The FIH Awards are awarded annually by the International Hockey Federation to the male and female field hockey players adjudged to be the best in the world. The awards were established in 1998 and have been awarded annually ever since. In 2001 the FIH Young Player of the Year award was created, to be awarded to the best young field hockey player of the year.[1][2]

Winners

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Luciana Aymar has won the award a record eight times between 2001 and 2013
 
Teun de Nooijer has won the award three times, in 2003, 2005 and 2006
Year Men Women Young Men Young Women Male Goalkeeper Female Goalkeeper
1998   Stephan Veen   Alyson Annan
1999   Jay Stacy   Natascha Keller
2000   Stephan Veen   Alyson Annan
2001   Florian Kunz   Luciana Aymar   Tibor Weißenborn   Angie Skirving
2002   Michael Green   Cecilia Rognoni   Jamie Dwyer   Soledad García
2003   Teun de Nooijer   Mijntje Donners   Grant Schubert   Maartje Scheepstra
2004   Jamie Dwyer   Luciana Aymar   Santi Freixa   Soledad García
2005
  Teun de Nooijer   Luciana Aymar   Robert van der Horst   Maartje Goderie
  Jamie Dwyer

  Jorge Lombi
  Troy Elder
  Brent Livermore
  Devesh Chauhan
  Dilip Tirkey
  Sohail Abbas
  Waseem Ahmad
  Pol Amat
  Xavier Ribas

