The 100 Best Female Footballers in the World is an annual global ranking of the best female footballers . The list was started by The Offside Rule podcast in 2016. Since 2018 it has also been published in association with the British newspaper The Guardian the male equivalent since its inception in 2012.
The list is voted for by a panel of experts ranging from players and coaches to journalists and broadcasters from around the world. Judges are sent a longlist of 450 footballers and asked to rank their top 40 who are given a corresponding points value. The total across all judges determines the finish position. In 2019, the panel consisted of 93 judges from 44 countries across five continents including newly-appointed USWNT and reigning NWSL champion head coach Vlatko Andonovski , and FIFA Female Player of the Century and legendary China international Sun Wen .[1]
Winners edit Number of wins in brackets.
Top 10 edit As of 2022, 31 individual players have been included in the "top 10" of the Top 100 list.
Rank Player Years Club(s) 1 Lucy Bronze 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022 2 Manchester City , Lyon , Barcelona 6 Sam Kerr 2017, 2018, 2019 , 2020, 2021, 2022 1 Perth Glory , Sky Blue FC , Chicago Red Stars , Chelsea 3 Pernille Harder 2017, 2018 , 2019, 2020 , 2021 1 Wolfsburg , Chelsea 5 Vivianne Miedema 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 2 Arsenal Wendie Renard 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 4 Lyon 6 Ada Hegerberg 2016 , 2017, 2018, 2019 1 Lyon 4 7 Caroline Graham Hansen 2020, 2021, 2022 4 Barcelona 3 Amandine Henry 2018, 2019, 2020 5 Lyon Dzsenifer Marozsán 2016, 2017, 2020 5 Frankfurt , Lyon Lieke Martens 2017 , 2018, 2021 1 Rosengård , Barcelona 11 Aitana Bonmatí 2021, 2022 4 Barcelona 2 Eugénie Le Sommer 2018, 2019 5 Lyon Marta 2016, 2017 2 Rosengård , Orlando Pride Alex Morgan 2017, 2018 7 Lyon , Orlando Pride Alexia Putellas 2021 , 2022 1 Barcelona Megan Rapinoe 2018, 2019 3 Seattle Reign 17 Melanie Behringer 2016 3 Bayern Munich 1 Delphine Cascarino 2020 10 Lyon Julie Ertz 2020 9 Chicago Red Stars Tobin Heath 2016 9 Portland Thorns Jennifer Hermoso 2021 6 Barcelona Fran Kirby 2021 7 Chelsea Rose Lavelle 2019 7 Washington Spirit Kim Little 2016 4 Arsenal Carli Lloyd 2016 7 Houston Dash Beth Mead 2022 2 Arsenal Lena Oberdorf 2022 5 Wolfsburg Irene Paredes 2021 8 PSG , Barcelona Alexandra Popp 2022 7 Wolfsburg Christine Sinclair 2016 6 Portland Thorns Keira Walsh 2022 9 Manchester City , Barcelona
Overall edit By nationality edit As of the 2022 edition, players from 37 nations have made up the Top 100. The United States has been the most represented nation in total (104) with a record 19 individuals in 2019. In 2020, Germany became the first nation other than the United States to be the most represented. Colombia and Haiti are the most recent nations to debut following the inclusion of Linda Caicedo and Melchie Dumornay in 2022.
Nationality is defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Rank Nation 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 Total 1 16 18 16 19 9 15 11 104 2 14 11 11 10 10 10 13 79 3 10 7 11 7 13 10 14 72 4 12 6 9 10 10 12 10 69 5 3 4 4 7 8 10 10 46 6 8 2 5 9 8 9 4 45 7 4 9 6 6 8 4 5 42 8 6 8 5 2 3 2 3 29 9 3 5 4 5 4 2 4 27 10 3 4 2 2 3 6 5 25 11 3 4 4 5 4 1 3 24 12 4 3 4 4 2 2 3 22 13 2 4 3 1 2 1 1 14 3 0 1 2 3 2 3 15 1 2 3 0 1 1 1 9 16 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 7 17 0 0 0 1 2 2 1 6 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 2 1 20 0 3 0 0 0 1 1 5 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 25 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 28 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 30 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Nationalities by continent edit Continent refers to the corresponding continental confederation of the player's nationality.
Rank Confederation 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 Total 1 Europe 64 56 62 62 74 67 68 453 2 North America 19 24 18 22 13 22 18 136 3 Asia 12 12 11 7 6 5 7 60 4 South America 4 6 6 6 5 4 6 37 5 Africa 1 2 2 2 2 2 1 12 6 Oceania 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2
By club edit As of the 2022 edition, players playing for 84 different clubs have been selected. French club Lyon has had the most players in the Top 100 with 93 total selections. In 2022, Barcelona became the first club other than Lyon to have the most players selected in a single year. Clubs are counted when a player in the Top 100 played for that team in the same calendar year they were selected. Players may have played for multiple clubs per year.
