The coach and captains votes from The Best FIFA Football Awards 2022

The biggest and best names from the world of football were honoured at The Best FIFA Football Awards 2022 ceremony in Paris.

The 2021 edition saw Robert Lewandowski named The Best FIFA Men's Player, Alexia Putellas scoop the award for The Best FIFA Women's Player and Thomas Tuchel presented with The Best FIFA Men's Coach award - a nod to his Champions League success with Chelsea in May of that year.

That particular ceremony was conducted as a virtual event because of the Covid-19 pandemic, but the footballing fraternity was able to come together in Paris to celebrate the outstanding achievers of 2022.

In contrast to the Ballon d'Or, awarded by prominent journalists, The Best FIFA Football awards are determined by a mixture of votes from the media, but also from national team captains, national team coaches and supporters.

Below is a rundown of how some of the world's biggest stars voted for their peers.

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Who did the men's captains vote for at The Best FIFA Awards 2022?

Traditionally there's a bit of bias from captains and national team coaches when it comes to naming the best men's and women's players (either through club or country loyalty) - and the 2022 edition was no different.

France captain Hugo Lloris unsurprisingly voted for Kylian Mbappe and Karim Benzema as his top two players, ahead of eventual men's winner Lionel Messi, while the latter himself voted for for PSG teammate Neymar like he did the year before.

Spain's Sergio Busquets voted for former Barcelona teammate Messi as his number one, followed by current Barça star Lewandowski, and Brazil skipper Thiago Silva picked Neymar ahead of Messi and Benzema.

Croatia skipper Luka Modric stood by his Real Madrid teammate Benzema and gave the legendary striker his top vote, while Netherlands captain Virgil van Dijk placed his Liverpool running buddy Mohamed Salah second behind Messi.

Selected men's votes:

Who did the women's captains vote for at The Best FIFA Awards 2022?

On the women's side, England captain Leah Williamson unsurprisingly named club and international teammate Beth Mead as her number one player pick, ahead of Spain's Aitana Bonmati and England's Keira Walsh.

France's Wendie Renard voted for Olympique Lyonnais teammate Ada Hegerberg as her number one, Netherlands skipper Sherida Spitse weaved international friend Vivianne Miedema into her top three, and Spain's Ivana Andres unsurprisingly went for a Spanish one-two of Alexia Putellas and Bonmati - leaving Mead out of the top three altogether.

Brazil's Tamires Dias plumped for colleague Debinha and Norway's Maren Mjelde gave her best player vote to Chelsea teammate Sam Kerr.

Selected women's votes:

Who did the men's and women's coaches vote for at The Best FIFA Awards 2022?

Unsurprisingly, the manager's of national teams on both the men's and women's stayed loyal to their own when it came to voting.

World Cup winning boss Lionel Scaloni went for Lionel Messi and Julian Alvarez as his top two, while South American counterpart and former Brazil boss Tite chose Neymar as his number one.

Gareth Southgate was more diplomatic, not picking any English players in his top three, but France's Didier Deschamps went with Kylian Mbappe and Karim Benzema ahead of Messi.

Former Belgium boss Roberto Martinez, now in charge of Portugal, pushed through a sneaky second place for former player Kevin De Bruyne.

Selected men's manager votes:

Interestingly, eventual winner Alexia Putellas only polled the top vote from Spain manager Jorge Vilda Rodriguez.

England boss Sarina Wiegman went with a Three Lions clean sweep of Beth Mead, Keira Walsh and Leah Williamson, and Mead also took the nod from Brazil boss Pia Sundhage and France manager Corinne Diacre.

Germany duo Lena Oberdorf and Alexandra Popp topped Martina Voss-Tecklenburg's rankings, with Italy's Milena Bertolini agreeing that Oberdorf was the leading player.

Selected women's manager votes: