Unlike the Ballon d’Or traditionally, The Best FIFA Football Awards include fans in the voting process, giving the people a voice.
The voting for the FIFA Puskas Award, for example, sees fans vote online for one of the 11 finalists drawn up by a panel of experts, with a final trio then decided.
Fans are responsible for 50% of the votes cast, with a panel of football experts providing the other 50% to decide the eventual winner.
The FIFA Fan Award is entirely decided by fans, with no input from journalists, coaches or players when it comes to determining the winner.
Three moments are chosen and fans vote online to ultimately decide the winner.
Fans also have the chance to cast their votes for The Best FIFA Men’s and Women’s Player, The Best FIFA Men’s and Women’s Coach and The Best FIFA Men’s and Women’s Goalkeeper awards.
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Fans can vote for their top three favourites per category, with first choice generating five points, second choice three points, and third choice one point.
Fans make up 25% of the vote, with the other 75% coming from: national coaches of its Member Associations, their team captains and a select group of media from those countries.
The voting window is usually over a two-week period around a month out from the awards ceremony.
