RSSSF

The **Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation** (_RSSSF_) is an international organization dedicated to collecting statistics about association football. The goal of the foundation is to build a large archive of football-related information from around the world. The RSSSF website is maintained by volunteer contributors.

It is considered one of the "most complete" publicly available statistical football databases in the world.

## Player of the Year award

The Rec.Sport.Soccer Player of the Year Award was an annual football award that was presented by the organization, to recognize the best player in the world. It was first awarded in 1992, and the voting format was similar to the Ballon d'Or. It was discontinued after the 2005 edition.

|scope="col"|Year|scope="col"|Rank|scope="col"|Player|scope="col"|Team|scope="col"|Votes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|scope="row" style="background-color: gold"|**1st**|**Marco van Basten**|**AC Milan**|align="center"|**207**|||||
|scope="row" style="background-color: silver"|2nd|Hristo Stoichkov|Barcelona|align="center"|87|||||
|scope="row" style="background-color: #cc9966"|3rd|Peter Schmeichel|Manchester United|align="center"|62|||||
|scope="row" style="background-color: gold"|**1st**|** Roberto Baggio**|** Juventus**|align="center"|**407**|||||
|scope="row" style="background-color: silver"|2nd|Romário|Barcelona|align="center"|295|||||
|scope="row" style="background-color: #cc9966"|3rd|Dennis Bergkamp|Inter Milan|align="center"|178|||||
|scope="row" style="background-color: gold"|**1st**|** Romário**|** Barcelona**|align="center"|**269**|||||
|scope="row" style="background-color: silver"|2nd|Hristo Stoichkov|Barcelona|align="center"|254|||||
|scope="row" style="background-color: #cc9966"|3rd|**** Paolo Maldini|AC Milan|align="center"|158|||||
|scope="row" style="background-color: gold"|**1st**|** George Weah**|** AC Milan**|align="center"|**153**|||||
|scope="row" style="background-color: silver"|2nd|**** Paolo Maldini|AC Milan|align="center"|102|||||
|scope="row" style="background-color: #cc9966"|3rd|Patrick Kluivert|Ajax|align="center"|88|||||
|scope="row" style="background-color: gold"|**1st**|** Ronaldo**|** Barcelona**|align="center"|**348**|||||
|scope="row" style="background-color: silver"|2nd|Alan Shearer|Newcastle United|align="center"|241|||||
|scope="row" style="background-color: #cc9966"|3rd|Matthias Sammer|Borussia Dortmund|align="center"|215|||||
|scope="row" style="background-color: gold"|**1st**|** Ronaldo**|** Inter Milan**|align="center"|**276**|||||
|scope="row" style="background-color: silver"|2nd|Zinedine Zidane|Juventus|align="center"|129|||||
|scope="row" style="background-color: #cc9966"|3rd|Gabriel Batistuta|Fiorentina|align="center"|75|||||
|scope="row" style="background-color: gold"|**1st**|** Zinedine Zidane**|** Juventus**|align="center"|**335**|||||
|scope="row" style="background-color: silver"|2nd|Gabriel Batistuta|Fiorentina|align="center"|175|||||
|scope="row" style="background-color: #cc9966"|3rd|Lilian Thuram|Parma|align="center"|136|||||
|scope="row" style="background-color: gold"|**1st**|** Rivaldo**|** Barcelona**|align="center"|**536**|||||
|scope="row" style="background-color: silver"|2nd|David Beckham|Manchester United|align="center"|313|||||
|scope="row" style="background-color: #cc9966"|3rd|Andriy Shevchenko|AC Milan|align="center"|186|||||
|scope="row" style="background-color: gold"|**1st**|** Luís Figo**|** Real Madrid**|align="center"|**648**|||||
|scope="row" style="background-color: silver"|2nd|Zinedine Zidane|Juventus|align="center"|535|||||
|scope="row" style="background-color: #cc9966"|3rd|Rivaldo|Barcelona|align="center"|272|||||
|scope="row" style="background-color: gold"|**1st**|** Michael Owen**|** Liverpool**|align="center"|**288**|||||
|scope="row" style="background-color: silver"|2nd|Luís Figo|Real Madrid|align="center"|234|||||
|scope="row" style="background-color: #cc9966"|3rd|Raúl|Real Madrid|align="center"|216|||||
|scope="row" style="background-color: gold"|**1st**|** Ronaldo**|** Real Madrid**|align="center"|**447**|||||
|scope="row" style="background-color: silver"|2nd|**** Roberto Carlos|Real Madrid|align="center"|371|||||
|scope="row" style="background-color: #cc9966"|3rd|Zinedine Zidane|Real Madrid|align="center"|341|||||
|scope="row" style="background-color: gold"|**1st**|**Pavel Nedvěd**|** Juventus**|align="center"|**818**|||||
|scope="row" style="background-color: silver"|2nd|Thierry Henry|Arsenal|align="center"|540|||||
|scope="row" style="background-color: #cc9966"|3rd|Zinedine Zidane|Real Madrid|align="center"|350|||||
|scope="row" style="background-color: gold"|**1st**|** Ronaldinho**|** Barcelona**|align="center"|**437**|||||
|scope="row" style="background-color: silver"|2nd|Andriy Shevchenko|AC Milan|align="center"|329|||||
|scope="row" style="background-color: #cc9966"|3rd|Deco|Barcelona|align="center"|297|||||
|scope="row" style="background-color: gold"|**1st**|** Ronaldinho**|** Barcelona**|align="center"|**482**|||||
|scope="row" style="background-color: silver"|2nd|Frank Lampard|Chelsea|align="center"|281|||||
|scope="row" style="background-color: #cc9966"|3rd|Steven Gerrard|Liverpool|align="center"|191|||||

|scope="col"|Player|scope="col"|Winner|scope="col"|Second place|scope="col"|Third place|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|3 (1996, 1997, 2002)|align="center"|—|align="center"|—||||
|2 (2004, 2005)|align="center"|—|align="center"|—||||
|1 (1998)|2 (1997, 2000)|2 (2002, 2003)||||||
|1 (1994)|1 (1993)|align="center"|—|||||
|1 (2000)|1 (2001)|align="center"|—|||||
|1 (1999)|align="center"|—|1 (2000)|||||
|1 (1992)|align="center"|—|align="center"|—||||
|1 (1993)|align="center"|—|align="center"|—||||
|1 (1995)|align="center"|—|align="center"|—||||
|1 (2001)|align="center"|—|align="center"|—||||
|1 (2003)|align="center"|—|align="center"|—||||

|scope="col"|Nationality|scope="col"|Players|scope="col"|Wins|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align="center"|4|align="center"|7|||
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|scope="col"|Club|scope="col"|Players|scope="col"|Wins|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align="center"|4|align="center"|5|||
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## Infobox (website)

- **name**: Rec.Sport.Soccer
Statistics Foundation
(RSSSF)
- **language**: English
- **launch date**: , as _Northern European Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation_ (NERSSSF)
- **current status**: Active