  Katie Allen
  Julie Towers
  Fu Baorong
  Nie Yali
  Sachimi Iwao
  Minke Booij
  Mijntje Donners
  Núria Camón
2006
  Teun de Nooijer   Minke Booij   Christopher Zeller   Park Mi-Hyun
  Brent Livermore
  Stephen Mowlam
  Philipp Crone
  Kim Yong-Bae
  Jeroen Delmee
  Ryan Archibald
  Pol Amat
  Luciana Aymar
  Fu Baorong
  Natascha Keller
  Fanny Rinne
  Kaori Chiba
  Janneke Schopman
  María Jesús Rosa
  Mark Knowles
  Robert van der Horst
  Shakeel Abbasi
  David Alegre
  Santi Freixa
  Madonna Blyth
  Crista Cullen
  Naomi van As
  Esther Termens
  Rachel Dawson
2007
  Jamie Dwyer   Luciana Aymar   Mark Knowles   Maike Stöckel
  Matthias Witthaus
  Prabhjot Singh
  Seo Jong-Ho
  Teun de Nooijer
  Rob Reckers
  Dilawar Hussein
  Eduard Tubau
  Peta Gallagher
  Ma Yibo
  Fanny Rinne
  Kaori Chiba
  Marilyn Agliotti
  Minke Booij
  Amy Tran
  Lucas Vila
  Moritz Fürste
  Liam Doidge
  Robert van der Horst
  Sergi Enrique
  Madonna Blyth
  Park Mi-Hyun
  Maartje Goderie
2008
  Pol Amat   Luciana Aymar   Eddie Ockenden   Maartje Paumen
  Jamie Dwyer
  Bevan George
  Barry Middleton
  Timo Weß
  Tibor Weißenborn
  Teun de Nooijer
  Robert van der Horst
  Carla Rebecchi
  Fu Baorong
  Natascha Keller
  Fanny Rinne
  Minke Booij
  Janneke Schopman
  Naomi van As
  Desmond Abbott
  Ashley Jackson
  Simon Child
  Jeroen Hertzberger
  Song Qingling
  Crista Cullen
  Janne Müller-Wieland
  Ellen Hoog
2009
  Jamie Dwyer   Luciana Aymar
  Naomi van As
  Ashley Jackson   Casey Eastham
  Barry Middleton
  Christopher Zeller
  Seo Jong-Ho
  Teun de Nooijer
  Pol Amat
  Madonna Blyth
  Fu Baorong
  Helen Richardson
  Natascha Keller
  Eddie Ockenden
  Tobias Hauke
  Simon Child
  Robbert Kemperman
  Sergi Enrique
  Josefina Sruoga
  Susie Gilbert
  Miyuki Nakagawa
  Gemma Flynn
  Emilie Mol
2010
  Jamie Dwyer   Luciana Aymar   Tobias Hauke   Zhao Yudiao
  Barry Middleton
  Moritz Fürste
  Seo Jong-Ho
  Teun de Nooijer
  Soledad García
  Fu Baorong
  Natascha Keller
  Maartje Paumen
  Ashley Jackson
  Florian Fuchs
  Nick Wilson
  Robbert Kemperman
  Daniela Sruoga
  Casey Eastham
  Rani Rampal
  Eva de Goede
2011
  Jamie Dwyer   Maartje Paumen   Matthew Swann   Stacey Michelsen
  Eddie Ockenden
  Moritz Fürste
  Max Müller
  Teun de Nooijer
  Luciana Aymar
  Li Hongxia
  Natascha Keller
  Pietie Coetzee
  Florent van Aubel
  Florian Fuchs
  Nick Wilson
  Billy Bakker
  Willemijn Bos
  Joyce Sombroek
  Charlotte Harrison
  Katelyn Falgowski
2012[3][4]
  Moritz Fürste   Maartje Paumen   Florian Fuchs   Anna Flanagan
  Jamie Dwyer
  Tobias Hauke
  Sardara Singh
  Robert van der Horst
  Luciana Aymar
  Crista Cullen
  Kim Lammers
  Kayla Sharland
  Gonzalo Peillat
  Simon Gougnard
  Harry Martin
  Muhammad Rizwan Jr.
  Florencia Habif
  Erica Coppey
  Cheon Eun-Bi
  Stacey Michelsen
2013[5][6]
  Tobias Hauke   Luciana Aymar   Christopher Rühr   Maria Verschoor
  Lucas Vila
  Kieran Govers
  Mark Knowles
  Tom Boon
  John-John Dohmen
  Barry Middleton
  Moritz Fürste
  Maximilian Müller
  Robbert Kemperman
  Carla Rebecchi
  Madonna Blyth
  Alex Danson
  Tina Bachmann
  Eva de Goede
  Ellen Hoog
  Maartje Paumen
  Kayla Sharland
  Park Mi-Hyun
  Gonzalo Peillat
  Arthur Van Doren
  Mats Grambusch
  Manpreet Singh
  Agustina Albertario
  Florencia Habif
  Lily Owsley
  Rani Rampal
2014[7]
  Mark Knowles   Ellen Hoog   Gonzalo Peillat   Florencia Habif   Jaap Stockmann   Joyce Sombroek
  Eddie Ockenden
  Ashley Jackson
  Robbert Kemperman
  Robert van der Horst
  Luciana Aymar
  Maartje Paumen
  Lidewij Welten
  Lauren Crandall
  Jeremy Hayward
  Arthur Van Doren
  Christopher Rühr
  Akashdeep Singh
  Anna Flanagan
  Peng Yang
  Rani Rampal
  Xan de Waard
  Juan Manuel Vivaldi
  Andrew Charter
  George Pinner
  P. R. Sreejesh
  Belén Succi
  Rachael Lynch
  Maddie Hinch
  Jackie Kintzer
2015[8]
  Robert van der Horst   Lidewij Welten   Christopher Rühr   Lily Owsley   David Harte   Joyce Sombroek
  Chris Ciriello
  Mark Knowles
  John-John Dohmen
  Tobias Hauke
  Delfina Merino
  Jodie Kenny
  Alex Danson
  Park Mi-Hyun
  Sukhi Panesar
  Akashdeep Singh
