How Messi dominated the votes The Best FIFA

Since FIFA switched to the scoring format for The Best, 52 is the highest score for an outstanding male player, belonging to Robert Lewandowski in 2020 and Messi in 2022. Messi also received the highest score in all four groups for scores, including coaches, captains of teams, media and fans.

The Best FIFA Men's Player of the Year, voted by the international jury, consists of four groups with the same scoring coefficient as above. Each judge selects three players with five, three and one points respectively. The player with the highest rating by a panel of judges will receive 13 points overall. Messi was rated the highest by all four groups, so he won 52 points.

Mbappe finished second in The Best 2022 race, because he was second in all four groups of judges, each group was counted 11 points, so he received a total score of 44. The score of each group of judges for the third place was 9.

The top 10 awards for the best player of the year are Messi 52 points, Mbappe 44, Benzema 34, Luka Modric 28, Erling Haaland 24, Sadio Mane 19, Julian Alvarez 17, Achraf Hakimi 15, Neymar 13, Kevin de Bruyne and Vinicius Junior 10.

In the Best Women's Player categories, midfielder Alexia Putellas reached 50 points, because she was not at the top of the group of judges voted by the coach.

In the category of best male and female coaches, Lionel Scaloni and Sarina Wiegman also won absolute points, respectively. Meanwhile, Emiliano Martínez won the best goalkeeper award when he ranked first in three of the four groups of judges, excluding the coach.

The Best has been awarded since 2016, when Messi, Robert Lewandowski and Cristiano Ronaldo topped with the honor twice. FIFA chooses to nominate The Best 2022 based on performance from August 8, 2021 to December 18, 2022. If you count the awards awarded by FIFA since 1991, Messi is also at the top with seven honors.