The IFFHS has devised an equitable method for determining the ranking of the world’s best woman referee in the last 10 years (2012-2022) by taking into consideration the Top 20 of each yearly ranking of the category concerned and allocating points to each place” the first placed received 20 points, the second placed 19 points, the third placed 18 points… 1 point for the 20th place. Bibiana Steinhaus (4 IFFHS Awards) is the leader of the ranking, just 2 points before Switzerland’s Esther Staubli, who has never won the annual Award, but was ranked in the World’s Top 10 each year since 2012. Kateryna Monzul (one Award) is third before the newcomer Stephanie Frappart, who has already won 4 IFFHS Awards, from 2019 to 2022. (Source: IFFHS)
IFFHS World’s Best Women Referees (2012-2022)
2. Esther Staubli (SUI) - 169p
3. Kateryna Monzul (UKR) - 160p
4. Stephanie Frappart (FER) - 128p
5. Katalin Kulcsar (HUN) - 78p
6. Claudia Umpierrez (URU) - 71p
7. Carol Anne Chenard (CAN) - 69p
8. Anastasia Pustovoitova (RUS) - 51p
9. Pernilla Larsson (SWE) - 48p
10. Riem Hussein (GER) - 43p
11. Kate Jacewicz (AUS) - 42p
12. Teodora Albon (ROU) - 39p
13. Jenny Palmqvist (SWE) - 39p
14. Jana Adamkova (CZE) - 28p
15. Carina Vitulano (ITA) - 28p