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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 20 editions held so far, ten different players have won in the men's category, with the most recent winner being Finnish player Justus Kainulainen [fi] in 2024. Swedish floorball players have finished in first place thirteen times. In the remaining years, it was Finnish players, among whom Mika Kohonen holds the record with five wins.

In the 18 editions held so far in the women's category, nine different players have won, with the most recent winner being Swedish player Maja Viström in 2024. Swedish floorball players have finished in first place twelve times in total. The only Finnish winner, Veera Kauppi, holds the record with four wins, tied with Swede Anna Wijk. Swiss Simone Berner [sv] and Czech Eliška Krupnová [cs] 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.