The The Best Awards They are one of the most important decorations in the football world. This distinction, which is responsible for endorsing the most outstanding of the season, in various categories, began in 2016, after the separation of the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA), current organizer of this contest, with the renowned France Football, who awards the Ballon d’Or annually.
For this year, The Best will take place this Monday, February 27, in its seventh edition. Along these lines, FIFA released a list of nominees on January 12. Meanwhile, for the ‘Best Player’ division, announced on February 9 and 10, Lionel Messi, Karim Benzema and Kylian Mbappé were the three finalists.
These three aforementioned candidates arrive, in addition to the quality of play they give off, after winning the Qatar 2022 World Cup —in the case of the ‘Flea’—, obtaining the Champions League, LaLiga and being the top scorer in both tournaments —the ‘ Gato’— and become top scorer in the World Cup and Ligue 1, a trophy he also won with PSG —’Kiki’—.
Which player has the most trophies, as best player, in The Best Awards?
Throughout its novel history, since the delivery of The Best began, there have only been four athletes who have been able to win the ‘Best Player’ award: Luka Modric, Leo Messi, Robert Lewandowski and Cristiano Ronaldo. However, the Pole and the Portuguese are the footballers with the most awards obtained.
The current FC Barcelona striker has won them in a row, in 2020 and 2021, which is why he is the current holder of this award. Meanwhile, the former player of Real Madrid, Juventus or Manchester United, and who works in Saudi Arabia, was able to own the prizes awarded in 2016 and 2017.
YEAR | WINNER | SECOND | THIRD |
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2016 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Lionel Messi | Antoine Griezmann |
2017 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Lionel Messi | neymar |
2018 | Luka modric | Cristiano Ronaldo | Mohamed Salah |
2019 | Lionel Messi | Virgil Van Dijk | Cristiano Ronaldo |
2020 | Robert Lewandowski | Cristiano Ronaldo | Lionel Messi |
2021 | Robert Lewandowski | Lionel Messi | Mohamed Salah |
‘Lewy’ and ‘CR7’, despite leading the list with those who have won best player the most times, are not finalists for this edition, so Lionel Messi has the chance to match up with both athletes. In addition, he would become the first to achieve the distinction with two different clubs. The first was with Barça.
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