Clubs by nation edit Rank Nation 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 Total 1 20 20 16 20 31 31 32 170 30 32 30 30 13 19 16 3 26 22 21 23 24 29 21 166 4 21 21 21 18 19 13 20 133 5 3 6 5 13 14 20 19 80 6 9 5 5 4 6 3 0 32 7 6 6 8 7 2 0 0 29 8 1 2 4 1 1 1 0 10 9 0 0 0 1 2 3 3 9 2 1 2 3 1 0 0 11 2 3 1 2 0 0 0 8 12 0 3 0 0 1 0 1 5 13 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
See also edit References edit ^ Laverty, Rich (2 December 2019). "How the Guardian ranked the 100 best female footballers in the world 2019". The Guardian . ^ "Top 100 Women's Footballers of 2016: 30-21". The Offside Rule . 21 December 2016. ^ "The Top 100 Women's Footballers of 2017 – Results". The Offside Rule . 11 December 2017. ^ Laverty, Rich. "The 100 best female footballers in the world 2018". The Guardian . ^ Laverty, Rich; Laverty, Rich. "The 100 best female footballers in the world 2019". The Guardian . ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 6 December 2019 . ^ Laverty, Rich. "The 100 best female footballers in the world 2020". The Guardian . ^ Laverty, Rich. "The 100 best female footballers in the world 2021". The Guardian . Retrieved 10 December 2021 . ^ Laverty, Rich. "The 100 best female footballers in the world 2022". The Guardian . Retrieved 24 December 2022 .
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The 100 Best Female Footballers in the World is an annual global ranking of the best female footballers The list was started by The Offside Rule podcast in 2016 Since 2018 it has also been published in association with the British newspaper The Guardian who have published the male equivalent since its inception in 2012 The list is voted for by a panel of experts ranging from players and coaches to journalists and broadcasters from around the world Judges are sent a longlist of 450 footballers and asked to rank their top 40 who are given a corresponding points value The total across all judges determines the finish position In 2019 the panel consisted of 93 judges from 44 countries across five continents including newly appointed USWNT and reigning NWSL champion head coach Vlatko Andonovski and FIFA Female Player of the Century and legendary China international Sun Wen 1 Contents 1 Winners 2 Top 10 3 Overall 3 1 By nationality 3 1 1 Nationalities by continent 3 2 By club 3 2 1 Clubs by nation 4 See also 5 ReferencesWinners editNumber of wins in brackets Year Player Club s 2016 2 nbsp Ada Hegerberg nbsp Lyon2017 3 nbsp Lieke Martens nbsp Rosengard nbsp Barcelona2018 4 nbsp Pernille Harder nbsp Wolfsburg2019 5 nbsp Sam Kerr nbsp Perth Glory nbsp Chicago Red Stars2020 6 nbsp Pernille Harder 2 nbsp Wolfsburg nbsp Chelsea2021 7 nbsp Alexia Putellas nbsp Barcelona2022 8 nbsp Alexia Putellas 2 nbsp BarcelonaTop 10 editAs of 2022 31 individual players have been included in the top 10 of the Top 100 list Rank Player Years Peak Club s Apps1 nbsp Lucy Bronze 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2022 2 Manchester City Lyon Barcelona 6 nbsp Sam Kerr 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 1 Perth Glory Sky Blue FC Chicago Red Stars Chelsea3 nbsp Pernille Harder 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 1 Wolfsburg Chelsea 5 nbsp Vivianne Miedema 2017 2019 2020 2021 2022 2 Arsenal nbsp Wendie Renard 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 4 Lyon6 nbsp Ada Hegerberg 2016 2017 2018 2019 1 Lyon 47 nbsp Caroline Graham Hansen 2020 2021 2022 4 Barcelona 3 nbsp Amandine Henry 2018 2019 2020 5 Lyon nbsp Dzsenifer Marozsan 2016 2017 2020 5 Frankfurt Lyon nbsp Lieke Martens 2017 2018 2021 1 Rosengard Barcelona11 nbsp Aitana Bonmati 2021 2022 4 Barcelona 2 nbsp Eugenie Le Sommer 2018 2019 5 Lyon nbsp Marta 2016 2017 2 Rosengard Orlando Pride nbsp Alex Morgan 2017 2018 7 Lyon Orlando Pride nbsp Alexia Putellas 2021 2022 1 Barcelona nbsp Megan Rapinoe 2018 2019 3 Seattle Reign17 nbsp Melanie Behringer 2016 3 Bayern Munich 1 nbsp Delphine Cascarino 2020 10 Lyon nbsp Julie Ertz 2020 9 Chicago Red Stars nbsp Tobin Heath 2016 9 Portland Thorns nbsp Jennifer Hermoso 2021 6 Barcelona nbsp Fran Kirby 2021 7 Chelsea nbsp Rose Lavelle 2019 7 Washington Spirit nbsp Kim Little 2016 4 Arsenal nbsp Carli Lloyd 2016 7 Houston Dash nbsp Beth Mead 2022 2 Arsenal nbsp Lena Oberdorf 2022 5 Wolfsburg nbsp Irene Paredes 2021 8 PSG Barcelona nbsp Alexandra Popp 2022 7 Wolfsburg nbsp Christine Sinclair 2016 6 Portland Thorns nbsp Keira Walsh 2022 9 Manchester City BarcelonaOverall editBy nationality edit As of the 2022 edition players from 37 nations have made up the Top 100 The United States has been the most represented nation in total 104 with a record 19 individuals in 2019 In 2020 Germany became the first nation other than the United States to be the most