IFFHS World's Best Referee

The IFFHS World's Best Referee is a football award given annually since 1987 to the world's best referee. The award is given by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS).

Pierluigi Collina
IFFHS World's Best Man Referee
SportAssociation football
Awarded forBest performing man referee of the calendar year
Presented byInternational Federation of Football History & Statistics
History
First award1987
Editions35
First winner Romualdo Filho
Most wins Pierluigi Collina (6 awards)
Most recent Felix Brych (2)
Websitewww.iffhs.com

Men's winners

Felix Brych was awarded the prize for Men's Referee of the Decade 2011–2020.

List of winners[1]
Year Rank Winner Points
1987 1st Romualdo Filho[2] 74
2nd Alexis Ponnet 56
3rd Luigi Agnolin 51
1988 1st Michel Vautrot[3] 92
2nd Luigi Agnolin 41
3rd Alexis Ponnet 35
1989 1st Michel Vautrot[4] 92
2nd Luigi Agnolin 47
3rd Erik Fredriksson 26
1990 1st José Roberto Wright[5] 97
2nd Michel Vautrot 43
3rd George Courtney 29
1991 1st Peter Mikkelsen[6] 46
2nd Joël Quiniou
José Roberto Wright		 36
3rd –
1992 1st Aron Schmidhuber[7] 55
2nd Juan Carlos Loustau 29
3rd Peter Mikkelsen 28
1993 1st Peter Mikkelsen[8] 40
2nd Joël Quiniou 35
3rd Sándor Puhl 31
1994 1st Sándor Puhl[9] 93
2nd Joël Quiniou 51
3rd Peter Mikkelsen 46
1995 1st Sándor Puhl[10] 41
2nd Ion Crăciunescu 30
3rd Pierluigi Pairetto 24
1996 1st Sándor Puhl[11] 82
2nd Pierluigi Pairetto 80
3rd Helmut Krug
Leslie Mottram
Mario van der Ende		 20
1997 1st Sándor Puhl[12] 82
2nd Peter Mikkelsen 40
3rd Mario van der Ende 39
1998 1st Pierluigi Collina[13] 70
2nd Said Belqola 64
3rd José García-Aranda 40
1999 1st Pierluigi Collina[14] 126
2nd Helmut Krug 29
3rd Hugh Dallas 27
2000 1st Pierluigi Collina[15] 124
2nd Anders Frisk 69
3rd Markus Merk 40
2001 1st Pierluigi Collina[16] 129
2nd Anders Frisk 47
3rd Kim Milton Nielsen 34
2002 1st Pierluigi Collina[17] 222
2nd Urs Meier 72
3rd Kim Milton Nielsen 47
2003 1st Pierluigi Collina[18] 157
2nd Markus Merk 65
3rd Urs Meier 36
2004 1st Markus Merk[19] 126
2nd Pierluigi Collina 122
3rd Anders Frisk 59
2005 1st Markus Merk[20] 102
2nd Manuel Mejuto González 44
3rd Ľuboš Micheľ 40
2006 1st Horacio Elizondo[21] 159
2nd Ľuboš Micheľ 69
3rd Markus Merk 60
2007 1st Markus Merk[22] –
2nd –
3rd
2008 1st Roberto Rosetti[23] –
2nd –
3rd
2009 1st Massimo Busacca[24] 225
2nd Roberto Rosetti 147
3rd Howard Webb 52
2010 1st Howard Webb[25] –
2nd –
3rd
2011 1st Viktor Kassai[26] –
2nd Howard Webb –
3rd Nicola Rizzoli –
2012 1st Pedro Proença[27] 174
2nd Cüneyt Çakır 73
3rd Howard Webb 72
2013 1st Howard Webb[28] 102
2nd Nicola Rizzoli 82
3rd Viktor Kassai 53
2014 1st Nicola Rizzoli[29] 131
2nd Howard Webb 78
3rd Felix Brych 61
2015 1st Nicola Rizzoli[30] 80
2nd Martin Atkinson 72
3rd Cüneyt Çakır 71
2016 1st Mark Clattenburg[31] 141
2nd Nicola Rizzoli 65
3rd Viktor Kassai 55
2017 1st Felix Brych[32] 178
2nd Martin Atkinson 73
3rd Nicola Rizzoli 59
2018 1st Néstor Pitana[33] 180
2nd Björn Kuipers 100
3rd Milorad Mažić 86
2019 1st Damir Skomina[34] 136
2nd Felix Brych 129
3rd Björn Kuipers 61
2020 1st Daniele Orsato[35] 170
2nd Felix Brych 90
3rd Björn Kuipers 45
2021 1st Felix Brych[36] 110
2nd Björn Kuipers 95
3rd Daniele Orsato 40

Statistics
Winners (1987–present)[37]
Referee Wins Years
Pierluigi Collina 6 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003
Sándor Puhl 4 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997
Markus Merk 3 2004, 2005, 2007
Michel Vautrot 2 1988, 1989
Peter Mikkelsen 1991, 1993
Howard Webb 2010, 2013
Nicola Rizzoli 2014, 2015
Felix Brych 2017, 2021
Romualdo Filho 1 1987
José Roberto Wright 1990
Aron Schmidhuber 1992
Horacio Elizondo 2006
Roberto Rosetti 2008
Massimo Busacca 2009
Viktor Kassai 2011
Pedro Proença 2012
Mark Clattenburg 2016
Néstor Pitana 2018
Damir Skomina 2019
Daniele Orsato 2020
Wins by nationality
Nationality Total Referees
Italy 10 4
Germany 6 3
Hungary 5 2
England 3 2
Argentina 2 2
Brazil 2 2
Denmark 2 1
France 2 1
Portugal 1 1
Slovenia 1 1
Switzerland 1 1

Continental winners

Bold indicates the World's Best Man Referee winner.

