The La Liga Awards, previously known as the LFP awards, are presented annually by the Liga de Fútbol Profesional (LFP) to the best players and coach in La Liga, the first division of association football in Spain. Established in the 2008–09 season, they were the first official awards in the history of the Spanish competition.[1] La Liga's best coach and player in each position—goalkeeper, defender, midfielder, and forward—were chosen based on a voting by the captain and vice-captains of each club, while the best player overall was determined via statistical analysis.[2]
Since the La Liga Awards' creation, Barcelona players have won 32 honours in the six main categories, almost triple the number of any other club. Barcelona's forward Lionel Messi has been named La Liga's best player for six times and La Liga's best forward for seven times, both all-time records. Across all positions, the other outstanding individuals are Barcelona midfielder Andrés Iniesta with five wins, Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola with four wins, Real Madrid defender Sergio Ramos with four wins, and goalkeepers Iker Casillas of Real Madrid and Víctor Valdés of Barcelona with two wins each.
Many of the awards were discontinued after the 2015–16 season.[3]
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Fair Play | Breakthrough Player | World Player[note 2] | Fans' Five-Star Player | |
2008–09[4] | Juan Carlos Valerón (Deportivo) | Sergio Busquets (Barcelona) | Not awarded | Not awarded |
2009–10[4] | Marcos Senna (Villarreal) | Pedro (Barcelona) | Not awarded | Not awarded |
2010–11[4] | Alberto Rivera (Sporting Gijón) | Iker Muniain (Athletic Bilbao) | Not awarded | Not awarded |
2011–12[4] | Carles Puyol (Barcelona) | Isco (Málaga) | Not awarded | Not awarded |
2012–13[6] | Iker Casillas (Real Madrid) | Asier Illarramendi (Real Sociedad) | Not awarded | Not awarded |
2013–14[7] | Ivan Rakitić (Sevilla) | Rafinha (Celta Vigo) | Carlos Bacca (Sevilla) Yacine Brahimi (Granada) |
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2014–15[8] | Not awarded | Not awarded | Neymar (Barcelona) Sofiane Feghouli (Valencia) |
Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) |
2015–16[9] | Not awarded | Marco Asensio (Espanyol) | Luis Suárez (Barcelona) | Antoine Griezmann (Atlético Madrid) |
The following awards were presented once:
Season | Category | Recipient |
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2012–13[6] | Most Valuable Player | Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) |
2013–14[7] | Best Goal | Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) |
Season | Category | Recipient |
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2016–17[11] | Most Valuable Player | Lionel Messi (Barcelona) |
2017–18[12] | Most Valuable Player | Lionel Messi (Barcelona) |
2018–19[13] | Most Valuable Player | Lionel Messi (Barcelona) |
2019–20[14] | Most Valuable Player | Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) |
2020–21[15] | Most Valuable Player | Jan Oblak (Atlético Madrid) |
2021–22[16] | Most Valuable Player | Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) |
2022–23[17] | Most Valuable Player | Marc-André ter Stegen (Barcelona) |
2023–24[18] | Most Valuable Player | Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid) |
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2021–22[19] | African MVP | Yassine Bounou (Sevilla) |
2022–23[20] | African MVP | Samuel Chukwueze (Villarreal) |
2023–24[21] | African MVP | Iñaki Williams (Athletic Bilbao) |
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