  Shane O'Donoghue
  Blake Govers
  Charlotte Stapenhorst
  Xan de Waard
  Maria Verschoor
  Rose Keddell
  Andrew Charter
  David Carter
  Jaap Stockmann
  Li Dongxiao
  Kristina Reynolds
  Maddie Hinch
  Jang Soo Ji
2016
  John-John Dohmen   Naomi van As   Arthur Van Doren   María José Granatto   David Harte   Maddie Hinch
  Pedro Ibarra
  Gonzalo Peillat
  Moritz Fürste
  Tobias Hauke
  Carla Rebecchi
  Alex Danson
  Kate Richardson-Walsh
  Stacey Michelsen
  Timm Herzbruch
  Christopher Rühr
  Harmanpreet Singh
  Jorrit Croon
  Florencia Habif
  Kathryn Slattery
  Nike Lorenz
  Lily Owsley
  Juan Manuel Vivaldi
  Vincent Vanasch
  P. R. Sreejesh
  Jaap Stockmann
  Belén Succi
  Kristina Reynolds
  Joyce Sombroek
  Jackie Briggs
2017
  Arthur Van Doren   Delfina Merino   Arthur Van Doren   María José Granatto   Vincent Vanasch   Maddie Hinch
  Gonzalo Peillat
  Mats Grambusch
  Billy Bakker
  Mirco Pruyser
  Alex Danson
  Lidewij Welten
  Stacey Michelsen
  Melissa Gonzalez
  Victor Wegnez
  Timm Herzbruch
  Thierry Brinkman
  Jorrit Croon
  Nike Lorenz
  Xan de Waard
  Frédérique Matla
  Laura Nunnink
  Juan Manuel Vivaldi
  George Pinner
  David Harte
  Quico Cortés
  Aisling D'Hooghe
  Li Dongxiao
  Anne Veenendaal
  Jackie Briggs
2018[9]
  Arthur Van Doren   Eva de Goede   Arthur De Sloover   Lucina von der Heyde   Vincent Vanasch   Maddie Hinch
  Billy Bakker
  Simon Gougnard
  Barry Middleton
  Jake Whetton
  Xan de Waard
  Stacey Michelsen
  Georgina Oliva
  Lidewij Welten
  Tim Brand
  Jake Harvie
  Timm Herzbruch
  Thijs van Dam
  Nike Lorenz
  Ambrosia Malone
  Lena Tice
  Marijn Veen
  Pirmin Blaak
  Tyler Lovell
  George Pinner
  Tobias Walter
  Ye Jiao
  Rachael Lynch
  Ayeisha McFerran
  María Ruiz
2019
  Manpreet Singh   Eva de Goede   Vivek Prasad   Lalremsiami   Vincent Vanasch   Rachael Lynch
  Lucas Vila
  Eddie Ockenden
  Aran Zalewski
  Arthur Van Doren
  Victor Wegnez
  Carla Rebecchi
  Janne Müller-Wieland
  Frédérique Matla
  Stacey Michelsen
  Olivia Merry
  Maico Casella
  Blake Govers
  Zachary Wallace
  Jonas de Geus
  Julieta Jankunas
  Zhong Jiaqi
  Nike Lorenz
  Frédérique Matla
  Tyler Lovell
  David Carter
  Quico Cortés
  Victor Aly
  Maria Ruiz
  Mathilde Petriaux
  Ayeisha McFerran
  Megumi Kageyama
2020–21
  Harmanpreet Singh   Gurjit Kaur   Vivek Prasad   Sharmila Devi   P. R. Sreejesh   Savita Punia
  Tim Brand
  Arthur Van Doren
  Alexander Hendrickx
  Jake Whetton
  Aran Zalewski
  Agustina Albertarrio
  Eva de Goede
  Agustina Gorzelany
  Frédérique Matla
  Maria Verschoor
  Mustaphaa Cassiem
  Sean Findlay
  Fiona Crackles
  Valentina Raposo
  Andrew Charter
  Vincent Vanasch
  Maddie Hinch
  Belén Succi
2022[10]
  Harmanpreet Singh   Felice Albers   Timothée Clément   Mumtaz Khan   P. R. Sreejesh   Savita Punia
  Tom Boon
  Thierry Brinkman
  Arthur De Sloover
  Niklas Wellen
  María José Granatto
  Agustina Gorzelany
  Frédérique Matla
  Georgina Oliva
  Miles Bukkens
  Pau Cunill
  Rizwan Ali
  Sanjay Rana
  Jip Dicke
  Charlotte Englebert
  Luna Fokke
  Amy Lawton
  Pirmin Blaak
  Loic Van Doren
  Alexander Stadler
  Arthur Thieffry
  Jocelyn Bartram
  Josine Koning
  Phumelela Mbande
  Belén Succi
2023[11]
  Hardik Singh   Xan de Waard   Gaspard Xavier   Teresa Lima   Pirmin Blaak   Savita Punia
  Thierry Brinkman
  Jeremy Hayward
  Zachary Wallace
  Niklas Wellen
  Charlotte Englebert
  Ambrosia Malone
  Eugenia Trinchinetti
  Sonja Zimmermann
  Andrew Charter
  Jean-Paul Danneberg
  Oliver Payne
  Vincent Vanasch
  Jocelyn Bartram
  Kelsey Bing
  Josine Koning
  Julia Sonntag
2024[12]
  Harmanpreet Singh   Yibbi Jansen   Sufyan Khan   Zoe Díaz   P. R. Sreejesh   Ye Jiao
  Joep de Mol
  Thierry Brinkman
  Hannes Müller
  Zach Wallace
  Gu Bingfeng
  Xan de Waard
  Nike Lorenz
  Stephanie Vanden Borre
  Bautista Capurro
  Arno Van Dessel
  Bruno Font
  Michel Struthoff
  Tan Jinzhuang
  Emily White
  Claire Colwill
  Linnea Weidemann
  Pirmin Blaak
  Tomás Santiago
  Luis Calzado
  Jean Danneberg
  Anne Veenendaal
  Cristina Cosentino
  Aisling D'Hooghe
  Nathalie Kubalski

