Best Footballer in Asia 2015
# 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.

## 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 |
| 13 | Andranik Teymourian | Tractor Sazi Umm Salal | 5 |
| 15 | Odil Ahmedov | Krasnodar | 4 |
| 15 | Yoshinori Muto | FC Tokyo Mainz 05 | 4 |
| 17 | Theerathon Bunmathan | Buriram United | 3 |
| 17 | Mohd Safiq Rahim | Johor Darul Ta'zim | 3 |
| 17 | Zhang Linpeng | Guangzhou Evergrande | 3 |
| 20 | Aaron Mooy | Melbourne City | 2 |
| 21 | Artur Gevorkyan | Nasaf | 1 |
| 21 | Kim Young-gwon | Guangzhou Evergrande | 1 |
| 21 | Lima | Al-Ahli | 1 |
| 21 | Takashi Usami | Gamba Osaka | 1 |
