FIFA will on Monday present the Best Fifa Football Awards to deserving footballers in London.
Erling Haaland, Kylian Mbappe and Lionel Messi are the final three for the top men’s player award.
World Cup stars Aitana Bonmati, Linda Caicedo and Jennifer Hermoso are the women’s candidates.
A mix of votes from national team players and captains, journalists and fans on Fifa’s website – with each counting for 25% – are used to decide the winners, with men’s and women’s awards for best coach and goalkeeper.
The Puskas award – named after Hungarian legend Ferenc Puskas – will reward the best goal and is decided by pundits.
The Fifa Best awards generally cover a calendar year and differ from the Ballon d’Or, which reflect performances across a season.
However, this year, the men’s awards – and Puskas award – are judged from 19 December 2022 to 20 August 2023, because the Qatar World Cup was included in last year’s ceremony.
The women’s awards are based on performances from 1 August 2022 to 20 August 2023.
There are also awards for a fan and fair play, while a men’s and women’s World XI will be named.
Last year’s Fifa winner and the current Ballon d’Or holder Messi is up against Manchester City striker Haaland and former Paris St-Germain team-mate Mbappe.
In the time being judged for the award after the World Cup, Messi scored nine goals for PSG as they won the French title and 10 goals in seven games as his new club Inter Miami won the inaugural Leagues Cup in the United States.
Haaland was a key part of the Manchester City team which won the Treble of Champions League, Premier League and FA Cup.
The 23-year-old Norway striker scored a record 36 Premier League goals last season. In all competitions in 2022-23, he scored a club-record 52 goals – with 28 of them coming after the World Cup (plus another two goals this season before 20 August).
France’s Mbappe, like Messi, won the Ligue 1 title with PSG – and clinched a fifth consecutive Golden Boot.
The 25-year-old scored 18 goals for his French club during the judgment window.
