The Best FIFA Football Awards 2025 nominees list: Ousmane Dembele, Lamine Yamal go head to head for soccer prize originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. FIFA holds its annual The Best awards ceremony in Doha on Tuesday, December 16.

Ousmane Dembélé has won FIFA’s The Best award, beating compatriot Kylian Mbappé of Real Madrid and Spain’s Lamine Yamal of Barcelona after a landmark season with PSG. According to SuperDepor.com, the vote involved coaches and captains of the 211 FIFA member associations, plus journalists and fans around the world.

Here, FIFA looks back at three pivotal moments from a season to remember for Dembele.