Since 1987 the International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS) chooses the World's Best Referee; the election is for the calendar year. List of winners YEAR WINNER COUNTRY 1987 Romualdo Arppi Filho Brazil 1988 Michel Vautrot France 1989 Michel Vautrot France 1990 José Roberto Ramiz Wright Brazil 1991 Peter Mikkelsen Denmark 1992 Aron Schmidhuber Germany 1993 Peter Mikkelsen Denmark 1994 Sandor Puhl Hungary 1995 Sandor Puhl Hungary 1996 Sandor Puhl Hungary 1997 Sandor Puhl Hungary 1998 Pierluigi Collina Italy 1999 Pierluigi Collina Italy 2000 Pierluigi Collina Italy 2001 Pierluigi Collina Italy 2002 Pierluigi Collina Italy 2003 Pierluigi Collina Italy 2004 Markus Merk Germany 2005 Markus Merk Germany 2006 Horacio Marcelo Elizondo Argentina 2007 Markus Merk Germany 2008 Roberto Rosetti Italy 2009 Massimo Busacca Switzerland 2010 Howard Webb England 2011 Viktor Kassai Hungary 2012 Pedro Proenca Portugal 2013 Howard Webb England 2014 Nicola Rizzoli Italy 2015 Nicola Rizzoli Italy 2016 Mark Clattenburg England 2017 Felix Brych Germany 2018 Nestor Pitana Argentina 2019 Damir Skomina Slovenia 2020 Daniele Orsato Italy 2021 Felix Brych Germany 2022 Szymon Marciniak Poland
Since 1996 the International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS) chooses the World's Best National Coach; the election is for the calendar year. List of winners YEAR WINNER COUNTRY 1996 Hans Hubert "Berti" Vogts Germany 1997 Mário Zagallo Brazil 1998 Aimé Jacquet France 1999 Wanderley Luxemburgo Brazil 2000 Roger Lemerre France 2001 Marcelo Bielsa Argentina 2002 Luiz Felipe Scolari Brazil 2003 Jacques Santini France 2004 Otto Rehhagel Greece 2005 Carlos Alberto Parreira Brazil 2006 Marcello Lippi Italy 2007 Carlos Caetano B. Verri "Dunga" Brazil 2008 Luis Aragones Spain 2009 Vicente Del Bosque Spain 2010 Vicente Del Bosque Spain 2011 Oscar Washington Tabarez Uruguay 2012 Vicente Del Bosque Spain 2013 Vicente Del Bosque Spain 2014 Joachim Löw Germany 2015 Jorge Sampaoli Chile 2016 Fernando Santos Portugal 2017 Joachim Löw Germany 2018 Didier Deschamps France 2019 Fernando Santos Portugal 2020 Didier Deschamps France 2021 Roberto Mancini Italy 2022 Lionel Scaloni Argentina
Since 1996 the International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS) chooses the World's Best Club Coach; the election is for the calendar year. List of winners YEAR WINNER COUNTRY CLUBS 1996 Marcello Lippi Italy Juventus FC Torino 1997 Ottmar Hitzfeld Germany Borussia Dortmund 1998 Marcello Lippi Italy Juventus FC Torino 1999 Alex Ferguson Scotland Manchester United FC 2000 Carlos Bianchi Argentina CA Boca Juniors 2001 Ottmar Hitzfeld Germany FC Bayern München 2002 Vicente Del Bosque Spain Real Madrid CF 2003 Carlos Bianchi Argentina CA Boca Juniors 2004 José Mourinho Portugal Chelsea FC 2005 José Mourinho Portugal Chelsea FC 2006 Franklin Rijkaard Netherlands FC Barcelona 2007 Carlo Ancelotti Italy Milan AC 2008 Alex Ferguson Scotland Manchester United 2009 Josep Guardiola Spain FC Barcelona 2010 José Mourinho Portugal FC Internazionale/Real Madrid 2011 Josep Guardiola Spain FC Barcelona 2012 José Mourinho Portugal Real Madrid 2013 Josef Heynckes Germany FC Bayern München 2014 Carlo Ancelotti Italy Real Madrid CF 2015 Luis Enrique Martínez G. Spain FC Barcelona 2016 Diego Pablo Simeone Argentina Atletico Madrid 2017 Zinedine Zidane France Real Madrid CF 2018 Zinedine Zidane France Real Madrid CF 2019 Jürgen Klopp Germany Liverpool FC 2020 Hans-Dieter Flick Germany FC Bayern München 2021 Thomas Tuchel Germany Chelsea FC 2022 Carlo Ancelotti Italy Real Madrid CF