represented Colombia and Haiti are the most recent nations to debut following the inclusion of Linda Caicedo and Melchie Dumornay in 2022 Nationality is defined under FIFA eligibility rules Players may hold more than one non FIFA nationality Rank Nation 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 Total1 nbsp United States 16 18 16 19 9 15 11 1042 nbsp England 14 11 11 10 10 10 13 793 nbsp Germany 10 7 11 7 13 10 14 724 nbsp France 12 6 9 10 10 12 10 695 nbsp Spain 3 4 4 7 8 10 10 466 nbsp Sweden 8 2 5 9 8 9 4 457 nbsp Netherlands 4 9 6 6 8 4 5 428 nbsp Australia 6 8 5 2 3 2 3 299 nbsp Brazil 3 5 4 5 4 2 4 2710 nbsp Canada 3 4 2 2 3 6 5 2511 nbsp Norway 3 4 4 5 4 1 3 2412 nbsp Japan 4 3 4 4 2 2 3 2213 nbsp Denmark 2 4 3 1 2 1 1 14 nbsp Scotland 3 0 1 2 3 2 315 nbsp Switzerland 1 2 3 0 1 1 1 916 nbsp South Korea 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 717 nbsp Italy 0 0 0 1 2 2 1 6 nbsp Nigeria 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 nbsp Poland 0 0 1 1 1 2 120 nbsp Austria 0 3 0 0 0 1 1 5 nbsp Chile 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 nbsp Iceland 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 nbsp Malawi 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 nbsp Wales 1 1 1 0 0 1 125 nbsp Jamaica 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 4 nbsp Portugal 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 nbsp Venezuela 1 1 1 0 0 1 028 nbsp Belgium 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 nbsp Ireland 0 0 0 1 1 1 030 nbsp China 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 nbsp Costa Rica 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 nbsp New Zealand 0 0 1 1 0 0 033 nbsp Colombia 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 nbsp Finland 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 nbsp Haiti 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 nbsp Serbia 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 nbsp Zambia 0 0 0 0 0 1 0Nationalities by continent edit Continent refers to the corresponding continental confederation of the player s nationality Rank Confederation 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 Total1 Europe 64 56 62 62 74 67 68 4532 North America 19 24 18 22 13 22 18 1363 Asia 12 12 11 7 6 5 7 604 South America 4 6 6 6 5 4 6 375 Africa 1 2 2 2 2 2 1 126 Oceania 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2By club edit As of the 2022 edition players playing for 84 different clubs have been selected French club Lyon has had the most players in the Top 100 with 93 total selections In 2022 Barcelona became the first club other than Lyon to have the most players selected in a single year Clubs are counted when a player in the Top 100 played for that team in the same calendar year they were selected Players may have played for multiple clubs per year Rank Club 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 Total1 nbsp Lyon 15 12 14 12 12 15 13 932 nbsp Wolfsburg 8 7 11 11 10 4 10 613 nbsp Barcelona 3 5 4 8 10 14 14 584 nbsp Chelsea 7 7 5 8 11 9 10 575 nbsp PSG 7 7 5 7 9 12 7 546 nbsp Arsenal 5 5 5 6 9 11 8 497 nbsp Manchester City 8 7 5 4 7 8 8 478 nbsp Bayern Munich 6 4 4 4 6 8 8 409 nbsp Portland Thorns 5 7 4 4 2 4 4 3010 nbsp North Carolina Courage 0 4 8 8 5 2 2 2911 nbsp OL Reign 4 4 5 1 0 5 4 2312 nbsp Chicago Red Stars 2 2 4 5 2 2 1 1813 nbsp Orlando Pride 4 6 4 2 0 1 0 1714 nbsp Rosengard 4 2 3 1 3 2 0 1515 nbsp Houston Dash 5 2 1 1 3 1 1 1416 nbsp Montpellier 3 3 2 3 1 0 0 1217 nbsp Eintracht Frankfurt 4 3 1 1 1 0 1 11 nbsp Melbourne City 4 1 4 1 1 0 0 nbsp Real Madrid 0 0 0 2 2 3 4 nbsp Washington Spirit 2 1 1 3 1 2 121 nbsp Linkopings 3 2 1 3 1 0 0 1022 nbsp Atletico Madrid 0 1 1 3 2 2 0 923 nbsp Juventus 0 0 0 1 2 3 2 8 nbsp Turbine Potsdam 3 3 2 0 0 0 025 nbsp Manchester United 0 0 0 1 1 1 4 726 nbsp NJ NY Gotham FC 0 3 0 1 0 2 0 6 nbsp Utah Royals 0 0 2 4 0 0 028 nbsp Bordeaux 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 5 nbsp LSK Kvinner 2 0 1 2 0 0 029 nbsp Canberra United 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 4 nbsp Essen 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 nbsp Freiburg 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 nbsp Sydney FC 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 nbsp Valerenga 0 1 1 1 1 0 035 nbsp BK Hacken 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 nbsp Brisbane Roar 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 nbsp Dalian 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 nbsp FC Twente 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 nbsp FSU Seminoles 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 nbsp Hoffenheim 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 nbsp Jiangsu Suning 