Ousmane Dembele won The Best FIFA Men’s Player award on Tuesday, recognized for his outstanding performance in 2025.
He added this trophy to his earlier Ballon d’Or after playing a key role in PSG’s success last season, where they achieved a quadruple.
Dembele scored 35 goals in 53 matches during his best season yet, leading PSG to their first Champions League title.
The Best FIFA Men’s Player award honors the top-performing player for the previous calendar year and has replaced the FIFA World Player of the Year. Dembele is the first French player to win this award in its current form.
Ousmane Dembélé is The Best FIFA Men’s player 2025.
He had himself a 𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐎𝐈𝐂 season 🏆 pic.twitter.com/q29Ni3coZU
— B/R Football (@brfootball) December 16, 2025
Previously, Zinedine Zidane won the former FIFA World Player of the Year award three times from 1998 to 2003.
This award is decided by media members, national team coaches, national team captains, and the public, with each group contributing 25% of the vote.
Below is a list of all the winners since the award started in 2016.
Every winner of The Best FIFA Men’s Player
- Cristiano Ronaldo, Real Madrid – 2016
- Cristiano Ronaldo, Real Madrid – 2017
- Luka Modric, Real Madrid – 2018
- Lionel Messi, Barcelona – 2019
- Robert Lewandowski, Bayern Munich – 2020
- Robert Lewandowski, Bayern Munich – 2021
- Lionel Messi, Paris Saint-Germain – 2022
- Lionel Messi, Inter Miami – 2023
- Vinicius Junior, Real Madrid – 2024
- Ousmane Dembele, Paris Saint-Germain – 2025
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