- 1979,1980Diego Maradona
- 1983Sócrates
- 1984Enzo Francescoli
- 1985Julio César Romero
1986-Present
- 1987,1993Carlos Valderrama
- 1989 Bebeto
- 1994Cafu
- 1995Enzo Francescoli
- 1999Javier Saviola
- 2000Romário
- 2001Román Riquelme
- 2008,2009Juan Sebastián Verón
- 2011,2012 Neymar
- 2013Ronaldinho
- 2021Julián Álvarez
UEFA Player of the Year
Since 2010
1997-2010
- 1997Ronaldo
- 1999David Beckham
- 2000Fernando Redondo
- 2001Stefan Effenberg
- 2002Zinedine Zidane
- 2003Gianluigi Buffon
- 2004Deco
- 2005Steven Gerrard
- 2006Ronaldinho
- 2007Kaká
- 2008Cristiano Ronaldo
- 2009Lionel Messi
- 2010Diego Milito
2011-2023
- 2011Lionel Messi
- 2012Andrés Iniesta
- 2013Franck Ribéry
- 2014Cristiano Ronaldo
- 2015Lionel Messi
- 2016Cristiano Ronaldo
- 2017Cristiano Ronaldo
- 2018Luka Modrić
- 2019Virgil van Dijk
- 2020Robert Lewandowski
- 2022Karim Benzema
- 2023Erling Haaland
2010-2023
- 2014Nadine Keßler
- 2015Ada Hegerberg
- 2017Lieke Martens
- 2018Lucy Bronze
- 2020Alexia Putellas
- 2021, 2022Alexia Putellas
- 2023Aitana Bonmatí