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 nbsp Perth Glory 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 nbsp San Diego Wave 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 nbsp UCLA Bruins 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 nbsp Western New York Flash 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 nbsp Western Sydney Wanderers 0 0 0 2 1 0 047 nbsp Aston Villa 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 nbsp Birmingham City 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 nbsp Changchun Zhuoyue 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 nbsp FC Kansas City 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 nbsp INAC Kobe 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 nbsp Kvarnsvedens 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 nbsp SC Sand 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 nbsp Vegalta Sendai 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 nbsp West Ham United 0 0 0 0 1 0 156 nbsp AC Milan 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 nbsp AC Nagano 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 nbsp Achilles 29 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 nbsp Boston Breakers 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 nbsp Brighton amp Hove Albion 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 nbsp Brondby 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 nbsp Deportivo Cali 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 nbsp Everton 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 nbsp Hammarby 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 nbsp JEF United 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 nbsp Juvisy 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 nbsp Levante 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 nbsp Liverpool 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 nbsp Madrid CFF 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 nbsp Newcastle Jets 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 nbsp Okayama Yunogo Belle 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 nbsp Orebro 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 nbsp Pachuca 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 nbsp PSV Eindhoven 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 nbsp Reading 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 nbsp Santos 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 nbsp Sao Paulo 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 nbsp Shanghai Shengli 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 nbsp Stade de Reims 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 nbsp Suwon FC 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 nbsp Tigres UANL 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 nbsp Urawa Red Diamonds 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 nbsp West Virginia Mountaineers 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 nbsp Wuhan 0 0 1 0 0 0 0Clubs by nation edit Rank Nation 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 Total1 nbsp England 20 20 16 20 31 31 32 170 nbsp United States 30 32 30 30 13 19 163 nbsp France 26 22 21 23 24 29 21 1664 nbsp Germany 21 21 21 18 19 13 20 1335 nbsp Spain 3 6 5 13 14 20 19 806 nbsp Sweden 9 5 5 4 6 3 0 327 nbsp Australia 6 6 8 7 2 0 0 298 nbsp China 1 2 4 1 1 1 0 109 nbsp Italy 0 0 0 1 2 3 3 9 nbsp Norway 2 1 2 3 1 0 011 nbsp Japan 2 3 1 2 0 0 0 812 nbsp Netherlands 0 3 0 0 1 0 1 513 nbsp Brazil 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 nbsp Mexico 0 0 0 0 0 0 215 nbsp Colombia 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 nbsp Denmark 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 nbsp South Korea 0 0 0 0 0 0 1See also editList of sports awards honouring women The Guardian 100 Best Male Footballers in the World The Guardian Footballer of the Year FIFPro World11 BBC Women s Footballer of the YearReferences edit Laverty Rich 2 December 2019 How the Guardian ranked the 100 best female footballers in the world 2019 The Guardian Top 100 Women s Footballers of 2016 30 21 The Offside Rule 21 December 2016 The Top 100 Women s Footballers of 2017 Results The Offside Rule 11 December 2017 Laverty Rich The 100 best female footballers in the world 2018 The Guardian Laverty Rich Laverty Rich The 100 best female footballers in the world 2019 The Guardian ISSN 0261 3077 Retrieved 6 December 2019 Laverty Rich The 100 best female footballers in the world 2020 The Guardian Laverty Rich The 100 best female footballers in the world 2021 The Guardian Retrieved 10 December 2021 Laverty Rich The 100 best female footballers in the world 2022 The Guardian Retrieved 24 December 2022 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