Joshua Kimmich has been named German player of the Year for 2017. The versatile 22 year old Bayern star won an online poll conducted by the national football association, picking up 45.3% of the votes (23,904 out of 52,761). PSG’s Julian Draxler was second, while goalkeeper Marc-Andre Ter Stegen was third. The poll was among the 11 players who had maximum playing time for the German national football team during the year. Given that Germany sent a relatively young team to the Confederations Cup, this meant that the likes of Jerome Boateng, toni Kroos and Mesut Ozil were NOT in the shortlist.
Ozil is the holder of the German player of the year award, winning it in 2016 and 2015.
German footballer of the year 2017- order of ranking & votes received by each player
1) Joshua Kimmich 23,904
2) Julian Draxler 19,963
3) Marc-Andre Ter Stegen 2,492
4) Timo Werner 2,319
5) Leon Goretzka 1,446
6) Antonio Rudiger 905
7) Lars Stindl 665
8) Emre Can 419
9) Jonas Hector 308
10) Sebastian Rudy 248
11) Matthias Ginter 92