Best Footballer in Asia 2015

The 2015 Best Footballer in Asia, given to the best football player in Asia as judged by a panel of 20 sports journalists, was awarded to Son Heung-min on 28 December 2015. Son became the first player to win the award on multiple occasions, and the first player to win the award consecutively.

Voting

The panel of jurors was constituted by 20 journalists. 16 journalists represent AFC countries/regions including Australia, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea Republic, Macao, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkmenistan, United Arabic Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vietnam and 4 journalists represent media outlets of non- AFC countries/regions including England, France, Germany and Italy.^[1]

Rules

Each juror selects 5 best footballers and awards them 5, 4, 3, 2 points and 1 point respectively from their first choice to the fifth choice. The trophy of the Best Footballer in Asia is awarded to the player with the highest total of points.

Ranking

Rank	Name	Club(s)	Points
1	Son Heung-min	Bayer Leverkusen Tottenham Hotspur	49
2	Zheng Zhi	Guangzhou Evergrande	32
3	Ricardo Goulart	Guangzhou Evergrande	32
4	Ahmed Khalil	Al-Ahli	28
5	Omar Abdulrahman	Al-Ain	27
6	Massimo Luongo	Swindon Town Queens Park Rangers	25
7	Shinji Kagawa	Borussia Dortmund	22
8	Ki Sung-yueng	Swansea City	15
9	Paulinho	Tottenham Hotspur Guangzhou Evergrande	12
10	Mohammad Al-Sahlawi	Al-Nassr	10
11	Eldor Shomurodov	Bunyodkor	9
12	Masaaki Higashiguchi	Gamba Osaka	6
13	Huang Bowen	Guangzhou Evergrande	5
13	Andranik Teymourian	Tractor Sazi Umm Salal	5
15	Odil Ahmedov	Krasnodar	4
15	Yoshinori Muto	FC Tokyo Mainz 05	4
17	Theerathon Bunmathan	Buriram United	3
	Mohd Safiq Rahim	Johor Darul Ta'zim
	Zhang Linpeng	Guangzhou Evergrande
20	Aaron Mooy	Melbourne City	2
21	Artur Gevorkyan	Nasaf	1
	Kim Young-gwon	Guangzhou Evergrande
	Lima	Al-Ahli
	Takashi Usami	Gamba Osaka

References

^ "2015 Best Footballer in Asia: Son Heung-min was conferred the trophy by Sun Jihai (in Chinese) 热刺锋霸获2015年亚洲金球奖特邀孙继海颁奖". Tencent Sports. 24 February 2016. Retrieved 31 May 2017.

[1] "2015 Best Footballer in Asia: Son Heung-min was conferred the trophy by Sun Jihai (in Chinese) 热刺锋霸获2015年亚洲金球奖特邀孙继海颁奖". Tencent Sports. 24 February 2016. Retrieved 31 May 2017.

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