EHF EURO 2026

Over 56,000 votes for WORLD BEST HANDBALL PLAYERS 2025

By Editor

Posted on 29. January 2026.

Here is the explanation of the Voting process for the Handball-Planet.com WORLD HANDBALL PLAYER 2025 powered by Nexe Grupa. Handball-Planet.com made the Jury consisted of the handball specialists from 10 countries, while the last member were the visitors of our website (over 56.000 votes on website 49.949 and Instagram 6388). Journalists voted for their favorites by giving them 3, 2 and 1 vote/point (MVP received 5 points), while the fans’ opinion was calculated different with 7,5, 3 and 1 vote/point per position.

Player with the biggest support of the fans have got 12 and 10 points. They are  Croatian right wing Mario Sostaric (4,809 votes) and Danish line-player Magnus Saugstrup (4,578 votes).

VOTES (Website + Instagram    – number of points added to Jury votes)

World Handball LEFT WING 2025?

• Lucas Mertens (SC Magdeburg – Germany) (52%, 3,106 Votes + 145) 7
• Emil Jakobsen (SG Flensburg Handewitt – Denmark) (40%, 2,359 Votes + 293) 5
• Dylan Nahi (Industria Kielce – France) (6%, 333 Votes + 27) 3
• Ian Barrufet (FC Barcelona – Spain) (2%, 139 Votes + 15) 1

Total Voters: 5,937

World Handball LEFT BACK 2025?

• Felix Claar (SC Magdeburg – Sweden) (57%, 3,329 Votes + 575) 7
• Simon Pytlick (SG Flensburg Handewitt – Denmark) (29%, 1,682 Votes + 57) 5
• Lasse Andersson (Fuchse Berlin – Denmark) (7%, 437 Votes + 111) 1
• Martim Costa (Sporting CP – Portugal) (7%, 424 Votes + 179) 3

Total Voters: 5,872

World Handball Playmaker 2025?

• Gisli Kristjansson (SC Magdeburg – Iceland) (61%, 3,925 Votes + 384) 7
• Elias Ellefsen á Skipagøtu (THW Kiel – Faroe Islands) (25%, 1,630 Votes + 166) 5
• Juri Knorr (Rhein Neckar Lowen – Germany) (9%, 603 Votes + 99) 3
• Aymeric Minne (HBC Nantes – France) (5%, 291 Votes + 22) 1

Total Voters: 6,449

World Handball RIGHT BACK 2025?

• Omar Ingi Magnusson (SC Magdeburg – Iceland) (51%, 2,987 Votes + 276) 7
• Mathias Gidsel (Fuchse Berlin – Denmark) (40%, 2,310 Votes + 478) 5
• Dika Mem (FC Barcelona – France) (5%, 292 Votes + 23) 3
• Francisco Costa (Sporting CP – Portugal) (4%, 229 Votes + 54) 1

Total Voters: 5,818

World Handball RIGHT WING 2025?

• Mario Sostaric (Pick Szeged – Croatia) (51%, 4,283 Votes + 526) 12
• Hakun West av Teigum (Fuchse Berlin – Faroe Islands) (30%, 2,508 Votes + 453) 5
• Aleix Gomez (FC Barcelona – Spain) (11%, 909 Votes + 22) 3
• Blaz Janc (FC Barcelona – Slovenia) (9%, 741 Votes + 14) 1

Total Voters: 8,441

World Handball LINE PLAYER 2025?

• Magnus Saugstrup (SC Magdeburg – Denmark) (78%, 4,245 Votes + 333) 10
• Ludovic Fabregas (Veszprem – France) (15%, 828 Votes + 36) 5
• Kamil Syprzak (PSG Handball – Poland) (5%, 255 Votes + 229) 3
• Victor Iturriza (FC Porto – Portugal) (2%, 124 Votes + 41) 1

Total Voters: 5,452

World Handball GOALKEEPER 2025?

• Sergey Hernandez (SC Magdeburg – Germany) (55%, 3,263 Votes + 371) 7
• Emil Nielsen (FC Barcelona – Denmark) (29%, 1,721 Votes + 135) 5
• Andreas Wolff (THW Kiel – Germany) (12%, 695 Votes + 59) 3
• Dejan Milosavljev (Fuchse Berlin – Serbia) (5%, 291 Votes + 106) 1

Total Voters: 5,970

World Handball Defensive SPECIALIST 2025?

• Oscar Bergendahl (SC Magdeburg – Sweden) (51%, 2,927 Votes + 681) 7
• Magnus Saugstrup (SC Magdeburg – Denmark) (40%, 2,286 Votes + 373) 5
• Thiagus Petrus (FC Barcelona – Brasil) (7%, 374 Votes + 119) 3
• Karl Konan (PSG Handball – France) (2%, 123 Votes + 11) 1

Total Voters: 5,710