World handball player

World handball player
First award	1988
Forgiver	International Handball Federation (IHF)
	Most awards
Men's	Nikola Karabatić & Mikkel Hansen (3)
Team men	THW Kiel (6)
Ladies	Cristina Neagu (4)
Team women	Hypo Lower Austria & Dunaferr SE (4)
Website	www.ihf.info

The world handball player of the year has been voted annually since 1988 by the readers of the magazine World Handball Magazine , which is published by the International Handball Federation (IHF).

World handball player of the year

There were no elections in 1991, 1992 and 1993. There was no choice for 2017 either.

year	Surname	nation	society
1988	Veselin Vujović	Yugoslavia Socialist Federal Republic SFR Yugoslavia	Yugoslavia Socialist Federal Republic Metaloplastika Šabac
1989	Jae-won Kang	Korea South South Korea	Switzerland Pathfinder Winterthur
1990	Magnus Wislander	Sweden Sweden	Sweden Redbergslids IK , THW KielGermany
1994	Talant Dujshebaev	Russia Russia	Spain CB Santander
1995	Jackson Richardson	France France	France OM Vitrolles
1996	Talant Dujshebaev (2)	Spain Spain	Spain CB Santander
1997	Stéphane Stoecklin	France France	Germany GWD Minden
1998	Daniel Stephan	Germany Germany	Germany TBV Lemgo
1999	Rafael Guijosa	Spain Spain	Spain FC Barcelona
2000	Dragan Škrbić	Yugoslavia Federal Republic 1992 BR Yugoslavia	Slovenia RK Celje , HSG NordhornGermany
2001	Kyung-Shin Yoon	Korea South South Korea	Germany VfL Gummersbach
2002	Bertrand Gille	France France	France Chambéry Savoie HB , HSV HamburgGermany
2003	Ivano Balić	Croatia Croatia	Croatia RK Metković
2004	Henning Fritz	Germany Germany	Germany THW Kiel
2005	Arpad Šterbik	Serbia and Montenegro Serbia and Montenegro	Spain BM Ciudad Real
2006	Ivano Balić (2)	Croatia Croatia	Spain Portland San Antonio
2007	Nikola Karabatić	France France	Germany THW Kiel
2008	Thierry Omeyer	France France	Germany THW Kiel
2009	Sławomir Szmal	Poland Poland	Germany Rhine-Neckar lion
2010	Filip Jícha	Czech Republic Czech Republic	Germany THW Kiel
2011	Mikkel Hansen	Denmark Denmark	Denmark AG København
2012	Daniel Narcisse	France France	Germany THW Kiel
2013	Domagoj Duvnjak	Croatia Croatia	Germany HSV Hamburg
2014	Nikola Karabatić (2)	France France	Spain FC Barcelona
2015	Mikkel Hansen (2)	Denmark Denmark	France Paris Saint-Germain
2016	Nikola Karabatić (3)	France France	France Paris Saint-Germain
2018	Mikkel Hansen (3)	Denmark Denmark	France Paris Saint-Germain
2019	Niklas Landin Jacobsen	Denmark Denmark	Germany THW Kiel

The Romanian Gheorghe Gruia (including Steaua Bucharest ) was voted the best player of all time in 1992. Then in 2010 the Croatian Ivano Balić was elected.

The Swede Magnus Wislander (including THW Kiel ) was elected world handball player of the 20th century in 2000.

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Talant Dujshebaev, 1994 and 1996
Jackson Richardson, 1995
Daniel Stephan, 1998
Kyung-Shin Yoon, 2001
Bertrand Gille, 2002
Ivano Balić, 2003 and 2006
Henning Fritz, 2004
Arpad Šterbik, 2005
Nikola Karabatić, 2007, 2014 and 2016
Thierry Omeyer, 2008
Sławomir Szmal, 2009
Filip Jícha, 2010
Mikkel Hansen, 2011, 2015 and 2018
Daniel Narcisse, 2012
Domagoj Duvnjak, 2013
Niklas Landin Jacobsen, 2019

