Indian Super League Player of the League

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Indian Super League Player of the season
Awarded forBest player of a given Indian Super League season
CountryIndia
Presented byIndian Super League
First awarded2014
Currently held by Dimitri Petratos (1st title)

The Indian Super League Player of the League is an annual association football award presented to the best player in the Indian Super League each season. The winner is presented with the Golden Ball.

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The Indian Super League was founded in 2013 and played its inaugural season in 2014. It became the joint top-tier of the Indian football league system by the 2017–18 season and has been the top-tier since the 2022–23 season. The first Player of the League (then known as the Hero of the League for sponsorship reasons) was awarded to Iain Hume in 2014. Sunil Chhetri is the first Indian player to have won the award in the 2017–18 season.

Winners

Iain Hume won the inaugural Indian Super League Hero of the League in 2014. Iain Hume photo by Djuradj Vujcic.jpg
Iain Hume won the inaugural Indian Super League Hero of the League in 2014.
Key
Player (X)Name of the player and number of times they had won the award at that point (if more than one)
†Denotes the club were ISL Shield winners or ISL Trophy winners in the same season
Indian Super League Hero of the League Winners
SeasonPlayerPositionNationalityClubRef(s)
2014 Iain Hume Forward Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Kerala Blasters [1]
2015 Stiven Mendoza Forward Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia Chennaiyin † [2]
2016 Florent Malouda Midfielder Flag of France.svg  France Odisha [3]
2017–18 Sunil Chhetri Forward Flag of India.svg  India Bengaluru [4]
2018–19 Coro Forward Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Goa [5]
2019–20 Hugo Boumous Midfielder Flag of France.svg  France Goa † [6]
2020–21 Roy Krishna Forward Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji Mohun Bagan SG [7]
2021–22 Greg Stewart Forward Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland Jamshedpur † [8]
2022–23 Lallianzuala Chhangte Forward Flag of India.svg  India Mumbai City † [9]
2023–24 Dimitri Petratos Forward Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Mohun Bagan SG † [10]

Awards won by nationality

CountryPlayersTotal
Flag of France.svg  France 22
Flag of India.svg  India 22
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 11
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 11
Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 11
Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 11
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 11
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 11

Awards won by club

ClubTotal
Goa 2
Mohun Bagan SG 2
Bengaluru 1
Chennaiyin 1
Jamshedpur 1
Kerala Blasters 1
Odisha 1
Mumbai City 1

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