It is time for our sixth edition of the best 100 female footballers in the world and here are the judges who took part in this year’s jury. Our panel includes some of the most respected and influential women and men within the game, including the NWSL championship-winning coach Juan Carlos Amorós, Champions League-winning coach Jonatan Giráldez, Serie A-winning coach Alessandra Spugna, USWNT interim head coach Twila Kilgore and many more. We are also privileged to have had a whole host of respected media personalities on the panel as ever, plus several former players who played at the highest level, including former Champions League winner and England international Izzy Christiansen, as well as double Champions League winner Marith Müller-Prießen, Brazil great Sissi and Canada centurion Amy Walsh. They feature on a 112-strong panel of judges who voted for the top 100 female footballers of 2023. Their votes have been counted to determine the No 1 player of the year after a year which saw a spectacular World Cup held in Australia and New Zealand. The countdown begins on Tuesday 9 January with Nos 100-71. On Wednesday we will reveal Nos 70-41, on Thursday Nos 40-11 before the top 10 on Friday to complete this year’s list. The judges are listed in alphabetical order by category. Players Izzy Christiansen Former England international; Champions League winner with Lyon Theresa Eslund Former Denmark international; Euro 2017 finalist and five-time Elitedivisionen winner Ode Fulutudilu Former South Africa international; represented her country at the 2019 World Cup Marith Müller-Prießen Former Germany international; two-time Champions League winner with Duisburg and Frankfurt Jenny Ruiz Williams Former Mexico international; earned 36 senior caps and represented Seattle Reign in the NWSL Essi Sainio Former Finland international; earned 48 senior caps and played professionally in Germany and Sweden Sissi Former Brazil international; won the Golden Boot at the 1999 World Cup Amy Walsh Former Canada international; earned 102 senior caps and represented her country at two World Cups and the 2008 Olympic Games Ana Paola López Yrigoyen Former Mexico international; played for Pumas and Pachuca in the Liga MX Coaches Margaret Aka Women’s football consultant at OFC; former Papua New Guinea head coach Juan Carlos Amorós NJ/NY Gotham FC head coach Natalia Arroyo Real Sociedad head coach Natalia Astrain Former USA Under-17 and Barcelona head coach Alex Basimanebotlhe Botswana assistant head coach Collin Bell Korea Republic head coach Victoria Boardman North Carolina Courage assistant head coach Shilene Booysen Wadi Degla head coach Mariana Cabral Sporting CP head coach Lisa Cole Zambia assistant head coach Lluís Cortés Saudi Arabia head coach Sabrina Eckhoff Wolfsburg assistant head coach Peter Gerhardsson Sweden head coach Jonatan Giráldez Barcelona head coach Ann-Helén Grahm Former Sweden, Scotland, Finland and Tigres UANL assistant head coach Rita Guarino Internazionale head coach Amy Harrison FC Nordsjælland assistant head coach Martin Ho SK Brann head coach Erwan Huet Le Havre and Haiti assistant head coach Louis Hunt San Diego Wave assistant head coach Samira Hurem Bosnia and Herzegovina head coach Per Inge Jacobsen Norway Under-23 head coach Twila Kilgore USA interim head coach Jonne Kunnas Finland assistant head coach Roos Kwakkenbos Netherlands Under-19 head coach Amandine Miquel Stade de Reims head coach Joe Montemurro Juventus head coach Mike Norris Portland Thorns head coach Tanya Oxtoby Northern Ireland head coach Mark Parsons Former Washington Spirit, Netherlands and Portland Thorns head coach Pablo Piñones-Arce Hammarby head coach Pedro López Ramos Mexico head coach Kristian Mørch Rasmussen Denmark assistant head coach Roger Reijners Fortuna Sittard head coach Guillermo Schiltenwolf Wellington United head coach Björn Sigurbjörnsson UMF Selfoss head coach Tatiele Silveira Colo