Overview
- Barcelona’s Lamine Yamal and Arsenal’s Declan Rice headline the 11-goal Puskás shortlist, which also includes Alessandro Deiola, Pedro de la Vega, Santiago Montiel, Amr Nasser, Carlos Orrantía, Lucas Ribeiro, Rizky Ridho, Kévin Rodrigues and Alerrandro.
- Lamine Yamal was nominated for his curling strike against Espanyol in May 2025 that helped clinch Barcelona’s LaLiga title.
- Declan Rice’s nomination recognizes his April 8, 2025 Champions League free-kick that sealed Arsenal’s 3-0 quarterfinal first-leg win over Real Madrid.
- FIFA also named 11 nominees for the women’s Marta Award, featuring Marta, Vivianne Miedema, Khadija Shaw, Mariona Caldentey, Ally Sentnor and Ashley Cheatley among others.
- The eligibility window covers goals scored from Aug. 11, 2024 to Aug. 2, 2025, with public voting open now and closing on Dec. 3 before winners are revealed at The Best 2025 ceremony.