IFFHS (International Federation of Football History and Statistics) recently announced the candidate list for the best playmaker in football in 2025. Messi is the leader, and De Bruyne, Pedri, Bellingham, Wirtz and others are on the list. Last year&...
IFFHS (International Federation of Football History and Statistics) recently announced the candidate list for the best playmaker in football in 2025. Messi is the leader, and De Bruyne, Pedri, Bellingham, Wirtz and others are on the list.
Last year's winner of this award was Bellingham.
2025 complete candidate list:
Guler (Real Madrid), B Fee (Manchester United), Palmer (Chelsea), Wirtz (Leverkusen/Liverpool), Bellingham (Real Madrid), De Bruyne (Manchester City/Naples), Yamal (Barcelona), Odegaard (Assen) Na), Pedri (Barcelona), Vitinha (Paris), Messi (Inter Miami), Ronaldo (Leon), flag bearer Lio (Celtic), Kudus (West Ham/Tottenham), Tillman (Eindhoven/Leverkusen)
List of past award-winning players:
2006 Zidane
2007 Kaka
2008 Xavi
2009 Xavi
2010 Xavi
2011 Xavi
2012 Iniesta
2013 Iniesta
2014 Kroos
2015 Messi
2016 Messi
2017 Messi
2018 Modric
2019 Messi
2020 De Bruyne
2021 De Bruyne
2022 Messi
2023 De Bruyne
2024 Bellingham
Since 1987, IFFHS has organized voting and statistics every year to select the annual winners in various world categories. All rankings are based on the calendar year (January to December), not the season.
The international jury is composed of IFFHS members (sports journalists and football experts) from 120 countries around the world.
