IFFHS evaluates the candidates for the best offensive organizer in 2025: Messi leads the way, Pedri and Wirtz are included

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.