World handball players of the year

There were no elections in 1991, 1992, 1993 and 2017.

year	Surname	nation	society
1988	Svetlana Dašić-Kitić	Yugoslavia Socialist Federal Republic SFR Yugoslavia	Yugoslavia Socialist Federal Republic RK Radnički Belgrade
1989	Hyun-mee Kim	Korea South South Korea	/
1990	Jasna Kolar-Merdan	Austria Austria	Austria Hypo Lower Austria
1994	Mia Hermansson-Högdahl	Sweden Sweden	Austria Hypo Lower Austria
1995	Erzsébet Kocsis	Hungary Hungary	Hungary Dunaferr SE
1996	O-kyeong Lim	Korea South South Korea	/
1997	Anja Andersen	Denmark Denmark	Norway Bækkelagets SK
1998	Trine Haltvik	Norway Norway	Norway Byåsen IL
1999	Ausra Fridrikas	Austria Austria	Austria Hypo Lower Austria
2000	Boyana Radulovics	Hungary Hungary	Hungary Dunaferr SE
2001	Cecilie Leganger	Norway Norway	Norway Tertnes IL , Bækkelagets SKNorway
2002	Chao Zhai	China People's Republic People's Republic of China	Denmark Randers HK
2003	Boyana Radulovics (2)	Hungary Hungary	Hungary Dunaferr SE
2004	Anita Kulcsár	Hungary Hungary	Hungary Dunaferr SE , Cornexi AlcoaHungary
2005	Anita Görbicz	Hungary Hungary	Hungary Győri ETO KC
2006	Nadine Krause	Germany Germany	Germany Bayer 04 Leverkusen
2007	Gro Hammerseng-Edin	Norway Norway	Denmark Ikast-Bording Elite Håndbold
2008	Linn-Kristin Riegelhuth Koren	Norway Norway	Norway Larvik HK
2009	Allison Pineau	France France	France Metz handball , Issy-les-Moulineaux handballFrance
2010	Cristina Neagu	Romania Romania	Romania CS Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea
2011	Heidi Løke	Norway Norway	Hungary Győri ETO KC , Larvik HKNorway
2012	Alexandra do Nascimento	Brazil Brazil	Austria Hypo Lower Austria
2013	Andrea Lekić	Serbia Serbia	North Macedonia ŽRK Vardar SCBT , Győri ETO KCHungary
2014	Eduarda Amorim	Brazil Brazil	Hungary Győri ETO KC
2015	Cristina Neagu (2)	Romania Romania	Montenegro ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica
2016	Cristina Neagu (3)	Romania Romania	Montenegro ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica
2018	Cristina Neagu (4)	Romania Romania	Romania CSM Bucharest
2019	Stine Bredal Oftedal	Norway Norway	Hungary Győri ETO KC

The Soviet - Ukrainian player Sinajida Turtschyna (including Spartak Kiew ) was elected the world handball player of the 20th century in 2000.

The Yugoslav Svetlana Kitić was voted the best player of all time in 2010.

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Mia Hermansson-Högdahl, 1994
Anja Andersen, 1997
Ausra Fridrikas, 1999
Cecilie Leganger, 2001
Zhai Chao, 2002
Anita Görbicz, 2005
Nadine Krause, 2006
Gro Hammerseng-Edin, 2007
Linn-Kristin Riegelhuth Koren, 2008
Allison Pineau, 2009
Cristina Neagu, 2010, 2015, 2016 and 2018
Heidi Løke, 2011
Alexandra do Nascimento, 2012
Andrea Lekić, 2013
Eduarda Amorim, 2014
Stine Bredal Oftedal, 2019

Individual evidence

↑ The 2017 election as world handball player is canceled. shz.de, June 27, 2018.

↑ Handball World Mourns the Loss of Icon, Friend & Teacher. In: www.ihf.info . International Handball Federation , October 12, 2015, accessed on April 23, 2017 (English): "His achievements led to him being named The Greatest Handball Player of All Time by the International Handball Federation in 1992."

