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 |
 Andranik Teymourian | Tractor Sazi Umm Salal | ||
| 15 | Odil Ahmedov |  Krasnodar | 4 |
| 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.
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