Ousmane Dembele was named winner of The Best FIFA Men’s Player award on Tuesday, with the Paris Saint-Germain superstar celebrated for his achievements in 2025.
Dembele added the accolade to his Ballon d’Or won earlier this year, following an instrumental role in PSG’s quadruple success last season.
The Frenchman scored 35 goals in 53 games during a career-best campaign, as the Parisians won the Champions League for the first time in their history.
The Best FIFA Men’s Player recognises the player deemed to have performed the best over the previous calendar year, and replaced the FIFA World Player of the Year award. In its current format, Dembele is the first-ever Frenchman to claim the prize.
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
His compatriot, Zinedine Zidane, won the former FIFA World Player of the Year award three times between 1998 and 2003.
The current accolade is voted for by media representatives, national team coaches, national team captains, and the general public, with each representing 25% of the vote.
Here is a list of all the previous winners, since the award’s inception 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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