Wins by country

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Country Male Player Female Player Young Male Player Young Female Player Male Goalkeeper Female Goalkeeper Total
  Argentina 0 10 1 7 0 0 18
  Australia 8 2 5 4 0 1 20
  Belgium 3 0 3 0 3 0 9
  China 0 0 0 1 0 1 2
  Germany 4 1 6 1 0 0 12
  Great Britain 0 0 1 1 0 3 5
  India 5 1 2 3 3 3 15
  Ireland 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
  Netherlands 5 10 1 4 1 2 23
  South Korea 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
  Spain 1 0 1 0 0 0 2
  Pakistan 0 0 1 0 0 0 1

References

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  1. ^ "Dwyer receives FIH 'Player of the Year' award". CNN-IBN. 10 December 2011. Archived from the original on 26 January 2013. Retrieved 28 September 2012.
  2. ^ "FIH Player of the Year Award eludes India yet again". The Times of India. 10 December 2011. Retrieved 28 September 2012.
  3. ^ "Germany's Fuerste named FIH Player of the Year". International Hockey Federation (FIH). 8 December 2012. Retrieved 8 December 2012.
  4. ^ "Paumen named 2012 FIH Player of the Year". International Hockey Federation (FIH). 19 June 2013. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
  5. ^ "Germany's Tobias Hauke crowned men's FIH Player of the Year". International Hockey Federation (FIH). 18 January 2014. Archived from the original on 21 January 2014. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
  6. ^ "Amazing Aymar lands eighth FIH Player of the Year crown". International Hockey Federation (FIH). 8 December 2013. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
  7. ^ "FIH announce the winners of the FIH 2014 Player of the Year". International Hockey Federation (FIH). 15 January 2015. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  8. ^ "FIH announces winners of the Hockey Stars Awards 2015". International Hockey Federation (FIH). 26 January 2016. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
  9. ^ "De Goede & Van Doren named Players of the Year in 2018 FIH Hockey Stars Awards". fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. 14 February 2019. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
  10. ^ "Felice Albers (NED) and Harmanpreet Singh (IND) FIH Players of the Year!". FIH. 7 October 2022. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
  11. ^ "Xan de Waard (NED) and Hardik Singh (IND) named FIH Players of the Year!". International Hockey Federation. 19 December 2023. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
  12. ^ "Yibbi Jansen (NED) and Harmanpreet Singh (IND) named FIH Players of the Year!". International Hockey Federation. 8 November 2024. Retrieved 8 November 2024.