BBC Women's Footballer of the Year

BBC Women's Footballer of the Year
2024 winner Barbra Banda
SportWomen's association football
Presented byBBC World Service
History
First award2015
Editions10 (as of 2024)
First winnerAsisat Oshoala
Most winsLucy Bronze
Ada Hegerberg (2 wins)
Most recentBarbra Banda (2024)

The BBC Women's Footballer of the Year is an annual award given to the best women's footballer of the year. Finalists are shortlisted by an expert panel made up of current and former professional players, coaches, administrators, journalists, and experts. The winner is decided by fan voting from all around the world.

Winners

Year Winner Shortlist Ref.
2015 Asisat Oshoala
 Nigeria and England Liverpool		 [1][2]
2016 Kim Little
 Scotland and United States Seattle Reign FC		 [3][4]
2017 Ada Hegerberg
 Norway and France Lyon		 [5][6]
2018 Lucy Bronze
 England and France Lyon		 [7][8]
2019 Ada Hegerberg
France Lyon		 [9][10]
2020 Lucy Bronze
 England and France Lyon		 [11][12]
2021 Vivianne Miedema
 Netherlands and England Arsenal		 [13][14]
2022 Beth Mead
 England and England Arsenal		 [15][16]
2023 Mary Earps
 England and England Manchester United		 [20][21][22]
2024 Barbra Banda
 Zambia and United States Orlando Pride		 [23][24]

Records

Ada Hegerberg and Lucy Bronze with two wins have jointly won the most BBC Women's Footballer of the Year awards.

Only those with multiple wins will be listed.

Wins by player

Rank Player Wins
1 England Lucy Bronze 2 (2018, 2020)
Norway Ada Hegerberg 2 (2017, 2019)

Wins by club

Rank Club Wins
1 France Lyon 4 (2017, 2018, 2019, 2020)
2 England Arsenal 2 (2021, 2022)

Wins by nationality

Rank Nation Wins
1  England 4 (2018, 2020, 2022, 2023)
2  Norway 2 (2017, 2019)

See also

References

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  2. ^ "BBC Women's Footballer of the Year award: Asisat Oshoala wins". BBC Sport. 26 May 2015. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
  3. ^ "BBC Women's Footballer of the Year: Five vie for award". BBC Sport. 24 April 2016. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
  4. ^ "BBC Women's Footballer of the Year: Kim Little wins award". BBC Sport. 24 May 2016. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
  5. ^ "BBC Women's Footballer of the Year 2017: Vote for one of five nominees". BBC Sport. 30 April 2017. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
  6. ^ "BBC Women's Footballer of the Year 2017: Ada Hegerberg wins award". BBC Sport. 30 May 2017. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
  7. ^ "BBC Women's Footballer of the Year 2018: Five nominees up for award". BBC Sport. 8 May 2018. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  8. ^ "BBC Women's Footballer of the Year 2018: Lucy Bronze wins award". BBC Sport. 22 May 2018. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  9. ^ "BBC Women's Footballer of the Year 2019 shortlist revealed - vote for your favourite". BBC Sport. 18 April 2019. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  10. ^ "Ada Hegerberg named BBC Women's Footballer of the Year 2019". BBC Sport. 22 May 2019. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
  11. ^ "BBC Women's Footballer of the Year 2020 shortlist revealed - vote for your favourite". BBC Sport. 12 February 2020. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
  12. ^ "Lucy Bronze named BBC Women's Footballer of the Year 2020". BBC Sport. 24 March 2020. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
  13. ^ "Vote for BBC Women's Footballer of 2021". BBC Sport. 28 October 2021.
  14. ^ "Vivianne Miedema named BBC Women's Footballer of the Year 2021". BBC World Service. 29 November 2021. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
  15. ^ "BBC Women's Footballer of 2022 - the contenders". BBC Sport. 4 October 2022.
  16. ^ "England's Mead wins BBC world football award". BBC Sport. 9 November 2022. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
  17. ^ "Is Bonmati your Women's Footballer of the Year?". BBC Sport. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
  18. ^ "Is Kerr your Women's Footballer of the Year?". BBC Sport. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
  19. ^ "Is Rolfo your Women's Footballer of the Year?". BBC Sport. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
  20. ^ "BBC Women's Footballer Of The Year 2023 nominations announced". BBC. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
  21. ^ "BBC Women's Footballer of the Year - the contenders". BBC Sport. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
  22. ^ "Mary Earps: England & Man Utd goalkeeper named BBC Women's Footballer of the Year 2023". BBC Sport. 28 November 2023. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
  23. ^ "Barbra Banda wins BBC Women's Footballer of the Year award". BBC Sport. 26 November 2024. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
  24. ^ "BBC Women's Footballer of the Year 2024 nominees announced, in tenth year of the prestigious award". www.bbc.co.uk.