The International Federation of Football History and Statistics (IFFHS) published the ranking of the best players in the world in 2023 and the Norwegian took first place.
1️⃣ Erling Haaland (208 points)
2️⃣ Kylian Mbappe (105 points)
3️⃣ Lionel Messi (85 points)
4️⃣ Rodri (55 points)
5️⃣ Jude Bellingham (34 points)
6️⃣ Kevin De Bruyne (27 points)
7️⃣ Harry Kane (18 points)
8️⃣ Bernardo Silva (9 points)
9️⃣ Vinicius (8 points)
🔟 Lautaro Martinez (7 points)
IFFHS was the first to create the award of THE WORLD'S BEST PLAYER in 1988. Marco Van Basten (1988 and 1989) and Lothar Matthaus (1990) were the 3 winners (1988 to 1990) before FIFA President Sepp Blatter asked IFFHS to let this World Award to FIFA to become FIFA World Player of the Year.
Since 2020, the IFFHS has decided to award again IFFHS WORLD'S PLAYER OF THE YEAR and Robert Lewandowski was the winner of the Awards 2020 and 2021, Lionel Messi won in 2022.
In 2023, Erling Haaland was acclaimed to receive the Award of IFFHS MEN'S WORLD BEST PLAYER 2023!
The Norwegian striker totalized 209 points. He was sovereign voted as the World's Best Player before Kylian Mbappe (105 points) and Lionel Messi (85 points), already winner of 14 IFFHS Awards in his career.