The 2024/25 season saw quite a few incredible performances in the Bundesliga, and the kicker Player of the Year award aims to recognize just that. The award takes into consideration both German and Bundesliga players alike, with Toni Kroos winning the award last year after receiving the most votes from sport journalists in Germany.

Liverpool’s Florian Wirtz has been voted Germany’s player of the year for 2024-25 after another standout season at Bayer Leverkusen while Freiburg’s Julian Schuster won the coach’s accolade. Germany teammates Giulia Gwinn and Ann-Katrin Berger have to share the women’s player of the year award after both received 608 valid votes from members of the Association of German Sports Journalists (VDS) in the yearly poll organized by Kicker magazine.