Bicycle kicks, scorpion volleys and 30-yard screamers — ranking the goals that won FIFA's Puskás Award for the most beautiful strike of the year.
1Zlatan Ibrahimovic (2013)A 30-yard overhead bicycle kick with his back to goal against England.1000pts
2Son Heung-min (2020)A 70-yard solo run from his own box to finish for Tottenham against Burnley.748pts
3Neymar (2011)A slaloming solo run and finish for Santos against Flamengo.502pts
4Dániel Zsóri (2019)An 18-year-old's injury-time overhead kick on his Debrecen debut that snatched a 2-1 win over Hungarian champions Ferencváros in February 2019.449pts
5Marcin Oleksy (2022)A soaring scissor-kick volley on crutches for Warta Poznań against Stal Rzeszów that made the Polish amputee footballer the first disabled player to win the award.449pts
6Cristiano Ronaldo (2009)A dipping 40-yard strike for Manchester United against Porto won the inaugural Puskás Award.449pts
7Olivier Giroud (2017)A backheeled scorpion-kick volley for Arsenal against Crystal Palace.449pts
8Santiago Montiel (2025)A bicycle kick from outside the box for Independiente against Independiente Rivadavia that won a 1-0 Apertura knockout tie in May 2025.449pts
9Erik Lamela (2021)A rabona that nutmegged a defender for Tottenham against Arsenal.396pts
10Wendell Lira (2015)A juggle and acrobatic bicycle kick for little Goianésia against Atlético Goianiense in the Campeonato Goiano that beat Messi to the 2015 award.380pts
11Mohamed Salah (2018)A curling solo finish for Liverpool against Everton in the Merseyside derby.337pts
12Alejandro Garnacho (2024)An overhead kick inside three minutes for Manchester United at Goodison Park that set up a 3-0 win over Everton in November 2023.299pts
13Miroslav Stoch (2012)A thunderous dipping volley for Fenerbahçe in the Turkish league.192pts
14Hamit Altintop (2010)A perfectly struck first-time volley for Turkey against Kazakhstan.192pts
15James Rodriguez (2014)A chest-down and dipping volley against Uruguay at the World Cup, his signature moment.192pts
16Faiz Subri (2016)An impossibly swerving free-kick for Penang in the Malaysian league.104pts
17Guilherme Madruga (2023)A bicycle kick from outside the penalty area for Botafogo-SP against Novorizontino in Brazil's Série B that looped over the stranded goalkeeper.0pts
Photo credits
- Son Heung-min (2020) — Ujishadow, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Neymar (2011) — Jimmy Baikovicius, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Dániel Zsóri (2019) — MOL Fehérvár FC, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Erik Lamela (2021) — Steffen Prößdorf, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Wendell Lira (2015) — Craque Neto 10, CC BY 3.0
- Alejandro Garnacho (2024) — Ardfern, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Miroslav Stoch (2012) — PAOK FC / ΠΑΕ ΠΑΟΚ, CC BY 3.0
- Hamit Altintop (2010) — Ultraslansi, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Guilherme Madruga (2023) — TV Botafogo, CC BY 3.0
Comments 1
Nothing on this list except Puskás Award winners, which makes it the smallest room one 2014 volley gets to stand in: https://youpick.best/articles/how-many-ways-to-rank-james-rodriguez
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