↑ Ivano Balic voted best male player ever. In: ihf.info . August 12, 2010, accessed January 30, 2018 .

^ Wislander "World handball player of the century". In: www.archiv.thw-handball.de . THW Kiel , June 17, 2000, accessed on April 23, 2017 : "As part of the four-country tournament in Paris-Bercy, the President of the International Handball Federation (IHF) declared the 36-year-old Swede to be the" world handball player of the Century "."

↑ Турчина - лучшая гандболистка века ( Turchyna , world handball player of the century). In: kommersant.ru. June 20, 2000, accessed January 31, 2018 (Russian).

↑ Svetlana Kitic voted best female player ever. In: IHF.info. August 2, 2010, accessed January 30, 2018 .

[1] The 2017 election as world handball player is canceled. shz.de, June 27, 2018.

[2] Handball World Mourns the Loss of Icon, Friend & Teacher. In: www.ihf.info . International Handball Federation , October 12, 2015, accessed on April 23, 2017 (English): "His achievements led to him being named The Greatest Handball Player of All Time by the International Handball Federation in 1992."

[3] Ivano Balic voted best male player ever. In: ihf.info . August 12, 2010, accessed January 30, 2018 .

[4] Wislander "World handball player of the century". In: www.archiv.thw-handball.de . THW Kiel , June 17, 2000, accessed on April 23, 2017 : "As part of the four-country tournament in Paris-Bercy, the President of the International Handball Federation (IHF) declared the 36-year-old Swede to be the" world handball player of the Century "."


First award	1988
Forgiver	International Handball Federation (IHF)
Most awards
Men's	Nikola Karabatić & Mikkel Hansen (3)
Team men	THW Kiel (6)
Ladies	Cristina Neagu (4)
Team women	Hypo Lower Austria & Dunaferr SE (4)
Website	www.ihf.info


Women	Svetlana Dašić-Kitić (1988) \| Kim Hyun-mee (1989) \| Jasna Kolar-Merdan (1990) \| Mia Hermansson-Högdahl (1994) \| Erzsébet Kocsis (1995) \| Lim O-kyeong (1996) \| Anja Andersen (1997) \| Trine Haltvik (1998) \| Ausra Fridrikas (1999) \| Bojana Radulovics (2000) \| Cecilie Leganger (2001) \| Zhai Chao (2002) \| Bojana Radulovics (2003) \| Anita Kulcsár (2004) \| Anita Görbicz (2005) \| Nadine Krause (2006) \| Gro Hammerseng-Edin (2007) \| Linn-Kristin Riegelhuth Koren (2008) \| Allison Pineau (2009) \| Cristina Neagu (2010) \| Heidi Løke (2011) \| Alexandra do Nascimento (2012) \| Andrea Lekić (2013) \| Eduarda Amorim (2014) \| Cristina Neagu (2015) \| Cristina Neagu (2016) \| Cristina Neagu (2018) \| Stine Bredal Oftedal (2019)
Men	Veselin Vujović (1988) \| Kang Jae-won (1989) \| Magnus Wislander (1990) \| Talant Dujshebaev (1994) \| Jackson Richardson (1995) \| Talant Dujshebaev (1996) \| Stéphane Stoecklin (1997) \| Daniel Stephan (1998) \| Rafael Guijosa (1999) \| Dragan Škrbić (2000) \| Yoon Kyung-shin (2001) \| Bertrand Gille (2002) \| Ivano Balić (2003) \| Henning Fritz (2004) \| Arpad Šterbik (2005) \| Ivano Balić (2006) \| Nikola Karabatić (2007) \| Thierry Omeyer (2008) \| Sławomir Szmal (2009) \| Filip Jícha (2010) \| Mikkel Hansen (2011) \| Daniel Narcisse (2012) \| Domagoj Duvnjak (2013) \| Nikola Karabatić (2014) \| Mikkel Hansen (2015) \| Nikola Karabatić (2016) \| Mikkel Hansen (2018) \| Niklas Landin Jacobsen (2019)