Best Footballer in Asia 2016

The 2016 Best Footballer in Asia, given to the best football player in Asia as judged by a panel of 38 sports journalists, was awarded to Shinji Okazaki on Dec 26th, 2016.

Voting

The prize witnessed the first significant enlargement of the panel of jurors since its birth. There were 38 jurors in the panel. 33 jurors were from different AFC nations/regions including Afghanistan, Australia, Bahrain, Cambodia, China, Chinese Taipei, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Japan, Jordan, Korea Republic, Kuwait, Lebanon, Macao, Malaysia, Myanmar, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Syria, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkmenistan, United Arabic Emirates, Uzbekistan and Vietnam. Five jurors were invited from non-AFC media outlets.[1]

Rules

Each juror selects 5 best footballers and awards them 5, 4, 3, 2 points and 1 point respectively from their first choice to the fifth choice. The trophy of the Best Footballer in Asia is awarded to the player with the highest total of points.[2]

Tiebreakers

When two or more candidates obtain the same points, the rankings of the concerned candidates would be based upon the following criteria in order.

  • a) The number of the 1st-place vote obtained
  • b) The number of the 2nd-place vote obtained
  • c) The number of the 3rd-place vote obtained
  • d) The number of the 4th-place vote obtained

If all conditions are equal, the concerned candidates will be tied in rankings.

Ranking
Rank Name Club Points
1 Shinji Okazaki Leicester City126
2 Omar Abdulrahman Al-Ain123
3 Son Heung-min Tottenham Hotspur109
4 Sardar Azmoun Rostov46
5 Leonardo Jeonbuk Hyundai34
6 Genki Haraguchi Hertha BSC30
7 Hammadi Ahmad Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya16
8 Paulinho Guangzhou Evergrande15
9 Adriano FC Seoul13
10 Wu Lei Shanghai SIPG11
11 Koo Ja-cheol FC Augsburg10
12 Hiroshi Kiyotake Hannover 96 / Sevilla7
13 Lee Jae-sung Jeonbuk Hyundai6
14 Romarinho El Jaish5
15 Chanathip Songkrasin Muangthong United5
Tom Rogic Celtic5
17 Ahmed Khalil Al-Ahli4
18 Aaron Mooy Melbourne City / Huddersfield Town2
19 Sharof Rashidov El Jaish2
20 Kwon Sun-Tae Jeonbuk Hyundai1

References
  1. "2016 Best Footballer in Asia: Shinji Okazaji won the trophy by edging past Omar Abdulrahman for three points (in Chinese) 冈崎慎司摘2016亚洲金球奖 3分优势险胜奥马尔". Tencent Sports. 26 December 2016. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
  2. "Best Footballer in Asia award: All you need to know". FoxSportsAsia. 26 December 2017. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
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