Since 1991 the International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS) honored the World's Top Goal Scorer . Only goals scored in the full internationals "A" and (inter)continental club competitions between January 1st to December 31st are considered. For 2020, also goals in the national league and cup were counted. List of winners YEAR WINNER COUNTRY GOALS 1991 Jean-Pierre Papin France 16 = 7 + 9 1992 Cesar Augusto Obando Villeda Honduras 12 = 12 + 0 1993 Said Al-Owairan Saudi Arabia 18 = 15 + 3 1994 Hristo Stoichkov Bulgaria 17 = 9 + 8 1995 Jürgen Klinsmann Germany 17 = 6 +11 1996 Ali Daei Iran 22 = 22 + 0 1997 Ronaldo Brazil 22 = 17 + 5 1998 Jassem Al-Houwaidi Kuwait 20 = 20 + 0 1999 Raúl Spain 14 = 10 + 4 2000 Rivaldo Brazil 21 = 13 + 8 2001 Hani Al-Dhabit Faraj Bait Al-Noobi Oman 22 = 22 + 0 2002 Ruud van Nistelrooij Netherlands 14 = 1 +13 2003 Thierry Henry France 15 = 11 + 4 2004 Ali Daei Iran 17 = 17 + 0 2005 Adriano Brazil 18 = 10 + 8 2006 Humberto Suazo Chile 17 = 4 +13 2007 Tresor M'putu Mabi Congo DR 20 = 1 +19 2008 Leandson Brazil 19 = 0 +19 2009 Shinji Okazaki Japan 15 = 15 + 0 2010 Bader Al-Mutawa Kuwait 17 = 10 + 7 2011 Lionel Messi Argentina 19 = 4 +15 2012 Lionel Messi Argentina 25 = 12 +13 2013 Cristiano Ronaldo Portugal 25 = 9 +16 2014 Cristiano Ronaldo Portugal 20 = 5 +15 2015 Robert Lewandowski Poland 22 = 11 +11 2016 Cristiano Ronaldo Portugal 24 = 13 +11 2017 Cristiano Ronaldo Portugal 32 = 11 +21 2018 Baghdad Bounedjah Algeria 20 = 7 +13 2019 Cristiano Ronaldo Portugal 21 = 14 + 7 2020 Robert Lewandowski Poland 47 = 2 + 8 +32 + 5 2021 Robert Lewandowski Poland 69 = 11 +13 +43 + 2 2022 Kylian Mbappé France 50 = 7 + 9 +31 + 3
Since 1997 the International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS) honored the World's most effective Top Division Goal Scorer. List of winners Year Winner Club Nationality Goal quotient 1997 Hakan Sükür Galatasaray Turkey 38 / 32 = 1.188 1998 Masashi Nakayama Jubilo Iwata Japan 37 / 29 = 1.276 1999 Mário Jardel FC Porto Brazil 36 / 32 = 1.125 2000 Hamzah Idris Fallateh Al Ittihad Jeddah Saudi Arabia 33 / 25 = 1.320 2001 Romario Vasco da Gama Brazil 21 / 18 = 1.167 2002 Mário Jardel Sporting CP Lisboa Brazil 42 / 30 = 1.400 2003 José Saturnino Cardozo Toluca Paraguay 58 / 42 = 1.381 2004 Shukhrat Mirkhaldirshayev Navbakhor Namangan Uzbekistan 31 / 26 = 1.192
Since 1997 the International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS)
honored the World's best Top Division Goal Scorer.
List of winners
Year Winner Club Nationality Goals
1997 Hakan Sükür Galatasaray Turkey 38
1998 Iván Kaviedes Emelec Guayaquil Ecuador 43
1999 Mário Jardel FC Porto Brazil 36
2000 Mário Jardel FC Porto Brazil 38
2001 José Alfredo Castillo Oriente Petrolero Bolivia 42
2002 Joaquín Botero Bolívar Bolivia 49 [*]
2003 José Saturnino Cardozo Toluca Paraguay 58
2004 Patricio Galaz CD Cobreloa Calama Chile 42
2005 Clemerson de Araujo S. Gamba Osaka Brazil 33
2006 Klaas Jan Huntelaar SC Heerenveen/Ajax Netherlands 35
2007 Afonso Alves Heerenveen Brazil 34
2008 Lucas Barrios Colo Colo Santiago Argentina 37
2009 Marc Janko Salzburg Austria 39
2010 Luis Suárez Ajax Uruguay 35
2011 Aleksanders Cekulajeus Trans Narva Latvia 46
2012 Lionel Messi FC Barcelona Argentina 50
2013 Lionel Messi FC Barcelona Argentina 46
2014 Cristiano Ronaldo Real Madrid CF Portugal 31
Luis Suárez FC Liverpool Uruguay 31
2015 Cristiano Ronaldo Real Madrid CF Portugal 48
2016 Luis Suárez FC Barcelona Uruguay 40
2017 Lionel Messi FC Barcelona Argentina 37
2018 Lionel Messi FC Barcelona Argentina 34
Jonas Gonçalves Oliveira SL Benfica Brazil 34
2019 Baghdad Bounedjah Al Sadd SC Algeria 39
2020 Cristiano Ronaldo Juventus FC Torino Portugal 33
2021 Robert Lewandowski FC Bayern München Poland 43
2022 German Cano Fluminense Argentina 33
[*] the 38 goals of José Saturnino Cardozo for Toluca (Mexico) in the Apertura
2002 belong to the 2002/03 season and are therefore taken into account in
the 2003 ranking.
Source: IFFHS
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