The Best FIFA Men's Player

This article is about the newest iteration of the world football player award (2016–present). For the first award (1991–2009), see FIFA World Player of the Year. For the second award (2010–2015), see FIFA Ballon d'Or.

The Best FIFA Men's Player
Date2016; 8 years ago (2016)
Presented byFIFA
Formerly calledFIFA World Player of the Year (1991–2009)
FIFA Ballon d'Or (2010–2015)
First awarded2016
Current holderArgentina Lionel Messi
(3rd award)
Most awardsArgentina Lionel Messi
(3 awards)
Websitefifa.com
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The Best FIFA Men's Player is an association football award presented annually by the sport's governing body, FIFA, since 2016, to honour the player deemed to have performed the best over the previous calendar year.[1] The award was formerly known as the FIFA World Player of the Year, which was merged with France Football's Ballon d'Or in 2010 to become the FIFA Ballon d'Or in a six-year partnership.[2]

  1. ^ "The birth of The Best FIFA Football Awards". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 5 November 2016. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
  2. ^ "Ballon d'Or and Best FIFA Men's Player awards explained". Sky Sports. 12 December 2016. Archived from the original on 16 December 2016. Retrieved 2 January 2016.