Best Soccer Player ESPY Award
| Best Soccer Player ESPY Award | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | best soccer player |
| Presented by | ESPN |
| First award | 2000 |
| Currently held by | Lionel Messi |
| Website | www |
The Best Soccer Player ESPY Award, is an annual award honoring the achievements of an individual from the world of soccers. It was first awarded as part of the ESPY Awards in 2000. The awards discontinued in (2002–2005, 2007–2022) but was awarded again in 2023.
List of winners
| Year | Player | National team represented |
Club team represented |
Position played primarily |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Mia Hamm | None | Forward | |
| 2001 | Mia Hamm | Washington Freedom | Forward | |
| 2002–2004 | Not awarded | |||
| 2005 | Mia Hamm | None | Forward | |
| 2006 | Ronaldinho | FC Barcelona | Forward | |
| 2023 | Lionel Messi | Paris Saint-Germain | Forward | |
| 2024 | Kylian Mbappé | Real Madrid | Forward | |
| 2025 | Christian Pulisic | AC Milan | Forward | |
| 2026[1] | Lionel Messi | Inter Miami | Forward | |
See also
References
- ↑ "Full list of every ESPYS 2026 award winner". ESPN. July 15, 2026. Retrieved July 16, 2026.
External links
- Enumeration of past winners from HickokSports.com at the Library of Congress Web Archives (archived 2002-02-23)