Bundesliga Awards

List of Bundesliga Awards

Bundesliga AwardsSport| Association football

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Competition| Bundesliga
Awarded for| Best players of each Bundesliga season
Country| Germany
History
First award| 2017
Editions| 8
First winner|

*  Robert Lewandowski (POL)
* (2020)

Most wins|

*  Robert Lewandowski (POL)
*  Erling Haaland (NOR)
*  Christopher Nkunku (FRA)
*  Jude Bellingham (ENG)
*  Florian Wirtz (GER)
*  Harry Kane (ENG)
* 1 time each

Most recent|

*  Harry Kane (ENG)
* (2025)

The Bundesliga Awards are awarded every year to the best footballers of Bundesliga.

## Regulations

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Bundesliga Player of the Season, Rookie of the Season, Fair Play of the Season and Team of the Season awards are decided by fans (40%), clubs (30%) and experts (30%) votes.[1][2]

## Main categories

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Season  | Player of the Season  | Rookie of the Season  | Goal of the Season  | Save of the Season  | Ref.

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2016–17 | —  |  Ousmane Dembélé (Borussia Dortmund)  |  Nabil Bentaleb (Schalke 04)  | —  | [3][4]
2017–18 | —  |  Amine Harit (Schalke 04)  |  Jonas Hector (1\. FC Köln)  |  Bernd Leno (Bayer Leverkusen)  | [5][6][7]
2018–19 | —  |  Ozan Kabak (VfB Stuttgart)  |  Franck Ribéry (Bayern Munich)  |  Roman Bürki (Borussia Dortmund)  | [8][9][10]
2019–20 |  Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich)  |  Alphonso Davies (Bayern Munich)  |  Emre Can (Borussia Dortmund)  | —  | [11][12][13]
2020–21 |  Erling Haaland (Borussia Dortmund)  |  Silas (VfB Stuttgart)  |  Valentino Lazaro (Borussia Mönchengladbach)  | —  | [14][15][16]
2021–22 |  Christopher Nkunku (RB Leipzig)  |  Jesper Lindstrøm (Eintracht Frankfurt)  |  Gerrit Holtmann (VfL Bochum)  | —  | [17][18][19]
2022–23 |  Jude Bellingham (Borussia Dortmund)  |  Karim Adeyemi (Borussia Dortmund)  |  Matthijs de Ligt (Bayern Munich)  | —  | [20][21][22]
2023–24 |  Florian Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen)  |  Victor Boniface (Bayer Leverkusen)  |  Harry Kane (Bayern Munich)  | —  | [23][24][25]
2024–25 |  Harry Kane (Bayern Munich)  |  Michael Olise (Bayern Munich)  |  Leopold Querfeld (Union Berlin)  | —  | [26][27][28]

## Fair Play of the Season

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Season  | Winner  | Reason  | Ref.

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2021–22 |  Vincenzo Grifo (SC Freiburg)  | Confessing that he wasn't fouled and asking the referee to cancel the decision to give his team a penalty.  | [2]
2022–23 | Union Berlin | Stopping the goal celebration to ask for a medical help for a pitch-side photographer who injured himself while trying to take a photo of them and suddenly slipped.  | [29]
2023–24 |  Timo Becker (Holstein Kiel)  | Ensuring his rival that he wasn't fouled after he went to ground, following an aerial challenge in the penalty area.  | [30]

## Team of the Season

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### Winners

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Players marked bold won the Bundesliga Player of the Season Award in that respective season.

Season  | Goalkeeper (club) | Defenders (clubs) | Midfielders (clubs) | Forwards (clubs) | Coach (club)

