Best FIFA Men’s footballer of the year in 2022
Who is winning the world’s best player of the year in 2022? We predicted here that Polish footballer Robert Lewandowski is expected to earn the best footballer in 2022.
FIFA World Player of the Year 1991 – 2021
| Year | Player | Nationality |
| 2022 | TBD | TBD |
| 2021 | Robert Lewandowski | Poland |
| 2020 | Robert Lewandowski | Poland |
| 2019 | Lionel Messi | Argentina |
| 2018 | Luka Modric | Croatia |
| 2017 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Portugal |
| 2016 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Portugal |
| 2015 | Lionel Messi | Argentina |
| 2014 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Portugal |
| 2013 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Portugal |
| 2012 | Lionel Messi | Argentina |
| 2011 | Lionel Messi | Argentina |
| 2010 | Lionel Messi | Argentina |
| 2009 | Lionel Messi | Argentina |
| 2008 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Portugal |
| 2007 | Kaka | Brazil |
| 2006 | Fabio Cannavaro | Italy |
| 2005 | Ronaldinho | Brazil |
| 2004 | Ronaldinho | Brazil |
| 2003 | Zinedine Zidane | France |
| 2002 | Ronaldo | Brazil |
| 2001 | Luís Figo | Portugal |
| 2000 | Zinedine Zidane | France |
| 1999 | Rivaldo | Brazil |
| 1998 | Zinedine Zidane | France |
| 1997 | Ronaldo | Brazil |
| 1996 | Ronaldo | Brazil |
| 1995 | George Weah | Liberia |
| 1994 | Romario | Brazil |
| 1993 | Roberto Baggio | Italy |
| 1992 | Marco van Basten | Netherlands |
| 1991 | Lothar Matthaus | Germany |