The results of our 39th annual awards – and the people who helped shape the game over the past 12 months
2020 Winners
Men’s World Player of the Year
1. Robert Lewandowski 187
Bayern Munich & Poland
2. Kevin De Bruyne 63
Manchester City & Belgium
3. Lionel Messi 56
Barcelona & Argentina
4. Sadio Mane 34
Liverpool & Senegal
5. Cristiano Ronaldo 33
Juventus & Portugal
6. Virgil van Dijk 27
Liverpool & Netherlands
7. Thomas Muller 21
Bayern Munich & Germany
8. Neymar 21
Paris Saint-Germain & Brazil
9. Manuel Neuer 21
Bayern Munich & Germany
10. Kylian Mbappe 17
Paris Saint-Germain & France
11. Joshua Kimmich 16
Bayern Munich & Germany
12. Alphonso Davies 15
Bayern Munich & Canada
13. Erling Haaland 11
Borussia Dortmund & Norway
14. Mohamed Salah 10
Liverpool & Egypt
15. Thiago Alcantara 10
Bayern Munich/Liverpool
& Spain
16. Bruno Fernandes 6
Manchester United & Portugal
17. Romelu Lukaku 5
Internazionale & Belgium
18. Marcus Rashford 5
Manchester United & England
19. Luis Alberto 5
Lazio & Spain
20. Jordan Henderson 5
Liverpool & England
21. Timo Werner 4
RB Leipzig/Chelsea & Germany
22. Alejandro Gomez 4
Atalanta & Argentina
23. Karim Benzema 4
Real Madrid & France
24. Marquinhos 3
Paris Saint-Germain & Brazil
25. Ciro Immobile 3
Lazio & Italy
26. Lucas Ocampos 2
Sevilla & Argentina
27. Serge Gnabry 1
Bayern Munich & Germany
28. Raheem Sterling 1
Manchester City & England
Men’s World Manager of the Year
1. Hansi Flick 23
Bayern Munich
2. Jurgen Klopp 13
Liverpool
3. Gian Piero Gasperini 2
Atalanta
Men’s World Team of the Year
1. Bayern Munich 36
2. Liverpool 3
3. Atalanta 1
Women’s World Player of the Year
1. Pernille Harder 11
Wolfsburg/Chelsea & Denmark
2. Vivianne Miedema 6
Arsenal & Netherlands
3. Wendie Renard 5
Lyon & France
4. Amel Majri 1
Lyon & France
5. Dzsenifer Marozsan 1
Lyon & Germany
Women’s World Manager of the Year
1. Jean-Luc Vasseur 19
Lyon
2. Lluis Cortes 1
Barcelona
3. Emma Hayes 1
Chelsea
4. Sarina Wiegman 1
Netherlands
Women’s World Team of the Year
1. Lyon 23
The Voting Panel
Alexandra Jonson – Spain
Ashok Purohit – Oman
Carl Worswick – Colombia
Dariusz Kurowski – Poland
Glenn Moore – England
Howard Johnson – France
Ian Darke – England
James Nalton – England
Jamie Carragher – England
Jamie Evans – World Soccer
Jared Tinslay – World Soccer
Jen O’Neill – England
Jim Holden – England
Jonathan Pearce – England
Keir Radnedge – England
Klaas-Jan Droppert – Netherlands
Lasana Liburd – Trinidad & Tobago
Mark Gleeson – South Africa
Mark Pitman – Wales
Martin Del Palacio Langer – Mexico
Miguel Delaney – England
Mike Plastow – Japan
Milorad Stojmanovski – North Macedonia
Nick Bidwell – England
Oleg Zadernovsky – Ukraine
Oluwashina Okeleji – Nigeria
Paddy Agnew – Italy
Peter Drury – England
Peterjon Cresswell – Hungary
Phil Gordon – Scotland
Sam Matterface – England
Sam Straw – World Soccer
Samindra Kunti – Belgium
Sasa Ibrulj – Bosnia & Herzegovina
Sid Lowe – Spain
Stephen Fishlock – World Soccer
Steve Menary – England
Tom Kundert – Portugal
Victor Gusev – Russia
Vidir Sigurdsson – Iceland
Vladimir Novak – Serbia