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2012–13[31] |  Manuel Neuer (Bayern Munich) |  David Alaba (Bayern Munich)
Dante (Bayern Munich)
Mats Hummels (Borussia Dortmund)
Atsuto Uchida (Schalke 04) |  Bastian Schweinsteiger (Bayern Munich)
Mario Götze (Borussia Dortmund)
İlkay Gündoğan (Borussia Dortmund) |  Juan Arango (Borussia Mönchengladbach)
Robert Lewandowski (Borussia Dortmund)
Jakub Błaszczykowski (Borussia Dortmund) | —
2013–14[32] |  Manuel Neuer (Bayern Munich) |  David Alaba (Bayern Munich)
Sokratis Papastathopoulos (Borussia Dortmund)
Mats Hummels (Borussia Dortmund)
Atsuto Uchida (Schalke 04) |  Nuri Şahin (Borussia Dortmund)
Arjen Robben (Bayern Munich)
Philipp Lahm (Bayern Munich) |  Marco Reus (Borussia Dortmund)
Robert Lewandowski (Borussia Dortmund)
Franck Ribéry (Bayern Munich) | —
2014–15[33] |  Manuel Neuer (Bayern Munich) |  Ricardo Rodriguez (VfL Wolfsburg)
Naldo (VfL Wolfsburg)
Jérôme Boateng (Bayern Munich)
Vieirinha (VfL Wolfsburg) |  David Alaba (Bayern Munich)
Kevin De Bruyne (VfL Wolfsburg)
Xabi Alonso (Bayern Munich) |  Arjen Robben (Bayern Munich)
Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich)
Marco Reus (Borussia Dortmund) | —
2015–16[34] |  Manuel Neuer (Bayern Munich) |  David Alaba (Bayern Munich)
Mats Hummels (Borussia Dortmund)
Jérôme Boateng (Bayern Munich)
Łukasz Piszczek (Borussia Dortmund) |  Marco Reus (Borussia Dortmund)
Arturo Vidal (Bayern Munich)
Shinji Kagawa (Borussia Dortmund)
Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Borussia Dortmund) |  Javier Hernández (Bayer Leverkusen)
Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich) |  Thomas Tuchel (Borussia Dortmund)
2016–17[35] |  Manuel Neuer (Bayern Munich) |  Sead Kolašinac (Schalke 04)
Mats Hummels (Bayern Munich)
Niklas Süle (TSG Hoffenheim)
Łukasz Piszczek (Borussia Dortmund) |  Emil Forsberg (RB Leipzig)
Thiago (Bayern Munich)
Naby Keïta (RB Leipzig)
Ousmane Dembélé (Borussia Dortmund) |  Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Borussia Dortmund)
Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich) | —
2017–18[36] |  Lukas Hradecky (Eintracht Frankfurt) |  Wendell (Bayer Leverkusen)
Mats Hummels (Bayern Munich)
Naldo (Schalke 04)
Joshua Kimmich (Bayern Munich) |  Leon Bailey (Bayer Leverkusen)
Leon Goretzka (Schalke 04)
James Rodríguez (Bayern Munich)
Thomas Müller (Bayern Munich) |  Michy Batshuayi (Borussia Dortmund)
Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich) | —
2018–19[37] |  Kevin Trapp (Eintracht Frankfurt) |  Danny da Costa (Eintracht Frankfurt)
Marcel Halstenberg (RB Leipzig)
Joshua Kimmich (Bayern Munich) |  Filip Kostić (Eintracht Frankfurt)
Marco Reus (Borussia Dortmund)
Kai Havertz (Bayer Leverkusen)
Jadon Sancho (Borussia Dortmund) |  Luka Jović (Eintracht Frankfurt)
Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich)
Julian Brandt (Bayer Leverkusen) | —
2019–20 |

Not awarded

2020–21[38] |  Manuel Neuer (Bayern Munich) |  Alphonso Davies (Bayern Munich)
Angeliño (RB Leipzig)
Mats Hummels (Borussia Dortmund)
Ridle Baku (VfL Wolfsburg) |  Leon Goretzka (Bayern Munich)
Thomas Müller (Bayern Munich)
Joshua Kimmich (Bayern Munich) |  André Silva (Eintracht Frankfurt)
Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich)
Erling Haaland (Borussia Dortmund) | —
2021–22[39] |  Manuel Neuer (Bayern Munich) |  Alphonso Davies (Bayern Munich)
Evan Ndicka (Eintracht Frankfurt)
Nico Schlotterbeck (Freiburg)
David Raum (TSG Hoffenheim) |  Jude Bellingham (Borussia Dortmund)
Florian Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen)
Joshua Kimmich (Bayern Munich) |  Erling Haaland (Borussia Dortmund)
Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich)
Christopher Nkunku (RB Leipzig) | —
2022–23[40] |  Gregor Kobel (Borussia Dortmund) |  Alphonso Davies (Bayern Munich)
Matthijs de Ligt (Bayern Munich)
Nico Schlotterbeck (Borussia Dortmund)
Jeremie Frimpong (Bayer Leverkusen) |  Jude Bellingham (Borussia Dortmund)
Jamal Musiala (Bayern Munich)
Julian Brandt (Borussia Dortmund) |  Randal Kolo Muani (Eintracht Frankfurt)
Niclas Füllkrug (Werder Bremen)
Moussa Diaby (Bayer Leverkusen) | —
2023–24[41] |  Gregor Kobel (Borussia Dortmund) |  Álex Grimaldo (Bayer Leverkusen)
Waldemar Anton (VfB Stuttgart)
Jonathan Tah (Bayer Leverkusen)
Jeremie Frimpong (Bayer Leverkusen) |  Florian Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen)
Granit Xhaka (Bayer Leverkusen)
Jamal Musiala (Bayern Munich) |  Victor Boniface (Bayer Leverkusen)
Harry Kane (Bayern Munich)
Serhou Guirassy (VfB Stuttgart) | —
2024–25[42] |  Robin Zentner (Mainz 05) |  Jonathan Tah (Bayer Leverkusen)
Dayot Upamecano (Bayern Munich)
Nico Schlotterbeck (Borussia Dortmund)
Alphonso Davies (Bayern Munich) |  Florian Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen)
Jamal Musiala (Bayern Munich)
Michael Olise (Bayern Munich) |  Hugo Ekitike (Eintracht Frankfurt)
Harry Kane (Bayern Munich)
Serhou Guirassy (Borussia Dortmund) | —

### Multiple winners

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Rank  | Player  | Apps | Club(s)

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1  |  Robert Lewandowski | 9  | Borussia Dortmund, Bayern Munich
2  |  Manuel Neuer | 7  | Bayern Munich
3  |  Mats Hummels | 6  | Borussia Dortmund, Bayern Munich
4  |  David Alaba | 4  | Bayern Munich
Joshua Kimmich | Bayern Munich
Marco Reus | Borussia Dortmund
Alphonso Davies | Bayern Munich
8  |  Jamal Musiala | 3  | Bayern Munich
Florian Wirtz | Bayer Leverkusen
Nico Schlotterbeck | Freiburg, Borussia Dortmund

## See also

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* Footballer of the Year
* Bundesliga records and statistics

## References

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