On January 15, 2024, Lionel Messi won the Best FIFA Men’s Footballer Award. This is his 8th FIFA Best Award in his career, and this time Messi won against Erling Haaland and Kylian Mbappe. Not just football fans but several coaches, media personalities, and footballers picked him as the best player. So, let us look at the list of footballers who voted for Lionel Messi as the Best FIFA Men’s Player of the Year.
List of footballers who voted for Lionel Messi as the Best FIFA Men’s Player
- Kylian Mbappe
- Mohamed Salah
- Harry Kane
- Luka Modric
- Federico Valverde
- Robert Lewandowski
- Virgil Van Dijk
- Romelu Lukaku
- Andy Robertson
- Jan Oblak
- Gianluigi Donnarumma
- Falcao
- Granit Xhaka
For those who don’t know, the FIFA Best Award winners are based on votes, which are later converted into points. Both Lionel Messi and Erling Haaland had the same number of points (48), and there was a tie between them. But with the most ‘five-points’ scores, Lionel Messi was selected as the Best FIFA Men’s Player.
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Every Best FIFA Men’s Player Winner
- 2023: Lionel Messi
- 2022: Lionel Messi
- 2021: Robert Lewandowski
- 2020: Robert Lewandowski
- 2019: Lionel Messi
- 2018: Luka Modric
- 2017: Cristiano Ronaldo
- 2016: Cristiano Ronaldo
The Argentine footballer Lionel Messi has won the award most times. He won the award in 2019, 2022, and 2024, which is the most by any player.
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