Indian Super League Hero of the League

The Indian Super League: Hero of the League is an annual award given to the best player during an Indian Super League (ISL) season. The winner is presented the Golden Ball. The award was first presented after the league's inaugural season in 2014.

Golden Ball for ISL Hero of the League
SportFootball
LeagueIndian Super League
Awarded forBest Player in a season of Indian Super League
Sponsored byHero MotoCorp
Country India
Presented byAll India Football Federation,
Football Sports Development Limited,
ISL Organising Committee
History
First award2014
First winner Iain Hume
Most recent Greg Stewart
(2021–22)

The first winner of the award was Iain Hume of the Kerala Blasters. Goa is the only club to have had two players win the award. Sunil Chhetri is the first Indian to have won the Hero of the League in 2017–18 season.

Winners
Iain Hume was the first player to win the Hero of the League in 2014 with Kerala Blasters FC
Season Player Club Ref
2014 Iain Hume Kerala Blasters [1]
2015 Stiven Mendoza Chennaiyin [2]
2016 Florent Malouda Delhi Dynamos [3]
2017–18 Sunil Chhetri Bengaluru [4]
2018–19 Coro Goa [5]
2019–20 Hugo Boumous Goa [6]
2020–21 Roy Krishna ATK Mohun Bagan [7]
2021–22 Greg Stewart Jamshedpur

By country
CountryNumber of winsWinning years
France22016, 2019–20
Canada12014
Colombia2015
India2017–18
Spain2018–19
Fiji2020–21
Scotland2021–22

By club
ClubNumber of winsWinning years
Goa22018–19, 2019–20
ATK Mohun Bagan12020–21
Bengaluru2017–18
Chennaiyin2015
Delhi Dynamos FC2016
Jamshedpur FC2021–22
Kerala Blasters2014

See also

References
  1. "ISL 2014: Full list of award winners". My Khel. 20 December 2014. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  2. "ISL 2015: Chennaiyin FC's Stiven Mendoza is the league's bonafide superstar". FirstPost. 21 December 2015. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  3. "Marcelinho wins Golden Boot, Florent Malouda Hero of the League". Hindustan Times. 19 December 2016. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  4. "Sunil Chhetri named 'Hero' of Indian Super League, Ferran Corominas wins Golden Boot". Hindustan Times. 18 March 2018. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  5. "ISL 2018-19: List of award winners". Goal.com. 17 March 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  6. "ISL 2019-20: End-of-season award winners". Goal.com. 14 March 2020. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  7. "ISL 2021 final: ATKMB's Roy Krishna wins Golden Ball award". The Hindu.
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