BBC Women's Footballer of the Year

BBC Women's Footballer of the Year

2024 winner Barbra Banda
Sport	Women's association football
Presented by	BBC World Service
History
First award	2015
Editions	10 (as of 2024)
First winner	Asisat Oshoala
Most wins	Lucy Bronze Ada Hegerberg (2 wins)
Most recent	Barbra 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 Liverpool	Verónica Boquete,   Spain and 1. FFC Frankfurt Nadine Keßler,   Germany and VfL Wolfsburg Kim Little,   Scotland and Seattle Reign FC Marta,   Brazil and FC Rosengård	[1] [2]
2016	Kim Little   Scotland and Seattle Reign FC	Gaëlle Enganamouit,   Cameroon and FC Rosengård Amandine Henry,   France and Lyon Carli Lloyd,   United States and Houston Dash Becky Sauerbrunn,   United States and FC Kansas City	[3] [4]
2017	Ada Hegerberg   Norway and Lyon	Melanie Behringer,   Germany and FC Bayern Munich Hedvig Lindahl,   Sweden and Chelsea Marta,   Brazil and Orlando Pride Christine Sinclair,   Canada and Portland Thorns FC	[5] [6]
2018	Lucy Bronze   England and Lyon	Pernille Harder,   Denmark and VfL Wolfsburg Sam Kerr,   Australia, Chicago Red Stars and Perth Glory Dzsenifer Marozsán,   Germany and Lyon Lieke Martens,   Netherlands and FC Barcelona	[7] [8]
2019	Ada Hegerberg Lyon	Pernille Harder,   Denmark and VfL Wolfsburg Lindsey Horan,   United States and Portland Thorns FC Sam Kerr,   Australia, Chicago Red Stars and Perth Glory Saki Kumagai,   Japan and Lyon	[9] [10]
2020	Lucy Bronze   England and Lyon	Julie Ertz,   United States and Chicago Red Stars Sam Kerr,   Australia and Chelsea Vivianne Miedema,   Netherlands and Arsenal Megan Rapinoe,   United States and Reign FC	[11] [12]
2021	Vivianne Miedema   Netherlands and Arsenal	Caroline Graham Hansen,   Norway and Barcelona Sam Kerr,   Australia and Chelsea Ashley Lawrence,   Canada and Paris Saint-Germain Alexia Putellas,   Spain and Barcelona	[13] [14]
2022	Beth Mead   England and Arsenal	Sam Kerr,   Australia and Chelsea Alexandra Popp,   Germany and VfL Wolfsburg Alexia Putellas,   Spain and Barcelona Wendie Renard,   France and Lyon	[15] [16]
2023	Mary Earps   England and Manchester United	Aitana Bonmatí, [17]   Spain and Barcelona Sam Kerr, [18]   Australia and Chelsea Alexandra Popp,   Germany and VfL Wolfsburg Fridolina Rolfö, [19]   Sweden and Barcelona	[20] [21] [22]
2024	Barbra Banda   Zambia and Orlando Pride	Aitana Bonmati,   Spain and Barcelona Naomi Girma,   United States and San Diego Wave Caroline Graham Hansen,   Norway and Barcelona Sophia Smith,   United States and Portland Thorns	[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	Lucy Bronze	2 (2018, 2020)
	Ada Hegerberg	2 (2017, 2019)

Wins by club

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

Wins by nationality

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

See also

• List of sports awards honoring women

References

1. "BBC Women's Footballer of the Year nominations revealed". BBC Sport. 26 April 2015. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
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.