The Innebandymagazinet Award (also the Golden Floorball Award) is a poll for the best floorball player in the world, announced annually by the Swedish floorball magazine Innebandymagazinet. The rankings, compiled based on the poll, include the top ten male and ten female players for the calendar year. The poll has been voted on by national team coaches, journalists and experts since 2005.
In the 21 editions held so far, eleven different players have won in the men's category, with the most recent winner being Swede player Sakarias Ulriksson in 2025. Swedish floorball players have finished in first place a total of fourteen times. In the remaining years, it was Finnish players, among whom Mika Kohonen holds the record with five wins.
In the 19 editions held so far in the women's category, nine different players have won, with the most recent winner being Finn Veera Kauppi in 2025, who claimed a record fifth victory. Overall, Swedish floorball players are the most successful, finishing in first place twelve times. Among Finns, only Kauppi has won. Swiss and Czech Eliška Krupnová each have one victory.
History of the poll The poll was first announced for the calendar year 2005, initially only in the men's category. For the following few years, the best players of the completed season were selected. Since 2010, the voting has returned to being for the calendar year.
In the women's category, voting was held for the first time in the 2007.
In the first three editions, the top 15 players were announced; after that, only the top 10 were published.
The best male players
2005: Mika Kohonen 2006: 2007: 2008: Magnus Svensson 2009: Mika Kohonen 2010: Mika Kohonen 2011: Mika Kohonen 2012: Mika Kohonen 2013: 2014: Kim Nilsson 2015: 2016: Alexander Galante Carlström 2017: Alexander Galante Carlström 2018: 2019: Emil Johansson 2020: Kim Nilsson 2021: Tobias Gustafsson 2022: Emil Johansson 2023: Emil Johansson 2024: Justus Kainulainen 2025: Sakarias Ulriksson
Multiple-time winners: 5× Mika Kohonen, 3× Emil Johansson, 2× Alexander Galante Carlström, , and Kim Nilsson
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The best female players
2007: 2008: 2009: 2010: 2011: 2012: 2013: 2014: Anna Wijk 2015: Anna Wijk 2016: Anna Wijk 2017: Veera Kauppi 2018: Veera Kauppi 2019: Anna Wijk 2020: Eliška Krupnová 2021: Veera Kauppi 2022: Emelie Wibron 2023: Veera Kauppi 2024: Maja Viström 2025: Veera Kauppi
Multiple-time winners: 5× Veera Kauppi, 4× Anna Wijk, 3× , 2×
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