THE WORLD'S BEST MAN PLAYMAKER 2020 - KEVIN DE BRUYNE (BELGIUM/MANCHESTER CITY)
Picture : Kevin De Bruyne in his particularly style elegant and efficient !
THE WORLD'S BEST MAN PLAYMAKER 2020 : KEVIN DE BRUYNE (BELGIUM/MANCHESTER CITY)
Since the first Award in 2006, the list of the winners of THE IFFHS WORLD’S BEST MAN PLAYMAKER of the year contains only great names like Zidane, Kaka, Iniesta, Kroos, Modric and the two recordmen of this Award, Xavi (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011) and Lionel Messi (2015, 2016, 2017 and 2019) !
Kevin De Bruyne, Belgium’s and Manchester City’s Playmaker, will be part of this list now, he won with authority the Ranking 2020 of the World’s Best Playmaker before recordman and last year winner Lionel Messi.
De Bruyne showed his Playmaker qualities since many years. He was already crowned Bundesliga Best Player 2015 with VFL Wolfsburg, Premier League Playmaker of the year 2018 and 2020 with Man City, appeared in all FIFA, UEFA and IFFHS World Teams of the year ! Ranked in the Top 5 in the last years, he has won the IFFHS Award in 2020 due to his intelligence, his technical ability, his regularity and determination always in high performances with Manchester City and Belgium.
| name | country | club | points | |
| 1 | Kevin DE BRUYNE | Belgium | Manchester City (England) | 175 |
| 2 | Lionel MESSI | Argentina | FC Barcelona (Spain) | 100 |
| 3 | Thomas MULLER | Germany | FC Bayern München | 25 |
| 4 | THIAGO ALCANTARA | Spain | FC Bayern / FC Liverpool | 20 |
| Alejandro Dario GOMEZ | Argentina | Atalanta (Italy) | 20 | |
| 6 | Bruno FERNANDES | Portugal | Manchester United (England) | 10 |
| 7 | Angel DI MARIA | Argentina | Paris SG (France) | 5 |
| Luka MODRIC | Croatia | Real Madrid CF (Spain) | 5 | |
| Riyad MAHREZ | Algeria | Manchester City (England) | 5 |