BBC Women's Footballer of the Year

The BBC Women's Footballer of the Year is an annual award given to the best women's footballer of the year. Finalists are shortlisted by women's football media experts, and the winner is decided by fan voting from all around the world.

BBC Women's Footballer of the Year
Presented byBBC World Service
First awarded2015
Currently held byLucy Bronze
Websitehttps://www.bbc.com/sport/football/44209041 
Television/radio coverage
NetworkBBC

Winners
YearWinnerShortlistRef.
2015Asisat Oshoala
 Nigeria and Liverpool		 [1][2]
2016Kim Little
 Scotland and Seattle Reign FC		 [3][4]
2017Ada Hegerberg
 Norway and Lyon		 [5][6]
2018Lucy Bronze
 England and Lyon		 [7][8]
2019Ada Hegerberg
Lyon		 [9][10]
2020Lucy Bronze
 England and Lyon		 [11][12]

Records
Only those with multiple appearances will be listed.

Appearances by player
Player Apps. Years Club(s)
1 Ada Hegerberg 2 2017, 2019 Lyon
Kim Little 2 2015, 2016 Seattle Reign FC,
Melbourne City
Pernille Harder 2 2018, 2019 VfL Wolfsburg
Sam Kerr 2 2018, 2019 Chicago Red Stars,
Perth Glory
Marta 2 2015, 2017 FC Rosengård,
Orlando Pride
Lucy Bronze 2 2018, 2020 Lyon

Appearances by club
Club Apps. Player(s)
1 Lyon 7 Henry (2016), Hegerberg (2017, 2019), Bronze (2018, 2020), Marozsán (2018), Kumagai (2019)
2 VfL Wolfsburg 3 Keßler (2015), Harder (2018, 2019)
3 Seattle Reign FC 2 Little (2015, 2016)
FC Rosengård 2 Marta (2015), Enganamouit (2016)
Chicago Red Stars 2 Kerr (2018, 2019)
Portland Thorns FC 2 Sinclair (2017), Horan (2019)

Appearances by nationality
Nationality Apps. Player(s)
1  Germany 3 Keßler (2015), Behringer (2017), Marozsán (2018)
 United States 3 Lloyd (2016), Sauerbrunn (2016), Horan (2019)
3  Norway 2 Hegerberg (2017, 2019)
 Scotland 2 Little (2015, 2016)
 Australia 2 Kerr (2018, 2019)
 Brazil 2 Marta (2015, 2017)
 Denmark 2 Harder (2018, 2019)
 England 2 Lucy Bronze (2018, 2020)

See also

References
  1. "BBC Women's Footballer of the Year nominations revealed". BBC Sport. 26 April 2015. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
  2. "BBC Women's Footballer of the Year award: Asisat Oshoala wins". BBC Sport. 26 May 2015. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
  3. "BBC Women's Footballer of the Year: Five vie for award". BBC Sport. 24 April 2016. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
  4. "BBC Women's Footballer of the Year: Kim Little wins award". BBC Sport. 24 May 2016. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
  5. "BBC Women's Footballer of the Year 2017: Vote for one of five nominees". BBC Sport. 30 April 2017. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
  6. "BBC Women's Footballer of the Year 2017: Ada Hegerberg wins award". BBC Sport. 30 May 2017. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
  7. "BBC Women's Footballer of the Year 2018: Five nominees up for award". BBC Sport. 8 May 2018. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  8. "BBC Women's Footballer of the Year 2018: Lucy Bronze wins award". BBC Sport. 22 May 2018. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  9. "BBC Women's Footballer of the Year 2019 shortlist revealed - vote for your favourite". BBC Sport. 18 April 2019. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  10. "Ada Hegerberg named BBC Women's Footballer of the Year 2019". BBC Sport. 22 May 2019. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
  11. "BBC Women's Footballer of the Year 2020 shortlist revealed - vote for your favourite". BBC Sport. 12 February 2020. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
  12. "Lucy Bronze named BBC Women's Footballer of the Year 2020". BBC Sport. 24 March 2020. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
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