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TheFIFA Puskás Award[ˈpuʃkaːʃ] is an award established on 20 October 2009 by theFédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), at the behest of then-presidentSepp Blatter, to be awarded to the player judged to have scored the most aesthetically significant, or "most beautiful", goal of the calendar year. The Puskás Award is announced yearly and is considered by voting. From 2024, only male players are eligible to win, with theFIFA Marta Award established for female players instead.[1]
The award is in honour ofFerenc Puskás, the striker ofReal Madrid during the late 1950s to the late 1960s, and central member of the highly successfulHungarian side of the same era. Puskás is widely considered by many to be the most powerful and prolific forward Europe produced in first-division football and was honoured byIFFHS in 1997 as the best top-tier goalscorer of the 20th century. Puskás scored 806 goals in 793 games and his 86 national team goals in 90 outings was a world record at the time.[2][3]
The first award was presented from July 2008 to July 2009. The annual award was presented for the first time during the2009 FIFA World Player of the Year Gala on 21 December in Switzerland, with Portuguese playerCristiano Ronaldo as the first prize winner.
The criteria for the award are:[4]
FIFA nominates eleven goals each year for voting. Voting is done by two groups: registered users on FIFA's website, and a panel of experts appointed by FIFA. Each individual in both groups selects their top three goals, assigning five points to the first, three points to the second, and one point to the third. Following the first vote, the totals from fans and Legends are used to rank the eleven goals individually inside their respective categories. Based on these rankings, each group assigns “scoring points” to the goals, with the first-ranked goal receiving thirteen points, the second getting eleven, the third nine, and so on down to one point for the eleventh. For each goal, the scoring points from the fan group and the FIFA Legends group are added together, and the goal with the highest combined score is awarded the Puskás Award.[5]

| Rank | Player | Team | Opponent | Score | Competition | Vote percentage[7] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 1–0 | 2008–09 UEFA Champions League | 17.68% | |||
| 2nd | 1–1 | 2008–09 UEFA Champions League | 15.64% | |||
| 3rd | 5–1 | 2008–09 Bundesliga | 13.39% | |||
| 4th | 1–1 | 2008–09 Israeli Premier League | 13.36% | |||
| 5th | 4–0 | 2008–09 Premier League | 9.44% | |||
| 6th | 1–0 | 2009 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A | 8.71% | |||
| 7th | 1–0 | 2008–09 UEFA Champions League | 7.89% | |||
| 8th | 1–1 | Liga MX Clausura 2009 | 7.30% | |||
| 9th | 1–1 | 2008–09 UEFA Champions League | 4.04% | |||
| 10th | 2–2 | 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup | 2.59% |

The following list includes the nominees for the 2013 award. Voting was possible through the FIFA.com website until 9 December 2013, after a second voting round was held between the top three goals from the first round. The award to the winning goal from the second round was presented on 13 January 2014.

FIFA announced the list of 10 nominees on 12 November 2014.[12]
FIFA announced the list of 10 nominees on 12 November 2015.[14]
FIFA announced the list of 10 nominees on 21 November 2016.[16]

FIFA announced the list of 10 nominees on 22 September 2017.[19]
FIFA announced the list of 10 nominees on 3 September 2018.[21]
FIFA announced the list of 10 nominees on 19 August 2019.[23]
FIFA announced the list of 11 nominees on 25 November 2020.[24]
FIFA announced the list of 11 nominees on 17 January 2022.
FIFA announced the list of 11 nominees on 12 January 2023.[27]
FIFA announced the list of 11 nominees on 22 September 2023.[29]
FIFA announced the list of 11 nominees on 28 November 2024.[31]
Beginning this year, FIFA also established theFIFA Marta Award as a separate category for female players, named after theBrazil women's forward and captain for over two decades from 2002 until 2024.[32]
FIFA announced the list of 11 nominees on 13 November 2025.[34]
| Country | Wins | Years |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | 2011, 2015, 2023 | |
| 2 | 2021, 2024 | |
| 1 | 2009 | |
| 1 | 2010 | |
| 1 | 2012 | |
| 1 | 2013 | |
| 1 | 2014 | |
| 1 | 2016 | |
| 1 | 2017 | |
| 1 | 2018 | |
| 1 | 2019 | |
| 1 | 2020 | |
| 1 | 2022 |

| Player | Nominations |
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