Best Footballer in Asia 2015

Son Heung-min was the first player winning Best Footballer in Asia for more than one time.

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 the 28th December, 2015. Son Heung-min became the first footballer who won Best Footballer in Asia for more than one time, and the first footballer who won this trophy in succession.

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.

Rankings

Rank	Name	Club	Points
1	Son Heung-min	Tottenham Hotspurs	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	25
7	Shinji Kagawa	Borussia Dortmund	22
8	Ki Sung-yueng	Swansea City	15
9	Paulinho	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
	Andranik Teymourian	Tractor Sazi / Umm Salal	5
15	Odil Ahmedov	FC Krasnodar	4
	Yoshinori Muto	Mainz 05	4
17	Mohd Safiq Rahim	Johor Darul Ta'zim	3
	Theerathon Bunmathan	Buriram United	3
	Zhang Linpeng	Guangzhou Evergrande	3
20	Aaron Mooy	Melbourne City	2
21	Kim Young-gwon	Guangzhou Evergrande	1
	Lima	Al-Ahli	1
	Takashi Usami	Gamba Osaka	1
	Artur Gevorkyan	Nasaf	1

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