Where to watch The Best FIFA Football Awards 2025 ceremony: Live stream, TV channel, start time and nominees

The Best FIFA Awards are back for another year, but who will be crowned the best player in world football this time?

FIFA originally had a collaboration with France Football for the Ballon d'Or gala, but went off on their own to produce their own litany of individual silverware.

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The awards have involved the participation of fans, who have cast more than 16 million votes, as well as national team captains and coaches, and media representatives.

The Sporting News brings you how to watch the event as well as a full list of nominees for the major awards.

2025 The Best FIFA Awards: Date, time, how to watch

• Date: Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025
• Time: 8 p.m. local (5 p.m. GMT / 12 p.m. ET / 9 a.m. PT)
• Stream: FIFA+

The 2025 The Best FIFA Awards ceremony will be streamed live around the globe on FIFA's dedicated streaming service FIFA+.

Fans can watch the event for free by on FIFA's website.

Live from Doha, Qatar, the ceremony will kick off at 8 p.m. local time.

The Best FIFA Football Awards 2025 nominees, final shortlists, prizes

The Best Awards 2025 men's nominees 

• Ousmane Dembélé (Paris Saint-Germain and France)
• Achraf Hakimi (Paris Saint-Germain and Morocco)
• Harry Kane (Bayern Munich and England)
• Kylian Mbappé (Real Madrid and France)
• Nuno Mendes (Paris Saint-Germain and Portugal)
• Cole Palmer (Chelsea and England)
• Pedri (Barcelona and Spain)
• Raphinha (Barcelona and Brazil)
• Mohamed Salah (Liverpool and Egypt)
• Vitinha (Paris Saint-Germain and Portugal)
• Lamine Yamal (Barcelona and Spain)

The Best Awards 2025 women's nominees 

• Sandy Baltimore (Chelsea and France)
• Nathalie Björn (Chelsea and Sweden)
• Aitana Bonmatí (Barcelona and Spain)
• Lucy Bronze (Chelsea and England)
• Mariona Caldentey (Arsenal and Spain)
• Temwa Chawinga (Kansas City Current and Malawi)
• Kadidiatou Diani (OL Lyonnes and France)
• Melchie Dumornay (OL Lyonnes and Haiti)
• Patri Guijarro (Barcelona and Spain)
• Lindsey Heaps (OL Lyonnes and the United States)
• Lauren James (Chelsea and England)
• Chloe Kelly (Manchester City, Arsenal and England)
• Ewa Pajor (Barcelona and Poland)
• Clàudia Pina (Barcelona and Spain)
• Alexia Putellas (Barcelona and Spain)
• Alessia Russo (Arsenal and England)
• Leah Williamson (Arsenal and England)

FIFA Puskás award nominees

• Alessandro Deiola, Cagliari v. Venezia, May 18 2025
• Pedro de la Vega, Cruz Azul v. Seattle Sounders, July 31 2025
• Santiago Montiel, Independiente v. Independiente Rivadavia, May 11 2025
• Amr Nasser, Al Ahly v. Pharco, April 17 2025
• Carlos Orrantía, Querétaro v. Atlas, April 16 2025
• Lucas Ribeiro, Mamelodi Sundowns v. Borussia Dortmund, June 21 2025
• Declan Rice, Arsenal v. Real Madrid, April 8 2025
• Rizky Ridho, Persija Jakarta v. Arema, March 9 2025
• Kévin Rodrigues, Kasımpaşa v. Rizespor, Feb. 9 2025
• Lamine Yamal, Espanyol v. Barcelona, 15 May 2025

FIFA Marta Award nominees

• Jordyn Bugg, North Carolina Courage v. Seattle Reign, March 22 2025
• Mariona Caldentey, OL Lyonnes v. Arsenal, April 27 2025
• Ashley Cheatley, Brentford v. Ascot United, Nov. 3 2024
• Kyra Cooney-Cross, Germany v. Australia, Oct. 28 2024
• Jon Ryong-jong, Korea DPR v. Argentina, Sep. 2 2024
• Marta, Orlando Pride v. Kansas City Current, Nov. 17 2024
• Vivianne Miedema, Wales v. Netherlands, July 5 2025
• Kishi Núñez, Argentina v. Costa Rica, Sep. 8 2024
• Lizbeth Ovalle, Tigres v. Guadalajara, March 3 2025
• Ally Sentnor, USA v. Colombia, Feb. 20 2025
• Khadija Shaw, Hammarby v. Manchester City, Nov. 21 2024

The Best Men's Coach Award nominees

• Javier Aguirre (Mexico)
• Mikel Arteta (Arsenal)
• Luis Enrique (Paris Saint-Germain)
• Hansi Flick (Barcelona)
• Enzo Maresca (Chelsea)
• Roberto Martínez (Portugal)
• Arne Slot (Liverpool)

The Best Women's Coach Award nominees

• Sonia Bompastor (Chelsea)
• Jonatan Giráldez (OL Lyonnes)
• Seb Hines (Orlando Pride)
• Renée Slegers (Arsenal)
• Sarina Wiegman (England)

The Best Men's Goalkeeper Award nominees

• Alisson Becker (Liverpool and Brazil)
• Thibaut Courtois (Real Madrid and Belgium)
• Gianluigi Donnarumma (Paris Saint-Germain, Manchester City and Italy)
• Emiliano Martínez (Aston Villa and Argentina)
• Manuel Neuer (Bayern Munich and Germany)
• David Raya (Arsenal and Spain)
• Yann Sommer (Internazionale and Switzerland)
• Wojciech Szczęsny (Barcelona and Poland)

The Best Women's Goalkeeper Award nominees

• Ann-Katrin Berger (Gotham FC and Germany)
• Cata Coll (Barcelona and Spain)
• Christiane Endler (OL Lyonnes and Chile)
• Hannah Hampton (Chelsea and England)
• Anna Moorhouse (Orlando Pride and England)
• Chiamaka Nnadozie (Paris FC, Brighton & Hove Albion and Nigeria)
• Phallon Tullis-Joyce (Manchester United and United States)