Year Confederation Winner
2021 UEFA Felix Brych[38]
CONMEBOL Jesús Valenzuela[39]
CONCACAF Said Martínez[40]
CAF Victor Gomes[41]
AFC Chris Beath[42]
OFC Matthew Conger[43]

All-time World's Best Referee ranking (since 1987)
As of 26 February 2021[44]
Top 10 referees
Rank Player Nation Points
1 Pierluigi Collina Italy 191
2 Markus Merk Germany 184
3 Kim Milton Nielsen Denmark 159
4 Howard Webb England 156
5 Peter Mikkelsen Denmark 142
6 Felix Brych Germany 141
7 Cüneyt Çakır Turkey 140
8 Björn Kuipers Netherlands 133
9 Óscar Ruiz Colombia 132
10 Nicola Rizzoli Italy 121

The World's Best Man Referee of the Decade (2001–2010)
Top 10 referees[45]
Rank Player Nation Points
1 Markus Merk Germany 135
2 Óscar Ruiz Colombia 104
3 Jorge Larrionda Uruguay 96
4 Ľuboš Micheľ Slovakia 96
5 Pierluigi Collina Italy 94
6 Roberto Rosetti Italy 91
7 Kim Milton Nielsen Denmark 84
8 Frank De Bleeckere Belgium 82
9 Massimo Busacca Switzerland 81
10 Manuel Mejuto González Spain 73

The World's Best Man Referee of the Decade (2011–2020)
Top 10 referees[46]
Rank Player Nation Points
1 Felix Brych Germany 141
2 Cüneyt Çakır Turkey 140
3 Björn Kuipers Netherlands 133
4 Nicola Rizzoli Italy 113
5 Néstor Pitana Argentina 88
6 Howard Webb England 76
7 Damir Skomina Slovenia 76
8 Martin Atkinson England 69
9 Viktor Kassai Hungary 56
10 Antonio Mateu Lahoz Spain 54
IFFHS World's Best Woman Referee
SportAssociation football
Awarded forBest performing woman referee of the calendar year
Presented byInternational Federation of Football History & Statistics
History
First award2012
Editions10
First winner Jenny Palmqvist
Most wins Bibiana Steinhaus (4 awards)
Most recent Stéphanie Frappart (3)
Websitewww.iffhs.com

Women's winners

Bibiana Steinhaus was awarded the prize for Women's Referee of the Decade 2011–2020.

List of winners[47]
Year Rank Winner Points
2012 1st Jenny Palmqvist[27] 104
2nd Bibiana Steinhaus 87
3rd Esther Staubli 35
2013 1st Bibiana Steinhaus[28] 112
2nd Jenny Palmqvist 57
3rd Esther Staubli 55
2014 1st Bibiana Steinhaus[29] 116
2nd Kateryna Monzul 58
3rd Carol Anne Chénard 50
2015 1st Kateryna Monzul[30] 114
2nd Bibiana Steinhaus 35
3rd Esther Staubli 34
2016 1st Katalin Kulcsár[31] 58
2nd Kateryna Monzul
Bibiana Steinhaus		 53
3rd –
2017 1st Bibiana Steinhaus[32] 232
2nd Esther Staubli 137
3rd Stéphanie Frappart 50
2018 1st Bibiana Steinhaus[48] 138
2nd Jana Adámková 100
3rd Stéphanie Frappart 67
2019 1st Stéphanie Frappart 233
2nd Anastasia Pustovoitova 93
3rd Bibiana Steinhaus 75
2020 1st Stéphanie Frappart[49] 145
2nd Esther Staubli 140
3rd Kateryna Monzul 25
2021 1st Stéphanie Frappart[50] 155
2nd Anastasia Pustovoitova 60
3rd Esther Staubli 25

Statistics
Winners (2012–present)[51]
Referee Wins Years
Bibiana Steinhaus 4 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018
Stéphanie Frappart 3 2019, 2020, 2021
Jenny Palmqvist 1 2012
Kateryna Monzul 2015
Katalin Kulcsár 2016
Wins by nationality
Nationality Total Referees
Germany 4 1
France 3 1
Hungary 1 1
Sweden 1 1
Ukraine 1 1

Continental winners

Bold indicates the World's Best Woman Referee winner.

Year Confederation Winner
2021 UEFA Stéphanie Frappart[52]
CONMEBOL Edina Alves Batista[53]
CONCACAF Lucila Venegas[54]
CAF Bernadette Kwimbira[55]
AFC Kate Jacewicz[56]
OFC Anna-Marie Keighley[57]

The World's Best Woman Referee of the Decade (2011–2020)
Top 10 referees[46]
Rank Player Nation Points
1 Bibiana Steinhaus Germany 171
2 Esther Staubli Switzerland 135
3 Kateryna Monzul Ukraine 124
4 Stéphanie Frappart France 88
5 Katalin Kulcsár Hungary 78
6 Claudia Umpiérrez Uruguay 71
7 Carol Anne Chénard Canada 69
8 Pernilla Larsson Sweden 48
9 Riem Hussein Germany 43
10 Kate Jacewicz Australia 43

See also

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