Colo head coach Kat Smith Western United head coach Myles Smith Al-Ittihad assistant head coach Alessandro Spugna Roma head coach Becki Tweed Angel City FC head coach Fabiola Vargas Former Necaxa, Tijuana and Atlas head coach Robert Vilahamn Tottenham Hotspur head coach Javier Visea Real Betis assistant head coach Randy Waldrum Nigeria head coach Dragiša Zečević Serbia head coach Media Abdullah Abdullah Journalist in UAE for ESPN and Equalizer Soccer Samuel Ahmadu Journalist in Nigeria for NigeriaFootball and SavidNews Helene Altgelt Journalist in Germany for 90min Melanie Anzidei Journalist in the USA for the Athletic Esther Appiah-Fei Journalist in Ghana for Olympics and various outlets Javiera Court Arrau Journalist in Chile and women’s football documentary producer Romain Balland Journalist in France for Eurosport and various outlets Annika Becker Journalist in Germany for Sportschau and various outlets Selim Ben Hmida Journalist in Turkey for TotalAnalysis Alex Bishop Journalist in Japan for the Asian Game and various outlets Mica Cannataro Journalist in Argentina for Diario Ole and various outlets Anna Carreau Journalist in France for RMC Sport, Eurosport and various outlets Syanie Dalmat Journalist in France for L’Équipe Seraina Degen Journalist in Switzerland for SRF Sport Eileen Doeker Journalist in Germany for Sky Sports Germany Cheryl Downes Journalist in Australia for Beyond 90 Mia Eriksson Journalist in Sweden for various outlets Ryan Fenix Journalist in the Philippines for GMA News Online Tamerra Griffin Journalist in the USA for the Athletic and various outlets Semra Hunter Broadcaster in Spain for La Liga TV, ITV and various others Alex Ibaceta Journalist in the UK for Dazn Football and various others Caleb Jephte Pierre Journalist in Haiti for various outlets Harjeet Johal Journalist in Canada for Equalizer Soccer and various outlets Meaghan Johnson Journalist in Canada for TSN Mariam Kourabi Journalist in Canada for SHEScoresBangers Podcast Rich Laverty Journalist in the UK for various outlets Sophie Lawson Journalist in the UK for ESPN Samantha Lewis Journalist in Australia for ABC Sport Gianluca Lia Journalist in Malta for Times of Malta Marissa Lordanic Journalist in Australia for ESPN and various outlets David Menayo Journalist in Spain for Marca Sofie Engberg Munch Journalist in Denmark for TV 2 Sport Unnati Naidu Journalist in India for ATA Football and Dazn Football Blair Newman Women’s football analyst and scout in the UK Chibuogwu Nnadiegbulam Journalist in Nigeria for Ladies March and various outlets Teo Pellizzeri Journalist in Australia for 10 Australia Annemarie Postma Journalist in the Netherlands for various outlets Ameé Ruszkai Journalist in the UK for Goal.com and Indivisa Romina Sacher Journalist for Goal.com and various outlets Alícia Soares Journalist in Brazil for Planeta Futebol and Vavel Courtney Stith Journalist in the USA for CBS Sports and various outlets Megan Swanick Journalist in the USA for various outlets Maria Tikas Journalist in Spain for Diario Sport Joanna Tokarska Journalist in Poland for TVP Sport Assile Toufaily Journalist in France for Forbes Sport Hania Urbaniak Journalist in Poland for various outlets Amber Van Lieshout Journalist in the Netherlands for Vrouwen Voetbal Nieuws Rivkah op het Veld Journalist in the Netherlands for NOS Sport Amanda Viana Journalist in Brazil for Dazn Football and various outlets Raffaella Volpiana Journalist in Brazil for Planeta Futebol and various outlets Julia Wanjeri Journalist in Kenya for JWSports1 and various outlets Lucy Ward Broadcaster in the UK for Dazn, TNT Sports, Prime Video and various outlets Adriana Wehrens Journalist in Germany for 90min Suzanne Wrack Journalist in the UK for the Guardian Bi Yuan Journalist in China for Titan Sports, Beijing, and various outlets Ayishatu Zakaria Ali Journalist in Ghana for 90min and various outlets i Journalist in Sweden for SVT